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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 90 · 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 shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
  3. 3.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  4. 4.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) hole (b) whole
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bear (b) bare
  6. 6.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
  7. 7.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  8. 8.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  11. 11.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
  12. 12.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  13. 13.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) hour (b) our
  14. 14.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  15. 15.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  17. 17.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
  18. 18.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
  19. 19.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
  20. 20.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
  21. 21.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Rohan has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flew (b) flu
  23. 23.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  25. 25.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) write (b) right
  26. 26.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  28. 28.Pick the right word: A brown ___ came out of the cave. (a) bare (b) bear
  29. 29.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heel (b) heal
  30. 30.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
  34. 34.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) dear (b) deer
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
  38. 38.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
  39. 39.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
  40. 40.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour

Answer key

  1. sale
  2. hair
  3. flour
  4. hole
  5. bare
  6. rode
  7. see
  8. wood
  9. blew
  10. right
  11. pear
  12. heal
  13. hour
  14. sun
  15. peace
  16. road
  17. by
  18. buy
  19. knew
  20. cell
  21. weak
  22. flu
  23. nose
  24. meet
  25. write
  26. steal
  27. some
  28. bear
  29. heel
  30. mail
  31. they're
  32. new
  33. whole
  34. dear
  35. sea
  36. wait
  37. weight
  38. knows
  39. steel
  40. flower

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