Did you _________ the sound?
Answer: B
It is hear.
To hear is to perceive sound - and the word contains ear, which is the easiest way to keep the two apart. Here means in this place.
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What are you going to ______ for the annual function?
Answer: B
It is wear.
To wear is to have clothing on. Where asks about place, and the two are pronounced alike.
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The apartment has a large ________.
Answer: A
It is hall.
A hall is a large room. To haul is to drag with effort, and the two sound the same.
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Are these ________ books?
Answer: B
It is their.
Their is the possessive, which is what the sentence needs before books. There means in that place, and they're is the contraction of they are.
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They cannot perform the ______without their parents.
Answer: A
It is rites.
Rites are religious ceremonies. Rights are entitlements, and the two are pronounced identically - as is the verb to write.
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The truck broke ______ the ice on the road in Denver.
Answer: B
It is through.
Through means from one side to the other. Threw is the past tense of throw, and the two are pronounced alike.
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Get up my __________.
Answer: B
It is son.
A son is a male child, and is the form of address the sentence calls for. The sun is the star.
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You ______ to have said it long ago.
Answer: A
It is ought.
Ought is the auxiliary expressing duty - you ought to have said. Aught is an archaic word meaning anything, and the two are pronounced alike.
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____________ floats on the sea to warn ships of danger.
Answer: A
It is buoys.
A buoy is a floating marker. Boys are male children, and in British pronunciation the two are close enough to be confused, which is what this pair tests.
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He skidded because he did not apply the ______.
Answer: B
It is brake.
A brake stops a vehicle, which is what he failed to apply. To break is to shatter or to interrupt; both are pronounced alike.
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