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Fill in the Blanks

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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the correct option to fill in the blanks in the following sentence.

The patient __________ before the doctor ____________.

  1. had died, came

  2. had died, had come

  3. had died, comes

  4. will die, came
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The given sentence belongs to Past Perfect Tense and if the main clause is of Past Perfect Tense, then the subordinate clause has to be in ‘Past Indefinite Tense / Simple Past Tense).      Answer: (1)

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

If you had worked hard, you ________.

  1. shall have passed

  2. have passed

  3. will have passed

  4. would have passed
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

When we talk about impossible conditions, as they are in the past and cannot be changed, the third conditional is used. It takes the form Past Perfect in 'if clause' and 'would have + past participle' in main clause Answer: (4) 

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the correct option to fill in the blank in the following sentence.

Why ___________ he not come to school for four days?

  1. has

  2. is

  3. does

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

The sentence asks why someone has not come to school for four days (duration from past to present). Present Perfect is required for actions continuing to or having relevance in the present. With 'he,' we use 'has.' Option B 'is' (Present Continuous) doesn't work with 'not come.' Option C 'does' is Simple Present. Option D 'was' is Past Simple.

Multiple choice

The most suitable heading for the passage is ______________.

Directions: Read the passage and answer the given question.

To listen properly is a hard job, and probably one of the toughest skills in the art of communication. Good listening has nothing to do with proper functioning of one’s auditory organs, which is assumed to be inevitable. Good listening in the sense we are interested in, is not a biological factor, but a psychological one. Your auditory organs may be in perfect order when actually you cannot use them creatively. Creative listening implies your being efficient in the art of concentration. In other words, you concentrate on what one is saying so as to make sure that you hear all that is said. At the same time, you are concentrating on hearing all that is being said you are also thinking fast, digesting what is being said allowing your mental faculties and your memory to accept what you understand and to reject what is not. Sorting out what you do not understand and storing them somewhere in your brain for future discussion. At the same time rationalising what you hear; accepting that which you find rational and rejecting that which you do not find rational.
After you have listened creatively to what you have been told, you can respond if the need arises. It is quite obvious that you respond, because the process of response enhances the art of communication. But your response ought to be only a necessary response, a response that will improve your understanding. This response should involve your mentioning some of those things you have been told but which you do not understand, or politely questioning the rationality of some of the speaker’s must enhance the communicative worth. It should not be an unnecessary argument, or an opportunity for you to express dissatisfaction or disaffection. The ability to listen properly aids communication and understanding.

  1. Communication Skills

  2. The Art of Listening

  3. Listening in Communication

  4. Listening and Auditory Organs
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The passage focuses specifically on how listening functions within communication - it discusses 'Good listening,' 'Creative listening,' and how 'The ability to listen properly aids communication and understanding.' Option A is too broad. Option B ignores the communication context. Option D is too narrow - auditory organs are mentioned only to be contrasted with psychological listening.

Multiple choice

Directions: Complete the conversation by choosing the correct option and fill blank (i).

Shelly: This is my home, Vicky. Vicky: (i) _________________________________________ Shelly: Please come into my house. I shall (ii)___________________________ _______________________________________________________. Vicky: It will be my pleasure (iii)___________________________________. Shelly: Would you mind having a cup of tea?

Vicky: I wouldn’t mind if (iv)_________________________________________.

  1. It was a beautiful house

  2. It is a beautiful house

  3. It has been a beautiful house

  4. It will be a beautiful house
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In the conversation context, Shelly says 'This IS my home' (present tense). Vicky, responding immediately in the present moment, should say 'It IS a beautiful house' (present tense). Options A (was), C (has been), and D (will be) use wrong tenses for this immediate present observation.