Inhaling the smoke from a burning _________ could _________ you quickly.
Options:
(A) tire / tier
(B) tire / tyre
(C) tyre / tire
(D) tyre / tier
Official Answer Key:
C
Step-by-Step Solution & Explanation
• The two blanks require two different homophones of the same sound: “tyre” (British-English spelling for the rubber wheel-covering, a noun) and “tire” (a verb meaning to exhaust or fatigue someone).
• First blank: the burning object is a rubber wheel component → “tyre” (noun).
• Second blank: the smoke could exhaust/fatigue a person quickly → “tire” (verb).
• This gives: “Inhaling the smoke from a burning tyre could tire you quickly.”
• Distractor logic: (A) reverses the words and swaps “tyre” for “tier” (a row/level), wrong in both slots. (B) reverses noun/verb roles. (D) starts correctly with “tyre” but ends with “tier”, which does not mean ‘to fatigue’.
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