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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 296 · 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 ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  2. 2.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  3. 3.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
  4. 4.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  6. 6.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  7. 7.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  8. 8.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  10. 10.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  11. 11.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  14. 14.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  15. 15.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  16. 16.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  18. 18.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  20. 20.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  21. 21.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  25. 25.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  26. 26.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  35. 35.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  37. 37.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  39. 39.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose

Answer key

  1. cell
  2. flower
  3. buy
  4. weak
  5. heel
  6. rode
  7. fare
  8. their
  9. new
  10. bee
  11. Would
  12. there
  13. know
  14. hole
  15. so
  16. fair
  17. flew
  18. sell
  19. sun
  20. ant
  21. write
  22. tail
  23. red
  24. plane
  25. eight
  26. by
  27. sow
  28. hair
  29. sew
  30. peace
  31. wood
  32. whole
  33. blue
  34. sale
  35. hear
  36. some
  37. no
  38. tale
  39. week
  40. knows

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