Exercise-5
Directions: of the alternatives given for each group of sentences, find the best fits into the blank in each of the given sentences:
Questions 1 to 6
 (a) pass into          (b) pass for          (c) pass off     (d) pass away              (e) pass through
1.The old man _______without any trouble.
2.He________ a great dramatist.
3. His disease has________ a chronic state.
4. The crew________ terrible sufferings.
5. He was caught while trying to________ counterfeit rupee.
6. He_______ himself_______ as a noble man.
 Questions 7 to 11
(a) look to       (b) look up      (c) look after              (d) look on
7. The Indian economy is now _______
8. My uncle_______me.
9. _______the word in the dictionary.
10. _______your manners.
11. I_______ him as my son.
Questions 12 to 18
(a) Makeup      (b)make out        (c) makeover        (d)make of             (e) make for
12. I cannot_______ his writing.
13. I cannot _______ anything  _______this telegram.
14. He _______ his bungalow to an orphanage.
15. You have failed to _______your case.
16. The two brothers quarreled some time ago, but they have now _______it _______
17. Contentment _______happiness.
18. I cannot _______the meaning of this verse.
Answers:-
1.(d): passed away – died
2. (b): passed for – is regarded as
3. (a): passed into – changed into
4. (e): passed through – underwent
5. (c): pass off – impose fraudulently
6. (c): passed himself over – pretended to be
7. (b): looking up – improving
8. (c): looks after – takes care of
9. (b) : look up – search for
10. (a): look to – Be careful about
11. (d) : look on – regard
12. (b): make out – decipher
13. (d): make of – understand
14. (c): made over – presented
15. (b): make out – prove
16. (a): made up – reconciled
17. (e): makes for – results in
18. (b): make out – discover
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