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Fill in the Blanks

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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

Directions: Select the appropriate choice that fills the blank(s) in the sentence in the most meaningful manner.

The workers were _________ because the government issued a patently unfair award that _________ the tribunal's award.

  1. incensed, controverted

  2. excited, improved upon

  3. ensnared, agreed with

  4. empowered, mitigated
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The government's action is unfair; hence workers are angry or incensed. The unfair award must have turned down or controverted the earlier award.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the appropriate choice that fills the blank(s) in the sentence in the most meaningful manner.

The two M.P.s were _________ criticised because neither spoke _________ against the government's wishy-washy attitude to racial discrimination.

  1. both, genuinely

  2. healthy, anything

  3. fairly, falsely

  4. severely, firmly
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

They were criticised because they did not speak firmly against something unfair. One has to be firm against something unfair.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the appropriate choice that fills the blank(s) in the sentence in the most meaningful manner.

The new Chief Minister is not interested in _________ or revenge but has only pity and _________ for even the rivals.

  1. audacity, alienation

  2. retribution, compassion

  3. generosity, correctness

  4. castigation, wonder

  5. avenge, piety
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The first filler has to be something similar to revenge and the second similar to pity; avenge is not necessarily negative.

Multiple choice

Directions: Select the appropriate choice that fills the blank(s) in the sentence in the most meaningful manner.

The _________ with which the guard spotted the fire led to his _________ by his superiors.

  1. hesitation, promotion

  2. celerity, removal

  3. audacity, advancement

  4. alacrity, commendation

  5. avidity, demotion
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

If the act is good the reaction will also be good. Alacrity is promptness and commendation is appreciation.

Multiple choice

Directions: Identify the correct idiom or phrase to complete the sentence.

The Indian cricket team __________Pakistan cricket team.

  1. beat in pants of

  2. beat pants

  3. beat off the pants of

  4. beat the pants off

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

'To beat the pants off' is an informal expression meaning to defeat someone completely and decisively. In the context of cricket, it means the Indian team overwhelmingly defeated the Pakistan team in a match.