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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verbs.

Last evening two teenagers _______ cocaine into the town but they ______

  1. smuggled, arrested

  2. smuggled, were arrested

  3. were smuggled, were arrested

  4. has smuggled, are arrested
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

In the given sentence both the clauses are independent of each other but they stand joined by the conjunction “but”. A compound sentence must have both the clauses in the same tense. Hence, (2) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verbs.

Jim Corbett _______ animals, but he also _______ many man-eaters.

  1. love, kill

  2. loved, killed

  3. was loved, was killed

  4. had loved, had killed
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B Correct answer
Explanation

In the given sentence both the clauses are independent of each other but they stand joined by the conjunction “but” .A compound sentence must have both the clauses in the same tense. Hence, (2) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb.

I asked him what mischief he _________

  1. has done

  2. did

  3. had done

  4. is done
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The given sentence belongs to the noun clause falling under the function of “Object to the verb” under the system of sequence of tenses, the subordinate clauses has to be in the past tense if the principal clause is in the past tense. Hence, (3) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb.

The battle of Haldighati _________ in the sixteenth century.

  1. fought

  2. has fought

  3. had fought

  4. was fought
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D Correct answer
Explanation

The reference given in the given sentence is that of the past i.e. of the sixteenth century and as such the given sentence belongs to the passive form of the simple past tense where the subject has been acted upon. So, (4) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verbs.

Why _______ you _____________ him?

  1. did, beat

  2. do, beaten

  3. did, had beaten

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

The given sentence belongs to the interrogative form of the simple past tense and in the interrogative sentence of the simple past tense, the sentence begins with the auxiliary verb “did” and as a consequence of which the first form of the verb is used. Besides “beat” has been used on a transitive verb in the given sentence. Hence, (1) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verbs.

Maharana Pratap ________ in the battle of Haldighati, and so he __________ to the jungle.

  1. defeated, was escaped

  2. was defeated, escaped

  3. had defeated, had escaped

  4. defeated, had escaped
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The given sentence is a compound sentence which has the principal clause in the past tense. As a result the coordinate clause has to be in the simple past tense although the main clause is in the passive voice. Hence, (2) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate form of the verb.

Many people ___________ in the riots.

  1. Was killed

  2. Were killed

  3. Killed

  4. Had killed
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B Correct answer
Explanation

It is a simple Assertive sentence in the simple past tense in the passive voice form because the subject in the given sentence has been acted upon. Besides, “were elected” is correct because the subject of the given sentence is in the plural form Hence, (2) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verbs.

In the battle a number of soldiers _________ and many of them ________ prisoners.

  1. were killed, were taken

  2. have killed, have taken

  3. had killed, had taken

  4. was killed, was taken
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

It is a compound sentence and as per the system of sequence of tenses both the clauses of the compound sentence have to be in the same tense irrespective of the fact whether they are in the active voice or the passive voice. Here, both the clauses are in the passive voice. Hence (1) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verbs.

Those who _________ respect their parents and elders cannot ____________ civilized.

  1. do, be called

  2. don' t, be called

  3. don' t, called

  4. hadn' t, called
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The clause beginning with ‘who’ qualifies the demonstrative pronoun ‘those’. The tense in both the clauses has to be the same and in the given sentence the tense in both the clauses is present.  Hence, (2) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Directions: Fill in the blanks with the appropriate form of the verbs.

If you _______ ice, it _________

  1. heat, melts

  2. heated, melted

  3. had heated, melted

  4. have heated, was melted
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The given sentence is a complex sentence of Adverb clause falling under the conditional clause. As per the system of sequence of tenses if the principal clause is in the present tense or in the future tense, then the subordinate clause can be in any tense. As such, (1) is the correct answer.