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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 268 · 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: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
  5. 5.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  7. 7.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  10. 10.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  14. 14.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  18. 18.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  19. 19.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  22. 22.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
  25. 25.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  27. 27.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
  29. 29.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
  30. 30.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) to (c) two
  31. 31.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  32. 32.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
  34. 34.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) to (c) two
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  36. 36.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  38. 38.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea

Answer key

  1. read
  2. weight
  3. tail
  4. night
  5. our
  6. right
  7. pair
  8. new
  9. they're
  10. sell
  11. know
  12. flew
  13. peace
  14. so
  15. piece
  16. here
  17. whole
  18. week
  19. won
  20. there
  21. knows
  22. weak
  23. some
  24. heal
  25. aunt
  26. sun
  27. buy
  28. sum
  29. by
  30. two
  31. steal
  32. witch
  33. plane
  34. to
  35. son
  36. see
  37. road
  38. one
  39. mail
  40. sea

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