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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 28 · 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: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  5. 5.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  6. 6.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  7. 7.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  9. 9.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  10. 10.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  11. 11.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  14. 14.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
  18. 18.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
  19. 19.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
  21. 21.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
  23. 23.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
  24. 24.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  26. 26.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  28. 28.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) too (c) two
  29. 29.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  30. 30.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  32. 32.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  33. 33.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  35. 35.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  37. 37.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  38. 38.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  40. 40.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue

Answer key

  1. ate
  2. knight
  3. hour
  4. blew
  5. nose
  6. weak
  7. write
  8. tale
  9. deer
  10. rode
  11. ant
  12. sew
  13. meat
  14. aunt
  15. wood
  16. red
  17. peace
  18. hole
  19. Would
  20. flu
  21. Which
  22. weight
  23. by
  24. no
  25. tail
  26. bee
  27. sun
  28. two
  29. flew
  30. week
  31. road
  32. too
  33. steel
  34. knows
  35. bear
  36. hare
  37. fair
  38. sail
  39. be
  40. blue

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