Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 59 · 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 film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
2. 2.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
3. 3.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
4. 4.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
5. 5.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
6. 6.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
7. 7.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
8. 8.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
9. 9.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
10. 10.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
11. 11.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
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 blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
15. 15.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
16. 16.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
17. 17.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
18. 18.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
19. 19.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
20. 20.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
21. 21.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
22. 22.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
23. 23.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
24. 24.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
25. 25.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
26. 26.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
27. 27.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
28. 28.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
29. 29.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
30. 30.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
31. 31.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
32. 32.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
33. 33.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
34. 34.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
35. 35.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
36. 36.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) too (c) two
37. 37.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
38. 38.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
39. 39.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
40. 40.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) to (b) too (c) two

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