Gap Filling Exercise No-55,56 & 57 (Solved)

Gap Filling Exercise No-16,17&18 (Solved)

Exercise-55

Direction: Select the most suitable form of the given verbs to fill in the blanks:

1.………… (Sit) on a soft chair or sofa for a long time, is the main cause of back pain. People………… (have) much fat, become the victim of this disease. Those who are used …………..  (sit) in a wrong posture also suffer from this pain. It is, therefore. necessary not ………….  (sit) in wrong postures and not ………….. (use) a sofa seat for a long time. Steps  ………….. (reduce) fat should also be taken.

2. During elections, we can see the supporters of political parties ………….. (shout) slogans in the streets. Even the candidates walk on foot………..  (greet) the people. They catch the opportunity   ………… (shake) hands with anyone they meet. Their supporters assure the people …………. (solve) the problems (be) faced by them. They urge them……………. (exercise) their votes in favour of their candidate.

Answers:-     

  1. sitting, having, to sit, to sit, to use, to reduce.
  2. shouting, to greet, to shake, to solve, being, to exercise.

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Exercise-56

Direction: Select the most suitable form of the given verbs to fill in the blanks:

1. Group life made the task of………………… (collect) food easier. …………… (Mint) wild and fast ……………(run) animals with weapons also became easier. Red Indian tribes used ………………. (hunt) in groups. Care of ……………… (bring up) the young also became possible in a group. Mothers could stay at home …………….. (look) after the children.

2. I know how……………… (swim). I had learnt ……………….. (swim) when l was a child. I like ………………. (climb) mountains also. But it is very difficult and dangerous …………….. (climb) the steep rocks. Once I decided ……………..  (scale) a steep rock. It was a………………. (thrill) experience.

Answers:-

  1. collecting, hunting. running, to hunt, bringing up, to look.
  2. to swim, swimming, climbing, to climb, to scale, thrilling.

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Exercise-57

Directions:- Underline the verbs in the following sentences and write whether transitive or intransitive in the space provided.

(a) Preeti loves her mother.                             …………………………………….

(b) Anita is reading a book.                            …………………………………….

(c) The children laughed.                                …………………………………….

(d) The children are playing football              …………………………………….

(e) They listened to music.                              …………………………………….

 (f) They cried.                                                …………………………………….

(g) He has created a masterpiece.                   …………………………………….

(h) All the cookies were eaten by the boys.    …………………………………….

Answers:-

(a) transitive

(b) transitive

(c) intransitive

(d) transitive

(e) transitive

(f) intransitive

(g) transitive

(h) intransitive

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