CBSE Class 9 English Gap Filling Assignment

Question. He is ……………………….. in the art of correspondence.
(a) adept
(b) adapt
(c) adopt

Answer : A

Question. Flour is made ………………………. wheat.
(a) with
(b) of
(c) from

Answer : C

Question. He could not ………………………. his son to continue his studies.
(a) persuade
(b) pursue
(c) peruse

Answer : A

Question. I was …………………… by their kindness.
(a) moved
(b) motioned

Answer : A

Question. The room was filled with the ………………………. of jasmine.
(a) fragrance
(b) fragrant

Answer : A

Question. Good deeds need to be ………………………..
(a) commented
(b) commended

Answer : B

Question. He was a/an ………………………….. man.
(a) frightened
(b) afraid

Answer : A

Question. He lives on east ………………………
(a) cost
(b) coast

Answer : B

Question. Candidates must write their ………………………. roll numbers of their answer sheet.
(a) respective
(b) respectful
(c) respectable

Answer : A

Question. I could not understand the ……………………… of his statement.
(a) implications
(b) applications

Answer : A

Question. Hitler’s was a ……………………….. of terror.
(a) reign
(b) rein

Answer : A

Question. A ………………………. man will never support a wrong cause.
(a) righteous
(b) rightful

Answer : A

Gap Filling Vocabulary English Grammar Exercises

Question. Another war is certain to bring …………………….. to mankind.
(a) destroy
(b) destruction
(c) destructive

Answer : B

Question. Charles Dickens is my …………………….. writer.
(a) favorite
(b) favorable

Answer : A

Question. Nothing could ……………………….. her grief.
(a) lessen
(b) lesson

Answer : A

Question. The criminal ran away to escape ………………………….
(a) prosecute
(b) prosecution
(c) prohibition

Answer : B

Question. Do you need war or ………………………..?
(a) piece
(b) peace

Answer : B

Question. Flour is made ………………………. wheat.
(a) of
(b) from

Answer : B

Question. Vaccination makes a person ………………………. to polio.
(a) immune
(b) immunized
(c) immunization

Answer : A

Question. He is an ……………………….. young man.
(a) amicable
(b) amiable

Answer : B

Question. He is ……………………. at imitation.
(a) adept
(b) adapt
(c) adopt

Answer : A

Question. He got hardly any ………………………. for his work.
(a) award
(b) reward

Answer : B

Question. I deeply regret the …………………………. caused to you.
(a) inconvenient
(b) inconvenience

Answer : B

Question. Abraham Lincoln ……………………… a copy of ‘George Washington’ from a neighbor.
(a) procured
(b) secured
(c) occurred

Answer : A

Question. He was a …………………………. landlord who never exploited his workers.
(a) considerable
(b) considerate
(c) consideration

Answer : B

Question. The nation expects ……………………. citizen to do their duty.
(a) every
(b) all

Answer : A

Question. He soon became ……………………….. to hard work.
(a) accused
(b) accustomed

Answer : B

Question. Metals ……………………… when they are heated.
(a) expand
(b) expend

Answer : A

Question. Everyone behaved ……………………….
(a) impeccable
(b) impeccably

Answer : B

Question. He drives the car at a ……………………. speed.
(a) terrific
(b) horrific

Answer : A

Question. Socrates …………………….. a straight and honest course.
(a) adapted
(b) adopted

Answer : B

Question. Most people have no political …………………………
(a) affiliate
(b) affiliation

Answer : B

Question. The medicine had no …………………….. on the patient.
(a) effect
(b) affect

Answer : A

Question. The dispute was ………………………. resolved.
(a) amicably
(b) amiably

Answer : A

Question. He left a positive …………………….. on me.
(a) impression
(b) impress
(c) impressive

Answer : A

Question. I was ………………………… by their plight.
(a) moved
(b) motioned

Answer : A

Question. The habit of wasteful spending is called ……………………….
(a) frivolity
(b) prodigality

Answer : B

Question. He is very …………………………. with his money.
(a) general
(b) generous
(c) generosity

Answer : B

Question. Kerala is on the west …………………….. of India.
(a) cost
(b) coast

Answer : B

Question. They were ……………………… rivals.
(a) bitter
(b) better

Answer : B

Question. Constant setbacks caused him much ………………………..
(a) frustrate
(b) frustration
(c) frustrating

