Question 1 : Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space.
He rubbed his fingers nervously against the small notebook in his pocket and (1)…………………. (tell) himself to be patient. The old man in the toy booth (2) …………………….. (argue) with the girl. She (3) ………………. (be) about Hugo’s age and hen often saw her go into the booth and (4) …………………. (disappear) behind the counter. The old man (5)………………(look) agitated today. He had figured out some of his toys were (6) …………… (miss)? Well, there was nothing to be (7) ………………… (do) about that now. The old man and the girl argued some more and finally she closed her book and (8) …………. (run) off.
Answer : 1) told 2) was arguing 3) was 4) disappear 5) looked 6) missing 7) done 8) ran
Question 2 : Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space.
She (1) ………… (hunt) for a book in the airport shops, (2) …………(but) a bag of cookies and found a place to sit. She (3) ……………. (engross) in her book but happened to see that the man sitting beside her, bold as could be, grabbed a cookie or two from the bag in between, which she tried to ignore to avoid scene. So she (4) …………. (munch) the cookies and watched the clock, as the gutsy thief diminished her stock. She (5) ………………. (get) more irritated as the minutes ticked by , thinking, “If I wasn’t so nice, I (6) …………….(black) his eye.” With each cookie she took, he took one too. When only one was left, she wondered what he would do. With a smile on his face, a nervous laugh, he (7) ………… (take) the last cookie and broke it in half. He offered her half, as he ate the other. She had never known she could be so angry and turned to gather her belongings. As she reached for her baggage, she gasped with surprise, there was her bag of cookies, in front of her eyes. If mine are here, she moaned in despair, the others were his, he (8) …………(try) to share.
Answer : 1) hunted 2) bought 3) was engrossed 4) munched 5) was getting 6) would blacken 7) took 8) was trying
Question 3 : Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space.
We finally (1)………….. (reach) a village where I (2)………… (meet) a lad whose age I (3) ……………… (can) not immediately make out. My translator (4) …………… (find) it difficult to interpret the lady’s words because her dialect was quite different. She (5) ………….. (is) a dark-skinned and dark-haired lady. She must have been around seventy years old, but there was no grey in her hair. She obviously could not afford to dye her hair. So what was her secret? Nobody (6) …………. (know). It must have been a ‘secret’ common to all for not one person in that whole village (7) ……….. (has) a trace of grey hair ! I (8) …………… (think) about it for a long time.
Answer : 1) reached 2) met 3) could 4) found 5) was 6) knew 7) had 8) thought
Question 4 : Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space.
The children (1)……………(sit) in a neat circle and (2) …………… (begin) (3) ………… (copy) their multiplication tables. Most (4) ……………. (scratch) in the dirt with sticks they had (5) …………….. (bring) for that purpose. The more fortunate (6) ………….. (has) slate boards that they (7) ……………….. (write) on with sticks (8) ……………. (dip) in a mixture of mud and water.
Answer : 1) sat 2) began 3) to copy 4) were scratching 5) brought 6) had 7) were writing 8) dipped
Question 5 : Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space.
But just when I had almost given up hope, I was (1) …………. (strike) ………. with a brilliant idea : my birthday was due fairly soon and if I (2) …………… (deal) with the family skillfully, I (3) ……………… (feel) sure, I could not only get a boat but a lot of other equipments as well. I (4) …………….. (suggest) to the family that, instead of (5) ……………. (let) them choose my parents, I (6) …………… (many) tell them the things that I (7) ………………. (want) most. In this way, they could be sure of not (8) ………………….. (disappoint) me.
Answer : 1) struck 2) dealt 3) felt 4) suggested 5) letting 6) might 7) wanted 8) disappointing
Question 6 : Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space.
As she spoke I (1) ……………. (rise) and (2) ………………… (go) to the centre blackboard. I (3) ………….. (find) the chalk (4) ……….. (write) in block letters the title of the book. Then I (5) ………….. (put) the chalk down and went to (6) ……….. (sit) beside her, to (7) …………… (hold) her hand. The day had barely (8) ………………. (begin)
Answer : 1) rose 2) went 3) found 4) to write 5) put 6) sit 7) hold 8) begun
Question 7 : Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space.
Example (0) was
There (0) …………… (be) some confusion in the doorway. A man (1) ………. (get) into the compartment (2) ………….. (stammer) an apology. Then the door (3) ………………… (bang) and the world was (4) …………………. (shut) out again. I (5) …………… (return) to my berth. The guard (6) …………….. (blow) his whistle and we (7) …………….. (move) off. Once again I (8) ……………… (has) a game to play.
Answer : 1) got 2) stammering 3) banged 4) shut 5) returned 6) blew 7) moved 8) had
Question 8 : Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space.
I (0) ……………….. (convince) that my father (1) ……………….. (remember) by all those who value integrity. He (2) ……………. (be) a man of learning and also saw to it that he (3) ………….. (teach) his pupils with passion and patience. He, at times (4) …………………. (use) to lose his temper, but that was because he always (5) ………………. (want) his pupils to learn and learn well. As a person, he was honest and simple. His greatness (6) …………… (lie) in the fact that he (7) …………………. (have) a pure heart, devoid of malice. Such a man is always valued and (8) ……………….. (be) very rare to find.
Answer : 0) am convinced 1) will be remembered 2) was 3) taught 4) used 5) wanted 6) lay 7) lay 8) is
Question 9 : Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space.
Mid-afternoon while (0) …………. (give) my report to Mrs Biggs, I (1) …………………. (hear) a loud thumping (2) ………….. (come) from the direction of her store room.
“What (3) ………………… (be) all that noise downstairs ?” I asked.
“Probably a rat. I don’t hear anything,” she replied.
I ran downstairs and (4) ………….. (open) the store room door. There was Mr Biggs (5) …………… (look) very dusty and very disgruntled; he wanted to know why Mrs Biggs (6) …………… (shut) him up for hours. He had gone into the store room in search of a walking stick and Mrs Biggs, (7) …………… (see) the door open, had promptly (8) ……………… (bolt) it.
Answer : 0) giving 1) heard 3) is 4) opened 5) looking 6) had shut 7) seeing 8) bolted
Question 10 : Fill in each of the numbered blanks with the correct form of the word given in brackets. Do not copy the passage, but write in correct serial order the word or phrase appropriate to the blank space.
After Christopher Columbus (0) ……….. (return) from his famous voyage across the Atlantic, the King of Spain (1) …………. (wish) to celebrate the great event and do honour to the man who (2) ………….. (make) himself a national hero. He (3) ………………. (do) so by holding a banquet in honour of the explorer. To this banquet he (4) …………… (invite) many of the nobles of the King’s Court. Some of them (5) ………… (be) jealous of the success Columbus (6) ………….. (achieve). One of them sat next to Columbus. He turned towards Columbus and said, “Of course you (7) …………… (be) a brave man but it doesn’t take much intelligence to do what you have done. After all, anyone can take a ship and sail on and on till he (8) ……………….. (reach) land.”
Answer : 0) returned 1) wished 2) had made 3) did 4) invited 5) were 6) had achieved 7) are 8) reaches