cent,
scent,
sent

Each carnation costs 99 cents.

The scent (smell) of the flowers is sweet.

Dad sent Mom a dozen carnation.

chose,
choose

David chose to take drum lessons.

His mom wants him to choose a different instrument.

(Chose [chōz] is the past tense of the verb choose [chüz].)

close,
clothes

Close the basement door.

Then put the clothes in the dryer.

coarse,
course

A cat’s tongue feels coarse, like sandpaper.

I took a course called “Caring for Cats.”