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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 294 · 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: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  2. 2.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
  5. 5.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  7. 7.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
  8. 8.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  10. 10.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  11. 11.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  12. 12.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
  13. 13.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  15. 15.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  18. 18.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  19. 19.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  20. 20.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
  22. 22.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  24. 24.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  25. 25.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  27. 27.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  29. 29.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  30. 30.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  31. 31.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  32. 32.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
  36. 36.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  39. 39.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  40. 40.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new

Answer key

  1. flower
  2. see
  3. sow
  4. plane
  5. eight
  6. bare
  7. aunt
  8. steal
  9. right
  10. to
  11. sail
  12. by
  13. fair
  14. meat
  15. male
  16. knight
  17. flew
  18. pear
  19. so
  20. mail
  21. weight
  22. nose
  23. tale
  24. write
  25. won
  26. sea
  27. buy
  28. witch
  29. dear
  30. Which
  31. hear
  32. rode
  33. sum
  34. wait
  35. hour
  36. Would
  37. sew
  38. hair
  39. deer
  40. knew

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