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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 274 · 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 have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) two (c) too
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  4. 4.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  6. 6.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  8. 8.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  11. 11.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  12. 12.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  16. 16.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
  17. 17.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  18. 18.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  19. 19.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
  21. 21.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  25. 25.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  27. 27.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  30. 30.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  31. 31.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
  32. 32.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  33. 33.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  34. 34.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) two (c) too
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  40. 40.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write

Answer key

  1. here
  2. two
  3. some
  4. rode
  5. flour
  6. pear
  7. meat
  8. by
  9. flu
  10. peace
  11. blew
  12. so
  13. hair
  14. night
  15. wood
  16. eight
  17. deer
  18. heal
  19. hole
  20. there
  21. hear
  22. their
  23. new
  24. they're
  25. male
  26. sun
  27. sale
  28. know
  29. whole
  30. won
  31. Which
  32. week
  33. knew
  34. to
  35. sum
  36. flew
  37. witch
  38. tale
  39. wait
  40. write

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