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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 298 · 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: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) two (c) too
  2. 2.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  4. 4.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  7. 7.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  8. 8.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  10. 10.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  11. 11.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  14. 14.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  15. 15.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) too (c) two
  16. 16.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  18. 18.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  21. 21.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  23. 23.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  24. 24.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
  25. 25.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  26. 26.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  29. 29.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  30. 30.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  31. 31.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  32. 32.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  33. 33.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
  34. 34.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  35. 35.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  38. 38.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  39. 39.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  40. 40.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair

Answer key

  1. two
  2. our
  3. sale
  4. bear
  5. hair
  6. peace
  7. fair
  8. nose
  9. heel
  10. heal
  11. weak
  12. hour
  13. tail
  14. deer
  15. to
  16. write
  17. sew
  18. steal
  19. flew
  20. red
  21. sail
  22. road
  23. see
  24. Would
  25. ant
  26. aunt
  27. son
  28. know
  29. sell
  30. flower
  31. week
  32. won
  33. hole
  34. rode
  35. steel
  36. night
  37. they're
  38. read
  39. pear
  40. fare

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