Homphones Part 1 (B)

The boxes were heavy, so carrying three of them was too much ______ to handle.

• weight
• wait

Suddenly he ______ a rustling noise behind him.

• heard
• herd

It had been several _____ since I'd spoken to them.

• days
• daze

Most ski bindings lock together at the toe and ______.

• heel
• heal

It is one of the highest mountains of Africa, its highest ____ reaching an altitude of 17,007 feet.

• peak
• peek

I was _____ to train you all, and I will complete my mission.

• sent
• scent
• cent

I had no shoes for my ___, no coat for my back.

• feet
• feat

Tony Blair was so ____ that all he could think about was the glory of the opening ceremony.

• vain
• vane
• vein

The coal ____ carried home his lamp to prepare it for the next day's work.

• miner
• minor

Does eating eggs ____ a person's cholesterol?

• raise
• raze
• rays