Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 279 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
2. 2.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
3. 3.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
4. 4.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
5. 5.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
6. 6.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
7. 7.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
8. 8.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
9. 9.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
10. 10.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
11. 11.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
12. 12.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
13. 13.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
14. 14.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
15. 15.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
16. 16.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
17. 17.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
18. 18.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
19. 19.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) to (c) too
20. 20.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
21. 21.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
22. 22.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
23. 23.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) to (c) two
24. 24.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
25. 25.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
26. 26.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
27. 27.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
28. 28.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
29. 29.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
30. 30.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
31. 31.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
32. 32.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
33. 33.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
34. 34.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
35. 35.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
36. 36.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
37. 37.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
38. 38.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
39. 39.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
40. 40.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see

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