Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 81 · 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 wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
2. 2.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
3. 3.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
4. 4.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
5. 5.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
6. 6.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
7. 7.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
8. 8.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
9. 9.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
10. 10.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) sum (b) some
11. 11.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
12. 12.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
13. 13.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
14. 14.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
15. 15.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
16. 16.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
17. 17.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
18. 18.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
19. 19.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
20. 20.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) they're (c) their
21. 21.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
22. 22.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
23. 23.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
24. 24.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
25. 25.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
26. 26.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
27. 27.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
28. 28.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
29. 29.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fare (b) fair
30. 30.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
31. 31.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
32. 32.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
33. 33.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
34. 34.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
35. 35.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
36. 36.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
37. 37.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
38. 38.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
39. 39.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
40. 40.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour

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