English Language

Fill in the Blanks

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Fill in the Blanks Questions

Multiple choice

The student tried to ______ the sympathy of the teacher by appearing with a plaster on his arm on the day of the exam.

Directions: The sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five sets of words labelled from (1) to (5). Choose the set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

  1. illicit

  2. grant

  3. bestow

  4. subsidize

  5. elicit

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

To 'elicit' means to draw out or take out. Thus option (5) only can be answer as all other options are unrelated.

Multiple choice
The ______ of Missouri and Mississippi rivers is at St. Louis; that's the place where they join together.

Directions: The sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five sets of words labelled from (1) to (5). Choose the set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

  1. aging

  2. confluence

  3. soldering

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

The point where rivers meet and start flowing together is called confluence. Thus the correct answer is (2). Rest all the options are unrelated.

Multiple choice

Support for the plan was ______ and the planners hoped it would soon grow and spread.

Directions: The sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five sets of words labelled from (1) to (5). Choose the set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

  1. extravagant

  2. immaterial

  3. whimsical

  4. trifling

  5. incipient

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

'Incipient' means beginning or emerging all other options are unrelated. This option (3) is correct.

Multiple choice
______ was such an unfamiliar condition that the reforming alcoholic didn't recognize it at first.

Directions: The sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five sets of words labelled from (1) to (5). Choose the set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

  1. Agitation

  2. Litters

  3. Sobriety

  4. Butterflies in the stomach

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

A condition which an alcoholic would be unfamiliar has to be that of 'sobriety' which means the quality of being sober. Therefore option (3) is correct.

Multiple choice
The teacher saw through the ______ student and didn't fall for his excuse of not doing the homework.

Directions: The sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five sets of words labelled from (1) to (5). Choose the set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

  1. factual

  2. veritable

  3. intrinsic

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

'Mendacious' means dishonest. Thus it is the only option which suits the blank. All other options are unrelated. Thus option (4) is correct.

Multiple choice
A fetus is ______ when it has developed to the point that it can survive outside the mother's womb.

Directions: The sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five sets of words labelled from (1) to (5). Choose the set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

  1. absurd

  2. viable

  3. vain

  4. infeasible

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

'Viable' means able to live or survive. Thus option (2) is correct. All other options are unrelated.

Multiple choice

The new mother fell asleep when her baby stopped crying, but the ______ was brief; the baby started up again almost immediately.

Directions: The sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five sets of words labelled from (1) to (5). Choose the set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

  1. reproof

  2. retribution

  3. respite

  4. penance

  5. mortification

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

The word needed here has to be similar in meaning to an interval or a break. The only word of such in the options is respite' which means - a break or rest. Thus option (3) is correct.

Multiple choice

We tried to ______ the dirty words that had been written on the wall, but nothing would erase it

Directions: The sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five sets of words labelled from (1) to (5). Choose the set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

  1. encompass

  2. incorporate

  3. efface

  4. entail

  5. accommodate

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

To 'efface' is to erase of remove something. All other options mean to 'take in' therefore the correct answer is option (3).

Multiple choice

The strange creature had small bumps on its torso that appeared to be ______ limbs.

Directions: The sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five sets of words labelled from (1) to (5). Choose the set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

  1. rudimentary

  2. consummated

  3. complete

  4. effected

  5. perfected

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

Mention of the word 'bumps' tells us that the limbs are not 'perfect', 'complete' or 'consummate' in any sense. 'effected' is unrelated.  The word 'rudimentary' means basic or underdeveloped. Therefore option (1) is correct.

Multiple choice
The novel was so ______ that I couldn't go beyond the first chapter.

Directions: The sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five sets of words labelled from (1) to (5). Choose the set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

  1. crafty

  2. explicit

  3. vapid

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

The answer has to be similar in meaning to boring i.e. vapid. All other options are unrelated. Hence option (3) is correct.

Multiple choice

We should save our ______ for the street; in the classroom we should use proper grammar.

Directions: The sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five sets of words labelled from (1) to (5). Choose the set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

  1. style

  2. phrasing

  3. fluency

  4. vernacular

  5. locution

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

'Vernacular' is a language native to any particular country or region. Therefore it should not be used in the classroom. Thus option (4) is correct.

Multiple choice

The artist’s work was very popular, but ______ rejected it as ______.

Directions: The sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five sets of words labelled from (1) to (5). Choose the set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

  1. gluttons; crude

  2. secular; unskilled

  3. neophyte; unprofessional

  4. connoisseurs; amateurish

  5. docent; awkward

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

Connoisseurs are people who are expert in their own fields and amateurish is something which is done by a novice. Thus, option (4) would be best suited.

Multiple choice

Being a correspondent for the local newspaper is my ___, but writing poetry in my free time is my ___.

Directions: The sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five sets of words labelled from (1) to (5). Choose the set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

  1. mission, interest

  2. nice, pastime

  3. vocation, avocation

  4. canton, passion

  5. territory, hobby

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

What one does for a living is one’s ‘vocation’, but what one does for personal interest or as a hobby is ‘avocation’. All the other options for the first blank are unrelated. Therefore, option 3 is correct.

Multiple choice

As a musician, he was a ___; but as a father, he was ___.

Directions: The sentence below has two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Beneath the sentence are five sets of words labelled from (1) to (5). Choose the set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.

  1. maestro; artistic

  2. genius; specialist

  3. expect; maven

  4. virtuoso; ineffectual

  5. dilettante; skilled

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

The word ‘but’ tells us that their is a contradiction. ‘Virtuoso’ is a person who has a great technical skill in some art, whereas ‘ineffectual' means not able to produce the desired effect. Thus, option (4) is correct. All the other options are synonyms.