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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 284 · 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: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  3. 3.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  6. 6.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  8. 8.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  10. 10.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  11. 11.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  12. 12.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  13. 13.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
  16. 16.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  17. 17.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  20. 20.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  22. 22.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
  27. 27.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
  29. 29.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
  33. 33.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  35. 35.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  38. 38.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  39. 39.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum

Answer key

  1. hole
  2. our
  3. one
  4. whole
  5. new
  6. heel
  7. wait
  8. night
  9. be
  10. to
  11. fare
  12. dear
  13. steal
  14. peace
  15. heal
  16. two
  17. knew
  18. flour
  19. sow
  20. tail
  21. son
  22. Which
  23. plane
  24. sea
  25. sew
  26. their
  27. no
  28. hair
  29. bee
  30. road
  31. sale
  32. bare
  33. sail
  34. red
  35. nose
  36. hour
  37. flew
  38. week
  39. see
  40. sum

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