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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 74 · 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: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  3. 3.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  6. 6.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) to (c) two
  7. 7.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  8. 8.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
  9. 9.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
  11. 11.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  12. 12.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  14. 14.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  16. 16.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
  17. 17.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  18. 18.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  20. 20.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  21. 21.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
  23. 23.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  25. 25.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  28. 28.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  31. 31.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  32. 32.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  33. 33.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
  34. 34.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  35. 35.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  36. 36.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
  37. 37.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
  39. 39.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no

Answer key

  1. some
  2. new
  3. deer
  4. here
  5. son
  6. to
  7. sun
  8. Which
  9. dear
  10. piece
  11. rode
  12. flower
  13. hare
  14. no
  15. sell
  16. so
  17. sail
  18. blew
  19. witch
  20. week
  21. pair
  22. hour
  23. weak
  24. peace
  25. fair
  26. right
  27. knows
  28. write
  29. tale
  30. heal
  31. hear
  32. heel
  33. pear
  34. cell
  35. ate
  36. Would
  37. hole
  38. there
  39. won
  40. know

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