Gap Sentences - Easy
Fill-in-the-blank exercises testing vocabulary and word choice in context for English language learners
Questions
Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word from the given options.
The doctor said that a small daily __________________ of the new drug would soon cure him.
- tablet
- pill
- dose
- quantity
Directions: Complete the following sentence.
The ability to make _________ decisions is a fundamental requirement for both professional success and personal happiness.
- efficient
- effective
- correct
- strong
Directions: Complete the following sentence.
Despite his tremendous efforts, he could not __________ in winning the race.
- succeed
- establish
- gain
- accomplish
Directions: Complete the following sentence.
History is replete with examples that prove that the goddess of success smiles only at those who are prepared to take decisions without bothering about the __________.
- results
- situations
- circumstances
- consequences
Directions: Complete the following sentence.
Because of his caustic tongue, he was not at all __________ in his village.
- living
- liked
- disliked
- popular
Directions: Complete the following sentence.
It is true that there has been a considerable __________ in the incidence of rural poverty over time.
- reduction
- decline
- drop
- none of these
Directions: Complete the following sentence.
He eats neither red meat nor chicken and favours sea food to keep the cholesterol level in _________.
- limit
- measure
- control
- regulation
Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate option.
What is the ______ for an air letter?
- amount
- value
- postage
- stamp
Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate option.
It is not what you say that _____, but what you do.
- matches
- implies
- matters
- moves
Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate option.
The park _____ as far as the river.
- extends
- advances
- enlarges
- lengthens
Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate option.
West Bengal ________ plentiful rainfall and is consequently a very green part of the country.
- misses
- receives
- expects
- regrets
Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate option.
Sonika is quite intelligent but rather _____.
- idealistic
- generous
- lazy
- optimistic
Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate option.
In a little publicised deal, Pepsi-Cola has ________ the entire soft drink market in Afghanistan.
- occupied
- conquered
- swallowed
- captured
Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate option.
Ambition is one of those ______ which are never satisfied.
- ideas
- fancies
- passions
- needs
Directions: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.
My father ____ down for a nap.
- lay
- laid
- lie
- lying