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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 273 · 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: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  2. 2.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  3. 3.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  5. 5.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
  7. 7.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  9. 9.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  10. 10.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  11. 11.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
  13. 13.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  18. 18.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  20. 20.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) two (c) to
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  22. 22.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  24. 24.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
  27. 27.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
  28. 28.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
  29. 29.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  32. 32.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
  36. 36.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  38. 38.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  40. 40.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to

Answer key

  1. here
  2. knew
  3. cell
  4. right
  5. fair
  6. sum
  7. blew
  8. flour
  9. steal
  10. write
  11. deer
  12. knows
  13. our
  14. tale
  15. be
  16. blue
  17. whole
  18. no
  19. road
  20. two
  21. piece
  22. week
  23. meat
  24. by
  25. tail
  26. hair
  27. one
  28. eight
  29. pear
  30. plane
  31. wait
  32. sale
  33. new
  34. their
  35. weight
  36. ate
  37. sun
  38. bear
  39. know
  40. too

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