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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 96 · 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: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) whole (b) hole
  2. 2.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) ate (b) eight
  3. 3.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) dear (b) deer
  4. 4.Pick the right word: We sat ___ the river and ate lunch. (a) bye (b) by (c) buy
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meat (b) meet
  6. 6.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  7. 7.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  8. 8.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sail (b) sale
  9. 9.Pick the right word: Kabir and Dev are late because ___ stuck in traffic. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
  10. 10.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) weight (b) wait
  11. 11.Pick the right word: My ___ is my mother’s sister. (a) aunt (b) ant
  12. 12.Pick the right word: I can ___ the birds singing. (a) hear (b) here
  13. 13.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  16. 16.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
  17. 17.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  18. 18.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) know (b) no
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The ___ of my shoe is broken. (a) heal (b) heel
  20. 20.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meat (b) meet
  22. 22.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  23. 23.Pick the right word: I will ___ a new pencil from the shop. (a) by (b) bye (c) buy
  24. 24.Pick the right word: This tea is ___ hot to drink. (a) too (b) two (c) to
  25. 25.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  26. 26.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  28. 28.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
  29. 29.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sail (b) sale
  30. 30.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hare (b) hair
  32. 32.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  33. 33.Pick the right word: Farmers ___ seeds in the field. (a) sew (b) sow (c) so
  34. 34.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) bee (b) be
  35. 35.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
  38. 38.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
  39. 39.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) sun (b) son
  40. 40.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) male (b) mail

Answer key

  1. whole
  2. eight
  3. deer
  4. by
  5. meet
  6. see
  7. to
  8. sale
  9. they're
  10. wait
  11. aunt
  12. hear
  13. pair
  14. flour
  15. blew
  16. sum
  17. wood
  18. no
  19. heel
  20. dear
  21. meat
  22. nose
  23. buy
  24. too
  25. red
  26. witch
  27. tale
  28. plane
  29. sail
  30. fair
  31. hare
  32. write
  33. sow
  34. be
  35. tail
  36. son
  37. right
  38. steel
  39. sun
  40. mail

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