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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 blank with a suitable idiom/phrase:

After going through many play schools, I decided on this one. After all, I want my child to be ______________.

  1. in safe hands

  2. safe bet

  3. safety in numbers

  4. on the safe side

  5. as safe as houses
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. If something is in safe hands, it is being looked after by a reliable person or organization, and is therefore at no risk. After going through many play schools, I decided on this one. After all, I want my child to be in safe hands.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with a suitable idiom/phrase:

Farming is ___________ to Hari. He grew up at a farm, as his father was a farmer.

  1. second nature

  2. second opinion

  3. second to none

  4. second thoughts

  5. second wind
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. If something you do is second nature to you, it is something that you do easily or automatically. Farming is second nature to Hari. He grew up at a farm, as his father was a farmer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with a suitable idiom phrase: After a long period of recession, people ______________. New government brings new hopes!

  1. seeing stars

  2. see the light at the end of tunnel

  3. see red

  4. see eye to eye

  5. see the light
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. If one sees the light at the end of the tunnel, one sees signs of hope for the future after a long period of difficulty. After a long period of recession, people see the light at the end of tunnel. New government brings new hopes!

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with a suitable idiom/phrase:

Rahul nearly ______________ when he saw a snake in his room. He is still very scared of snakes.

  1. jumped for joy

  2. jumped the lights

  3. jumped out of skin

  4. jumped down the throat

  5. jumped the gun
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. If one jumps out of his skin, he is extremely surprised or shocked.  Rahul nearly jumped out of his skin when he saw a snake in his room. He is still very scared of snakes.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with a suitable idiom/phrase:

Suman knows how to ___________. She is not sleeping, but pretending so that she can avoid her tution classes.

  1. play possom

  2. play the game

  3. play with fire

  4. play to the gallery

  5. play the market
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. When someone plays possum, they pretend to be dead or asleep in order to avoid something they don't want to do. Suman knows how to play possom. She is not sleeping, but pretending so that she can avoid her tuition classes.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with a suitable idiom/phrase:

We should sit together. I would like to ____________ about the meeting tommorow.

  1. pick up the tab

  2. pick up steam

  3. pick your brains

  4. pick a fight

  5. pick holes
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. If one pick someone's brains, he asks questions about a particular subject in order to obtain advice or information. We should sit together. I would like to pick your brains about the meeting tomorrow.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with a suitable idiom/phrase.

As the managing director of the company, he is _____________.

  1. calling the shots

  2. calling it quits

  3. calling someone's bluff

  4. calling the dogs off

  5. calling on the carpet
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. The person who calls the shots is the one who makes all the important decisions and is in control of the situation. As the managing director of the company, he is calling the shots.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the best alternative among the four alternatives which completes the sentence with proper meaning.

The best athletes naturally ________ toward the schools with the most athletic scholarships.

  1. make a claim

  2. gravitate

  3. precipitate

  4. be of interest

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

'Gravitate' (to move toward something, to be drawn or attracted especially by natural inclination) in option (2) due to its meaning fits the blank. Hence, (2) is the answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the best alternative among the four alternatives which completes the sentence with proper meaning.

His act of ________ was well pronounced when he refused to accept money for services rendered.

  1. denunciation

  2. abnegation

  3. reverence

  4. alacrity

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

The latter part of the sentence (refused to accept money for services rendered) provides clue for the blank. 'Abnegation' (a giving up of rights, etc.; self-denial; renunciation) in option (2) fits our prediction, hence, (2) is the answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the best alternative among the four alternatives which completes the sentence with proper meaning.

His speech was so ________ that the audience got ________.

  1. boring, interested

  2. funny, sick

  3. powerful, shocks

  4. hackneyed, bored
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

'That' links the two contrasting phrases in the sentence. Option (4) provides the best combination. The speech was not 'hackneyed' (worn-out, old, trite) but still the audience got bored. Hence, option (4) is the answer.