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Homophones Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 13: Homophones · Set 99 · 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 has the ___ and must stay in bed. (a) flu (b) flew
  2. 2.Pick the right word: The bird ___ to its nest. (a) flu (b) flew
  3. 3.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
  4. 4.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
  5. 5.Pick the right word: Do not walk on the hot road with ___ feet. (a) bare (b) bear
  6. 6.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
  7. 7.Pick the right word: The shoe shop has a big ___ this week. (a) sale (b) sail
  8. 8.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) peace (b) piece
  9. 9.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
  10. 10.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blew (b) blue
  11. 11.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Would (b) Wood
  12. 12.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) bee (b) be
  13. 13.Pick the right word: Big ships sail on the ___. (a) see (b) sea
  14. 14.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flower (b) flour
  15. 15.Pick the right word: It is wrong to ___ other people’s things. (a) steel (b) steal
  16. 16.Pick the right word: This is ___ new house. (a) hour (b) our
  17. 17.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
  18. 18.Pick the right word: There is a ___ in my sock. (a) whole (b) hole
  19. 19.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
  20. 20.Pick the right word: After the fever, Dev felt ___. (a) week (b) weak
  21. 21.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plane (b) plain
  22. 22.Pick the right word: The table is made of ___. (a) wood (b) would
  23. 23.Pick the right word: Mr Sharma has one ___ and one daughter. (a) sun (b) son
  24. 24.Pick the right word: I bought a ___ of shoes. (a) pear (b) pair
  25. 25.Pick the right word: The children forgot ___ books at home. (a) their (b) there (c) they're
  26. 26.Pick the right word: There are seven days in a ___. (a) weak (b) week
  27. 27.Pick the right word: Put your bag over ___. (a) there (b) their (c) they're
  28. 28.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steal (b) steel
  29. 29.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
  30. 30.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fair (b) fare
  31. 31.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) weight (b) wait
  32. 32.Pick the right word: Riya has a ___ bicycle. (a) new (b) knew
  33. 33.Pick the right word: My ___ is blocked because of a cold. (a) nose (b) knows
  34. 34.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
  35. 35.Pick the right word: ___ book is yours? (a) Witch (b) Which
  36. 36.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) see (b) sea
  37. 37.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
  38. 38.Pick the right word: The film lasted one ___. (a) our (b) hour
  39. 39.Pick the right word: It was raining, ___ we stayed indoors. (a) sew (b) so (c) sow
  40. 40.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare

Answer key

  1. flu
  2. flew
  3. tail
  4. tale
  5. bare
  6. meet
  7. sale
  8. piece
  9. night
  10. blue
  11. Would
  12. bee
  13. sea
  14. flour
  15. steal
  16. our
  17. male
  18. hole
  19. sun
  20. weak
  21. plane
  22. wood
  23. son
  24. pair
  25. their
  26. week
  27. there
  28. steel
  29. won
  30. fare
  31. weight
  32. new
  33. nose
  34. fair
  35. Which
  36. see
  37. hare
  38. hour
  39. so
  40. hair

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