CBSE Class 4 English Fill in the Blanks MCQs

Sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

Question. The hotel was not too expensive,__________
(a) was it ?
(b) wasn’t it ?
(c) is It ?
(d) isn’t it ?
Answer : A

Question. Like humans, zoo animals also must have a dentist __________ their teeth.
(a) to fill
(b) filled
(c) filling
(d) to be filled
Answer : A

Question. It was very kind of you to do the washing-up, but you __________ it.
(a) didn’t have to do
(b) hadn’t to do
(c) mightn’t have done.
(d) mustn’t have done
Answer : D

Question. He went __________ the sea alone.
(a) in
(b) to
(c) Into
(d) on
Answer : B

Question. The __________ of our civilization from an agricultural society to today’s complex industrial world was accompanied by war.
(a) adjustment
(b) migration
(c) route
(d) metamorphosis
Answer : D

In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate and suitable word (s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four alternatives.

Question. The food that an average Indian eats has been found to be deficient__________ vitamins and proteins.
(a) of
(b) from
(c) with
(d) in
Answer : D

Question. The patient is __________ stomach ache.
(a) suffering
(b) experiencing
(c) complaining
(d) afflicting
Answer : C

Question. A good teacher should __________responses from the students.
(a) elicit
(b) provoke
(c) command
(d) infer
Answer : A

Question. Had he taken his degree five years ago he __________ got a promotion by now.
(a) might
(b) would have
(c) will be
(d) was
Answer : B

Question. There will be a rush for seats when the train __________
(a) will arrive
(b) arrived
(c) is arriving
(d) arrives
Answer : D

Question. He drove the car very fast,__________
(a) Did he?
(b) Does he?
(c) Didn’t he?
(d) Was he ?
Answer : C

Question. He __________ wants to succeed in life must be prepared to work hard.
(a) whoever
(b) whom
(c) who
(d) whose
Answer : C

Question. It is time you __________ home.
(a) go
(b) went
(c) come
(d) reach
Answer : B

Question. __________ a walk in the morning will improve your health,
(a) Going to
(b) Go to
(c) Go for
(d) Going for
Answer : D

Question. Government must __________ the rise in prices.
(a) cheque
(b) check
(c) cease
(d) seize
Answer : B

In the following questions, the sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

Question. A wise man profits __________ the mistakes of others.
(a) through
(b) from
(c) with
(d) by
Answer : B

Question. My friend has written a __________account of his journey to the Mars.
(a) factitious
(b) factional
(c) fictional
(d) factual
Answer : D

Question. Speed is __________ essence.
(a) in
(b) for
(c) about
(d) of
Answer : D

Question. I was washing my face as the insect__________ quietly into the bedroom.
(a) crept
(b) creeps
(c) was creeping
(d) has crept
Answer : A

Question. During the recent floods two-thirds of our city __________ in ruins.
(a) are
(b) were
(c) is
(d) was
Answer : D

In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

Question. The chairperson brushed__________ my suggestion.
(a) out
(b) over
(c) aside
(d) about
Answer : C

Question. She politely asked him __________
(a) to leave her hand
(b) to give up her hand
(c) to release her hand
(d) to let her hand go
Answer : C

Question. Unhygienic surroundings__________ health problems.
(a) give rise to
(b) bring into being
(c) call for
(d) set in
Answer : A

Question. The engineers __________ this bridge since last year.
(a) have repaired
(b) had repaired
(c) have been repairing
(d) are repairing
Answer : C

Question. There are some people who doubt the __________ of anything they see in a newspaper.
(a) credulity
(b) possibility
(c) veracity
(d) existence
Answer : C

In the following questions, the sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

Question. The court __________ cognizance of the criminal’s words.
(a) took
(b) made
(c) gave
(d) allowed
Answer : A

Question. __________ wins this civil war there will be little rejoicing at the victory.
(a) Whichever
(b) Whoever
(c) Whatever
(d) Wherever
Answer : B

Question. As he got older his belief in these principles did not __________
(a) wither
(b) shake
(c) waver
(d) dither
Answer : A

