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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 56 · 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: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  4. 4.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  8. 8.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  9. 9.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  10. 10.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  13. 13.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  16. 16.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  17. 17.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
  18. 18.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
  21. 21.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  22. 22.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  23. 23.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) two (c) too
  24. 24.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
  25. 25.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  27. 27.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  28. 28.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  29. 29.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
  30. 30.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  32. 32.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  39. 39.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
  40. 40.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one

Answer key

  1. so
  2. sea
  3. sun
  4. too
  5. wait
  6. knows
  7. son
  8. eight
  9. write
  10. sale
  11. bare
  12. sew
  13. aunt
  14. piece
  15. road
  16. dear
  17. ate
  18. see
  19. know
  20. peace
  21. two
  22. rode
  23. to
  24. ant
  25. pair
  26. whole
  27. read
  28. week
  29. cell
  30. weak
  31. right
  32. heal
  33. red
  34. heel
  35. knight
  36. witch
  37. be
  38. tale
  39. buy
  40. won

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