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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 3 · 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: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  4. 4.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) two (c) to
  5. 5.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  6. 6.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
  7. 7.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
  10. 10.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  16. 16.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  18. 18.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
  19. 19.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  20. 20.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) two (c) too
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  23. 23.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  25. 25.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
  26. 26.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  27. 27.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  29. 29.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  31. 31.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  36. 36.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail

Answer key

  1. wait
  2. they're
  3. sow
  4. to
  5. bee
  6. buy
  7. read
  8. flu
  9. their
  10. sell
  11. sea
  12. sum
  13. new
  14. meet
  15. right
  16. so
  17. blew
  18. ant
  19. steal
  20. too
  21. red
  22. flour
  23. bear
  24. piece
  25. Which
  26. dear
  27. sale
  28. knows
  29. hour
  30. hair
  31. flower
  32. here
  33. blue
  34. sun
  35. plane
  36. our
  37. tail
  38. weight
  39. heal
  40. tale

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