Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 281 · 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: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
2. 2.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
3. 3.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
4. 4.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
5. 5.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
6. 6.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
7. 7.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
8. 8.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
9. 9.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
10. 10.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
11. 11.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
12. 12.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) to (c) too
13. 13.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
14. 14.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
15. 15.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
16. 16.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
17. 17.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
18. 18.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
19. 19.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
20. 20.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) two (c) to
21. 21.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
22. 22.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
23. 23.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
24. 24.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
25. 25.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
26. 26.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
27. 27.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) two (c) too
28. 28.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
29. 29.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
30. 30.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
31. 31.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
32. 32.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
33. 33.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
34. 34.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
35. 35.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
36. 36.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
37. 37.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
38. 38.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
39. 39.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
40. 40.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right

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