Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 306 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
2. 2.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
3. 3.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
4. 4.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
5. 5.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
6. 6.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
7. 7.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
8. 8.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
9. 9.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
10. 10.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
11. 11.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
12. 12.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
13. 13.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
14. 14.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
15. 15.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
16. 16.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
17. 17.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
18. 18.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
19. 19.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
20. 20.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
21. 21.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
22. 22.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
23. 23.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
24. 24.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
25. 25.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
26. 26.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) too (c) two
27. 27.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
28. 28.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
29. 29.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
30. 30.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
31. 31.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
32. 32.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
33. 33.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
34. 34.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
35. 35.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
36. 36.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
37. 37.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) to (c) two
38. 38.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
39. 39.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
40. 40.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu

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