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Fill in the Blanks

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All Contextual Vocabulary 2563 Prepositional Usage 2021 Tense and Aspect 1751 Determiners 1005 Phrasal Verbs 949 Confusable Vocabulary 908 Pronoun Antecedent 867 Subject-Verb Agreement 735 Collocations 654 Idiomatic Expressions 627 Conjunctions and Connectors 557 Modals 390

Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

“How well do you ___________ your new neighbours? I hope you ___________ them sometime.”

  1. get around, call back

  2. get along with, call on

  3. get at, call off

  4. get away, call upon

  5. get on with, calm down
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The phrasal verbs ‘get along with’ and ‘call on’ are the best answers to complete the sentence. ‘Get along with’ means - be on good terms/work well with.… ‘Call on’ means - formally invite. “How well do you get along with your new neighbours? I hope you call on them sometime.”

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

“All this hullabaloo ___________ one point… that we have a long way to go before arriving at a consensus.”

  1. breaks into

  2. aims at

  3. boils down to

  4. falls apart

  5. blows up
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The phrasal verb ‘boil down to’ means – be summarised as. It is thus the best option to complete the sentence. “All this hullabaloo boils down to one point… that we have a long way to go before arriving at a consensus.”

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

“If you can ___________ sometime on your way home from office, we could spend some time discussing the matter.”

  1. drop off

  2. come forward

  3. drop in

  4. call on
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The phrasal verb 'drop in' means - visit (usually on the way somewhere)... It is thus the best option to complete the sentence. “If you can drop in sometime on your way home from office, we could spend some time discussing the matter.”

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

He tried his best to ___________ the mind-blowing progress made in the industry. But, as fate would have it, he failed to ___________ his prospects.

  1. hang on, get off

  2. keep up with, improve upon

  3. give up, insure against

  4. kick off, get away

  5. go along with, figure out
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The phrasal verbs ‘keep up with’ and ‘improve upon’ are the best answers to complete the sentence. ‘Keep up with’ means - stay at the same level as someone or something.… ‘Improve upon’ means – make better. “He tried his best to keep up with the mind-blowing progress made in the industry. But, as fate would have it, he failed to improve upon his prospects.”

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

“___________ and see if you can get back your lost dog instead of roaming the streets in vain.”

  1. Ask after

  2. Set off

  3. Ask around

  4. Set up

  5. Ask out
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The phrasal verb ‘ask around’ means – to ask a lot of different people in order to get information or help… It is thus the best option to complete the sentence. “Ask around and see if you can get back your lost dog instead of roaming the streets in vain.”

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

It looked like the clouds would burst and ___________ a thunderous shower from the heavens.

  1. water down

  2. turn up

  3. pop up

  4. turn into
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The phrasal verb 'turn into' means - to change or develop into something different… It is thus the best option to complete the sentence. “It looked like the clouds would burst and turn into a thunderous shower from the heavens.”

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

“We are ___________ from the protest march as the intentions of the organisers seem to be dubious.”

  1. passing on

  2. working out

  3. tiring out

  4. backing off

  5. turning off
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The phrasal verb ‘back off’ means – retreat; abandon an intention.… It is thus the best option to complete the sentence. “We are backing off from the protest march as the intentions of the organisers seem to be dubious.”

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

“It is ethically wrong to ___________ of the project at this last moment. Do not ___________ the role of the media which may turn the matter into an embarrassing controversy.”

  1. end up, indulge in

  2. drop behind, get together

  3. break away, figure out

  4. hand over, cross out

  5. drop out, play down
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

The phrasal verbs ‘drop out’ and ‘play down’ are the best answers to complete the sentence. ‘Drop out’ means - cease to participate; abandon… ‘Play down’ means – minimise or make something appear less important. “It is ethically wrong to drop out of the project at this last moment. Do not play down the role of the media which may turn the matter into an embarrassing controversy.”

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

“What you are ___________ is quite apparent. But, we may not be able to entertain the possibility at the moment.”

  1. acting on

  2. asking after

  3. angling for

  4. handing down
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The phrasal verb 'angle for' means - try to obtain something by hinting… It is thus the best option to complete the sentence. “What you are angling for is quite apparent. But, we may not be able to entertain the possibility at the moment.”

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

After spending several years in a foreign land, he now wished to ___________ with his old friends and family back home.

  1. get in touch

  2. get along with

  3. get around

  4. get away
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The phrasal verb 'get in touch' means - establish communication with someone, especially after you have not communicated with them for a long time... It is thus the best option to complete the sentence. “After spending several years in a foreign land, he now wished to get in touch with his old friends and family back home.”

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

“I ___________ what I said. It was wrong of me to have presumed things.”

  1. think over

  2. reel off

  3. take back

  4. make up for
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The phrasal verb 'take back' means - to admit that something you said about someone was wrong ... It is thus the best option to complete the sentence. “I take back what I said. It was wrong of me to have presumed things.”

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option that best completes the sentence.

His contribution in the field of music was the legacy he wished to ___________ for the future generations.

  1. play down

  2. leave behind

  3. put on

  4. make up for

  5. liven up
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The phrasal verb ‘leave behind’ means – to cause a situation to exist after you have left a place... It is thus the best option to complete the sentence. “His contribution in the field of music was the legacy he wished to leave behind for the future generations.”