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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 312 · 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: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  6. 6.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  7. 7.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
  8. 8.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  9. 9.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  11. 11.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
  12. 12.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  14. 14.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  15. 15.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  18. 18.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  20. 20.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  22. 22.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) to (c) two
  23. 23.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
  25. 25.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  28. 28.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  29. 29.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
  31. 31.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
  32. 32.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  35. 35.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  38. 38.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) two (c) too
  39. 39.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  40. 40.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight

Answer key

  1. whole
  2. road
  3. they're
  4. bare
  5. piece
  6. our
  7. steel
  8. no
  9. sail
  10. son
  11. by
  12. eight
  13. meat
  14. so
  15. nose
  16. here
  17. flew
  18. blew
  19. new
  20. blue
  21. hare
  22. to
  23. knew
  24. wait
  25. cell
  26. sow
  27. heel
  28. male
  29. Would
  30. peace
  31. fare
  32. their
  33. tail
  34. right
  35. hole
  36. there
  37. sum
  38. two
  39. steal
  40. night

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