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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 301 · 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: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  3. 3.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  7. 7.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  9. 9.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  11. 11.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  12. 12.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
  18. 18.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  23. 23.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
  25. 25.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  27. 27.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) two (c) too
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  29. 29.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  30. 30.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
  31. 31.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) two (c) too
  32. 32.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  33. 33.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
  36. 36.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
  37. 37.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  38. 38.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  40. 40.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by

Answer key

  1. wait
  2. tail
  3. week
  4. road
  5. knight
  6. right
  7. mail
  8. new
  9. steal
  10. red
  11. fair
  12. our
  13. sea
  14. piece
  15. flu
  16. be
  17. hair
  18. one
  19. blew
  20. there
  21. sale
  22. here
  23. bear
  24. they're
  25. pair
  26. flour
  27. too
  28. sell
  29. pear
  30. knew
  31. two
  32. blue
  33. write
  34. heel
  35. weight
  36. buy
  37. no
  38. see
  39. meat
  40. by

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