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Fill in the Blanks

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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Mr. Alistair Cook is _____ (i) ______ popular bookseller in the city. There are school and college books in his shop. Yesterday he got ____ (ii) ____ fresh delivery of ____ (iii) ____ books on literature. Price of ____ (iv) ____ paper has gone up and _(v)_ books are costly. Even _(vi)_ inkpot costs high. Books which were easily available have disappeared from ____ (vii) ____ market.

Fill in blank (vi).

  1. the

  2. an

  3. a

  4. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

(1) and (3) are incorrect because the word 'inkpot' given in the passage begins with a vowel sound.

Multiple choice

One day _(i) merchant was driving a horse and (ii) elephant to the market. On (iii) way, he met friends who were also going to (iv)_ market. (v) merchant had some money (vi) merchant wanted to buy (vii)_ cow, (viii) buffalo and (ix)___ parrot.

Fill in blank (i)

  1. a

  2. an

  3. the

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

(2) and (3) are incorrect because the noun 'merchant' appears for the first time in the paragraph.(4) is incorrect because it refers to Adverb clause of time.

Multiple choice

One day _(i) merchant was driving a horse and (ii) elephant to the market. On (iii) way, he met friends who were also going to (iv)_ market. (v) merchant had some money (vi) merchant wanted to buy (vii)_ cow, (viii) buffalo and (ix)___ parrot.

Fill in blank (ii)

  1. a

  2. an

  3. the

  4. no article
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

 The noun ‘elephant’ appears for the first time in the paragraph and the word begins with 'vowel" sound.Therefore, it will take indefinitive article 'an'.

Multiple choice

One day _(i) merchant was driving a horse and (ii) elephant to the market. On (iii) way, he met friends who were also going to (iv)_ market. (v) merchant had some money (vi) merchant wanted to buy (vii)_ cow, (viii) buffalo and (ix)___ parrot.

Fill in blank (iii)

  1. a

  2. an

  3. the

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

(1) and (2) are incorrect because the merchant is already on the way (4) is incorrect because it refers to the Adverb clause and condition.

Multiple choice

One day _(i) merchant was driving a horse and (ii) elephant to the market. On (iii) way, he met friends who were also going to (iv)_ market. (v) merchant had some money (vi) merchant wanted to buy (vii)_ cow, (viii) buffalo and (ix)___ parrot.

Fill in blank (vii)

  1. a

  2. an

  3. the

  4. whence

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

(2) and (3) are incorrect because the noun appears for the first time. (4) is incorrect because it refers to the Adverb clause of place.

Multiple choice

One day _(i) merchant was driving a horse and (ii) elephant to the market. On (iii) way, he met friends who were also going to (iv)_ market. (v) merchant had some money (vi) merchant wanted to buy (vii)_ cow, (viii) buffalo and (ix)___ parrot.

Fill in blank (iv)

  1. a

  2. an

  3. the

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

(1) and (2) are incorrect because the noun is repeated in the same paragraph.(4) is incorrect because it refers to the Adjective clause.

Multiple choice

One day _(i) merchant was driving a horse and (ii) elephant to the market. On (iii) way, he met friends who were also going to (iv)_ market. (v) merchant had some money (vi) merchant wanted to buy (vii)_ cow, (viii) buffalo and (ix)___ parrot.

Fill in blank (viii)

  1. a

  2. an

  3. the

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

(2) and (3) are incorrect because the noun appears for the first time. (4) is incorrect because it refers to the Adverb clause of reason.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the pasage and fill the blank.

One day _(i) merchant was driving a horse and (ii) elephant to the market. On (iii) way, he met friends who were also going to (iv)_ market. (v) merchant had some money (vi) merchant wanted to buy (vii)_ cow, (viii) buffalo and (ix)___ parrot.

Fill in blank (vi)

  1. a

  2. an

  3. the

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

'The' will be used as it has already been mentioned in the passage before. Earlier also it was used with 'the'. So, (1) and (2) are incorrect. (4) is incorrect because ‘to’ is a preposition. Hence, option 3 is correct.