Use the words Told and Tolled

[Bachram]

English Error, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #16 "Where are my Glasses?", question 6

And her friends had tolled her that the price of spectacles was now very high.

(a) tolled
(b) spectacles
(c) high

English Error, Elementary Level

ESL/EFL Test #16 "Where are my Glasses?", answer 6

And her friends had told her that the price of spectacles was now very high.

Correct entry: told
The error was: (a) tolled
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Is it right to use tolled in the sentence?

Bachram

[Mister Micawber]

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No. 'Told' and 'tolled' are homophones, but only 'told' is appropriate here.
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who teaches English for a living at Mister Micawber's
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