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Sentence Completion

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Directions: Fill in the blank.

_________ Indians know English language properly.

  1. The few

  2. Few

  3. Much

  4. Fewer


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

' Much ' is used with uncountable 'nouns', 'Few' is used with countable nouns and it means 'virtually none or almost zero'

Directions: Fill in the blank.

I have lost the pen ______ you gave me.

  1. which

  2. there

  3. whom

  4. that


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 'That' specifies the pen as the one given as a gift.

Directions: Fill in the blank. Neither Mohan nor his friends ____ come for the lecture.

  1. have

  2. has

  3. were

  4. was


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The missing verb should agree with the second subject 'his friends'; hence, the plural verb 'have' used.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

I am not _______ my actions.

  1. accountable in

  2. accountable for

  3. accountable to

  4. accountable over


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 We are 'accountable for' our actions and 'accountable to' a person.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

She has been speaking for the last one hour. I wish she _______.

  1. would stop

  2. stopped to speak

  3. stopped speaking

  4. can stop


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 'Would' is used for many functions, one of them is 'to express a hope'.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

There are not many students in the class, I can see just _____ of them.

  1. few

  2. a few

  3. a little

  4. less


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 'Few' means next to none, 'a few' means some or a handful, 'little' is used with uncountable nouns.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

He is going to be late, ________?

  1. is he?

  2. will he?

  3. isn't he?

  4. won't he?


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 Since the verb(is) in the question is positive, the verb in the question tag will be negative(isn't it).

Directions: Fill in the blank.

You can _____ open this tin.

  1. easy

  2. ease

  3. easefully

  4. easily


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 'Easily' is the correct adverb to modify the verb 'open'.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

Arun is a good student, he did ____ in his exams.

  1. good

  2. better

  3. well

  4. exceptional


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 'Well' is the adverb that corressponds to 'good'.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

Do not write down the lecture _______.

  1. word by word

  2. word for word

  3. word with word

  4. word to word


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

' Word by word' means each word at a time, 'word for word' and 'word to word' is in exactly the same words.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

Mohan cannot be _______ his incompetence.

  1. excused for

  2. excused with

  3. excused due to

  4. asked to be excused


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 We are 'excused for' something.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

He is popular ______ his subordinates.

  1. in

  2. with

  3. between

  4. amongst


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 'Popular with subordinates' means popular among his subordinates.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

He is ______ his deceased father.

  1. grieving on

  2. grieving over

  3. grieving for

  4. grieving at


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 We grieve 'for' someone.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

__________ words spoken honestly, will win him over.

  1. A few

  2. Few

  3. The few

  4. So few


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 'A few' means some or a handful. 'Few' means none.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

I ______ working on this report since 8' 0 clock this morning.

  1. have been

  2. am

  3. has been

  4. had been


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 The present continuous verb form 'have been working' is used for events that started in the past and continue in the present.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

I am _______, an old student.

  1. yours sincerely

  2. your sincerely

  3. sincerely your's

  4. your's sincerely


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 'Yours' is used as the posessive case here, hence, there will not be any apostrophe.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

I ______ my documents before the computer crashed.

  1. saved

  2. had saved

  3. have saved

  4. am saving


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

'Had saved' is the past perfect tense which is used to make clear one event happened before another in the past.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

I am leaving __________.

  1. with bag and baggage

  2. bags and baggage

  3. bag and baggage

  4. with bags and baggage


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 'Bag and baggage' means with all of ones possessions.

Directions: Fill in the blanks.

The song was written ____ Madonna ___ 1993.

  1. by, in

  2. by, at

  3. by,on

  4. for, at


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 We use 'in' for years, centuries. A job is done 'by' someone.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

His comments were ________.

  1. besides the mark

  2. besides the marks

  3. beside the marks

  4. beside the mark


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 'Beside the mark' means irrelevant or far from the point.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

He __________ under the tree.

  1. laid

  2. lain

  3. lied

  4. lay


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 'Lay' is the past tense of 'lie' which means 'to recline'.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

His company is ________.

  1. very sought after

  2. much sought after

  3. sought after

  4. much sought


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 'Much sought after' is a phrase used to indicate 'popular or in demand'

Directions: Fill in the blank.

He hoped everyone ______ very much.

  1. enjoyed himself

  2. had enjoyed himself

  3. had enjoyed themselves

  4. had enjoy


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 The pronoun that would agree with 'everyone' is 'themselves', the verb form used will be the past perfect tense.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

If I ______ , I will pass the exams.

  1. will study

  2. will have study

  3. study

  4. may study


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

As the conditional word 'if' is found in the sentence, double future tense cannot be used. The first clause need to be in the present tense.

Directions: Fill in the blank.

The pushcart, _____ goods, overturned.

  1. loaded under

  2. loaded by

  3. loaded with

  4. laden with


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 'Loaded with' means filled up with something.

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