Question. Everyone in this world is accountable to God __________ his actions.
(a) about
(b) for
(c) to
(d) Over
Answer : B

Question. Your father used to be the principal of this college, __________ ?
(a) did he
(b) does he
(c) didn’t he
(d) doesn’t he
Answer : C

In the following questions sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

Question. He travelled all __________ the world when he was eighty years old.
(a) in
(b) over
(c) with
(d) of
Answer : B

Question. Dr Sharma concluded his speech__________ stressing the Buddha’s teachings of the importance of charity.
(a) by
(b) with
(c) at
(d) in
Answer : A

Question. Shivaji Maharaj fought __________every kind of aggression.
(a) against
(b) to
(c) with
(d) at
Answer : A

Question. Don’t depend __________ others; you must stand on your own feet.
(a) upon
(b) on
(c) to
(d) for
Answer : B

Question. Our life promises a lot __________pleasure and we must learn to enjoy it.
(a) with
(b) for
(c) of
(d) at
Answer : C

In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate and suitable word (s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four alternatives.

Question. We warned her __________danger.
(a) from
(b) about
(c) against
(d) of
Answer : C

Question. We all laughed __________ the affair.
(a) over
(b) about
(c) for
(d) on
Answer : B

Question. The chairman, as well as the members__________ to blame for this misfortune.
(a) are
(b) were
(c) is
(d) has
Answer : C

Question. The streets are lighted __________electricity.
(a) with
(b) by
(c) on
(d) in
Answer : B

Question. Homoeopathic treatment, they say, cuts __________ the need for operation and risk from surgery.
(a) off
(b) out
(c) down
(d) away
Answer : C

Question. My friends fail to see why I should ride the __________ horse just because I have won a prize!
(a) great
(b) good
(c) big
(d) high
Answer : D

Question. By __________ united struggle, we may achieve success.
(a) a
(b) an
(c) the
(d) None of the above
Answer : A

Question. She feared that she __________
(a) will fail
(b) may fail
(c) might fail
(d) would fall
Answer : C

Question. He is the most generous man,I__________ him for a long time.
(a) knew
(b) have known
(c) know
(d) had known
Answer : B

Question. The sudden change in his behaviour came as a surprise to me, I began _______
(a) to cut a sorry figure
(b) to smell a rat
(c) to turn a new leaf
(d) to blow hot and cold
Answer : B

In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.

Question. The news was __________ good to be true.
(a) very
(b) too
(c) so
(d) as
Answer : B

Question. How much longer __________ this book?
(a) you are needing
(b) will you be needing
(c) will you have needed
(d) have you needed
Answer : B

Question. __________ you hear the President’s speech?
(a) Have
(b) Has
(c) Had
(d) Did
Answer : D

Question. I __________ to the movie with some friends last night.
(a) have gone
(b) went
(c) am gone
(d) am going
Answer : B

Question. She has only __________ friends.
(a) fewer
(b) less
(c) more
(d) a few
Answer : D

In the following sentences are, given with blanks to be filled in with the appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose, the correct alternative out of the four.

Question. If I __________ a doctor, I would serve the poor.
(a) am
(b) had been
(c) were
(d) was
Answer : C

Question. He is weak __________ he does a lot of work.
(a) and
(b) yet
(c) because
(d) so
Answer : B

Question. Mahesh showed an __________ for sports at a very early stage.
(a) attitude
(b) aptitude
(c) imagination
(d) intuition
Answer : B

Question. For __________ sake don’t tell it to others.
(a) haven
(b) heaven
(c) heavens
(d) heaven’s
Answer : D

Question. Napoleon’s army __________ to the Russian soldiers without any fight.
(a) evaded
(b) decimated
(c) capitulated
(d) cordoned
Answer : C

In the following questions sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

Question. I have __________ Lakshmi for the past twelve years.
(a) know
(b) knew
(c) known
(d) knows
Answer : C

Question. He did not qualify __________ the job.
(a) for
(b) to
(c) against
(d) with
Answer : A

