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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 50 · 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: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
  5. 5.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  6. 6.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  8. 8.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
  9. 9.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  10. 10.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  11. 11.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  13. 13.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
  14. 14.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) to (c) two
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  17. 17.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  18. 18.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  19. 19.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
  20. 20.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  21. 21.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  22. 22.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  23. 23.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
  24. 24.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
  28. 28.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  29. 29.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  31. 31.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
  32. 32.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  34. 34.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  35. 35.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat

Answer key

  1. cell
  2. sell
  3. piece
  4. heal
  5. see
  6. plane
  7. flour
  8. steel
  9. male
  10. pair
  11. steal
  12. be
  13. pear
  14. to
  15. red
  16. know
  17. rode
  18. heel
  19. bee
  20. two
  21. write
  22. our
  23. aunt
  24. Which
  25. their
  26. sow
  27. sum
  28. too
  29. won
  30. knight
  31. ate
  32. weak
  33. there
  34. week
  35. ant
  36. peace
  37. new
  38. tail
  39. right
  40. meat

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