Gap Filling Exercises for class 8 Exercise-89 & 90

Exercise-89

In each of the following passages, there are given some blanks each of which has been numbered. These are printed below the passage and against each, some words are given, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word-

Lincoln once played a practical joke …… (1)……..  a rich client of his. This man wanted Lincoln …… (2) ….. take a poor neighbour to court for not paying …….(3) …… a sum of two and a half dollars. The poor man had …… (4)…… to pay it, because, he said, he did not really owe it. Lincoln had ……. (5) ……. idea. He agreed to take up the case if he was paid ten dollars each ……. (6)……. The client readily paid him the cash. Lincoln at once went and…… (7) …….. the other man five dollars and said, “Now go and pay two and a half dollars to that neighbour……. (8) ……..yours and take two and a half dollars ……. (9)……… yourself. Both Lincoln and the poor man …….. (10) …….some money and the rich client was fully satisfied.

1.(A) at                      (B) upon

(C) of                         (D) on

2. (A) above              (B) with

(C) to                         (D) in

3. (A) below              (B) back

 (C) above                 (D) high

4. (A) accused           (B) referred

(C) regretted             (D) refused

5. (A) an                     (B) a

(C) at                          (D) the

6. (A) up                     (B) down

 (C) below                  (D) ground

7. (A) make                (B) granted

 (C) gave                    (D) take

8. (A) of                      (B) at

(C) on                          (D) off

9. (A) with                  (B) on

(C) in                          (D) for

10. (A) accepted        (B) lost

(C) gained                  (D) refused

Answers:-

1.(B)                2. (C)

3. (B)               4. (D)

5. (A)               6. (B)

7. (C)              8. (A)

9. (D)              10. (C)

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Exercise-90

In each of the following passages, there are given some blanks each of which has been numbered. These are printed below the passage and against each, some words are given, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word-

 In many countries only one language, the mother tongue is enough to satisfy the need …… (1) …….. expression of most of their inhabitants. In India, however, the position is more…….  (2) ……. Here an educated man is called…… (3) …….to master more than one language. There is first of ……. (4) …….the language that he learns …….. (5)……. his mother’s lap, and through which he expresses his first needs and …….. (6)……. Naturally, it is in this that he gains the most proficiency. But since India is a very  (7)  country, we really need an extra language – a lingua franca – as a means of communications with states other than our own. But even this is not …….. (8) ……. An educated Indian requires the mastery of an international language, one that is widely understood and is used in dealings ……. (9) ……. one country with another. Ideally speaking then, the educated Indian should be able to read and write in three languages and moreover should be able to express ……. (10) ……. in all three with ease and fluency.

1.(A) on                      (B) of

 (C) for                       (D) at

2. (A) complex          (B) complicated

(C) connected           (D) concerned

3. (A) on                    (B) up

(C) upon                    (D) of

4. (A) every               (B) another

 (C) each                   (D) all

5. (A) upon               (B) at

(C) on                       (D) of

6. (A) feelings           (B) desires

 (C) needs                 (D) wills

7. (A) big                   (C) huge

 (B) large                   (D) very

8. (A) suitable           (B) appropriate

(C) often                   (D) enough

9. (A) at                     (B) of

 (C) on                       (D) in

10. (A) himself         (B) herself

(C) myself                (D) yourself

ANSWERS

1.(C)          2. (B)

3. (C)         4. (D)

5. (C)         6. (A)

7. (B)         8. (D)

9. (B)         10. (A)

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