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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Mark the most suitable option to fill in the blanks to make a logical sentence.

The city of Katagum _________ (build) in the form of an oblong with the chief’s house in the centre _________ (look) like an old English castle.

  1. was built, looking

  2. had been built, looked

  3. is built, looks

  4. was built, had looked
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This is a compound sentence in the past tense (in passive voice). Here, the principal clause demands 'past indefinite', while in the subsidiary clause, 'looking' is used as a verb of being.  Hence, option 1 is correct.

Multiple choice

Directions: Mark the most suitable option to fill in the blanks to make a logical sentence.

If I ______ (be) a ghost, I _______ (try) to frighten all the people I dislike.

  1. was, would try

  2. am, will try

  3. were, would try

  4. were, would have tried

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

This is a case of a wish. In such cases, we always use 'were' for assumption. The subsidiary clause in such cases takes 'would/will' along with the first form of the verb.

Multiple choice

Directions: Mark the most suitable option to fill in the blanks to make a logical sentence.

Yesterday I _________ (see) a small group of people who all were _________ (gaze) at the smoke.

  1. saw, gazing

  2. had seen, gazed

  3. have seen, gazing

  4. had seen, gazing
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This is a compound sentence in the past tense. Here, the principal clause demands 'past indefinite', while the subsidiary clause demands 'past continuous'. 

Multiple choice

Directions: Mark the most suitable option to fill in the blanks to make a logical sentence.

“Come on”, he said, “we _________ (go) to see what _________ (happen) there.”

  1. shall go, will happen

  2. shall go, has happened

  3. can go, can happen

  4. might go, must happen
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

This is a compound sentence. The principal clause needs future indefinte, while the subsidiary clause needs present perfect tense. Double usage of the future is incorrect.

Multiple choice

Directions: Mark the most suitable option to fill in the blank to make a logical sentence.

He ___________ (put) in hard work to secure first rank for three years; he finally achieved success.

  1. has been putting

  2. had been putting

  3. is putting

  4. was putting

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

Case of past perfect continuous tense. Key words in the sentence are: 'for the three hours', and 'achieved'. In past perfect continuous tense, we use had + been + verb + ing.

Multiple choice

Directions: Mark the most suitable option to fill in the blanks to make a logical sentence.

They ___________ (climb) up the ladder on ___________ (hear) a loud sound.

  1. were climbing, hearing

  2. were climbing, were hearing

  3. climbed, hearing

  4. were climbing, their hearing

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

This is a compound sentence in the past tense. Here, the principal clause demands 'past indefinite', while  the subsidiary clause demands past continuous tense.