Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 86 · 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: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
2. 2.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
3. 3.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
4. 4.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) ant (b) aunt
5. 5.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
6. 6.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
7. 7.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) two (c) to
8. 8.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
9. 9.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
10. 10.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
11. 11.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
12. 12.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
13. 13.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) to (c) too
14. 14.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
15. 15.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
16. 16.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
17. 17.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
18. 18.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
19. 19.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
20. 20.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
21. 21.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
22. 22.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
23. 23.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
24. 24.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
25. 25.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
26. 26.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
27. 27.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
29. 29.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) know (b) no
30. 30.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
31. 31.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
32. 32.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
33. 33.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
34. 34.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
35. 35.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) by (c) bye
36. 36.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
37. 37.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
38. 38.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
39. 39.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
40. 40.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail

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