_______________ him very well.
Answer: C
It is know.
The k of know is silent, so it sounds like no. Now is an adverb of time; only know can take him as its object.
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My friend is a ____________ officer.
Answer: C
It is naval.
Naval means of the navy. The navel is the belly button, and the two are pronounced alike.
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My sister cooks ______.
Answer: C
It is rice.
Rice is the grain. To rise is to go up, and to raise is to lift something else - and the sentence needs a thing to be cooked, not a verb.
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He has a ___________ for hand writing.
Answer: C
It is flair.
A flair is a natural talent. A flare is a sudden bright light or a widening, and a fare is the price of a journey; flair and flare are pronounced alike.
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_____________ men command respect.
Answer: D
It is holy.
Holy means sacred. Wholly means entirely, holey means full of holes, and holly is the shrub - four words separated by one or two letters each.
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He ____________ well when he was at school.
Answer: B
It is wrote.
Wrote is the past tense of write, and its w is silent, so it sounds like rote - learning by rote being learning by repetition. A route is a way, and a rout is a disorderly retreat.
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Tom's house is ______ far from his office.
Answer: B
It is very.
Very is the intensifier the sentence needs. To vary is to change, and the two are near-homophones.
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The store is having a big ______ this Christmas.
Answer: A
It is sale.
A sale is a period of selling at reduced prices. A sail belongs to a boat, and the two are pronounced alike.
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He will be here in an ___________.
Answer: B
It is hour.
The h of hour is silent, so it takes an rather than a - which is the clue the sentence gives. Our is the possessive pronoun.
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You can ______ an application to the concerned authority.
Answer: A
It is write.
To write is to set down in words, and its w is silent. A right is an entitlement, and right also means correct; all are pronounced alike.
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