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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 84 · 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: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  6. 6.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  7. 7.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) too (c) two
  8. 8.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  10. 10.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  12. 12.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
  14. 14.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  17. 17.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  18. 18.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
  19. 19.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bear (b) bare
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
  23. 23.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  24. 24.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
  27. 27.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
  28. 28.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  30. 30.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  32. 32.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  34. 34.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
  35. 35.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
  36. 36.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  38. 38.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flew (b) flu
  40. 40.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here

Answer key

  1. tail
  2. heel
  3. wait
  4. meet
  5. mail
  6. sun
  7. to
  8. their
  9. they're
  10. sail
  11. here
  12. rode
  13. plane
  14. steal
  15. whole
  16. sale
  17. weak
  18. weight
  19. bear
  20. flour
  21. blue
  22. sell
  23. too
  24. wood
  25. night
  26. know
  27. Would
  28. so
  29. flu
  30. bare
  31. heal
  32. hour
  33. hair
  34. one
  35. buy
  36. knew
  37. new
  38. fair
  39. flew
  40. hear

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