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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 277 · 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: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  5. 5.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  6. 6.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
  7. 7.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  10. 10.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  13. 13.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  14. 14.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  18. 18.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  19. 19.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  20. 20.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  21. 21.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  24. 24.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  28. 28.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) two (c) to
  29. 29.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
  30. 30.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  31. 31.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  32. 32.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  36. 36.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
  37. 37.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  39. 39.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear

Answer key

  1. know
  2. whole
  3. be
  4. flour
  5. write
  6. Which
  7. read
  8. piece
  9. blue
  10. deer
  11. flu
  12. sea
  13. week
  14. sail
  15. hair
  16. wait
  17. hare
  18. bee
  19. eight
  20. our
  21. weak
  22. sale
  23. right
  24. no
  25. plane
  26. new
  27. witch
  28. too
  29. pear
  30. steal
  31. male
  32. bear
  33. mail
  34. meat
  35. sun
  36. so
  37. fare
  38. flew
  39. cell
  40. bare

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