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All Contextual Vocabulary 2563 Prepositional Usage 2021 Tense and Aspect 1751 Determiners 1005 Phrasal Verbs 949 Confusable Vocabulary 908 Pronoun Antecedent 867 Subject-Verb Agreement 735 Collocations 654 Idiomatic Expressions 627 Conjunctions and Connectors 557 Modals 390

Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

Which of the following options is the best substitute for the underlined words in statement III?

Directions: This passage contains errors and an omission. Choose the correct option to complete the passage.
Statement I: Pets are playful lovable, and tame animals.
Statement II: We take care of all them needs.
Statement III: They return love us with all their hearts and trust us blindly.
Statement IV: Dogs, __________.                                                             

  1. up turn

  2. in turn

  3. turn up

  4. turn in
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

(2) 'In turn' refers to something happening in a series as a result of something that happened immediately before this action. In this case, 'we take care of their needs' is the first action and the action that follows in the series as a result of this is 'they love us with all their hearts and trust us blindly'.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 20?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
Chills, coughs, and sneezes, _____(17)______ fever, headaches and body aches, that may also include watering red eyes, and running nose making you all confused and tired - that is flu.
Each year, from the months of November to April, is the flu season. Therefore, you ______(18)_____that shot of flu vaccine your doctor gives you by fall.
Taking the vaccine will prevent you from catching flu, and even if you ______(19)_____it, the attack will be mild.

Otherwise, you are bound to be ______(20)______in bed for two weeks without meeting your friends.

  1. laid up

  2. lay down

  3. laid off

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

Laid up is a phrasal use that means 'laid in bed'.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 21?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

The white light that we see around us is a ______(21)_____mix of seven colours, that if divided and laid side by side for study make up a light spectrum. The seven colours are Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red. However, Blue, Green, and Red are the _____(22)______ colours, because all the other colours may be got by mixing these. We think that a cherry is red because we see it_____(23)_____ a red colour. However, if we applied a filter and ____(24)_______the red part of the light from its source, then the cherry would appear black.

  1. jumbled

  2. untidy

  3. balanced

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

The mix is not untidy, jumbled or chaotic.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 22?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.

The white light that we see around us is a ______(21)_____mix of seven colours, that if divided and laid side by side for study make up a light spectrum. The seven colours are Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange and Red. However, Blue, Green, and Red are the _____(22)______ colours, because all the other colours may be got by mixing these. We think that a cherry is red because we see it_____(23)_____ a red colour. However, if we applied a filter and ____(24)_______the red part of the light from its source, then the cherry would appear black.

  1. main

  2. remaining

  3. only

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

There are some main colors from which other colors can be derived.

Multiple choice

Which of the following options best corrects/completes statement I?

Directions: This passage contains errors and an omission. Choose the correct option to complete the passage.
Statement I: It is a matter of common experience that ice floats at water.
Statement II: Howsoever large the size of ice may be it will not sink.
Statement III: Even icebergs which are huge masses of ice continuing floating in the sea.
Statement IV: Do you know _________________?                                         

  1. over

  2. in

  3. on

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

Ice floats on the surface of water and not in the water body. Therefore, preposition 'on' will be used instead of 'in'.

Multiple choice

Which of the following options best corrects/completes statement II?

Directions: This passage contains errors and an omission. Choose the correct option to complete the passage.
Statement I: It is a matter of common experience that ice floats at water.
Statement II: Howsoever large the size of ice may be it will not sink.
Statement III: Even icebergs which are huge masses of ice continuing floating in the sea.
Statement IV: Do you know _________________?                                         

  1. Comma required after ‘ice’.

  2. Comma required after ‘be’.

  3. Semicolon required after ‘be’.

  4. ‘May be’ not required.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

There is a slight break or pause in the sentence after 'be', therefore, a comma will have to be used here.

Multiple choice

Which of the following options best corrects/completes statement IV?

Directions: This passage contains errors and an omission. Choose the correct option to complete the passage.
Statement I: It is a matter of common experience that ice floats at water.
Statement II: Howsoever large the size of ice may be it will not sink.
Statement III: Even icebergs which are huge masses of ice continuing floating in the sea.
Statement IV: Do you know _________________?                                         

  1. why ice floats on water

  2. why ice floated on water

  3. why ice was floated on water

  4. why ice float over water
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

(1) is the only grammatically correct sentence. Therefore, it is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Which of the following options is the best substitute for the underlined words in statement I?

Directions: In this passage, errors or parts of a sentence, which have been left out, have been underlined. To correct these errors and correctly complete the passage, choose the correct option.
Statement I: A lioness once gave birth to two kittens and for a time she
Statement II: could not go out hunting. So, her husband, the leopard, went out
Statement III: to hunt and brought home the animals he was killing. One day he could not find any prey. What did you get today?
Statement IV: __________.                                             

  1. puppies

  2. cubs

  3. calves

  4. fowls
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

A lion's young one is known as a 'cub'. Kittens are cat's young ones. Therefore, kittens should be replaced with cubs.

