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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the best option from the given choices.

Human beings are not only known for being selfish but also __________.

  1. for deceiting others

  2. for being deceitful

  3. are deceitful

  4. deceit others
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Not only …. adjective (being selfish) but also …. adjective (being deceitful). Correlative Conjunctions, not only ....... but also should be followed by similar grammatical construction. 

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the best option from the given choices.

The girl found the material for the article in 10 minutes, wrote it in 15 minutes and ________.

  1. was posted by her in 20 minutes

  2. the article was posted by her in 20 minutes

  3. took 20 minutes to post the article

  4. posted it in 20 minutes
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

In the series, the first two verbs are in the active voices. So, the third should also be in the active voice. Avoid unnecessary shifts from an active to a passive voice. 

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the best option from the given choices.

The mother wanted the girl to wash the clothes, __________ and cook the food.

  1. to do dusting

  2. dust the rooms

  3. do the dusting of the rooms

  4. the rooms to be dusted

  5. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In a series of three or more all the activities should be in the same grammatical format. If the series begin with the infinitive using ‘to’ and no other verb is followed by ‘to’ then it is understood in the other parts as well. So, option (2) best maintains the parallelism.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the best option from the given choices.

Hardly had he arrived when the house caught fire and everything __________.

  1. was being reduced to ashes

  2. was reducing to ashes

  3. was getting reduced to ashes

  4. was reduced to ashes

  5. none of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Avoid unnecessary shifts in the verb usage. The first action is in the past perfect tense. So, the second should also be in the same tense to support parallelism.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank by choosing the best option from the given choices.

Sam along with several other students, ________ to attend the alumni meet.

  1. are going to plan

  2. are planning

  3. is planning

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

(is planning). The verb will be used according to the first subject because of the presence of \'\'along with\'\'‌ conjunction. Here the first subject \'\'Sam\'\' is singular. So, a singular verb will be used.