Exercise -5
Complete the following paragraph by filling in the blanks with the help of given options:
Stress may actually be the eating trigger that (a)………………….. the most trouble. Many of us have high levels of chronic stress, whether (b)…………………… from the workload, relationship troubles or long to-do lists. Our bodies respond to this stress the way our ancestors’ bodies did, triggering “fight or flight” chemicals in the brain that (c) …………… to calorie accumulation and fat storage. But the difference is that we have plenty of food at our disposal; they didn’t. So, we end up continually upgrading the size of our storage unit.
(a) (i) caused (ii) will cause (iii) causes (iv) causing
(b)(i) it’s (ii) its (iii) it (iv) that
(c) (i) leading (ii) lead (iii) leads (iv) led
Answer
(a) (iii) causes
(b) (i) it’s
(c) (ii) lead
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EXERCISE -6
Fill in the blanks with correct forms of verbs given in the brackets :
Yesterday Savita (a)………….(come)to my house to give me the happy news of her standing first in the Board Examination. I (b) ……….(be) overjoyed to know this. We (c)………… (share) our views regarding the latest trend in a paper setting. She also (d)………… (tell) me that she (e)………………. (attend) all the classes regularly. She never (f)…………… (miss) any class. This habit (g)…………. (help) her a lot. Now she (h)………. (decide) to go to the U.K. for further studies.
Answers.-
(a)came (b) was
(c)shared (d) told
(e) had attended (f)missed
(g) helped (h)has decided
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