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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 80 · 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: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  2. 2.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  7. 7.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  8. 8.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  10. 10.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  11. 11.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  12. 12.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  13. 13.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  18. 18.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  20. 20.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  22. 22.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  23. 23.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  24. 24.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Which (b) Witch
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  26. 26.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
  28. 28.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  29. 29.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) there (c) their
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  31. 31.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  32. 32.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  33. 33.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  34. 34.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) to (c) two
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  37. 37.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  38. 38.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
  39. 39.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red

Answer key

  1. piece
  2. eight
  3. son
  4. peace
  5. hour
  6. meat
  7. mail
  8. hear
  9. sun
  10. so
  11. ate
  12. week
  13. our
  14. road
  15. whole
  16. knight
  17. blue
  18. ant
  19. some
  20. won
  21. hare
  22. to
  23. cell
  24. Which
  25. new
  26. two
  27. sew
  28. rode
  29. their
  30. meet
  31. bee
  32. sell
  33. no
  34. too
  35. heal
  36. flour
  37. weak
  38. hole
  39. dear
  40. red

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