Multiple choice

Which of the following options best corrects/completes statement III?

Directions: This passage contains errors and an omission. Choose the correct option to complete the passage.
Statement I: It is a matter of common experience that ice floats at water.
Statement II: Howsoever large the size of ice may be it will not sink.
Statement III: Even icebergs which are huge masses of ice continuing floating in the sea.
Statement IV: Do you know _________________?                                         

  1. go

  2. keep

  3. try

  4. move
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

'Continue should be used instead of 'continuing'. Since that is not given in the options, then 'keep' used in place of 'continuing', will correct the statement.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 17?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
One _____ (17) _____ wear a helmet while riding a bicycle.
The risk of serious head injury is ______ (18) _____ as much as 85% and the risk of brain injury by as much as 88% if a bicycle rider wears a helmet.
If all the bicycle riders between the ages of 5-14 wore helmets while riding, at least 150 deaths and a hundred thousand nonfatal head injuries ______ (19) _____ prevented each year.

It is sorrowful that less than one in four children between the ages of 5-14 wear bicycle helmets while riding, and most teens _____ (20) _______ it.

  1. should have

  2. should always

  3. must have

  4. must to
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The only option that makes the sentence a suggestion is (2), which is what is intended.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 20?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
One _____ (17) _____ wear a helmet while riding a bicycle.
The risk of serious head injury is ______ (18) _____ as much as 85% and the risk of brain injury by as much as 88% if a bicycle rider wears a helmet.
If all the bicycle riders between the ages of 5-14 wore helmets while riding, at least 150 deaths and a hundred thousand nonfatal head injuries ______ (19) _____ prevented each year.

It is sorrowful that less than one in four children between the ages of 5-14 wear bicycle helmets while riding, and most teens _____ (20) _______ it.

  1. try to avoid

  2. hate to avoid

  3. like to wear

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

(1) is the correct answer as it means that most teens try to escape wearing helmets.

Multiple choice

Which of the following options best corrects / completes statement IV?

Directions: In this passage, errors or parts of a sentence, which have been left out, have been underlined. To correct these errors and correctly complete the passage, choose the correct option.
Statement I: A lioness once gave birth to two kittens and for a time she
Statement II: could not go out hunting. So, her husband, the leopard, went out
Statement III: to hunt and brought home the animals he was killing. One day he could not find any prey. What did you get today?
Statement IV: __________.                                             

  1. asked the lioness embarrassingly

  2. told the lioness angrily

  3. said the lioness happily

  4. asked the lioness impatiently
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Since a question is being asked and also the lioness could not go out for hunting on her own, therefore she is impatient, that is why (4) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 18?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
One _____ (17) _____ wear a helmet while riding a bicycle.
The risk of serious head injury is ______ (18) _____ as much as 85% and the risk of brain injury by as much as 88% if a bicycle rider wears a helmet.
If all the bicycle riders between the ages of 5-14 wore helmets while riding, at least 150 deaths and a hundred thousand nonfatal head injuries ______ (19) _____ prevented each year.

It is sorrowful that less than one in four children between the ages of 5-14 wear bicycle helmets while riding, and most teens _____ (20) _______ it.

  1. decreased by

  2. reduce to

  3. lessen to

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

(4) The risk comes down by as much as 85%. When we want to say that something has come down, we use the verb reduce. Therefore, option 4 is correct.

Multiple choice

Which of these fits gap 19?

Directions: Complete this passage by selecting the most suitable option for the corresponding gap.
One _____ (17) _____ wear a helmet while riding a bicycle.
The risk of serious head injury is ______ (18) _____ as much as 85% and the risk of brain injury by as much as 88% if a bicycle rider wears a helmet.
If all the bicycle riders between the ages of 5-14 wore helmets while riding, at least 150 deaths and a hundred thousand nonfatal head injuries ______ (19) _____ prevented each year.

It is sorrowful that less than one in four children between the ages of 5-14 wear bicycle helmets while riding, and most teens _____ (20) _______ it.

  1. may have

  2. had been

  3. could be

  4. may have been
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A future possibility is being discussed, therefore, (3) is the correct answer.

Multiple choice

Which of the following options is the best substitute for the underlined words in statement II?

Directions: In this passage, errors or parts of a sentence, which have been left out, have been underlined. To correct these errors and correctly complete the passage, choose the correct option.
Statement I: A lioness once gave birth to two kittens and for a time she
Statement II: could not go out hunting. So, her husband, the leopard, went out
Statement III: to hunt and brought home the animals he was killing. One day he could not find any prey. What did you get today?
Statement IV: __________.                                             

  1. tiger

  2. panther

  3. lion

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

A lioness's husband is a lion. Leopard will be the husband of a leopardess.