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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 271 · 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: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  3. 3.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  5. 5.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
  6. 6.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  9. 9.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
  10. 10.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
  11. 11.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  12. 12.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
  16. 16.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
  18. 18.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) to (c) two
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  22. 22.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  24. 24.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  29. 29.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
  30. 30.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  34. 34.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  37. 37.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  39. 39.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  40. 40.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so

Answer key

  1. week
  2. hare
  3. weak
  4. wood
  5. Would
  6. knight
  7. know
  8. right
  9. fare
  10. Which
  11. heal
  12. cell
  13. sun
  14. son
  15. wait
  16. ant
  17. hair
  18. to
  19. night
  20. meet
  21. tail
  22. no
  23. meat
  24. flower
  25. sell
  26. they're
  27. new
  28. blew
  29. buy
  30. pair
  31. flu
  32. sea
  33. be
  34. bear
  35. witch
  36. road
  37. knew
  38. hour
  39. fair
  40. so

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