Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 8 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
2. 2.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
3. 3.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
4. 4.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
5. 5.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
6. 6.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
7. 7.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
8. 8.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
9. 9.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
10. 10.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
11. 11.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
12. 12.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
13. 13.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
14. 14.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
15. 15.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
16. 16.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
17. 17.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
18. 18.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
19. 19.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
20. 20.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
21. 21.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
22. 22.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
24. 24.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
25. 25.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
26. 26.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
27. 27.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
28. 28.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
29. 29.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
30. 30.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
31. 31.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
32. 32.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
33. 33.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
34. 34.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
35. 35.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
36. 36.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
37. 37.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
38. 38.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
39. 39.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
40. 40.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal

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