Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 87 · 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: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
2. 2.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
3. 3.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) our (b) hour
4. 4.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
5. 5.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
6. 6.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
7. 7.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
8. 8.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
9. 9.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
10. 10.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
11. 11.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
12. 12.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
13. 13.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heel (b) heal
14. 14.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
15. 15.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
16. 16.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
17. 17.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
18. 18.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
19. 19.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
20. 20.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
21. 21.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
22. 22.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
24. 24.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
25. 25.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
26. 26.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
27. 27.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
28. 28.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) ant (b) aunt
29. 29.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
30. 30.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
31. 31.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) cell (b) sell
32. 32.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
33. 33.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
34. 34.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
35. 35.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
36. 36.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
37. 37.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
38. 38.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
39. 39.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) to (c) two
40. 40.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale

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