Choose the options which demonstrate the appropriate use of underlined words in the given sentences:
A. You need to write down the essential topics so that you can look at them later.
B. On his way to Goa, he took a rite turn and lost his way.
C. You need to wright the clothes before hanging them.
D. It is my birth right and whatever you say will not change that fact.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → A and D only
The underlined words write, rite, wright and right are homophones: they sound alike but differ in spelling and meaning.
(A) write — Correct. Write means to put words down on paper; "write down the essential topics" means to note them so that one can look at them later.
Example: Please write down your address on this card.
(B) rite — Incorrect. A rite is a religious or solemn ceremony. A turn in a direction needs right (the opposite of left): "he took a right turn".
Example: The priest performed the last rites.
(C) wright — Incorrect. A wright is a maker or builder, a word found today mostly in compounds such as playwright and shipwright; it is not a verb. Twisting the water out of wet clothes is wring: "wring the clothes before hanging them".
Example: Shakespeare is the best-known playwright in English.
(D) right — Correct. Right here means a claim that one is entitled to; a birth right (also written birthright) is a right that one has from birth.
Example: Education is the birthright of every child.