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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 73 · 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: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  3. 3.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) buy (c) by
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  6. 6.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  9. 9.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  10. 10.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) night (b) knight
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  15. 15.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  16. 16.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
  18. 18.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
  19. 19.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  23. 23.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
  24. 24.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  27. 27.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  32. 32.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  34. 34.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  35. 35.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  38. 38.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  40. 40.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel

Answer key

  1. Would
  2. blew
  3. by
  4. son
  5. blue
  6. see
  7. meet
  8. wait
  9. eight
  10. night
  11. sow
  12. sea
  13. sun
  14. sale
  15. flower
  16. aunt
  17. witch
  18. their
  19. our
  20. there
  21. here
  22. sum
  23. bee
  24. rode
  25. hare
  26. mail
  27. too
  28. weight
  29. new
  30. plane
  31. some
  32. dear
  33. right
  34. week
  35. pear
  36. flour
  37. bare
  38. two
  39. knight
  40. heal

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