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Question
Fill in the blank with suitable homophone:
A five-day annual training camp for the senior cadets of the National Cadet ______has been organised.
Options
corps
corpse
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Solution
A five-day annual training camp for the senior cadets of the National Cadet Corps has been organised.
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