Fill in the blanks with suitable homophones: (i) brake/break (a) We have a short _______ between the sessions. (b) The car skidded to a halt when I applied the _______ (ii) waste/waist (a) Shivani wears a belt around her _______ (b) We should never misuse or _______ natural resources. (iii) principle/principal (a) Oxygen is the _______ element present in earth’s crust. (b) Both these machines work on the same _______ (iv) bread/bred (a) Turtles should be _______ in a healthy environment. (b) I like to have toasted _______ for breakfast.(v) lesson/lessen (a) This medicine will _______ your pain.(b) Finally, the manager learnt a _______ the hard way.(vi) pale/pail(a) The child looks very sick and _______ (b) I need a _______ of water to wash these cups.(vii) through/threw (a) Ravi picked the banana peel and _______ it in the dustbin. , (b) The soldiers had to pass _______ a dark tunnel.(viii) corps/corpse (a) The _______ was covered with a shroud. (b) A five-day annual training camp for the senior cadets of the National Cadet _______ been organised.