Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 35 · 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: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
2. 2.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
3. 3.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
4. 4.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
5. 5.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
6. 6.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
7. 7.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
8. 8.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
9. 9.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
10. 10.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
11. 11.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
12. 12.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
13. 13.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
14. 14.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
15. 15.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
16. 16.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
17. 17.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
18. 18.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
19. 19.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) two (c) to
20. 20.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
21. 21.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
22. 22.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
23. 23.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
24. 24.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
25. 25.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
26. 26.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
27. 27.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
28. 28.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
29. 29.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
30. 30.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
31. 31.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
32. 32.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
33. 33.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
34. 34.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
35. 35.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
36. 36.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
37. 37.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
39. 39.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
40. 40.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by

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