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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 70 · 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: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
  2. 2.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  4. 4.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  7. 7.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  8. 8.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  11. 11.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  12. 12.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  15. 15.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
  17. 17.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  18. 18.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  20. 20.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  23. 23.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  24. 24.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  26. 26.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  29. 29.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  32. 32.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
  33. 33.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  34. 34.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  37. 37.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  39. 39.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
  40. 40.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue

Answer key

  1. weight
  2. hear
  3. son
  4. Which
  5. be
  6. meet
  7. fair
  8. by
  9. sun
  10. whole
  11. bear
  12. nose
  13. sea
  14. sale
  15. flower
  16. witch
  17. week
  18. steal
  19. piece
  20. cell
  21. flour
  22. hour
  23. pair
  24. male
  25. wood
  26. knew
  27. tale
  28. bare
  29. won
  30. meat
  31. new
  32. aunt
  33. bee
  34. read
  35. knows
  36. flew
  37. sail
  38. heel
  39. so
  40. blew

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