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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 293 · 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: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  4. 4.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
  5. 5.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  7. 7.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  8. 8.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  10. 10.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
  11. 11.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) two (c) to
  12. 12.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  13. 13.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) two (c) to
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  15. 15.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  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 ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  20. 20.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
  22. 22.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
  25. 25.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  26. 26.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  27. 27.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
  28. 28.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  31. 31.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  33. 33.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  34. 34.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  39. 39.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
  40. 40.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won

Answer key

  1. ant
  2. tail
  3. flour
  4. buy
  5. read
  6. know
  7. hear
  8. Would
  9. they're
  10. steel
  11. too
  12. no
  13. to
  14. knight
  15. eight
  16. heal
  17. bare
  18. witch
  19. road
  20. dear
  21. red
  22. deer
  23. plane
  24. peace
  25. so
  26. knew
  27. by
  28. bear
  29. here
  30. wood
  31. write
  32. piece
  33. sail
  34. aunt
  35. sea
  36. hare
  37. blue
  38. sun
  39. bee
  40. won

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