Exercise-81
Complete the Following passage by lifting in the blanks with one in each blank space. Write the answer in the space provided against the correct blank space.
Aayush had arrived Chandigarh (a) ……………….day before by (b)…………………………………. Rajdhani Express to attend (c)……………. uncle’s wedding the (d)……………….. day. Almost (e) ……………. the relatives had already arrived. There was (f)……………….. excitement in the house. The evening was particularly thrilling. (g)…………….. men and women present in the house performed Bhangra and Gidda. The Barat left for Solan the next morning. The fleet had hardly covered an (h)………….. kilometres when (i) …………….. rear tyres of a jeep got punctured. (j) ……………… the vehicles had to be stopped. The driver replaced (k)……………… tyres and the journey resumed. After covering about 15 miles (I) …………. trouble appeared. (m)…………….. baratis began vomiting due to vertigo feeling on zigzag roads. Anyhow, the Barat reached Solan at about 1:00 p.m. (n)………… person was given a warm welcome by the hosts.
Answers:
(a) a (b) the
(c) his (d) next
(e) all (f) much
(g) All (h)few
(i)the (j) All
(k)The (I)another
(m) The (n)Each
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Exercise-82
Complete the following passage by filling in the blanks with one word in each blank space. Write the answers in the space provided against the correct blank number:
The national food is what (a) ……………… people of (b)………………. particular country eat most often. Rice with (c)……………….. accompaniment is popular in most parts of (d) ……………..country. In (e) ……………….north, however, wheat is (f)………….. most popular cereal.
Answers:
(a) the
(b) a
(c) an
(d) the
(e) the
(f) the
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Exercise-83
Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below.
Fashion is a term commonly used to (a) ___________a style of clothing worn by a large number of people in a country. However, popular styles of furniture, homes and many other products (b)_____ also fashions. The kinds of art, music, literature and sports that many people (c) ___________ can also be fashions. Thus, a fashion is or reflects a form of behaviour (d)______ by most people in a society.
(a) (i) describe (ii) to describe (iii) describing (iv) described
(b) (i) are (ii) have (iii) is (iv) were
(c) (i) preferred (ii) prefers (iii) prefer (iv) will prefer
(d) (i) appreciate (ii) liked (iii) disliked (iv) accepted
Answers:
(a) (i) describe
(b) (i) are
(c) (iii) prefer
(d) (iv)accepted
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Exercise-84
Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below.
It is a myth that only teenagers (a) _____ a mouthful of braces. Age is irrelevant. When all the permanent teeth are present and the individual (b) _____ relevant structures, corrective orthodontics can work well with almost everyone. It’s healthy teeth, gums and supporting bone that (c)____ _, which is why a helpless 12-year-old can be refused treatment and a 60-year old (d) __________ _.
(a)(i) needs (ii) are needing
(iii) have needed (iv) need
(b)(i) had not ruined (ii) has not been ruined
(iii) has not ruined (iv) had not been ruined
(c)(i) counted (iii) are counting
(ii) is counting (iv) count
(d)(i) had been benefitted (ii) should be benefitted
(iii) can benefit (iv) has been benefitted
Answers:
(a) (iv) need
(b) (iii) has not ruined
(c) (iv) count
(d) (iii) can benefit
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Exercise-85
Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below.
Having overheard that Mr. Markson usually (a)________ for a walk in the evening, William tried to replace the figure in his headmaster’s house in his absence. But it was Mr. Markson who opened the door for him and spotted the Chinese figure, which William (b)_______ hard to conceal. William said that his mother had sent it for the hint to keep. He asked William to place the figure next to the one he had and also (c) ________William to carry a letter to Mrs Frank stating his desire to buy the third figure from her pocketing the figure again, William (d) _________ down the road.
