Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 286 · 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: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
2. 2.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
3. 3.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
4. 4.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
5. 5.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
6. 6.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
7. 7.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
8. 8.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
9. 9.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
10. 10.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
11. 11.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
12. 12.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
13. 13.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
14. 14.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
15. 15.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
16. 16.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
17. 17.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
18. 18.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
19. 19.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
20. 20.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
21. 21.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
22. 22.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
23. 23.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
24. 24.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
25. 25.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
26. 26.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
27. 27.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
28. 28.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
29. 29.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
30. 30.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
31. 31.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
32. 32.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
33. 33.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
34. 34.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
35. 35.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
36. 36.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
37. 37.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
38. 38.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
39. 39.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
40. 40.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait

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