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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 9 · 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 ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
  2. 2.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) sew (c) so
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
  6. 6.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
  7. 7.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) won (b) one
  8. 8.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  10. 10.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
  11. 11.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) right (b) write
  12. 12.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  15. 15.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  16. 16.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) road (b) rode
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  18. 18.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tail (b) tale
  20. 20.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  21. 21.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  22. 22.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) night (b) knight
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  25. 25.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
  26. 26.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  27. 27.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) too (b) to (c) two
  28. 28.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  29. 29.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  30. 30.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  32. 32.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
  33. 33.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  34. 34.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  35. 35.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  36. 36.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  37. 37.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  38. 38.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
  39. 39.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  40. 40.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our

Answer key

  1. plane
  2. nose
  3. be
  4. sew
  5. wait
  6. Would
  7. one
  8. flower
  9. sun
  10. ate
  11. right
  12. they're
  13. tale
  14. here
  15. no
  16. rode
  17. flew
  18. too
  19. tail
  20. heel
  21. ant
  22. see
  23. knight
  24. peace
  25. pear
  26. write
  27. two
  28. eight
  29. flour
  30. fare
  31. there
  32. buy
  33. fair
  34. steal
  35. Which
  36. dear
  37. so
  38. aunt
  39. sail
  40. our

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