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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 264 · 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: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  6. 6.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
  7. 7.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
  9. 9.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  10. 10.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  13. 13.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
  14. 14.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  18. 18.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  20. 20.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  25. 25.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
  26. 26.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  29. 29.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  30. 30.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  34. 34.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  35. 35.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  38. 38.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some

Answer key

  1. steel
  2. be
  3. wait
  4. heal
  5. mail
  6. one
  7. deer
  8. there
  9. dear
  10. knight
  11. right
  12. flu
  13. eight
  14. weak
  15. hour
  16. hair
  17. sew
  18. no
  19. bare
  20. to
  21. tail
  22. plane
  23. sea
  24. here
  25. fare
  26. buy
  27. tale
  28. know
  29. won
  30. cell
  31. their
  32. piece
  33. they're
  34. sail
  35. rode
  36. hare
  37. blue
  38. see
  39. meet
  40. sum

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