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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 30 · 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: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  2. 2.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
  5. 5.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  6. 6.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  7. 7.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
  8. 8.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  9. 9.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  10. 10.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
  12. 12.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
  13. 13.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
  16. 16.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  17. 17.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  19. 19.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  20. 20.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  21. 21.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
  27. 27.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  28. 28.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  33. 33.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  34. 34.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
  35. 35.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  36. 36.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  39. 39.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  40. 40.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night

Answer key

  1. hair
  2. aunt
  3. heal
  4. sow
  5. eight
  6. bear
  7. steel
  8. deer
  9. Which
  10. Would
  11. flu
  12. hole
  13. write
  14. meet
  15. peace
  16. rode
  17. bee
  18. right
  19. hear
  20. blue
  21. sail
  22. sun
  23. sale
  24. their
  25. some
  26. knows
  27. mail
  28. weak
  29. meat
  30. wait
  31. blew
  32. sew
  33. week
  34. knew
  35. flower
  36. buy
  37. sell
  38. son
  39. dear
  40. night

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