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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 43 · 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: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  2. 2.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  5. 5.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
  6. 6.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  7. 7.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
  9. 9.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  10. 10.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
  11. 11.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
  12. 12.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  16. 16.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  17. 17.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
  18. 18.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  23. 23.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  24. 24.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
  29. 29.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
  30. 30.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
  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: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  34. 34.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  35. 35.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  36. 36.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  38. 38.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  39. 39.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  40. 40.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour

Answer key

  1. pair
  2. sail
  3. they're
  4. heel
  5. aunt
  6. no
  7. knight
  8. there
  9. see
  10. plane
  11. buy
  12. week
  13. whole
  14. meat
  15. hare
  16. so
  17. steel
  18. cell
  19. piece
  20. be
  21. knows
  22. new
  23. ate
  24. deer
  25. red
  26. weight
  27. sew
  28. wait
  29. witch
  30. hole
  31. bare
  32. eight
  33. son
  34. rode
  35. won
  36. read
  37. sea
  38. bear
  39. fair
  40. flower

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