Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 297 · 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: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
2. 2.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
3. 3.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
4. 4.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
5. 5.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
6. 6.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
7. 7.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
8. 8.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
9. 9.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) two (c) to
10. 10.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
11. 11.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
12. 12.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
13. 13.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
14. 14.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
15. 15.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
16. 16.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
17. 17.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
18. 18.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
19. 19.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
20. 20.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) too (c) two
21. 21.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
22. 22.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
23. 23.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
24. 24.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
25. 25.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
26. 26.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
27. 27.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
28. 28.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
29. 29.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
30. 30.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
31. 31.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
32. 32.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
33. 33.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
34. 34.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
35. 35.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
36. 36.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
37. 37.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
38. 38.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
39. 39.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
40. 40.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would

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