Answer : B

Question. He was ……………………….. the first prize.
(a) awarded
(b) rewarded

Answer : A

Question. He was ……………………… of murder.
(a) convicted
(b) convinced

Answer : A

Question. Social ……………………….. hurts the mental health of a person.
(a) alien
(b) alienation
(c) alienating

Answer : B

Question. He was a ……………………….. monarch.
(a) benevolent
(b) beneficiary

Answer : A

Question. The view from the window was …………………………
(a) expensive
(b) expansive

Answer : B

Question. He is a ……………………….. person.
(a) credulity
(b) credulous

Answer : B

Question. Convey my ………………………… to your friends.
(a) compliments
(b) complements

Answer : A

Study the given notes and complete the paragraph that follows by filling up the gaps with the most appropriate word/words:

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 need to select a bank of your choice. You

Question. ……………….. to visit the bank and contact the Customer Care Officer there. Thereafter you should meet the concerned Authority. You are required
Answer: need

Question. ……………….. submit the documents. Don’t forget to visit the bank
Answer: to

Question. ……………….. collecting the passbook and ATM card on the date instructed by the bank official.
Answer: for

Polishing your shoes:
- Clean shoes
- Polish coated
- Let them soak
- Brush to shine

Shoes are cleaned of dust with a brush. A layer of polish

Question. ……………….. over the shoes. One should wait a little till the polish
Answer: is coated

Question. ……………….. the leather.Then shoes
Answer: soaks

Question. ……………….. brushed to shine.
Answer: are

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 are required to find an ATM of any bank. First you

Question. ……………….. to put your card in the card slot and it is followed by
Answer: need

Question. ……………….. the secret PIN. You are supposed
Answer: entering

Question. ……………….. wait till your transaction is complete. Then take the currency, collect your card and leave the ATM cabin.
Answer: to

Supply the appropriate word/words to complete the following passages:

Most UFO sightings occur

Question. …………. the night, either late in the evening or in the early hours of the morning.
Answer:  in

Question. …………. they take place on a dark moonless night when the person
Answer: Often

Question. …………. alone on a country road. This eerie atmosphere is perfect
Answer: is

Question. …………. playing tricks on a person’s imagination. Police and newspaper officers are often swamped
Answer: for

Question. …………. calls when something strange is seen in the skies. Once,
Answer: with

Question. …………. is given, most people are happy to accept it. But they are always keen to know why
Answer: Once

Question. …………. things happen and what
Answer: such

Question. …………. the cause for such happenings.
Answer: is

Human civilisations have been around

Question. …………. a paltry 12,000 years, barely a
Answer: for

Question. …………. seconds
Answer: few

Question. …………. the geological clock. In that short amount
Answer: on

Question.  …………. time, we’ve managed
Answer: of

Question.  …………. create quite a ruckus, etching our dominance
Answer: to

Question. …………. nature with our villages, towns, cities and megacities. Early human civilizations prospered
Answer: over

Question. …………. Egypt, Greece, China
Answer: in

Question. ………. India.
Answer: and

Climate change

Question.  …………. one
Answer: is

Question. …………. the most
Answer: of

Question. …………. contested environmental debates of our time.
Answer: hotly

Question. …………. the West Antarctic ice sheet melt entirely? Will the Gulf Stream ocean current
Answer: Will

Question. …………. disrupted? May be. May be not.
Answer: be

Question. …………. way, Antarctica is a crucial element in this debate. What
Answer: Either

Question. …………. be the effect of global warming
Answer: will

Question. …………. Antarctica in the coming years?
Answer: on

Dr. Sadao Hoki’s house

Question. …………. built on a spot of the Japanese coast where like
Answer: was

Question. …………. little boy he had often,
Answer: where

Question.  …………. . The low, square stone house
Answer: as

Question. …………. set
Answer: often

Question. …………. rocks well
Answer: upon

Question. ……… a narrow beach that was outlined with bent pines. His father wanted Sadao to
Answer: above

Question. …………. medicine. He sent him to America
Answer: study

Question. …………. studying medicine.
Answer: for