Question. __________ the last ten years we have been victims of abuse.
(a) From
(b) For
(c) Before
(d) Since
Answer : B

Question. The strike has been called__________
(a) of
(b) at
(c) off
(d) up
Answer : C

Question. He is always angry __________ his children.
(a) with
(b) on
(c) over
(d) at
Answer : A

In the following questions, some of the sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with appropriate word (s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

Question. The work was __________ by the rains.
(a) restricted
(b) prevented
(c) hampered
(d) obstructed
Answer : C

Question. He knows French and German__________ Russian.
(a) beside
(b) besides
(c) aside
(d) except
Answer : B

Question. His reputation has been__________ by his foolish acts.
(a) increased
(b) decreased
(c) retrieved
(d) tainted
Answer : D

Question. Meditation is __________ way to calm your nerves.
(a) a best
(b) one of the best
(c) the best
(d) an best
Answer : C

Question. The Prime Minister of England called __________ the President of America.
(a) in
(b) out
(c) on
(d) at
Answer : C

In the following questions; sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.

Question. We get milk from the __________
(a) dairy
(b) daily
(c) daisy
(d) diary
Answer : A

Question. A man from our village has been nominated __________ the ruling party’s candidate for the post.
(a) to
(b) as
(c) in
(d) for
Answer : B

Question. He has been staying in Delhi__________ a long time.
(a) for
(b) since
(c) from
(d) till
Answer : A

Question. Jones is a member of our __________
(a) coup
(b) council
(c) counter
(d) counsel
Answer : B

In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.

Question. The cold breath of autumn had__________ the ivy leaves from the vine and the branches remained almost bare.
(a) stricken
(b) strike
(c) strucked
(d) striking
Answer : B

Question. You take a decision. The ball is in__________ now.
(a) your court
(b) your net
(c) your pocket
(d) your garden
Answer : A

Question. He is a man of __________simplicity.
(a) childlike
(b) childless
(c) child
(d) childish
Answer : A

Question. We can __________ right and wrong.
(a) distinguish by
(b) distinguish from
(c) distinguish between
(d) distinguished for
Answer : C

In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.

Question. Your __________ nature will aid you in attaining success in every venture you undertake.
(a) rotund
(b) persevering
(c) lackadaisical
(d) catalytic
Answer : B

Question. This is our house and that is__________
(a) theirs
(b) their
(c) them
(d) their’s
Answer : D

Question. The publisher is bringing__________ a revised edition of this book.
(a) round
(b) out
(c) about
(d) up
Answer : B

Question. She had to __________ illness in order to avoid going to the party meeting.
(a) feint
(b) feign
(c) faint
(d) fain
Answer : B

In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.

Question. All of us are devoted____________________ one another.
(a) for
(b) of
(c) at
(d) to
Answer : D

Question. __________ is the way to the zoo?
(a) What
(b) Which
(c) Where
(d) When
Answer : B

Question. He agreed __________ my business proposal.
(a) at
(b) for
(c) on
(d) too
Answer : D

Question. This area suffers from __________
(a) drought
(b) droaghts
(c) draughts
(d) drafts
Answer : A

In the following questions, sentences are given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternatives out of the four as your answer.

Question. The speeding car __________ a man this morning.
(a) knocked down
(b) pushed out
(c) hit about
(d) hit out
Answer : A

Question. Politics is the last __________ of scoundrels.
(a) resort
(b) retort
(c) report
(d) result
Answer : A

Question. Take care __________ your health.
(a) of
(b) about
(c) over
(d) for
Answer : A

Question. The terrorists made a vain of tempt to __________ the bridge.
(a) blow over
(b) blow up
(c) blow out
(d) blow down
Answer : B

In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.

