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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 72 · 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: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  2. 2.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
  3. 3.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  5. 5.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) buy (c) bye
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  7. 7.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  10. 10.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  12. 12.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  13. 13.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  16. 16.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  17. 17.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  18. 18.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  23. 23.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  25. 25.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  26. 26.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  29. 29.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  30. 30.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  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: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  37. 37.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) two (c) to
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  39. 39.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  40. 40.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell

Answer key

  1. ant
  2. one
  3. eight
  4. son
  5. by
  6. meat
  7. sail
  8. sea
  9. right
  10. ate
  11. piece
  12. week
  13. steel
  14. bare
  15. wait
  16. nose
  17. see
  18. our
  19. whole
  20. flour
  21. new
  22. they're
  23. read
  24. witch
  25. steal
  26. no
  27. flu
  28. sow
  29. two
  30. flower
  31. fair
  32. tail
  33. here
  34. road
  35. sell
  36. mail
  37. too
  38. blue
  39. Which
  40. cell

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