Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 314 · 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 ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
2. 2.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
3. 3.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
4. 4.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
5. 5.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
6. 6.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
7. 7.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
8. 8.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
9. 9.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
10. 10.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
11. 11.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
12. 12.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
13. 13.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
14. 14.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
15. 15.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
16. 16.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
17. 17.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
18. 18.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
19. 19.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
20. 20.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
21. 21.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
22. 22.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
23. 23.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
24. 24.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
25. 25.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
26. 26.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
27. 27.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
29. 29.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
30. 30.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
31. 31.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
32. 32.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
33. 33.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
34. 34.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
35. 35.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
36. 36.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
37. 37.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
38. 38.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
39. 39.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
40. 40.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won

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