Question

“When she fell down the _______, she received many _______ but little help.”
The words that best fill the blanks in the above sentence are
(A) stairs, stares (B) stairs, stairs
(C) stares, stairs (D) stares, stares

Answer 1

“When she fell down the stairs, she received many stares but little help.”.....(answer is A)

Answer 2

This sentence is quite intriguing as it deals with the concept of homographs and homophones. However, the correct blanks for the sentence as shown below:

“When she fell down the stairs, she received many stares but little help.”

The meaning of this sentence is that when she fell down the stairs, people standing around just kept looking at her; but no one rushed to help her.