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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 93 · 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: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) red (b) read
  3. 3.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  5. 5.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  6. 6.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  7. 7.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) sow (b) so (c) sew
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  10. 10.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blew (b) blue
  11. 11.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  12. 12.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) read (b) red
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) knew (b) new
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  15. 15.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) two (c) to
  16. 16.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) so (b) sow (c) sew
  17. 17.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) won (b) one
  18. 18.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) sell (b) cell
  20. 20.Pick the right word: Do you ___ the way to the station? (a) no (b) know
  21. 21.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
  22. 22.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) they're (c) there
  24. 24.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
  25. 25.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) buy (b) bye (c) by
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) piece (b) peace
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  29. 29.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) to (c) too
  30. 30.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  31. 31.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) rode (b) road
  32. 32.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) knew (b) new
  33. 33.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Can I have ___ water, please? (a) sum (b) some
  35. 35.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) hear (b) here
  36. 36.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail
  37. 37.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
  39. 39.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  40. 40.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel

Answer key

  1. right
  2. red
  3. bee
  4. be
  5. sun
  6. dear
  7. sew
  8. sum
  9. meet
  10. blew
  11. Which
  12. read
  13. new
  14. flour
  15. too
  16. so
  17. won
  18. sea
  19. sell
  20. know
  21. Would
  22. pear
  23. their
  24. knows
  25. buy
  26. peace
  27. meat
  28. heel
  29. to
  30. no
  31. road
  32. knew
  33. see
  34. some
  35. here
  36. mail
  37. eight
  38. blue
  39. hear
  40. steel

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