An oboe is a double ___________ instrument.
Answer: B
It is reed.
The oboe is a double-reed instrument - two thin blades of cane vibrate against each other. To read is the verb, pronounced the same in the present tense.
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He had his ________ on a tweed jacket.
Answer: B
It is eye.
To have one's eye on something is to want it. I is the pronoun, and the two are pronounced identically.
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My bicycle tyre has a small ______.
Answer: A
It is leak.
A leak is a hole through which air or liquid escapes. A leek is the vegetable, and the two sound the same.
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Her novels regularly ____________ the depths of human despair.
Answer: B
It is plumb.
To plumb is to sound the depth of, from the plumb line weighted with lead - the b is silent. A plum is the fruit.
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She always thought of her husband as a kind of "___ in shining armor", a hero.
Answer: A
It is knight.
A knight in shining armour is the idiom for a rescuer, and the k is silent. Night is the dark part of the day.
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The golfer scored a _______________ in one.
Answer: B
It is hole.
A hole in one is the golfing feat. Whole means entire, with a silent w, and the two sound the same.
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It is not healthy to ___________ hair.
Answer: B
It is dye.
To dye is to colour something. To die is to cease living, and the two are pronounced alike - which is why dyeing keeps its e.
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The bells began to ______ at the end of the wedding.
Answer: A
It is peal.
To peal is to ring out, as bells do. To peel is to strip off skin, and the two are pronounced identically.
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I need some more __________ for the cake.
Answer: B
It is flour.
Flour is ground grain, used for baking. A flower is the bloom of a plant, and the two are pronounced identically - flour was once spelt flower, being the flower or finest part of the meal.
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My dream is to ______ a best-selling novel.
Answer: B
It is write.
To write is to compose in words, with a silent w. Right means correct or an entitlement, and the two sound the same.
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