Gap filling worksheet

Class IX and X

1. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate option from the
ones given below:

Even though we have (i) __________ the 21st century, more than a billion people
(ii)___________ in extreme poverty. 40 million people are (iii) ________ with AIDS. 104
million children do not (iv) _________ access to school and 860 million adults cannot
read or write.

(i) (a) entering (b) entered

(c) enter (d) enters
(ii) (a) live (b) lived
(c) living (d) lives
(iii) (a) infecting (b) infect
(c) infected (d) infects
(iv) (a) have (b) had
(c) has (d) having

2. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate option from the
ones given below:

Nearly 100 million years ago, (i)_________ the middle of what is now Mongolia, there
was a series of events including a massive volcanic eruption. The ashes (ii) _________
scattered over the wet soil of the land (iii) ________ sticky mud. Meat-eating dinosaurs
and other creatures in the area looking for food (iv) _________- an early and sudden
death as they sank in the mud.

(i) (a) in (b) on

(c) over (d) at
(ii) (a) those (b) that
(c) which (d) thus
(iii) (a) form (b) formed
(c) forming (d) forms
iv) (a) meet (b) meeting
(c) meets (d) met

3. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate option from the
ones given below:
South India (i) __________ leading silk-producing area of the country, also (ii)
__________ for its famous silk-weaving enclaves like Kancheepuram, Dharamavaram,
Arni, etc. The traditional handloom silks (iii) _________ score over the powerloom silks
in the richness of (iv) __________ textures and designs, in the individuality, character
and classic beauty.

(i) (a) was the (b) is the

(c) used to be the (d) will be the

(ii) (a) knows (b) knowing

(c) known (d) knew

(iii)(a) everytime (b) always

(c) usually (d) never

(iv) (a) their (b) its

(c) them (d) there

4.Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate option from the
ones given below:

Our sun and (i) _________ planets, including earth, (ii) into existence at the time and
from a common source. Evidence suggested that the solar system (iii) _________
formed about 4.5-5 billions years ago. It is the thought to have arisen from a huge,
spinning cloud of cosmic dust and gas (iv) _________ solar nebula.

(i) (a) their (b) its

(c) it’s (d) these

(ii) (a) come (b) coming

 (c) came (d) will come

(iii) (a) became (b) was

(c) is (d) will

(iv) (a) termed (b) term

(c) terming (d) terms

5. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate option from the
ones given below:

In India, festivals and special occasions were celebrated (i) ______ ) ritualistic ardors,
but with the changing times, there have been changes in celebrations too. People today
take the easy way (ii)_________ of dining (iii) ________ rather than organizing things at
home. I think money and convenience (iv)_____________ turning friends and
acquaintances away from our doors.

(i) (a) on (b) of

(c) for (d) with

(ii)(a) in (b) on

(c) out (d) for

(iii)(a) outside (b) inside

(c) in (d) not

(iv)(a) was (b) is

(c) were (d) are

6.Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate option from the
ones given below:

A man in a restaurant asked a waiter for a glass, a dinner plate, (i)__________ water, a
match stick and a lemon wedge. The man poured enough water onto the plate . The
man asked the waiter if he (ii)________ pour the water from the plate (iii)_________
that glass without touching or moving the plate would give him five hundred rupees. A
few minutes later, (iv) _____________ waiter walked away with the money in his
pocket.

(i) (a) few (b) many

(c) some (d) that

(ii) (a) can (b) may

(c) shall (d) could

(iii) (a) inside (b) into

(c) in (d) onto

(iv) (a) a (b) an

(c) the (d) these

7. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate option from the
ones given below:

The peacock is perhaps the most beautiful (i) __________ male birds, with its long blue
neck, fan-shaped crest, and its gorgeous tail.(ii)_________ feather ends in a half- moon
(iii)_________ raised, the tail spreads like a fan from which a thousand eyes (iv)
_________ to gaze.

(i) (a) in (b) into

(c) among (d) within

(ii) (a) Each (b) Every

(c) several (d) some

(iii) (a) while (b) which

(c) whose (d) when

(iv) (a) seeming (b) seemed

(c) seems (d) seem

8.Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate option from the
ones given below:

Vegetarianism promotes (i)_____________ natural way of life. But despite its implicit
message (ii)___________ love and non-violence, it has not spread. Leading a
vegetarian way of life (iii)__________ the animals kingdom to coexist with man. The
animals (iv)___________ milk, manure and energy.

(i) (a) the (b) a

(c) any (d) an

(ii) (a) from (b) of

(c) for (d) by

(iii) (a) helps (b) help

(c) helped (d) will help

(iv) (a) supplies (b) supplied

(c) supply (d) have supplied