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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 41 · 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: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
  2. 2.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  4. 4.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  5. 5.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
  7. 7.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
  11. 11.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  16. 16.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
  17. 17.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  18. 18.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  25. 25.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  27. 27.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  29. 29.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
  32. 32.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  33. 33.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) two (c) too
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
  35. 35.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be

Answer key

  1. knows
  2. hear
  3. knight
  4. no
  5. two
  6. red
  7. pear
  8. some
  9. hour
  10. there
  11. ant
  12. right
  13. mail
  14. blew
  15. meat
  16. knew
  17. deer
  18. dear
  19. hair
  20. whole
  21. flour
  22. new
  23. weight
  24. road
  25. see
  26. heel
  27. by
  28. wood
  29. rode
  30. hare
  31. wait
  32. won
  33. to
  34. heal
  35. week
  36. plane
  37. night
  38. sell
  39. tail
  40. be

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