Fierce winds ________________ all night during the thunderstorm.
Answer: A
It is blew.
Blew is the past tense of blow. Blue is the colour, and the two sound the same.
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The government has the right to __________ the stolen property.
Answer: C
It is seize.
To seize is to take by force or legal authority. Seas are bodies of water and sees is the verb to see; all three are pronounced identically.
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The trail goes _________ the mountains.
Answer: A
It is through.
Through means from one side to the other, which is how a trail crosses mountains. Threw is the past tense of throw, and the two are pronounced identically.
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The TV has lost __________ picture.
Answer: A
It is its.
Its is the possessive and takes no apostrophe - the picture belongs to the television. It's is the contraction of it is; the apostrophe there marks a missing letter, not possession.
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My grandfather has a great deal of common __________.
Answer: B
It is sense.
Common sense is sound practical judgement. Since is a conjunction of time or reason, and the two are pronounced alike in rapid speech.
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Returning students can enroll early for __________ classes.
Answer: A
It is their.
Their is the possessive - the classes belong to the students. There means in that place and they're is they are.
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The quarterback __________ the ball to the wide receiver.
Answer: B
It is threw.
Threw is the past tense of throw, which is what a quarterback does with a ball. Through means from one side to the other, and the two are pronounced identically.
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Put your backpack __________, on the table in the corner.
Answer: A
It is there.
There means in that place, which is what the sentence points to before naming the table. Their is the possessive and they're is they are.
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Is it __________ late to sign up for the golf tournament?
Answer: B
It is too.
Too means excessively. To is the preposition and two the number; all three are pronounced identically.
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Tom has been collecting comic books __________ he was ten years old.
Answer: A
It is since.
Since introduces the point in time from which something has continued. Sense is meaning or judgement, and the two are close enough in speech to be confused.
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