Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice
  1. ambiguous

  2. amenable

  3. ambivalent

  4. afoot

  5. aghast

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

Aghast means filled with horror or shock, which perfectly describes someone's reaction to a terrible sight. Ambiguous means unclear, amenable means agreeable, ambivalent means having mixed feelings, and afoot means in progress or happening. Only aghast fits the context of witnessing something terrible.

Multiple choice
  1. table tennis she plays even better

  2. table tennis is played even better by her

  3. she plays table tennis even better

  4. table tennis is being played by her even better

  5. None of these

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

Avoid unnecessary shifts from an active to a passive verb. The first clause is in the active voice. So, the second will be also in the active voice. 

Multiple choice
  1. have finally discovered

  2. are finally discovering

  3. has finally discovered

  4. has been finally discovering

  5. none of these

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

(has finally discovered). Don’t get confused with the stuff in between the subject and verb. Here the subject ‘team’ is a collective noun, which takes a singular verb. So, the correct choice is (3) option.

Multiple choice
  1. had motivated

  2. have motivated

  3. have been motivating

  4. is motivated

  5. None of these

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

(had motivated). The sentence comprises a positive and an absent subject. Here, the positive subject is ‘mother’s concern’ which is singular. So, a singular verb will be used.