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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 285 · 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 ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  5. 5.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  6. 6.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  8. 8.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  11. 11.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  12. 12.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  13. 13.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  18. 18.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  19. 19.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) to (c) two
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  22. 22.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
  24. 24.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
  26. 26.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
  27. 27.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  28. 28.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
  30. 30.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  36. 36.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  37. 37.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  38. 38.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  39. 39.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  40. 40.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one

Answer key

  1. plane
  2. sea
  3. hare
  4. meat
  5. read
  6. witch
  7. whole
  8. knew
  9. knight
  10. knows
  11. ate
  12. bee
  13. too
  14. weight
  15. mail
  16. sell
  17. road
  18. tail
  19. two
  20. here
  21. piece
  22. buy
  23. hour
  24. rode
  25. bare
  26. so
  27. fair
  28. weak
  29. flu
  30. flower
  31. blue
  32. wait
  33. tale
  34. they're
  35. sale
  36. pair
  37. hole
  38. write
  39. our
  40. one

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