6. Fill in the blank with suitable word.
Can you ___ this stick? (break, brake)
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Can you break this stick?
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"Can you break this stick?" This will be the complete sentence.
- Here, we have to fill in the blank from among the given homophones.
- Homophones are a set of words that have the same pronunciation but differ in meanings or spelings.
- Examples of homophones include Bolder and Boulder, Hole and Whole, Incite and Insight, etc.
- In the above examples, all words have similar pronunciations but have different meanings.
- Similarly, Break and Brake are homophones.
- Break means to separate or cause to separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain.
- While a brake means a device for slowing or stopping a moving vehicle, typically by applying pressure to the wheels.
- It is clear that both words mean quite different things. The correct word for the above blank will be 'break.' As breaking a stick means splitting the stick into many pieces.
- Hence, the complete sentence will be, "Can you break this stick?"
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