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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 269 · 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: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
  2. 2.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  3. 3.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
  5. 5.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
  7. 7.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  10. 10.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  11. 11.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
  13. 13.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  16. 16.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  18. 18.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  19. 19.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  23. 23.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
  27. 27.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  28. 28.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  29. 29.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  31. 31.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  36. 36.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  38. 38.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know

Answer key

  1. Would
  2. male
  3. dear
  4. plane
  5. hear
  6. knows
  7. Which
  8. sew
  9. tale
  10. ate
  11. wood
  12. hair
  13. bear
  14. knight
  15. right
  16. rode
  17. tail
  18. sail
  19. pair
  20. here
  21. flew
  22. hour
  23. hole
  24. their
  25. new
  26. sow
  27. sale
  28. fair
  29. sun
  30. piece
  31. our
  32. red
  33. meat
  34. blew
  35. flour
  36. read
  37. witch
  38. bee
  39. sum
  40. know

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