Prasanna had a good ____________ for stage plays .
Answer: D
It is troupe.
A troupe is a company of performers. A troop is a body of soldiers, and the two are pronounced identically.
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The ______ rises in the east.
Answer: A
It is sun.
The sun is the star; a son is a male child. They sound the same, which is the whole point of the pair.
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The child is __________ young to go to school alone.
Answer: B
It is too.
Too means excessively or also. To is the preposition, and two is the number - all three sound alike, and only too can carry the sense of more than is wanted.
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Please remove the ______ from the pond.
Answer: B
It is reed.
A reed is a tall water plant. Read in the past tense is pronounced the same as red, and in the present the same as reed, which is where the confusion lies.
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It is not healthy to ___________ hair.
Answer: B
It is dye.
To dye is to colour something. To die is to cease living, and the two are pronounced alike - which is why dyeing keeps its e.
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The cattle are ___________ on the meadow.
Answer: C
It is grazing.
Cattle graze when they feed on growing grass. Gracing means adorning and crazing means cracking, and none of the three can stand for another.
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The servant _________ up the mat.
Answer: C
It is rolls.
The singular subject servant takes the singular verb rolls. A role is a part played, pronounced the same as roll.
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______ is an attractive flower.
Answer: B
It is rose.
A rose is the flower. Rows are lines of things, and roes are fish eggs or small deer - rose and rows are pronounced alike.
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It is good to eat orange ___________ also.
Answer: B
It is peels.
Peel is the outer skin of a fruit. A peal is the ringing of bells, and the two are pronounced alike.
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_______________ of you must do the work.
Answer: B
It is some.
Some means a certain number of. A sum is a total, and the two sound the same.
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