(a)(i) goes (ii) was going (iii) went, (iv) is going
(b)(i) had tried (ii) is trying (iii) was trying (iv) tried
(c)(i) asked (ii) was asking (iii) has asked (iv) had asked
(d)(i) had dashed (ii) were dashing (iii) was dashing (iv) dashed
Answers:
(a) (i) goes
(b) (iii) was trying
(c) (i) asked
(d) (iv) dashed
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Exercise-86
Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below.
After getting up early, the first thing to (a) ________ is reading the morning paper. Lots of information (b) _________ in the newspaper which is useful for all age groups. Paper (c) _______ by the older generation to know about the happenings around the world. For them, newspaper reading is a habit. It (d)________ by young boys to find out the happening’s in the field of sports.
(a) (i) doing (ii) do (iii) have done (iv) does
(b) (i) had provided (ii) provided (iii) is provided (iv) was provided
(c) (i) is read (ii) has read (iii) was reading (iv) had read
(d) (i) is read (ii) has read (iii) was reading (iv) had read
Answers:
(a) (ii) do
(b) (iii) is provided
(c) (i) is read
(d) (i) is read
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Exercise-87
Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below.
He (a)________ the session with a prayer, prolonging it until the others join and the valleys echo with the chants, (b)_______ the cry of jackals. Time was when he (c) _______his stories to the accompaniment of musical instruments, but now he depends only on himself. The films (d) away from all the fiddlers and crooners, who have no time nowadays to stand at the back of an old story-teller and fill his pauses with music.
(a)(i) began (ii) begin (iii) begins (iv) is beginning
(b) (i) drowned (ii) drown (iii) drowns (iv) drowning
(c) (i) was narrating (ii) narrated (iii) narrates (iv) had narrated
(d) (i) have taken (ii) had taken (iii) has taken (iv) did take
Answers:
(a) (iii) begins
(b) (iv) drowning
(c) (ii) narrated
(d) (i) have taken
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Exercise-88
Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below.
Research _________(a) that honey-bees have a very strong nose that (b) ________them smell a lot more than just sweet nectar. A company in Britain has made use of this sense and (c) ______ to train bees (d)_______ bombs and drugs. Soon they will be put to work at the airport as well.
(a) (i) showed (ii) showing (iii) shows (iv) shown
(b) (i) helped (ii) helps (iii) is helping (iv) help
(c) (i) was managing (ii) manage (iii) manages (iv) managed
(d) (i) for detecting (ii) to detecting (iii) in detecting (iv) at detecting
Answers:
(a) (iii) shows
(b) (ii) helps
(c)(iv) managed
(d) (i) for detecting
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Exercise-89
Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below.
When Francis Day (a)______ Fort St. George, he was severely criticized for selecting a place (b) had no natural harbour. Ships (c)________ anchor far out at sea and the passengers had to be brought ashore by masullas, boats made of (d)_______ _. However, by 1881, an artificial harbour was constructed north of the Marina beach. Today, Chennai is a major shipping centre.
(a) (i) would built (ii) built (iii) was built (iv) were built
(b) (i) which (ii) what (iii) who (iv) when
(c) (i) has to (ii) had to (iii) was to (iv) have to
(d) (i) planks were tied together (ii) planks tied together
(iii) planks tie together (iv) planks had been tied together
Answers:
(a) (ii) built
(b) (i) which
(c)(ii) had to
(d) (ii) planks tied together
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Exercise-90
Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below.
Once, in a forest, there (a) _____ (live) a lion and his lioness. One day the lioness (b)_____(give) birth to twins. It was the duty of the lion to bring food. So he (c) ______ (kill) a deer that (d)______ (come) in his way and gave it to the lioness.
(a) (i) living (ii) is living (iii) was living (iv) lived
(b) (i) gave (ii) given (iii) had given (iv) was given
(c) (i) killed (ii) had killed (iii) has killed (iv) was killing
(d) (i) come (ii) came (iii) had come (iv) is coming
Answers:
(a) (iv) lived
(b) (i) gave
(c)(i) killed
(d)(ii) had come
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