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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 40 · 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: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  2. 2.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  5. 5.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  7. 7.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  8. 8.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  10. 10.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  11. 11.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  18. 18.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) two (c) too
  19. 19.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  23. 23.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  24. 24.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) to (c) two
  25. 25.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  26. 26.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  28. 28.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  30. 30.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  32. 32.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  35. 35.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) too (c) two
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  38. 38.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there

Answer key

  1. some
  2. our
  3. know
  4. knows
  5. deer
  6. meat
  7. week
  8. Would
  9. flour
  10. rode
  11. bee
  12. son
  13. sell
  14. piece
  15. sun
  16. whole
  17. sow
  18. too
  19. pear
  20. peace
  21. weight
  22. hour
  23. won
  24. to
  25. weak
  26. sail
  27. here
  28. cell
  29. new
  30. pair
  31. blew
  32. hole
  33. heal
  34. tale
  35. two
  36. tail
  37. hare
  38. steal
  39. night
  40. they're

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