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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 266 · 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: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
  2. 2.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
  3. 3.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  4. 4.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  5. 5.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  10. 10.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  12. 12.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
  14. 14.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
  15. 15.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  16. 16.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  20. 20.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  21. 21.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
  22. 22.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  23. 23.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  27. 27.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  28. 28.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  29. 29.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
  32. 32.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  38. 38.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  40. 40.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear

Answer key

  1. bee
  2. aunt
  3. write
  4. nose
  5. deer
  6. they're
  7. hair
  8. road
  9. weight
  10. one
  11. meet
  12. fair
  13. sum
  14. Would
  15. fare
  16. read
  17. hare
  18. new
  19. sale
  20. wood
  21. pear
  22. hear
  23. buy
  24. red
  25. night
  26. tale
  27. knew
  28. week
  29. so
  30. their
  31. witch
  32. sell
  33. blue
  34. some
  35. here
  36. sow
  37. knight
  38. bear
  39. right
  40. pair

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