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.

They __________ the TV for a long time when the burglars burst in.

  1. was seeing

  2. have been seeing

  3. had been seeing

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

Case of past perfect continuous tense. When we refer to an action that 'had already been' going on at the occurence of the other action, we use past perfect continuous tense. (Had + been + verb+ing)

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.

Such was Damayanti's beauty _________ princes from far and near came to woo her.

  1. as

  2. for

  3. so

  4. that
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Case of coordinative conjunction. Though 'such' (in case of comparative sentence) is followed by 'as', but this is not a comparative sentence rather here something has been highlighted. And in such exceptional cases, 'such' is followed by 'that'.