Contextual Clues - 2 (Story)
Gap-filling exercises testing the ability to use context clues to select appropriate words in paragraphs about various topics.
Questions
Fill in the numbered blank (v).
Directions: Choose the best option to fill in the blank.
Yawning is an involuntary ______(i)______ in which your mouth opens up wide and you inhale deeply, followed by _____(ii)_____. When you say involuntary, this means that you have no _____(iii)_____ over this action much like other reflexes such as blinking or sneezing. Yawns are not _____(iv)______ only to human beings as all other animals do this. Despite a lot of _____(v)_____, we still know little about the causes of yawning.
- study
- knowledge
- research
- experiments
Fill in the numbered blank (i).
Directions: Choose the best option to fill in the blank.
Yawning is an involuntary ______(i)______ in which your mouth opens up wide and you inhale deeply, followed by _____(ii)_____. When you say involuntary, this means that you have no _____(iii)_____ over this action much like other reflexes such as blinking or sneezing. Yawns are not _____(iv)______ only to human beings as all other animals do this. Despite a lot of _____(v)_____, we still know little about the causes of yawning.
- position
- behaviour
- exercise
- disease
Fill in the numbered blank (iii).
Directions: Choose the best option to fill in the blank.
Yawning is an involuntary ______(i)______ in which your mouth opens up wide and you inhale deeply, followed by _____(ii)_____. When you say involuntary, this means that you have no _____(iii)_____ over this action much like other reflexes such as blinking or sneezing. Yawns are not _____(iv)______ only to human beings as all other animals do this. Despite a lot of _____(v)_____, we still know little about the causes of yawning.
- trust
- freedom
- restriction
- control
Fill in the numbered blank (iv).
Directions: Choose the best option to fill in the blank.
Yawning is an involuntary ______(i)______ in which your mouth opens up wide and you inhale deeply, followed by _____(ii)_____. When you say involuntary, this means that you have no _____(iii)_____ over this action much like other reflexes such as blinking or sneezing. Yawns are not _____(iv)______ only to human beings as all other animals do this. Despite a lot of _____(v)_____, we still know little about the causes of yawning.
- effected
- joined
- exclusive
- rare
Fill in the numbered blank (ii).
Directions: Choose the best option to fill in the blank.
Yawning is an involuntary ______(i)______ in which your mouth opens up wide and you inhale deeply, followed by _____(ii)_____. When you say involuntary, this means that you have no _____(iii)_____ over this action much like other reflexes such as blinking or sneezing. Yawns are not _____(iv)______ only to human beings as all other animals do this. Despite a lot of _____(v)_____, we still know little about the causes of yawning.
- breathing
- exhaling
- resting
- closing
Directions: Fill in the numbered blank (ii) with the best option from those given.
Directions: Fill in the numbered blank with the best option from those given.
_____(i)_____ of the moon _____(ii)______ only when the moon is full, for then it is at the opposite side of the earth from the sun. When the moon comes directly behind the earth, as seen from the sun, it passes ______(iii)______ into the great shadow-cone cast by the earth and disappears from view. A total eclipse of the moon then occurs. A partial eclipse ____(iv)______ when the moon enters only partly into the ____(v)______.
- enters
- occurs
- seen
- views
Directions: Fill in the numbered blank (v) with the best option from those given.
Directions: Fill in the numbered blank with the best option from those given.
_____(i)_____ of the moon _____(ii)______ only when the moon is full, for then it is at the opposite side of the earth from the sun. When the moon comes directly behind the earth, as seen from the sun, it passes ______(iii)______ into the great shadow-cone cast by the earth and disappears from view. A total eclipse of the moon then occurs. A partial eclipse ____(iv)______ when the moon enters only partly into the ____(v)______.
- sun
- earth
- dark
- shadow
Directions: Fill in the numbered blank (i) with the best option from those given.
Directions: Fill in the numbered blank with the best option from those given.
