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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 64 · 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: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
  3. 3.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  6. 6.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  7. 7.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  10. 10.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  11. 11.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  13. 13.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
  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: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
  18. 18.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
  20. 20.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  21. 21.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
  22. 22.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  25. 25.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
  27. 27.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  29. 29.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  30. 30.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  31. 31.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  32. 32.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  33. 33.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tail (b) tale
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  37. 37.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  38. 38.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no

Answer key

  1. sew
  2. peace
  3. steel
  4. be
  5. wood
  6. male
  7. weight
  8. they're
  9. meat
  10. too
  11. sale
  12. knight
  13. write
  14. sum
  15. hear
  16. flour
  17. buy
  18. aunt
  19. witch
  20. flew
  21. knew
  22. ate
  23. heal
  24. blew
  25. nose
  26. red
  27. flower
  28. road
  29. Which
  30. sail
  31. pair
  32. weak
  33. ant
  34. meet
  35. tale
  36. hair
  37. dear
  38. fair
  39. blue
  40. know

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