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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 55 · 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: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  6. 6.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  7. 7.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  8. 8.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  9. 9.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
  10. 10.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  11. 11.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  12. 12.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) two (c) to
  13. 13.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  15. 15.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  19. 19.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  20. 20.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  21. 21.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  23. 23.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  27. 27.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  30. 30.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  31. 31.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  32. 32.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  33. 33.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  36. 36.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  37. 37.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
  38. 38.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  39. 39.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see

Answer key

  1. flu
  2. there
  3. flour
  4. blew
  5. tail
  6. weight
  7. our
  8. no
  9. nose
  10. heel
  11. pear
  12. too
  13. fair
  14. wait
  15. sail
  16. mail
  17. meet
  18. son
  19. cell
  20. rode
  21. flower
  22. knight
  23. by
  24. piece
  25. here
  26. be
  27. sale
  28. peace
  29. whole
  30. eight
  31. Which
  32. steal
  33. ate
  34. road
  35. new
  36. bear
  37. knew
  38. so
  39. write
  40. sea

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