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Description: Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction.
Number of Questions: 25
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Tags: English MBA GRE Bank PO Subject-Verb Agreement Parts of Speech Singular, Plural and Nouns Structural Errors Tenses Prepositions and Conjunctions Adjectives and Adverbs (Word Usage) Auxiliaries and Modals
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Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

He __________ hardly finished his lunch when someone knocked at the door.

  1. was

  2. had

  3. did

  4. would

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Case of past perfect tense. Whenever two actions in the past happen one after the other, we use 'had' with the former action.

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

A carpenter and a goldsmith __________ in our street.

  1. live

  2. lives

  3. is living

  4. are living

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Double usage of article 'a' makes it clear that we are dicussing about two persons. Now, this is a general fact. So, 'live' is the right option.

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

The state of affairs __________ sure to cause him anxiety.

  1. is

  2. are

  3. were

  4. has

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Here, the noun i.e. 'state of affairs' is singular. So, the helping verb should also be singular. Therefore, 'is' is the right answer.

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

He was foolish _________ to listen to her.

  1. enough

  2. too

  3. also

  4. as well

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Word enough, when used after the adjective, means 'that much' or 'up to that extent'. It fits the requirement of the blank.

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

Slow and steady _________ the race.

  1. win

  2. wins

  3. has won

  4. would win

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Slow and steady' is a singular phrase, and the sentence discusses about a general fact of present. So, 'wins' is the right option.

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

He has been working here __________ three years now.

  1. since

  2. for

  3. from

  4. before

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Case of present perfect continuous tense. Whenever we discuss about an action that has begun in the past and is still in action, we use this tense. Moreover, either preposition 'since' or 'for' are used in this case for 'point of time' or 'period of time' respectively. Three years is a period, and thus 'for' is preffered to 'since'.

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

I wish you ___________ keep to the subject instead of digressing like this.

  1. should

  2. would

  3. might

  4. must

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

In case of 'a wish', we use either 'were' or 'would'. 'Must' shows an obligation; 'should' refers to a 'responsibility'; 'might' shows less probability.

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

___________ you give the keys of the safe you will be shot.

  1. If

  2. Unless

  3. But

  4. Though

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Case of conditional sentence. The sentence implies that if one thing does not happen, then the other action will happen. In such cases, we use 'unless'.

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

The introduction of reforms _________ greatly opposed by the aristocracy.

  1. was

  2. were

  3. have been

  4. are being

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Case of passive voice. Whenever we discuss about a fact of past indefinite in passive voice, we use 'was/were + ed form of the verb'.

Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.

__________ he was fast, yet he could not reach the destination in time.

  1. Though

  2. As

  3. Even

  4. In spite of

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Usage of conjunction 'yet' leaves no scope for any other option to be used. The sentence implies that in spite of being fast enough, he could not reach the destination.

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

Clever _________ he was, he could not solve the problem.

  1. as

  2. but

  3. as though

  4. except

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The sentence implies that 'inspite of being clever, he could not solve the problem'. 'Clever as' represents the ability.

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

I saw him two months _________.

  1. ago

  2. before

  3. for

  4. since

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Case of past indefinite tense. whenever we refer to a specific time of the past, we use 'ago', and not 'back' or 'before'. 'For' and 'since' do not fit the requirement of the blank here.

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

I would rather be a doctor ___________ a lawyer.

  1. than

  2. to

  3. but

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

All the comparative words (except seven words: prefer, senior, junior, inferior, superior, etc) are followed by preposition 'than'. So, 'rather than'.

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

Each of the boys ___________ interviewed by the principal.

  1. are

  2. were

  3. has been

  4. have been

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Words like 'each', 'every', 'somebody', etc are always followed by singular auxilary verb. Thus, option 3.

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

Not __________ in time, he could not get the scholarship.

  1. being applied

  2. applying

  3. having applied

  4. applied

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Rule says that if the modifying clause does not mention about the subject, the modified clause starts with the subject.

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

My father usually ___________ coffee in the morning, but today he drank tea.

  1. drinks

  2. drink

  3. drank

  4. was drinking

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The sentence refers to two things: one, a habit, and two, an action of past. For the latter 'drank' (i.e. the second form of the verb) is used here. But for the former, we need to use the first form of the verb, as a general habit of present times is always followed by the first form of the verb.

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

I will call you when the guests _________.

  1. arrive

  2. will arrived

  3. will be arriving

  4. will have arrived

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Double future is not used in a sentence. Thus, option 1.

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

He would rather __________ than yield to pressure.

  1. be dying

  2. die

  3. died

  4. will die

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Error of parallelism. 'Yield' is first form of the verb, so it should be preceded by another verb in simpler form.

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

__________ by rain, we took shelter under a tree.

  1. Driving

  2. Drove

  3. Driven

  4. None of these

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Case of passive voice. 'The rain drove us..........' when written in passive is written as 'Driven by the rain.........'. Here subject 'we' is but understood. Third form of the verb is used in passive voice.

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

He complained of __________ by the police.

  1. having been tortured

  2. tortured

  3. torturing

  4. having tortured

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Case of passive voice. 'He complains the police of having tortured him' if written in passive voice is written as 'He complained of having been tortured by the police'.

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

They __________ the TV for a long time when the burglars burst in.

  1. was seeing

  2. have been seeing

  3. had been seeing

  4. saw

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Case of past perfect continuous tense. When we refer to an action that 'had already been' going on at the occurence of the other action, we use past perfect continuous tense. (Had + been + verb+ing)

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

There is a rainbow in the sky ________ nobody has the time to stop and watch it.

  1. but

  2. though

  3. except

  4. still

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'But' is used to introduce an objection or contrary argument.

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

He climbed up a tree _________ to get a good view of the procession.

  1. such that

  2. such as

  3. so as

  4. even as

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

One climbs a tree 'in order to' get a clear view. 'So as' means 'in order to'.

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

Such was Damayanti's beauty _________ princes from far and near came to woo her.

  1. as

  2. for

  3. so

  4. that

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Case of coordinative conjunction. Though 'such' (in case of comparative sentence) is followed by 'as', but this is not a comparative sentence rather here something has been highlighted. And in such exceptional cases, 'such' is followed by 'that'. 

Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.

Ram is one of the players who _________ selected for the Test match.

  1. has been

  2. have been

  3. is

  4. was

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Here, the subject i.e. 'players' is plural. So, 'have been' is the only appropriate option.

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