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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 39 · 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: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  5. 5.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  7. 7.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
  9. 9.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  10. 10.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  11. 11.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  16. 16.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  17. 17.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  19. 19.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
  20. 20.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  23. 23.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  25. 25.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  26. 26.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  27. 27.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
  28. 28.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  30. 30.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  32. 32.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  34. 34.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  35. 35.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  36. 36.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
  37. 37.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  38. 38.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  40. 40.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right

Answer key

  1. rode
  2. sew
  3. here
  4. some
  5. flower
  6. flour
  7. wood
  8. bare
  9. see
  10. hear
  11. mail
  12. tail
  13. their
  14. sale
  15. flu
  16. fair
  17. nose
  18. meat
  19. eight
  20. sell
  21. meet
  22. be
  23. weak
  24. plane
  25. ate
  26. so
  27. aunt
  28. fare
  29. right
  30. hole
  31. blue
  32. pair
  33. hare
  34. deer
  35. knew
  36. one
  37. too
  38. sail
  39. road
  40. write

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