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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 303 · 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 ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  2. 2.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  4. 4.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
  5. 5.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) to (c) two
  6. 6.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  8. 8.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  10. 10.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  15. 15.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  17. 17.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  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 postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  20. 20.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  21. 21.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  22. 22.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  24. 24.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  25. 25.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  26. 26.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  27. 27.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  31. 31.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  32. 32.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  33. 33.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  36. 36.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
  37. 37.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know

Answer key

  1. knew
  2. deer
  3. road
  4. buy
  5. two
  6. hear
  7. some
  8. flower
  9. flour
  10. too
  11. be
  12. wait
  13. here
  14. knows
  15. by
  16. sow
  17. bear
  18. steal
  19. mail
  20. won
  21. see
  22. Would
  23. wood
  24. fair
  25. fare
  26. ant
  27. pear
  28. son
  29. bare
  30. hare
  31. week
  32. blew
  33. nose
  34. right
  35. blue
  36. one
  37. steel
  38. sun
  39. meat
  40. know

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