Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 60 · 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 shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
2. 2.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
3. 3.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
4. 4.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
5. 5.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
6. 6.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
7. 7.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
8. 8.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
9. 9.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
10. 10.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
11. 11.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
12. 12.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
13. 13.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
14. 14.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
15. 15.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
16. 16.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
17. 17.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
18. 18.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
19. 19.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
20. 20.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
21. 21.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
22. 22.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
23. 23.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
24. 24.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
25. 25.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
26. 26.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
27. 27.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
28. 28.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
29. 29.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
30. 30.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
31. 31.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
32. 32.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
33. 33.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
34. 34.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
35. 35.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
36. 36.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) to (c) two
37. 37.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
38. 38.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
39. 39.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
40. 40.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole

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