There was no room at the ______________ so we went to a motel.
Answer: B
It is inn.
An inn is a house providing lodging. In is the preposition, and the two are pronounced identically.
Please log in or register to report this question.
He showed his ______________ by continuing despite an injury.
Answer: B
It is mettle.
Mettle is spirit and courage - to show one's mettle. Metal is the substance, and the two are pronounced identically; mettle is in fact a variant spelling of metal, from the idea of what a person is made of.
Please log in or register to report this question.
She always wanted to become a _______________ rather than to marry.
Answer: A
It is nun.
A nun is a woman in a religious order. None means not any, and the two sound the same.
Please log in or register to report this question.
I always look _______________ to seeing you.
Answer: B
It is forward.
To look forward is to anticipate. A foreword is the preface to a book - the word before - and the two are pronounced nearly alike.
Please log in or register to report this question.
Watch your steps. Take one ___________ at a time.
Answer: A
It is stair.
A stair is a single step. To stare is to look fixedly, and the two are pronounced identically.
Please log in or register to report this question.
Could you tell me ______________ I might find a camp stove?
Answer: C
It is where.
Where asks about place. To wear is to have on and ware means goods; all three sound the same.
Please log in or register to report this question.
You _______________ of onions! What did you eat?
Answer: B
It is reek.
To reek is to smell strongly. To wreak is to inflict, as in wreak havoc, and its w is silent, so the two are pronounced identically.
Please log in or register to report this question.
That makes no ______________!
Answer: B
It is sense.
Sense is meaning. Cents are coins, and the two are pronounced identically.
Please log in or register to report this question.
I _____________ the lottery!
Answer: A
It is won.
Won is the past tense of win. One is the number, and the two are pronounced identically.
Please log in or register to report this question.
I would like some, _____________.
Answer: B
It is too.
Too here means also. To is the preposition and two the number; all three sound alike.
Please log in or register to report this question.
