Please ___________ for a while.
Answer: A
It is pause.
To pause is to stop briefly. To pass is to go by, and though the two look alike they are not homophones - pause rhymes with paws.
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The time is half ________ ten.
Answer: B
It is past.
Half past ten is the fixed idiom. Passed is the past tense of the verb to pass, and past is the preposition - both pronounced alike.
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Her face became ________ because of fear.
Answer: A
It is pale.
Pale means light in colour, which is what fear does to a face. A pall is a cloth spread over a coffin, or a covering of gloom.
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___________ is used to row the boat.
Answer: A
It is oar.
An oar is used to row. Ore is rock from which metal is extracted, and the two are pronounced alike.
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_____________ is a heavy metal.
Answer: B
It is lead.
The metal lead is spelt like the verb to lead but pronounced like led, the verb's past tense - which is exactly why the pair is confusing.
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Every Airport has a ______________.
Answer: B
It is hangar.
A hangar is a building for aircraft. A hanger holds clothes; the two are pronounced alike and differ by one letter.
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There is a __________ in the bucket.
Answer: B
It is hole.
A hole is an opening. Whole means entire, and the w is silent, so the two sound identical.
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The strength of Achilles was on his ___________.
Answer: A
It is heel.
The heel is the back of the foot, and Achilles' heel was the one part of him that could be wounded. To heal is to make well, and the two are pronounced alike.
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If you want to reach God you have to ________ worldly things.
Answer: A
It is forgo.
To forgo is to do without. To forego is to go before, which is why the past participle foregone means settled in advance. Only the first fits giving up worldly things.
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_________ Bird does not fly in the air.
Answer: A
It is fowl.
A fowl is a bird. Foul means dirty or unfair, and the two are pronounced alike.
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