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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 32 · 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: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  6. 6.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
  8. 8.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  9. 9.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  10. 10.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  11. 11.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  12. 12.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  13. 13.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
  14. 14.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
  15. 15.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  18. 18.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  21. 21.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
  25. 25.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  28. 28.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  30. 30.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  31. 31.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  32. 32.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) two (c) to
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
  36. 36.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  37. 37.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here

Answer key

  1. bare
  2. sea
  3. red
  4. meat
  5. sun
  6. cell
  7. flu
  8. deer
  9. dear
  10. blew
  11. heel
  12. pair
  13. ate
  14. one
  15. no
  16. hare
  17. sale
  18. eight
  19. weight
  20. road
  21. read
  22. flew
  23. new
  24. night
  25. see
  26. knight
  27. son
  28. by
  29. know
  30. write
  31. rode
  32. two
  33. tail
  34. right
  35. some
  36. won
  37. male
  38. plane
  39. sell
  40. here

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