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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 304 · 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 can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  4. 4.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
  5. 5.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  7. 7.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
  9. 9.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  10. 10.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  11. 11.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  16. 16.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  18. 18.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  20. 20.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  22. 22.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  27. 27.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  28. 28.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  29. 29.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
  30. 30.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  36. 36.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  38. 38.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  40. 40.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair

Answer key

  1. hear
  2. blue
  3. road
  4. eight
  5. our
  6. hair
  7. write
  8. there
  9. male
  10. won
  11. one
  12. know
  13. be
  14. red
  15. their
  16. sail
  17. whole
  18. by
  19. piece
  20. flower
  21. heel
  22. Would
  23. son
  24. wait
  25. meet
  26. sew
  27. two
  28. steal
  29. knew
  30. deer
  31. weight
  32. bare
  33. sum
  34. flu
  35. mail
  36. fair
  37. new
  38. ant
  39. tale
  40. pear

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