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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 307 · 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 ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  2. 2.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  4. 4.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  5. 5.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
  7. 7.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  9. 9.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  10. 10.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  12. 12.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) two (c) to
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  14. 14.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  15. 15.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
  18. 18.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  20. 20.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  23. 23.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  24. 24.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
  25. 25.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  28. 28.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  29. 29.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  35. 35.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
  36. 36.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  38. 38.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
  40. 40.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal

Answer key

  1. write
  2. see
  3. blew
  4. deer
  5. buy
  6. wait
  7. tail
  8. meat
  9. male
  10. Which
  11. road
  12. two
  13. flour
  14. no
  15. pear
  16. hair
  17. witch
  18. plane
  19. their
  20. nose
  21. new
  22. know
  23. flower
  24. knew
  25. dear
  26. blue
  27. right
  28. week
  29. steel
  30. bare
  31. meet
  32. sow
  33. hare
  34. red
  35. eight
  36. so
  37. some
  38. hear
  39. night
  40. steal

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