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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 37 · 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: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  2. 2.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  3. 3.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  5. 5.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) two (c) too
  6. 6.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  7. 7.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  8. 8.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  9. 9.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  11. 11.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  14. 14.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  16. 16.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  21. 21.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  22. 22.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  23. 23.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) to (c) two
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  27. 27.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  28. 28.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  29. 29.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
  32. 32.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
  33. 33.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  34. 34.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
  35. 35.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  37. 37.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  38. 38.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  40. 40.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here

Answer key

  1. here
  2. won
  3. flower
  4. plane
  5. to
  6. blew
  7. write
  8. our
  9. steel
  10. flour
  11. weak
  12. sell
  13. hour
  14. eight
  15. sale
  16. dear
  17. sew
  18. road
  19. son
  20. wait
  21. rode
  22. see
  23. two
  24. heal
  25. weight
  26. tale
  27. bear
  28. pair
  29. read
  30. piece
  31. bare
  32. by
  33. cell
  34. pear
  35. aunt
  36. meat
  37. steal
  38. knew
  39. witch
  40. hear

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