Question

Choose the correct word to fill the blank. Two words at A and B are provided for choice. If either of the words can be chosen, choose C and if none of the words can be chosen, then choose D as your choice:

As she read the letter, her face turned ________.

• A. Pail
• B. Pale
• C. Any one of these
• D. None of these

Answer 1

The correct option is B Pale

Homophones are words that have the same or similar pronunciations, but different meanings. 'Pail' and 'pale' are homophones.

Options A and B: 'Pail' is a bucket used to carry water.

'Pale', on the other hand, means 'light-coloured' or 'lacking colour'.

'Pale' is more relevant to the given sentence, as it completes it in meaning: a person can lose colour from the face due to shock or surprise. Hence option B is correct and A is incorrect.

Options C and D are incorrect for the same: C cannot be correct because A is incorrect, and D cannot be correct because B is correct.