That _______________ has been in the river for hundreds of years.
Answer: A
Weir is a barrier across the horizontal width of the river that alters the flow characteristics of the water and usually results in a change in the vertical height of the river level and we're is used in place of we are. option A is correct.
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He told me the _________ of a fox.
Answer: B
It is tale.
A tale is a story. A tail is what an animal has behind, and the two sound the same.
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She had her first cup of _____________ when she was three.
Answer: A
It is tea.
Tea is the drink. A tee is a golf peg, and the two are pronounced identically.
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What is wrong? You look so ______.
Answer: A
It is blue.
To look blue is to look sad. Brew is what one does to tea, and the two merely resemble each other.
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__________ you like coffee or tea?
Answer: A
It is would.
Would is the auxiliary verb used for offers and requests. Wood is the material, and the two sound the same - the l of would being silent.
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Do you prefer ______, blues or jazz music?
Answer: B
It is soul.
Soul is the genre of music. Sole means only, and the two sound the same.
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A ___ of water buffalo were resting beside the river when the lions attacked.
Answer: B
It is herd.
A herd is a group of grazing animals. Heard is the past tense of hear, and the two are pronounced identically.
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If there are three pedals on the floor of a car, the middle one is the ___________.
Answer: A
It is brake.
In a car with three pedals the middle one is the brake, between the accelerator and the clutch. To break is to shatter.
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A _____________ of children attacked the treats on the picnic table.
Answer: A
It is horde.
A horde is a large crowd, from the Turkic ordu, a camp - the same root as Urdu. A hoard is a store laid by, and the two are pronounced identically.
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It is possible to make cookies taste good _____________ using fresh butter, whole wheat and natural sugars.
Answer: B
It is by.
By here means by means of. To buy is to purchase and a bye is a free pass; all three sound alike.
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