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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Why don't you ______ down and enjoy the scenery?
Answer: B
It is slow.
To slow down is to go more gently. A sloe is the fruit of the blackthorn, used in sloe gin, and the two are pronounced identically.
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She vanished into thin ________________.
Answer: A
It is air.
To vanish into thin air is the idiom. An heir inherits, ere means before and to err is to make a mistake; all four are close in sound, and heir and air are identical.
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Chickens can also be referred to as poultry or _______________.
Answer: B
It is fowl.
A fowl is a bird kept for food. Foul means offensive, and the two are pronounced identically.
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You can insult me but how dare you _____________ my wife!
Answer: B
It is slight.
To slight someone is to treat them with disrespect. Sleight is dexterity, as in sleight of hand, and the two are pronounced identically.
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The hunter slowly raised his gun and took aim at the ______________.
Answer: B
It is deer.
A deer is the animal. Dear means beloved or expensive, and the two sound the same.
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The penthouse ___________ is the most expensive apartment in the building.
Answer: A
It is suite.
A suite is a set of rooms, and it is pronounced sweet - from the French, the same word as suit. Sweet is the taste.
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Take one ___ at a time.
Answer: A
It is step.
A step is a single movement of the foot. A steppe is a vast treeless plain, and the two are pronounced identically.
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A carrot is a ___ vegetable.
Answer: A
It is root.
A root vegetable grows underground. A route is a way, and in British English the two are pronounced alike.
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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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