Gap Filling Exercises for class 8 Exercise-75 & 76

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Exercise-75

Choose the most appropriate option from the ones given below to complete the following passage.

Massage (i) ………… be a natural tranquilliser. It (ii)…………   been used (iii) …………  virtually every culture throughout history to relieve aches (iv) …………. pains, unknot tense muscles, and help (v)……….. body and the mind to relax.  There are several types of the message, (vi)………… the most popular are Oriental massage.

(i)(a) should                   (b) would               (c) may              (d) can

 (ii) (a) have                   (b) has                    (c) had               (d) was

(iii) (a) in                        (b) on                      (c) beep at         (d) for

(iv) (a) or                       (b) and                   (c) but                  (d) for

 (v) (a) a                         (b) an                      (c) the                  (d) any

(vi) (a) but                     (b) and                    (c) or                   (d) for

Answers:-

(i) d                  (ii) b                  

(iii) a                 (iv) b                

(v) c                  (vi) a

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Exercise-76

Choose the best word from the options given below and complete the following passage.

On 10th November 1910, Leo Tolstoy suddenly decided to renounce (i)………. home. He was accompanied (ii)…………   his daughter (iii) ………….  his doctor. He left his house (iv)………. the middle of the night. He reached the next day (v)………….   the monastery of Uptina and spent the night there writing an article. On 12th, he reached the Convent where his sister, Marie had been staying as a nun. He (vi)……..   his sister that he would like to live in the convent if no pressure was used.

(i)(a) his                   (b) her                 (c) its                  (d) out

 (ii) (a) of                  (b) from             (c) with                (d) by

(iii) (a) of                  (b) through         (c) and               (d) through

 (iv) (a) at                 (b) on                  (c) from              (d) to

(v) (a) of                   (b) to                    (c) by                 (d) into

 (vi) (a) scolded       (b) replied            (c) referred      (d) told

Answers:-

(i) a                (ii) d                   

(iii) c                (iv) a                

(v) b              (vi) d

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