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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 88 · 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: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  2. 2.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  5. 5.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  7. 7.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) male (b) mail
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  9. 9.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  11. 11.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) knows (b) nose
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) which (b) witch
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  16. 16.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  17. 17.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  18. 18.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
  20. 20.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  21. 21.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  24. 24.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  26. 26.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
  27. 27.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  28. 28.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  29. 29.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  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: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  32. 32.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) to (b) two (c) too
  33. 33.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) weak (b) week
  34. 34.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
  36. 36.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  37. 37.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  38. 38.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
  39. 39.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  40. 40.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight

Answer key

  1. fare
  2. week
  3. flour
  4. wait
  5. one
  6. there
  7. male
  8. flu
  9. flower
  10. meet
  11. Which
  12. knows
  13. sew
  14. witch
  15. heel
  16. hour
  17. see
  18. steal
  19. weight
  20. sale
  21. hear
  22. sun
  23. some
  24. no
  25. tail
  26. knew
  27. eight
  28. be
  29. wood
  30. bare
  31. bee
  32. to
  33. weak
  34. steel
  35. hair
  36. write
  37. read
  38. hole
  39. here
  40. ate

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