Question. All order must __________ the rules
(a) conforms with
(b) conform. to
(c) conforms to
(d) conforming with
Answer : B

Question. She failed to __________ to her name.
(a) rise up
(b) line up
(c) shine up
(d) keep up
Answer : D

Question. As the doctor __________ into the room, the nurse handed him the temperature chart of the patient.
(a) is coming
(b) came
(c) was coming
(d) comes
Answer : B

Question. The economic __________ has affected our sales tremendously.
(a) touchdown
(b) showdown
(c) slowdown
(d) crackdown
Answer : C

In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

Question. The plane was __________ five hours late.
(a) evenly
(b) almost
(c) keeping
(d) almost
Answer : B

Question. His __________ tastes and habits explain why he is always in debt.
(a) thrifty
(b) extravagant
(c) moderate
(d) judicious
Answer : B

Question. We offer __________ to all who ask.
(a) councilor
(b) council
(c) counsellor
(d) counsel
Answer : D

Question. His and hers talents are
(a) complementary
(b) complimentary
(c) complementing
(d) complicating
Answer : A

Question. The two families have been engaged in a bitter __________ for the past two decades.
(a) feud
(b) argument
(c) quarrel
(d) fight
Answer : A

In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four.

Question. The noise of the drum beats__________ and frightened the tiger.
(a) persisted
(b) perplexed
(c) prevented
(d) pertained
Answer : B

Question. If you do well in this exam next year then my efforts __________ successful.
(a) have been
(b) would have been
(c) will be
(d) has been
Answer : C

Question. We __________ not hurry, we have got plenty of time.
(a) must
(b) would
(c) need
(d) should
Answer : C

Question. He set up institutions of international__________
(a) renown
(b) repute
(c) reputation
(d) famous
Answer : B

Question. Masked men __________ a security van on the motorway.
(a) held out
(b) held forth
(c) held up
(d) held on
Answer : C

In the following questions,. sentences are even with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.

Question. Ten dollars __________ too much to pay.
(a) are
(b) is
(c) could
(d) were
Answer : B

Question. I have no __________ office work.
(a) experience to
(b) experience in
(c) experience on
(d) experience of
Answer : D

Question. Solar panels are used to __________ Satellites.
(a) powerful
(b) power
(c) powerless
(d) powers
Answer : B

Question. His words were __________ for the occasion.
(a) appropriately
(b) suit
(c) appropriate
(d) suitably
Answer : C

In the following questions, sentences alternative with blanks to be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.

Question. Though this blanket is not made of wool, it has a __________ texture.
(a) wool
(b) woollen
(c) woolly
(d) woolish
Answer : C

Question. None of the guests ate much at the party because the food looked__________
(a) unapproachable
(b) unauthorized
(c) unceremonious
(d) unappetizing
Answer : D

Question. Trust __________ God and do the right.
(a) in
(b) with
(c) at
(d) by
Answer : A

Question. The accused was __________ as the council could not produce a witness.
(a) let out
(b) let off
(c) let on
(d) let aside
Answer : B

Question. __________ thousand species of butterflies have been identified.
(a) As many as
(b) As many
(c) As much as
(d) Much as
Answer : A

Question. He __________ his mistake.
(a) understood
(b) solved
(c) finished
(d) realized
Answer : D

Question. You will not be allowed to enter__________ you have an entry pass.
(a) if
(b) unless
(c) when
(d) but
Answer : B

Question. It has been years since I last__________ him.
(a) had met
(b) met
(c) meet
(d) have net
Answer : B

Question. These murals are typical__________ Tamil Nadu.
(a) for
(b) on
(c) with
(d) of
Answer : D

Question. The flight will land __________evening.
(a) in
(b) on.
(c) at
(d) upon
Answer : C

In the following questions, sentences are given with blanks to-be filled in with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four as your answer.

Question. Have you even __________ the wolf cry?
(a) heard
(b) hear out
(c) hear
(d) heard of
Answer : D

Question. Afreen __________ that the weather was very pleasant that day.
(a) remarked
(b) announced
(c) argued
(d) suggested
Answer : A

Question. Mrs, Hall was prepared to excuse the scientists strange habits and __________ temper.
(a) irate
(b) irritation
(c) irritable
(d) irritate
Answer : C

Question. This house __________ ten rooms.
(a) consists by
(b) consisted with
(c) consists of
(d) consist of
Answer : C