The outcome of the peace talks has put the President's reputation at ___________________.
Answer: A
It is stake.
At stake means at risk, from the stake wagered in a game. A steak is a cut of meat, and the two are pronounced identically.
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For ______ vacation we plan to visit Kansas this year.
Answer: B
It is our.
Our is the possessive pronoun. An hour is sixty minutes, and its h is silent, so the two are pronounced alike.
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She __________________ a yellow ribbon on her front gate to welcome her husband home.
Answer: B
It is tied.
Tied is the past tense of tie. A tide is the rise and fall of the sea, and the two are pronounced identically.
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She liked clothes made from blue _____________ material.
Answer: B
It is jean.
Jean is the cotton twill that jeans are made from, named after Genoa. A gean is a wild cherry, and the two sound the same.
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The metal pipe in a chimney through which the smoke and heat passes is called a _________________.
Answer: B
Flew is the past tense of fly and Flue is a duct for smoke and waste gases produced by a fire, a gas heater, a power station, or other fuel-burning installation and few means small in number or quantity. option B is correct.
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A _______________ is a narrow passage of water.
Answer: B
Staight is extending or moving uniformly in one direction only; without a curve or bend and A strait is a naturally formed, narrow, typically navigable waterway that connects two larger bodies of water. option B is correct.
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The outfielder ____________ the ball to home plate.
Answer: A
It is threw.
Threw is the past tense of throw. Through means from one side to the other, and the two are pronounced identically.
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She ran until she felt a pain in her ______________.
Answer: B
It is side.
A pain in the side is the runner's stitch. Sighed is the past tense of sigh, and the two are pronounced identically.
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A rank lower than general is ______________.
Answer: A
It is colonel.
A colonel ranks below a general, and the word is pronounced kernel - an oddity left from its passage through French and Italian, where it was coronel. A kernel is the inner part of a nut.
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You look ___. You need some sun.
Answer: B
It is pale.
Pale means lacking colour, which sun would remedy. A pail is a bucket, and the two sound the same.
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