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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: Fill in the given blank space with the most appropriate option.

He is a clean man. There is nothing to support the _________, which is often spread by the opposition.

  1. feckless

  2. garrulity

  3. vituperation

  4. animadversion

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

Calumny is a false statement maliciously made to injure another's reputation. This is the correct option. Animadversion is an unfavorable or censorious comment. This is wrong in this context.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose a suitable option to fill in the blank:

A lemur is a small arboreal primate ________.

  1. indigenous to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands

  2. indigenous to the Madagascar and the Comoro Islands

  3. indigenous to Madagascar and a Comoro Islands

  4. indigenous to a Madagascar and the Comoro Islands
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The correct phrasing is 'indigenous to Madagascar and the Comoro Islands' without an article before Madagascar. Country names do not take articles (unlike 'the United States' or 'the Netherlands'). The article 'the' is only used for Comoro Islands because it refers to an island chain. Options B, C, and D incorrectly add articles.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose a suitable option to fill in the blank:

____ they lose much of their mass due to friction.

  1. When the meteors enter Earth's atmosphere,

  2. When meteor enters Earth's atmosphere,

  3. When the meteor enters Earth's atmosphere,

  4. When meteors enter Earth's atmosphere,
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The plural subject 'meteors' requires the plural verb 'enter'. When meteors enter Earth's atmosphere, friction causes them to lose much of their mass as they burn up.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose a suitable option to fill in the blank:

After Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians and surrendered to the English, ______ as a heretic in Rouen.

  1. they were burned at the stake

  2. he was burned at the stake

  3. it was burned at the stake

  4. she was burned at the stake
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Joan of Arc is referred to with the feminine pronoun 'she' because she was a woman. The sentence structure requires a subject pronoun to complete the passive voice construction 'was burned at the stake'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose a suitable option to fill in the blank:

Although most drama critics believe his work to be insignificant, Neil Simon's plays _____ than those of any other contemporary playwright.

  1. received more performances

  2. are received by more performances

  3. have received more performances

  4. receives more performances
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The present perfect passive 'are received by more performances' indicates that Neil Simon's plays continue to be performed more frequently than those of other contemporary playwrights. The passive construction emphasizes the plays themselves rather than the performers.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose a suitable option to fill in the blank:

When we dislocate a bone, _________ out of connection.

  1. pressure forces the ends of opposing bones

  2. pressure the ends of opposing bones

  3. pressured the ends of opposing bones

  4. pressured force the ends of opposing bones
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

When a bone is dislocated, pressure forces the ends of opposing bones out of their normal connection. This is a straightforward passive construction where 'pressure' is the subject and 'forces' is the active verb.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose a suitable option to fill in the blank:

Huntington's disease is an acute neurological disease, usually___________ in the middle age.

  1. is beginning

  2. beginning

  3. which begins

  4. has begun
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The correct form is the present participle 'beginning' following the verb 'is' in a reduced relative clause structure. Huntington's disease typically begins showing symptoms in middle age. The full structure would be 'which is beginning' but the relative pronoun and auxiliary are omitted.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose a suitable option to fill in the blank:

The Treaty of Versailles, which was signed in the famous _____ in 1919, marked the end of World War I.

  1. French palaces of the same name

  2. French palaces of the same names

  3. French palace of the same name

  4. French palace of the same names
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The correct phrase is "French palace of the same name" (singular) because it refers to the specific building where the treaty was signed - the Palace of Versailles. "Palaces" would incorrectly imply multiple buildings housed the treaty signing.