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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 282 · 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: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  2. 2.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
  3. 3.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  5. 5.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  6. 6.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  7. 7.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  8. 8.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
  9. 9.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  10. 10.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  11. 11.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  16. 16.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  20. 20.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  21. 21.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
  27. 27.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  28. 28.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) to (c) two
  29. 29.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
  30. 30.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  31. 31.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  32. 32.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  35. 35.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
  36. 36.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) to (c) two
  37. 37.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
  38. 38.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  39. 39.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  40. 40.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel

Answer key

  1. hole
  2. aunt
  3. bear
  4. piece
  5. so
  6. dear
  7. cell
  8. Would
  9. week
  10. no
  11. nose
  12. weight
  13. whole
  14. blue
  15. meet
  16. fare
  17. sun
  18. some
  19. sow
  20. sale
  21. deer
  22. wood
  23. blew
  24. sell
  25. here
  26. hair
  27. flower
  28. to
  29. ate
  30. write
  31. won
  32. witch
  33. heel
  34. their
  35. bee
  36. two
  37. buy
  38. sail
  39. knew
  40. steel

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