Hoist the _______________ and head out to sea.
Answer: A
It is sail.
To hoist the sail is to raise it. A sale is a selling, and the two are pronounced identically.
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The actor entered the stage right on _______________.
Answer: B
It is cue.
A cue is the signal for an actor to enter. A queue is a line of people, and although it has five letters that do nothing, the two are pronounced the same.
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The artist made a ______________ of a party scene.
Answer: B
It is frieze.
A frieze is a decorative band along a wall. To freeze is to turn to ice, and the two are pronounced identically.
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Herbert was a ___________ old bachelor until he met Molly.
Answer: A
It is staid.
Staid means sober and settled in manner. Stayed is the past tense of stay, and the two are pronounced identically - staid was in fact once the past tense of stay, and hardened into an adjective.
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A great __________ burst from her lips as she realized that the child was dead.
Answer: A
It is wail.
A wail is a long cry of grief. A whale is the sea mammal, and in most accents the two are pronounced alike.
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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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Are you a boy __________ a girl?
Answer: C
An oar is an implement used for water-borne propulsion, Ore is a naturally occurring solid material from which a metal or valuable mineral can be extracted profitably and or is a grammatical conjunction used to indicate that one or more of the cases. Option C is correct.
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A famous brand of containers in the United States is called Tupper______________.
Answer: A
It is ware.
Ware means goods or manufactured articles - Tupperware, hardware, silverware. To wear is to have clothing on and where asks about place; all three sound the same.
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Are you sure that _________ all right?
Answer: C
It is you're.
You're is the contraction of you are, which is what the sentence needs. Your is the possessive, and the two are pronounced identically.
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Cathy was the _____________ survivor of the plane crash.
Answer: A
It is sole.
Sole means only. A soul is the spirit, and the two sound the same.
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