CBSE Class 9 English Grammar – Gap Filling
I. Study the given notes and complete the paragraph that follows by filling up the gaps with the most appropriate option from those given:
1. Notes:
- Rainy day
- Busy traffic
- Car collision with a speeding bus
- 5 badly injured, 1 died on the spot
- Injured taken to the hospital
- Local help
It was a rainy day. Traffic (a)………… busy on the road. A (b)…………. hit a car badly in the market. Five commuters were badly injured while one person (c)……………………..on the spot. The injured persons were taken to the nearest hospital. The local people were of great help.
(a) (i) will be (ii) was (iii) is (iv) has been
(b) (i) speeding bus (ii) speeded bus (iii) sped up bus (iv) speed bus
(c) (i) was died (ii) had died (iii) died (iv) is died
2. Instructions for opening a bank A/C
- Select the Bank of your choice
- Contact the Customer Care Officer in the Bank
- Contact the proper Authority as instructed by the Customer Care
- Submit the required documents
- Contact the bank as instructed for collecting your Passbook and ATM card
For opening a bank A/C you (a)……………….. to select a bank of your choice. You (b)……………… to visit the bank and contact the Customer Care Officer there. Thereafter you should meet the concerned Authority. You (c)………………… to submit the required documents. Don’t forget to visit the bank for collecting the passbook and ATM card.
(a) (i) require (ii) are required (iii) will require (iv) have to require
(b) (i) will (ii) should (iii) need (iv) are
(c) (i) must (ii) shall (iii) are required (iv) should
3. Polishing your shoes
- Clean shoes
- Polish coated
- Let them soak
- Brush to shine
Shoes (a)…………….. of dust with a brush. A layer of polish (b)……………….. over the shoes. One should wait a little till the polish (c)………………….. Then shoes are brushed to shine.
(a) (i) is cleaned (ii) will be cleaned (iii) are cleaned (iv) has to be cleaned
(b) (i) has coated (ii) need be coated (iii) is coated (iv) will be coated
(c) (i) was died (ii) had died (iii) died (iv) is died
4. Notes:
- Annual Function of the school
- The Mayor as the Chief Guest
- Inauguration by the Principal
- Prize Distribution by the Chief Guest
Last week the Annual Function of our school (a)……………….. The Mayor of the town (b)……………………….. to grace the occasion as the chief guest. The function (c)……………………. by the Principal while the Mayor, the chief guest distributed the prize to the winners.
(a) (i) is celebrated (ii) had been celebrated (iii) was celebrated (iv) shall be celebrated
(b) (i) was invited (ii) has been invited (iii) is invited (iv) shall be invited
(c) (i) is inaugurated (ii) was inaugurated (iii) will be inaugurated (iv) has been inaugurated
5. Process of Operating an ATM
- Find an ATM of any bank
- Take your ATM card and put it in the slot
- Enter your secret PIN
- Select your option
- Wait a little till your transaction is complete
- Get the currency
- Collect your Card and Transaction Slip
- Leave the ATM cabin
For doing transaction through ATM you (a)……………………. to find an ATM of any bank. First you (b)……………………. to put your card in the card slot followed by (c)…………………….. the secret PIN. You are to wait till your transaction is complete. Then take the currency, collect your card and leave the ATM cabin.
(a) (i) shall (ii) are required (iii) should (iv) needed
(b) (i) have to (ii) need (iii) must (iv) do
(c) (i) enter (ii) entering (iii) entered (iv) have enter
ANSWER
1. (a) (ii) was (b) (i) speeding bus (c) (iii) died
2. (a) (ii) are required (b) (iii) need (c) (iii) are required
3. (a) (iii) are cleaned (b) (iii) is coated (c) (ii) soaks the leather
4. (a) (iii) was celebrated (b) (i) was invited (c) (ii) was inaugurated
5. (a) (ii) are required (b) (ii) need (c) (ii) entering
II. Choose the best word from the options given in bracket to complete the following passages:
- Most UFO sightings occur (a)……………. (at, in, on, during) the night, either late in the evening or in the early hours of the morning, (b)……………….. (As, While,When, Often) they take place on a dark moonless night when the person (c)…………….. (are, is, were, was) alone on a country road. This eerie atmosphere is perfect (d) ………………………… (of, for, off, on) playing tricks on a person’s imagination. Police and newspaper officers are often swamped (e)………………… (in, for, with, among) calls when something strange is seen in the skies, (f)………………….. (How, Then, Once, Before) an explanation is given, most people are happy to accept it.
