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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 7 · 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: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  4. 4.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
  8. 8.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  10. 10.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
  11. 11.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  14. 14.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  17. 17.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  18. 18.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  19. 19.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
  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: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  22. 22.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  23. 23.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  24. 24.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  25. 25.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  26. 26.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  29. 29.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
  30. 30.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  31. 31.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  35. 35.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
  36. 36.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  38. 38.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  39. 39.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  40. 40.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) to (b) too (c) two

Answer key

  1. they're
  2. sum
  3. sea
  4. deer
  5. flu
  6. road
  7. hair
  8. flew
  9. new
  10. fare
  11. write
  12. tale
  13. mail
  14. bear
  15. flour
  16. heal
  17. steal
  18. sale
  19. Would
  20. buy
  21. know
  22. sail
  23. bee
  24. dear
  25. pair
  26. weak
  27. heel
  28. whole
  29. nose
  30. Which
  31. fair
  32. meet
  33. sow
  34. weight
  35. one
  36. ant
  37. some
  38. week
  39. flower
  40. too

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