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Fill in the Blanks

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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: The question below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank which best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Learning is more efficient when it is _____, it is less efficient when it is _____.

  1. fast, slow

  2. fun, drudgery

  3. rapid, turtle-slow

  4. tedious, like a joy ride

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

The sentence presents a contrast between positive and negative learning experiences. Fun learning engages students and improves retention, while learning that feels like drudgery (boring, tedious work) reduces engagement and efficiency. This creates a logical comparison.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Despite a growing _______ that a lot needs to be done to help those without clean water, a ______ says that more than 34 million people die every year of water borne diseases.

  1. interest, reason

  2. recognition, report

  3. fantasy, review

  4. authority, legend

  5. turbulence, logic
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Recognition fits as awareness or realization of a problem, and report is the logical document that would present statistics about water-borne diseases. The contrast between awareness (recognition) and documented findings (report) creates coherent meaning.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

Many people believed that spices help ______ food; however nutritionists found that most spices were ______ of having any effect on growth of microbes present in the food.

  1. preserve, incapable

  2. produce, impossible

  3. save, preventive

  4. spoil, probable

  5. protect, deprived
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Preserve means to protect food from spoiling. Incapable means lacking the ability to do something. The sentence contrasts belief that spices help preserve food with findings that they cannot actually affect microbial growth.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words that best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

The two artists _______ markedly in their temperaments, one was reserved and courteous, the other _______ and boastful.

  1. changed, irritable

  2. similar, jovial

  3. differed, rude

  4. appeared, funny

  5. addressed, ill-tempered
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Differed creates the logical contrast with reserved and courteous. The second blank needs something opposite to reserved/courteous, so rude (meaning impolite or aggressive) contrasts properly. The artists had different temperaments.

Multiple choice

Directions: The question below has one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Choose the set of words for each blank which best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

We must try to understand his momentary _____ for he has ______ more strain and anxiety than any among us.

  1. vision, forgotten

  2. aberration, undergone

  3. outcry, described

  4. senility, understood

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

Aberration means a temporary departure from what is normal or expected behavior. Undergone means experienced or been subjected to. The sentence explains understanding someone's unusual behavior because they have experienced unusual stress.

Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the appropriate option which completes the given sentence.

Was it ____, who gave you all that misinformation?

  1. they

  2. them

  3. him

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

The best way to select the pronoun applicable is to decide whether the pronoun will act or receive the action. 'Who gave you' indicates that 'you' is the recepient of the action. The missing pronoun should be in the subjective case, as it acts as the subject of the sentence (the one that acts).