Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 295 · 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: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
2. 2.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
3. 3.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
4. 4.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
5. 5.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
6. 6.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
7. 7.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
8. 8.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
9. 9.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
10. 10.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
11. 11.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
12. 12.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
13. 13.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
15. 15.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
16. 16.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
17. 17.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
18. 18.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
19. 19.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
20. 20.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
21. 21.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
22. 22.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
23. 23.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
24. 24.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
25. 25.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
26. 26.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
27. 27.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
28. 28.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
29. 29.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
30. 30.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
31. 31.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
32. 32.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
33. 33.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
34. 34.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
35. 35.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
36. 36.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
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: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
39. 39.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
40. 40.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun

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