Question

The wind __________ the leaves onto the road. (Choose the correct homonym to complete the sentence.)
A) Blu
B) Blow
C) Blew
D) Blue

Answer 1

Hint: Homonyms are words which have identical spelling and pronunciation while having different meanings. The homonym consists of two words that are homo (same or common) and nym (name) which refers to two or more different terms that share the "same name" or meaning.

Complete answer:
The subject is singular and in the third person in the given sentence.
"Wind" is considered a singular subject here.
To fill in the blanks, we need a verb which is used in the singular third person past tense.

Lets see options :
Option A: the word "blu" is not an English vocabulary word. Thus this option is wrong.
Option B: "blow" is a clear tense of the present. In the case of simple present tenses, "s" is inserted at the end of the verb when the subject is singular and in third person. "He runs", "The wind blows" and so on, for instance.thus this option is wrong too.
Option C: "blew" is in a simple tense from the past. The verb is used directly in the case of simple past tenses, where the subject is singular and in the third person. Thus this option is the correct answer.
Option D : “blue” is color not verb thus this option is wrong too.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘C’.

Note: At least two separate clauses are used in a compound sentence with 'blew'. Through a comma and a matching conjunction or with a semicolon, these two separate clauses may be merged.
Homonyms are two words which have different meanings but are pronounced the same and sound the same.