"When she fell down the _______, she received many _______ but little help."
The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are
Options:
(A) stairs, stares
(B) stairs, stairs
(C) stares, stairs
(D) stares, stares
Official Answer Key:
A
Step-by-Step Solution & Explanation
One falls down stairs (the steps); what one receives from onlookers are stares (looks).
Homophone pair test: “stairs” = flight of steps (noun); “stares” = fixed looks (noun/verb).
Distractor (D) “stares, stares” fails because one cannot fall down a stare; (B) fails because one does not receive stairs.
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