← Homophones lesson New set →

Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 4 · 40 questions
TalentJR

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.

NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
  1. 1.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  6. 6.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
  7. 7.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  8. 8.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  10. 10.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  11. 11.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) two (c) to
  12. 12.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  13. 13.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  14. 14.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  17. 17.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) two (c) too
  18. 18.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  19. 19.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  21. 21.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  23. 23.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
  26. 26.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  27. 27.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  29. 29.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  31. 31.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
  32. 32.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  34. 34.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
  35. 35.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  38. 38.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows

Answer key

  1. tail
  2. meat
  3. here
  4. sow
  5. sun
  6. cell
  7. dear
  8. Would
  9. flour
  10. week
  11. two
  12. fair
  13. deer
  14. pear
  15. hair
  16. piece
  17. too
  18. so
  19. sail
  20. peace
  21. hear
  22. tale
  23. male
  24. whole
  25. witch
  26. won
  27. buy
  28. son
  29. aunt
  30. right
  31. steel
  32. bee
  33. road
  34. eight
  35. no
  36. heel
  37. hare
  38. by
  39. wait
  40. knows

Free vocabulary lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/vocabulary-builder