English Language

Fill in the Blanks

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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the given sentence carefully and fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below. When I saw her last she was _____________ with grief over her husband's passing.

  1. at sixes and sevens

  2. giving herself airs

  3. on the alert

  4. beside herself

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

This means out of one's mind with grief or worry. When I saw her last she was beside herself with grief over her husband's passing.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the given sentence carefully and fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.

The assembly speaker is ___________ over the speech regarding marginalising minorities.

  1. at daggers drawn

  2. out of the way

  3. in hot water

  4. on tenterhooks

  5. on a wild goose chase
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. It implies being in trouble. The assembly speaker is in hot water over the speech regarding marginalizing minorities.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the given sentence carefully and fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.

The witness ___________ in his cross examination.

  1. cut a poor figure

  2. drew the line

  3. put a good face on

  4. fell flat

  5. all eyes
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This phrase means producing a poor impression. This is the correct option because it completes the sentence and tells us that the witness could not impress others during his cross examination.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the given sentence carefully and fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.

I am sure he __________ he looked very serious.

  1. will not pass muster

  2. blew his own trumpet

  3. cooks the accounts

  4. means business

  5. is the thing
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This phrase means being in earnest. This is the correct option. I am sure he means business, he looked very serious. This means the proper thing to do. It is the thing to do.

Multiple choice

Directions: Read the given sentence carefully and fill in the blank with the most appropriate idiom/phrase from the options given below.

He is such an absent minded fellow that he does not know what ____________.

  1. has come to a head

  2. is all the rage

  3. he is about

  4. passes under his nose

  5. is now resting on its oars
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct answer. This phrase means in someone's presence. With the usage of this phrase the sentence means that he is such an absent minded fellow that he does not know what happens even in his presence.

Multiple choice

Directions: The sentence has a blank space and four words are given below. Select the most appropriate for the blank space and indicate that word as your answer.

______ will remember Lincoln as a truly great man.

  1. Posterity

  2. Probity

  3. Posterior

  4. Postdate

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

Posterity refers to all future generations of people. It is the correct term for saying that people in the future will remember someone. Probity means honesty, and posterior refers to the back or rear.