You are always ______(i)_____ told to drink your milk, eat fruits or finish the greens on your plate. You are also told to wash your hands ______(ii)_____ eating. You all must have ____(iii)_____ as to why your parents keep telling you that. That’s because, as grown-ups they _____ (iv) _____ the _____ (v) _____ of good health.
- be
- being
- been
- have been
Directions: Fill in the numbered blank (iii) with the best option from those given.
Directions: Fill in the numbered blank with the best option from those given.
You are always ______(i)_____ told to drink your milk, eat fruits or finish the greens on your plate. You are also told to wash your hands ______(ii)_____ eating. You all must have ____(iii)_____ as to why your parents keep telling you that. That’s because, as grown-ups they _____ (iv) _____ the _____ (v) _____ of good health.
- surprised
- concluded
- wondered
- guessed
Directions: Fill in the numbered blank (iii) with the best option from those given.
Directions: Fill in the numbered blank with the best option from those given.
_____(i)_____ of the moon _____(ii)______ only when the moon is full, for then it is at the opposite side of the earth from the sun. When the moon comes directly behind the earth, as seen from the sun, it passes ______(iii)______ into the great shadow-cone cast by the earth and disappears from view. A total eclipse of the moon then occurs. A partial eclipse ____(iv)______ when the moon enters only partly into the ____(v)______.
- surprisingly
- hurriedly
- gradually
- casually
Directions: Fill in the numbered blank (v) with the best option from those given.
Directions: Fill in the numbered blank with the best option from those given.
You are always ______(i)_____ told to drink your milk, eat fruits or finish the greens on your plate. You are also told to wash your hands ______(ii)_____ eating. You all must have ____(iii)_____ as to why your parents keep telling you that. That’s because, as grown-ups they _____ (iv) _____ the _____ (v) _____ of good health.
- importance
- need
- state
- secret
Directions: Fill in the numbered blank (i) with the best option from those given.
Directions: Fill in the numbered blank with the best option from those given.
_____(i)_____ of the moon _____(ii)______ only when the moon is full, for then it is at the opposite side of the earth from the sun. When the moon comes directly behind the earth, as seen from the sun, it passes ______(iii)______ into the great shadow-cone cast by the earth and disappears from view. A total eclipse of the moon then occurs. A partial eclipse ____(iv)______ when the moon enters only partly into the ____(v)______.
- A shadow
- An eclipse
- A setting
- A rising
Directions: Fill in the numbered blank (iv) with the best option from those given.
Directions: Fill in the numbered blank with the best option from those given.
_____(i)_____ of the moon _____(ii)______ only when the moon is full, for then it is at the opposite side of the earth from the sun. When the moon comes directly behind the earth, as seen from the sun, it passes ______(iii)______ into the great shadow-cone cast by the earth and disappears from view. A total eclipse of the moon then occurs. A partial eclipse ____(iv)______ when the moon enters only partly into the ____(v)______.
- takes place
- shows off
- falls on
- teams up
Directions: Fill in the numbered blank (ii) with the best option from those given.
Directions: Fill in the numbered blank with the best option from those given.
You are always ______(i)_____ told to drink your milk, eat fruits or finish the greens on your plate. You are also told to wash your hands ______(ii)_____ eating. You all must have ____(iii)_____ as to why your parents keep telling you that. That’s because, as grown-ups they _____ (iv) _____ the _____ (v) _____ of good health.
- before
- while
- by
- at
Directions: Fill in the numbered blank (iv) with the best option from those given.
Directions: Fill in the numbered blank with the best option from those given.
You are always ______(i)_____ told to drink your milk, eat fruits or finish the greens on your plate. You are also told to wash your hands ______(ii)_____ eating. You all must have ____(iii)_____ as to why your parents keep telling you that. That’s because, as grown-ups they _____ (iv) _____ the _____ (v) _____ of good health.
- realised
- realises
- realise
- are realising