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Gap Fill (Grammar based)

Description: Week 36 Day 7
Number of Questions: 25
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Tags: Week 36 Day 7 Vocabulary Gap Fills (Vocabulary) Gap Filling (Grammar) Use of Auxiliary Verbs
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Directions: Fill the blank.

He _________ not do it.

  1. need

  2. needs

  3. want

  4. wants


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The auxiliary verb need is followed by an infinitive without to. It doesn’t have forms like needs or needed.

Directions: Fill the blank.

The commitee _________ arrived at a unanimous decision.

  1. has

  2. have

  3. can

  4. could


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

‘The Committee’ is singular. Hence, ‘has’ will be used. No other option makes sense here.

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

_________ he in England to see the coronation?

  1. Was

  2. Were

  3. Will

  4. Would


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'Will' must be followed by 'be' to make any sense here. ‘Was’ is the correct option because ‘he’ is singular.

Directions: Fill the blank.

My spectacles _________ been broken.

  1. has

  2. have

  3. is

  4. are


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

‘Spectacles’ is a plural. Hence, ‘have’ will be used. Other options do not make a meaningful sentence here.

Directions: Fill the blank.

The commission _________ divided in their opinion on this issue.

  1. are

  2. is

  3. will

  4. can


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'The commission’ is a collective noun and is treated as plural when the members are divided in their opinions.

Directions: Fill the blank.

She _________ not come before me.

  1. dare

  2. dares

  3. daring

  4. trying


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The auxiliary verb dare is followed by an infinitive without to. The auxiliary dare is common in questions and negative sentences. It doesn’t have forms like dares or dared. Questions and negatives are made without do.  

Directions: Fill the blank.

Here _________ a pair of trousers for you.

  1. are

  2. is

  3. was

  4. were


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

‘Is’ is used because ‘pair’ is a singular subject. The use of present tense makes more sense in the context of this sentence. So, option 2 is correct.

Directions: Fill the blank.

______ have been selected for scholarship.

  1. He, you, I

  2. he, You, I

  3. He, you and I

  4. he, you, I


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Option 3 is correct because of language etiquette as per which 3rd person comes first, 2nd person after that and 1st person at the last.

Directions: Choose the best option to complete the sentence.

Each boy and each man recieved _________ share on time.

  1. his

  2. their

  3. them

  4. these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'His' will be used because we are referring to boy and man singularly.

Directions: Fill the blank.

It _________ him who will help us.

  1. is

  2. are

  3. will

  4. would


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Pronoun ‘it’ is referring to ‘him’ which is singular. Hence, ‘is’ will be used.

Directions: Fill the blank space with the best choice from the given options.

The blind _________ to get social recognition.

  1. need

  2. needs

  3. want

  4. wants


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Reference is collectively made to blind people. Hence, ‘need’ will be used. "Want" can not be used as it should be a statement related to the blind and not by the blind, to make sense.

Directions: Fill the blank.

More games than one _________ lost for the want of coordination.

  1. is

  2. are

  3. was

  4. will


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

As the subject is ‘games’, we will use ‘are’.  'Will' must be followed by 'be' to make any sense here. 

Directions: Fill the blank.

Question after question _________ asked to me.

  1. was

  2. were

  3. will

  4. can


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

‘Question’ is singular. Hence, ‘was’ will be used. 'Will' and 'can' must be followed by 'be' to make any sense here. 

Directions: Fill the blank.

My great disappointment _________ my repeated failures.

  1. is

  2. are

  3. will

  4. were


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'Disappointment’ is singular. Hence, ‘is’ will be used. 'Will' must be followed by 'be' to make any sense here. 

Directions: Select the appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Not only the strikers, but also their leader _________ arrested.

  1. were

  2. was

  3. are

  4. will


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

‘Leader’ is singular. Hence, ‘was’ will be used.

Directions: Select the appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Not only I, but also all my sons _________ ready to go.

  1. are

  2. am

  3. them

  4. will


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

‘Sons’ is  plural. Hence, ‘are’ will be used.

Directions: Fill the blank.

A _________ commission has been set up.

  1. five-man

  2. five-men

  3. five-mens

  4. five-mans


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

‘Five-man’ is the right answer as it used as an adjective and adjectives cant take plural form.

Directions: Fill the blank.

Nothing but peak over peak _________ over there.

  1. appear

  2. appears

  3. show

  4. see


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

‘peak’ is singular so we need a singular noun for it. Hence, we use ‘appears’. Use of 'shows' doesn't make sense here.

Directions: Select the appropriate option to fill in the blank.

Our only guide _________ the teachers.

  1. was

  2. were

  3. is

  4. he


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

‘Were’ is correct because ‘teachers’ is  plural.

Directions: Fill the blank.

We should not be miser in giving _________ to the beggars.

  1. alm

  2. alms

  3. aiming

  4. aimed


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

‘Alms’ is the correct word. It means money, food, or other donations given to the poor or needy. 

Directions: Fill the blank.

He jumped into a _________ deep well.

  1. forty-foot

  2. forty-feet

  3. forty-feets

  4. forty-feat


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

‘Forty-foot’ is the right answer as it is used as an adjective and adjectives cant take plural form.

Directions: Fill the blank.

I have sent my _________ to the laundry.

  1. with trouser

  2. trousers

  3. to trouser

  4. to trousers


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

‘Trousers’ alone is grammatically correct here.

Directions: Fill the blank.

He has built a house on the _________ of the city.

  1. outskirt

  2. outskirts

  3. outskirting

  4. outskirted


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

‘Outskirts’ is the correct word as it is always used in plural. 

Directions: Fill the blank.

He has lost all his _________.

  1. valuable

  2. valuables

  3. valueless

  4. valued


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

‘Valuables’ is a noun while ‘valueable’ is an adjective. We need a noun here to make sense.

Directions: Fill the blank.

He immersed the _________ of his father in the Ganges.

  1. remain

  2. remains

  3. remaining

  4. remained


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

‘Remains’ is the correct option. Other options are incorrect as ‘remain’ is a verb.

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