CDS 2026 · PYQ · Vocabulary / Similar Sounding Words · medium
pair, pear, pare — 1. My last pair of jeans don't fit any more. 2. Dessert was a delicious pear custard. 3. They had to pare the novel down to make it into a two-hour film. In which of the sentences given above has/have the word(s) been used correctly?
A.1 and 2 only
B.1 only
C.2 and 3 only
D.1, 2 and 3✓ Correct
Explanation
'Pair' means two matching items - correctly used in sentence 1 ('pair of jeans'). 'Pear' is a fruit - correctly used in sentence 2 ('pear custard' as dessert). 'Pare' means to trim or reduce - correctly used in sentence 3 ('pare the novel down' meaning to shorten it). All three sentences use the homophones correctly.
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