Vocabulary and Preposition Sentence Completion
Test your vocabulary, phrasal verbs, and preposition usage by filling in the blanks with appropriate words or phrases to complete each sentence correctly.
Questions
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options.
Their moving ______ was a pleasant sight.
- abridge
- abreast
- abrogate
- absurd
- none of the above
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options.
The newly appointed IAS officer was well known for his ______.
- accost
- acumen
- accrue
- apply
- none of the above
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options. The conference was suddenly ______ by the chairman.
- adjourned
- acrimonious
- chicory
- bolster
- none of the above
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options.
Meenakshi was ______, she did't believe in God.
- accost
- agnostic
- cheer up
- asylum
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options.
Drama staged by _______ was much appreciated.
- aloof
- amputate
- amateur
- aquiline
- none of the above
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options.
I am sorry ______ your grandmother.
- in
- for
- along
- across
- with
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options.
Jobin was looking ______ his lost purse.
- in
- on
- for
- with
- along
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options.
I have no bucks ______ me.
- off
- of
- with
- along
- besides
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options.
I put the secret weapon _____ my pillow.
- in
- on
- along
- under
- for
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options.
I have friends all _______ the world.
- for
- in
- over
- since
- beside
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options.
Everybody ______ to the new CEO's decision.
- dissented
- assented
- cadaverous
- creeper
- swapped
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options.
He has been ______ by his parents.
- bring into
- backed up
- grievance
- poke
- none of the above
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options.
The ______ remark made by the comedian, brought us into stormy laugh.
- asinine
- assume
- azure
- nagged
- snug
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options.
Bipasha was so _____ that she hardly came in front of strangers.
- batter
- soggy
- bashful
- snagged
- crop
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options.
The dance performance ______ the audience’s admiration.
- elucidate
- evoked
- climbed
- drizzle
- none of the above
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options.
______ laborious work, he rose to the high position.
- By dint of
- By hint of
- Do away with
- Called off
- Get out
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options.
Tommy was mentally _____ and taken to mental hospital.
- vivacious
- terse
- deranged
- arranged
- canonized
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options.
Juniors ______ their hats before senior officers.
- doff
- shrill
- jeopardy
- livid
- smirk
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options.
_____ at long processions and meetings is an undesirable thing.
- Furor
- Hush
- Ravenous
- Zealot
- Agile
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options.
Since there was a bomb in the area, police officials ______ the area.
- compassion
- cordoned off
- shove up
- contemplated
- coup off
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options.
The electric bomb _____ and injured several civilians in Surat.
- come by
- stand by
- went off
- put in
- fanned out
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options.
An alcoholic must ______ down the habit of drinking.
- spurge
- hike
- curb
- sneer
- quirk
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options.
Due to lack of time, he _______ a terse letter to him.
- dashed off
- smashed
- bashed
- slugged
- malevolence
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options.
Any one who ______ the law must be punished.
- contradicts
- contravenes
- counters
- convoys
- wane
Direction: Fill in the blank with the appropriate word given in the options.
One of the top officers has been _____ to clerk level rank.
- demoted
- looted
- loomed
- derailed