Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 48 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
2. 2.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
3. 3.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
4. 4.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
5. 5.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
6. 6.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
7. 7.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
8. 8.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
9. 9.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
10. 10.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
11. 11.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
12. 12.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
13. 13.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
14. 14.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
15. 15.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
16. 16.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
17. 17.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
18. 18.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
19. 19.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
20. 20.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
21. 21.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
22. 22.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
23. 23.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
24. 24.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
25. 25.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
26. 26.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) some (b) sum
27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
28. 28.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
29. 29.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
30. 30.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
31. 31.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
32. 32.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
33. 33.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
34. 34.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
35. 35.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
36. 36.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
37. 37.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
38. 38.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
39. 39.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
40. 40.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu

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