Make a ___________ turn at the next corner and drive two more blocks.
Answer: A
It is right.
Right here means the opposite of left. A rite is a religious ceremony, and the two are pronounced identically - as is write.
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Do you want to go ___?
Answer: A
It is higher.
Higher is the comparative of high. To hire is to employ or rent, and in non-rhotic accents the two are pronounced alike.
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Jerry ___ so much syrup over his pancakes that you can hardly see the plate.
Answer: B
It is pours.
To pour is to tip liquid out. Pores are the openings in the skin, and the two are pronounced identically.
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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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I ________________ him very well.
Answer: C
It is know.
To know is to be acquainted with. Now is an adverb of time and no a negative; neither can take an object as the sentence requires.
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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.
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A ___ is a long, onion-like vegetable that has a milder aftertaste.
Answer: B
It is leek.
A leek is the long onion-like vegetable, and the national emblem of Wales. A leak is an escape of liquid, and the two are pronounced identically.
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A popular grain for bread and whiskey making is _____________.
Answer: A
It is rye.
Rye is the grain used for bread and whisky. Wry means dryly humorous, with a silent w, and the two sound the same.
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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.
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The commercial jet _______________ swiftly through the clouds.
Answer: A
It is flew.
Flew is the past tense of fly. Flu is the illness, short for influenza, and the two sound the same.
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