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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 77 · 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: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  5. 5.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  7. 7.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  8. 8.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  9. 9.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) here (b) hear
  10. 10.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  11. 11.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  13. 13.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pair (b) pear
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  16. 16.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  18. 18.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
  20. 20.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  22. 22.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  23. 23.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
  25. 25.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) two (c) to
  26. 26.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
  28. 28.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  30. 30.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
  32. 32.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  33. 33.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  34. 34.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  35. 35.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  39. 39.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace

Answer key

  1. hair
  2. blew
  3. sun
  4. know
  5. bee
  6. right
  7. hare
  8. tail
  9. hear
  10. deer
  11. eight
  12. blue
  13. pair
  14. plane
  15. hour
  16. weak
  17. heel
  18. male
  19. sum
  20. read
  21. witch
  22. fare
  23. see
  24. their
  25. to
  26. bear
  27. red
  28. steel
  29. new
  30. Which
  31. heal
  32. so
  33. knight
  34. won
  35. hole
  36. son
  37. flew
  38. meet
  39. two
  40. peace

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