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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 283 · 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: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  2. 2.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  3. 3.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  6. 6.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  10. 10.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  11. 11.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  13. 13.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  15. 15.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  16. 16.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  17. 17.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  20. 20.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) too (c) two
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  23. 23.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  27. 27.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  28. 28.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  29. 29.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  32. 32.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  33. 33.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
  36. 36.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  39. 39.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son

Answer key

  1. their
  2. ate
  3. weak
  4. mail
  5. meat
  6. bear
  7. sea
  8. bare
  9. they're
  10. nose
  11. write
  12. red
  13. steel
  14. sew
  15. steal
  16. no
  17. won
  18. new
  19. hair
  20. two
  21. here
  22. flour
  23. flower
  24. flew
  25. right
  26. flu
  27. so
  28. rode
  29. heal
  30. piece
  31. be
  32. plane
  33. hear
  34. blue
  35. peace
  36. to
  37. sell
  38. whole
  39. eight
  40. son

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