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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 44 · 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: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  2. 2.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  6. 6.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  9. 9.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  10. 10.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  11. 11.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  12. 12.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  15. 15.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  16. 16.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  17. 17.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  19. 19.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
  20. 20.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
  21. 21.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  22. 22.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  27. 27.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  28. 28.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
  29. 29.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  30. 30.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
  31. 31.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  37. 37.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  39. 39.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  40. 40.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be

Answer key

  1. hair
  2. pear
  3. mail
  4. wait
  5. they're
  6. hear
  7. sow
  8. knows
  9. so
  10. cell
  11. witch
  12. aunt
  13. plane
  14. sale
  15. see
  16. no
  17. sail
  18. flu
  19. one
  20. Which
  21. bear
  22. male
  23. peace
  24. road
  25. whole
  26. heel
  27. rode
  28. by
  29. pair
  30. Would
  31. flower
  32. piece
  33. sun
  34. tale
  35. hare
  36. red
  37. ate
  38. meat
  39. ant
  40. bee

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