- Climate change (a)……………… (is, was, will, has) one (b)………………… (at, on, with, of) the most (c)……………….. (hot, hoted, hotly, hoting) contested environmental debates of our time. (d)………………………. (Will, Can, Have, Has) the West Antarctic ice sheet melt entirely? Will the Gulf Stream ocean current (e)…………………. (was, be, is , are) disrupted? May be. May be not. (f)………………….. (Neither, Either, Or, As) way, Antarctica is a crucial element in this debate.
- Sadao had taken this (a)………………. (in, into, at, of) his mind as he did (b)……………………….. (nothing, everything, all, everywhere) his father said, his father who (c)………………. (always, seldom, never, ever) joked (d)………………… (and, or, else, nor) played (e)………………………. (with, of, at, in) him but (f)…………………. (whose, whom, who, what) spent infinite pains upon him who was his only son.
- So (a)…………………. (a, an, the, one) wizard said, “Oh, very well. (b)………………(Go, went, gone, going) to the end of the lane and turn (c)………………….. (on, in, around, from) three times and look down the magic well and there you will (d)……………. (found, finding, find) three pennies. Hurry (e)……………………… (up, at, on, of).” So Roger Skunk went to the end of the lane and (f)………………….. (turn, turned, turning, has turned) around three times and there in the magic well were three pennies!
- Human civilisations have been around (a)……………………. (at, on, for, in) a paltry 12,000 years, barely a (b)………………(many, few, some, each) seconds (c) …………………….(at, in, on, of) the geological clock. In that short amount (d) ……………(of, on, with, at) time, we’ve managed (e)………………………. (at, to, of, for) create quite a ruckus, etching our dominance (f)…………………………. (at, in, off, over) nature with our villages, towns, cities and megacities. The rapid increase of human population has left us battling with other species for limited resources.
- Sadao Hoki’s house (a)……………… (was, is, will, can) built on a spot of the Japanese coast (b)…………………(here, where, everywhere, anywhere) (c)……………………. (like, as, same, similar) a little boy he had (d)…………..(never, ever, often, seldom) played. The low, square stone house was set (e)………………(on, upon, in, at) rocks well (f).……………………(above, below, beneath, over) a narrow beach that was outlined with bent pines. His father had taken him often to the islands of those seas.
- He smelled (a)…………………. (so, as, like, as) bad that (b)…………………………. (all, every, none, each) of the other little woodland creatures would play (c)…………………………….. (on, of, from, with) him. She looked at him (d)…………………..(solemn, solemned, solemnly). She had not (e)……………………. (forsee, forsaw, forseen, foreseeing) this. Whenever he would go out to play, Roger (f)…………………………………………………….. (remember, remembered, remembering, will remember) the humiliations of his own childhood. All of the other tiny animals would cry, “Uh-oh, here comes Roger Stinky Skunk”.
- It won’t make my face (a)…………………… (change, changed, changes, changing). Do you know, one day, a woman (b)…………………. (go, going, went, gone) by me (c)………………………….. (at, in, of, on) the street. I (d)………………….. (am, was, where, is) at a bus-stop and she was (e)………………….(along, with, in, without) another woman. She (f)…………….. (look, looks, looked, looking) at me, and she said, “Look at that, that’s a terrible thing.
ANSWERS
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