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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 267 · 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: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  3. 3.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  5. 5.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  6. 6.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
  7. 7.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
  8. 8.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  10. 10.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  11. 11.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  12. 12.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  16. 16.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  17. 17.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  18. 18.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  19. 19.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  22. 22.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
  23. 23.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) too (c) two
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
  29. 29.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  31. 31.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  33. 33.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
  36. 36.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some

Answer key

  1. mail
  2. weight
  3. read
  4. sow
  5. dear
  6. one
  7. by
  8. knew
  9. sell
  10. write
  11. their
  12. eight
  13. knight
  14. heal
  15. flew
  16. male
  17. bear
  18. cell
  19. hear
  20. sea
  21. flu
  22. fare
  23. to
  24. new
  25. know
  26. meat
  27. plane
  28. bare
  29. sun
  30. tail
  31. fair
  32. tale
  33. no
  34. blew
  35. some
  36. ate
  37. son
  38. wood
  39. knows
  40. sum

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