English Grammar-Gap Fills

A watch is typically described by its price or quality; 'costly' is the most logical adjective among the choices.

I is followed by 'am'.

An experience can be described as 'painful' in terms of emotional or physical impact.

When comparing size among a group (the land), the superlative form 'largest' is required.

A region is often described by its geography; 'hilly' is a fitting geographic descriptor.

When comparing two people, the comparative form 'more beautiful' is used.

The sentence refers to a past event ('last month'), so the past tense verb 'was' is required.

The subject 'They' is plural, and the future event 'next week' requires the present continuous form 'are' to express a planned future.

The phrase 'in the class' implies a comparison of one against all, requiring the superlative 'most'.

The subject 'It' is singular, requiring the singular verb 'is'.

The subject 'Leela' is singular, requiring the singular verb 'is'.

The sentence refers to a completed period in the past (till 1980), requiring the past tense verb 'was'. 'Is', 'are', and 'am' are present tense forms.

The indefinite article 'A' is used here to generalize about any single member of the class of politicians. 'An' is used before vowel sounds, and 'The' would imply a specific politician.

When using a proper noun to describe someone's qualities (e.g., he is like a Newton), the indefinite article 'a' is used to denote a person of that type. It functions as a common noun in this context.

The subject 'I' requires the first-person singular present tense verb 'am'. 'Is' is for third-person singular, and 'are' is for plural or second-person.

The subject 'He' is third-person singular, which requires the verb 'is'. 'Are' is for plural, and 'am' is for 'I'.

The subject is compound (Lakshmi and Nalini), which makes it plural. Therefore, the plural verb 'are' is required.

The definite article 'the' is used because Mumbai is the unique, specific capital of Maharashtra. There is only one capital city for the state.

The sentence describes the nature of the people. 'Needy' is the only adjective that logically describes a group of people in this context, whereas 'costly' and 'hilly' do not fit.

The word 'elephant' begins with a vowel sound, so the indefinite article 'an' must be used.

The sentence describes a person's character. 'Greedy' is an appropriate adjective to describe a fellow, while 'hilly' or 'costly' are not used for people.

In this context, 'The' is used to refer to the class of students as a whole. It implies that every student, as a member of this group, must obey their teachers.

When comparing two items using 'than', the comparative form of the adjective is required. 'More' is the correct comparative marker for 'beautiful'.

 Article 'the' before the blank indicates a superlative (deepest).

The pronoun 'you' will always be followed by 'are' or 'were'. Since the sentence is in present tense (Father says...), so option (2) is correct.