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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 276 · 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: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  2. 2.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  8. 8.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  12. 12.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  14. 14.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  16. 16.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
  17. 17.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  18. 18.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  19. 19.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  21. 21.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  22. 22.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  23. 23.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) to (c) two
  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) cell (b) sell
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
  29. 29.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  32. 32.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  35. 35.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  36. 36.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  38. 38.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  39. 39.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  40. 40.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) two (c) to

Answer key

  1. sea
  2. buy
  3. there
  4. right
  5. mail
  6. wait
  7. piece
  8. read
  9. heal
  10. sew
  11. here
  12. week
  13. blue
  14. see
  15. peace
  16. nose
  17. ant
  18. eight
  19. no
  20. plane
  21. pair
  22. male
  23. to
  24. flower
  25. sell
  26. red
  27. know
  28. bare
  29. bear
  30. their
  31. sale
  32. dear
  33. hare
  34. road
  35. rode
  36. Would
  37. wood
  38. sail
  39. won
  40. two

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