Question

he told me the __ (tail/tale) of a fox.homophones
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Answer 1

Answer:

The answer is tale.

Here the tale means story.

Answer 2

He told me the tale (tail/tale) of a fox.

Explanation:

• Homophones are the words which are pronounced the same as another word but are different in the meaning.
• A homophone can also be differ in spelling.
• Here, the words tail and tale are homophones.
• They sound the same but have completely different meanings.
• Tail has different meanings such as the rear part of an animal or vehicle.
• While the noun tale means to a report or story.
• Here, the 'Tale' indicates the story.
• Hence, the correct answer to be filled here is 'Tale'.

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