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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 54 · 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: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  2. 2.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  6. 6.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  8. 8.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  11. 11.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  12. 12.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  14. 14.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) two (c) too
  15. 15.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
  18. 18.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  20. 20.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  22. 22.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  28. 28.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  29. 29.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
  32. 32.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  34. 34.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  35. 35.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  37. 37.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  38. 38.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
  39. 39.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew

Answer key

  1. tail
  2. our
  3. right
  4. mail
  5. blew
  6. see
  7. piece
  8. to
  9. hair
  10. meet
  11. write
  12. fair
  13. sea
  14. too
  15. hear
  16. flour
  17. night
  18. pair
  19. heal
  20. Which
  21. flew
  22. dear
  23. wood
  24. red
  25. sum
  26. hare
  27. meat
  28. rode
  29. sun
  30. heel
  31. flu
  32. weak
  33. witch
  34. read
  35. bear
  36. tale
  37. week
  38. steel
  39. hole
  40. new

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