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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 82 · 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: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) sea (b) see
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  3. 3.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
  4. 4.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  6. 6.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
  7. 7.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  8. 8.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  9. 9.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  11. 11.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
  14. 14.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  16. 16.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  18. 18.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  19. 19.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  21. 21.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  26. 26.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
  27. 27.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
  28. 28.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  29. 29.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
  30. 30.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  31. 31.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  33. 33.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  34. 34.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  36. 36.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  40. 40.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one

Answer key

  1. sea
  2. be
  3. fare
  4. blue
  5. right
  6. steel
  7. male
  8. ate
  9. knew
  10. flour
  11. flower
  12. their
  13. meat
  14. Which
  15. plane
  16. pear
  17. meet
  18. our
  19. son
  20. wait
  21. so
  22. heel
  23. tale
  24. know
  25. red
  26. hole
  27. buy
  28. hear
  29. Would
  30. deer
  31. bee
  32. new
  33. eight
  34. blew
  35. whole
  36. week
  37. mail
  38. wood
  39. sale
  40. one

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