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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 262 · 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: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  2. 2.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  5. 5.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) to (c) two
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
  7. 7.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  8. 8.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  10. 10.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
  14. 14.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  18. 18.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  19. 19.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  20. 20.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  22. 22.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  24. 24.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  25. 25.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
  26. 26.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  27. 27.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  28. 28.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  29. 29.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  32. 32.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  34. 34.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
  39. 39.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  40. 40.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant

Answer key

  1. know
  2. fair
  3. peace
  4. hour
  5. too
  6. some
  7. bear
  8. hear
  9. red
  10. blue
  11. tale
  12. flew
  13. there
  14. pair
  15. witch
  16. flour
  17. sale
  18. sell
  19. our
  20. cell
  21. piece
  22. won
  23. sew
  24. no
  25. buy
  26. pear
  27. see
  28. so
  29. Which
  30. sum
  31. plane
  32. ate
  33. sun
  34. one
  35. wood
  36. sea
  37. mail
  38. their
  39. deer
  40. aunt

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