Question 1. Read the sentence given below and fill in the blanks by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones that follow:
I. I (1) ________ not
climb the staircase anymore as I was totally spent out (2) ________ running
relentless to save my life from (3) ________ creature which looked like (4)
________ Yeti.
Options:
1. did / could / might / had
2. from / on / against / over
3. those / which / that / this
4. a / the / an / none of these
Answer
1. could
2. from
3. that
4. a
Question 2. She (1) ________
read 300 words per minute which is more than the average reading speed. It’s a
wonder. A group of teachers (2) ________ critical about her. Then we met
Maurice (3) ________ strategies works like magic wand (4) ________ help Nova
start reading.
Options:
1. could / shall / can / will
2. were / are / is / was
3. who / that / which / whose
4. for / to / in / at
Answer
1. can
2. was
3. whose
4. to
Question 3. Now the police (1)
________ evidence against Mr. Mathew. The miscreant (2) ________ sleepless
nights to the police force. Mr. Mathew was caught (3) ________ the most
unexpected of his hideouts. What left the police confounded was that Mr. Mathew
(4) ________ manage to play the gratuitous double of the slain policeman for
three months.
Options:
1. has / had / have / are having
2. had given / gave / gives / has given
3. at / from / inside / in
4. might / should / would / could
Answers
1. have
2. had given
3. in
4. could
Question 4. We could see (1) ________ small hut across the bridge. A group
of men (2) ________ huddling near the hut. We looked at them as if we (3)
________ human forms before. We found (4) ________ running towards the hut as
if we had not been desperately running for life over the last three days.
Options:
1. some / the / a / an
2. were / are / is / was
3. had not seen / have not seen / were not seeing
/ has not seen
4. us / ourselves / our / themselves
Answer
1. a
2. were
3. had not seen
4. ourselves
Question 5. The whole human
civilisation is (1) ________ but the fattest story book with unlimited pages.
This book has the life story of (2) ________ man who has walked the face of
this earth. It starts from nowhere and ends at nowhere (3) ________ as long as
the human civilisation flourishes, pages after pages (4) ________ be added to
this book.
Options:
1. nothing / something / everything/ anything
2. some / few / every / all
3. with / over / since / for
4. should / will / may / must
Answer
1. nothing
2. every
3. for
4. will