Did you have a ______for lunch? (pear/pair)...which word is correct in dash
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Did you have a pear for lunch?
Pear
- Pear is a fruit.
- Pear, (genus Pyrus), a genus of approximately 20 to 5 trees and shrubs in the Rosaceae family, including the pear (Pyrus communis).
- Pear, one of the most important fruit trees in the world, is cultivated in all temperate countries in both hemispheres.
- Fruits are usually eaten fresh or canned. It is also used to make an alcoholic drink, pear wine.
- Several species, such as Callery pear (P. calleryana) grown as ornamental plants.
Pair
- Two identical or comparable items are matched for usage in conjunction.
Example -
A pair of shoes.
A pair of socks.
A pair of gloves.
They are work in a pairs to complete it fast.
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We can write the complete sentence like this -
Did you have a pear for lunch?
Here the question is in the form of fill in the blanks. Two options are given in the bracket, we have to choose the proper word to fill the blank and make a meaningful sentence.
It is also the type of homophones question. Both the words are having different spelling but same pronunciation.
Here the first option pear is correct because it is a fruit and we can eat it at dinner.
The second option is wrong because pair means two so we cannot use the word pair in the given blank.
What is homophones?
Homophones are the words having different spelling but same pronunciation.
Examples - sea- see, buy-bye, eat-it, etc.
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