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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 291 · 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: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  2. 2.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
  4. 4.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  7. 7.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  8. 8.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  9. 9.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  10. 10.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  11. 11.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
  18. 18.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  19. 19.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  21. 21.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  22. 22.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  23. 23.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  24. 24.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  25. 25.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  27. 27.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  28. 28.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  29. 29.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  33. 33.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  35. 35.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  36. 36.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  39. 39.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  40. 40.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road

Answer key

  1. fair
  2. fare
  3. sew
  4. male
  5. sum
  6. road
  7. heel
  8. flew
  9. to
  10. mail
  11. won
  12. whole
  13. red
  14. flu
  15. their
  16. they're
  17. bare
  18. hare
  19. bee
  20. son
  21. our
  22. see
  23. steal
  24. eight
  25. Which
  26. tale
  27. write
  28. week
  29. read
  30. new
  31. piece
  32. meet
  33. hear
  34. there
  35. flower
  36. bear
  37. sun
  38. here
  39. cell
  40. rode

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