Be sure to ______________ the front desk for messages when you return.
Answer: A
Check is to examine a thing to determine its quaity or to detect the presence of something and Cheque is an order to a bank to pay a stated sum from the drawer's account, written on a specially printed form. option A is correct.
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The cracks in the ______________ were made by the weight of the chandelier.
Answer: A
It is ceiling.
A ceiling is the upper surface of a room, from which a chandelier hangs. Sealing is closing something up, and the two sound the same.
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The drunkard walked along the street with an unsteady _________________.
Answer: A
It is gait.
A gait is a manner of walking. A gate is an opening in a fence, and the two are pronounced identically.
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During the summer I work as a tour ___.
Answer: A
It is guide.
A guide shows visitors round. Guyed means secured with a guy rope, or mocked, and the two are pronounced identically.
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The jockey held the horse __________ tightly.
Answer: A
Rein is a long, narrow strap attached at one end to a horse's bit, typically used in pairs to guide or check a horse in riding or driving. Reign is ruling a land and Rain is the water dropping from the sky so option A is correct.
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Dogs like to ______________ bones to save them for later.
Answer: A
It is bury.
To bury is to put underground. A berry is the fruit, and in most accents the two are pronounced alike.
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Her hair was thick and ____________ rather than thin and fine.
Answer: A
It is coarse.
Coarse means rough or thick in texture, which is what the sentence contrasts with fine. A course is a path or a series of lessons.
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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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We ______ the orange with a knife.
Answer: A
It is peel.
To peel is to strip off the skin. A peal is the ringing of bells, and the two sound the same.
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One tasty fish is called ________________.
Answer: B
It is plaice.
A plaice is a flatfish. A place is a location, and the two are pronounced identically.
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