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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 97 · 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 children forgot ___ books at home. (a) they're (b) their (c) there
  2. 2.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hare (b) hair
  3. 3.Pick the right word: I have ___ idea where my pen is. (a) no (b) know
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Please ___ for me at the gate. (a) wait (b) weight
  5. 5.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flour (b) flower
  6. 6.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  7. 7.Pick the right word: A ___ ran across the forest path. (a) deer (b) dear
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) son (b) sun
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) would (b) wood
  10. 10.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pear (b) pair
  11. 11.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) week (b) weak
  12. 12.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) eight (b) ate
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Come ___ and sit with me. (a) here (b) hear
  14. 14.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  15. 15.Pick the right word: The wind ___ my hat away. (a) blue (b) blew
  16. 16.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) knows (b) nose
  17. 17.Pick the right word: Look both ways before you cross the ___. (a) road (b) rode
  18. 18.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  19. 19.Pick the right word: I ___ a letter to Nani every month. (a) right (b) write
  20. 20.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steal (b) steel
  21. 21.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
  22. 22.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  23. 23.Pick the right word: The cut on my knee will ___ in a few days. (a) heal (b) heel
  24. 24.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
  25. 25.Pick the right word: My ___ friend Meera lives in Pune. (a) deer (b) dear
  26. 26.Pick the right word: Grandma will ___ a button on my shirt. (a) so (b) sew (c) sow
  27. 27.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
  28. 28.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  29. 29.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
  30. 30.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
  32. 32.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
  33. 33.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) too (b) to (c) two
  34. 34.Pick the right word: An ___ can carry food bigger than itself. (a) aunt (b) ant
  35. 35.Pick the right word: A spider has ___ legs. (a) eight (b) ate
  36. 36.Pick the right word: Everyone wants ___ in the world. (a) peace (b) piece
  37. 37.Pick the right word: Riya ___ all the answers. (a) nose (b) knows
  38. 38.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
  39. 39.Pick the right word: I have only ___ brother. (a) one (b) won
  40. 40.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue

Answer key

  1. their
  2. hair
  3. no
  4. wait
  5. flower
  6. hour
  7. deer
  8. son
  9. wood
  10. pear
  11. week
  12. ate
  13. here
  14. male
  15. blew
  16. nose
  17. road
  18. pair
  19. write
  20. steal
  21. red
  22. piece
  23. heal
  24. fare
  25. dear
  26. sew
  27. knight
  28. won
  29. bee
  30. our
  31. plane
  32. two
  33. to
  34. ant
  35. eight
  36. peace
  37. knows
  38. see
  39. one
  40. blue

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