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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 26 · 40 questions
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Word tip (Same sound, check the meaning): Read the whole sentence and work out the meaning it needs. Match the meaning to the spelling: flour = powder made from grain; flower = a bloom on a plant. Learn the tricky sets: there (place), their (belonging to them), they’re (they are); to, too, two.

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  1. 1.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
  2. 2.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) two (c) to
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  4. 4.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  5. 5.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  6. 6.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  7. 7.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
  8. 8.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  10. 10.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  11. 11.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
  15. 15.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
  16. 16.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  17. 17.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  18. 18.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  19. 19.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  21. 21.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  22. 22.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  23. 23.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  26. 26.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  29. 29.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
  31. 31.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  32. 32.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  38. 38.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  39. 39.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  40. 40.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear

Answer key

  1. sow
  2. two
  3. be
  4. ant
  5. read
  6. so
  7. night
  8. nose
  9. flew
  10. see
  11. won
  12. road
  13. heal
  14. mail
  15. fare
  16. week
  17. Which
  18. sail
  19. buy
  20. know
  21. knew
  22. dear
  23. deer
  24. tail
  25. piece
  26. rode
  27. flour
  28. heel
  29. witch
  30. they're
  31. our
  32. wood
  33. knows
  34. new
  35. there
  36. knight
  37. sew
  38. too
  39. steal
  40. hear

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