Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice
  1. makes

  2. made

  3. make

  4. making

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

(2) is incorrect because it is in past tense. Also, there is no support for the past time in the sentence. (3) is incorrect because two singular subjects are joined using conjunction 'and', thereby making it a singular compound subject, hence, it will take a singular verb. (4) is incorrect because there is no helping verb to support the continuous (-ing) form.

Multiple choice
  1. was

  2. will

  3. can

  4. are

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

(1) is incorrect because when two nouns or pronouns are joined by 'as well as' the use of verb has to agree with the first subject and the first subject in the given sentence is plural whereas option (1) depicts a singular verb. (2) and (3) are incorrect because both of them are modal auxiliaries and as such they can be used only helping verbs and they must have a main verb which is not there in the given sentence.

Multiple choice
  1. has

  2. was

  3. were

  4. have

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

(1) and (2) are incorrect because when each noun of the compound subject is preceded by separate articles, the verb to be used is plural. (3) is incorrect because the given blank is followed by the past participle form of the verb which is used only in the perfect tenses.

Multiple choice
  1. is

  2. has

  3. are

  4. have

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

(1) is correct. (2) is incorrect because 'has' alone is followed by third form of verb, but in the sentence continuous form of verb is given. (3) and (4) are incorrect because when there is “A pair” as the subject, only a singular verb is used.

Multiple choice
  1. have been

  2. has been

  3. could

  4. should

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

(1) is incorrect because when two singular subjects are joined by “not only, but also”, they take a singular verb. (3) and (4) are incorrect because both of them are modal auxiliaries and as such they can be used only as helping verbs.

Multiple choice
  1. is

  2. are

  3. would

  4. could

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

(2) is incorrect because when only one article is used with the two nouns joined by “and”, it is supposed to be singular and have only a singular verb with he required whereas (2) is a plural verb. (3) and (4) are incorrect because both are modals that can be used only as helping verb and not the participle (past) form of the verb.