English Language

Fill in the Blanks

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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

He has been working here __________ three years now.

  1. since

  2. for

  3. from

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

Case of present perfect continuous tense. Whenever we discuss about an action that has begun in the past and is still in action, we use this tense. Moreover, either preposition 'since' or 'for' are used in this case for 'point of time' or 'period of time' respectively. Three years is a period, and thus 'for' is preffered to 'since'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

I wish you ___________ keep to the subject instead of digressing like this.

  1. should

  2. would

  3. might

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

In case of 'a wish', we use either 'were' or 'would'. 'Must' shows an obligation; 'should' refers to a 'responsibility'; 'might' shows less probability.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

___________ you give the keys of the safe you will be shot.

  1. If

  2. Unless

  3. But

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

Case of conditional sentence. The sentence implies that if one thing does not happen, then the other action will happen. In such cases, we use 'unless'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

The introduction of reforms _________ greatly opposed by the aristocracy.

  1. was

  2. were

  3. have been

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

Case of passive voice. Whenever we discuss about a fact of past indefinite in passive voice, we use 'was/were + ed form of the verb'.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

I saw him two months _________.

  1. ago

  2. before

  3. for

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

Case of past indefinite tense. whenever we refer to a specific time of the past, we use 'ago', and not 'back' or 'before'. 'For' and 'since' do not fit the requirement of the blank here.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

My father usually ___________ coffee in the morning, but today he drank tea.

  1. drinks

  2. drink

  3. drank

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

The sentence refers to two things: one, a habit, and two, an action of past. For the latter 'drank' (i.e. the second form of the verb) is used here. But for the former, we need to use the first form of the verb, as a general habit of present times is always followed by the first form of the verb.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

__________ by rain, we took shelter under a tree.

  1. Driving

  2. Drove

  3. Driven

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Case of passive voice. 'The rain drove us..........' when written in passive is written as 'Driven by the rain.........'. Here subject 'we' is but understood. Third form of the verb is used in passive voice.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

He complained of __________ by the police.

  1. having been tortured

  2. tortured

  3. torturing

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

Case of passive voice. 'He complains the police of having tortured him' if written in passive voice is written as 'He complained of having been tortured by the police'.