Exercise 16: Fill in the Blanks with suitable words- for SSC CGL, CHSL, Bank Po, UPSC & GMAT Exams

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151 Q) She politely asked him______.
(1) to leave her hand
(2) to give up her hand
(3) to release her hand
(4) to let her hand go 

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(3) to release her hand. 

152 Q) She is beautiful___brave.
(1) but
(2) and
(3) yet
(4) so 

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(2) And is used in the sense of also ; in addition to. 

153 Q) The more electricity you use...............................
(1) Your bill will be higher
(2) Will your bill be higher
(3) Will be higher your bill
(4) The higher your bill will be 

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(4) Some sentences denote parallel increase or decrease or contrast. The structure of such sentences is : the + comparative......the + comparative. For example. The higher we go, the cooler we feel. 

154 Q) Had I saved money, I ____a new car.
(1) will purchase
(2) would purchase
(3) would have purchased
(4) purchased 

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(3) Look at the sentece: If you come, I will go. If you come, I would go. If you had come, I would have gone. 

155 Q) For______sake don't tell it to others.
(1) haven
(2) heaven
(3) heavens
(4) heaven's 

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(4) For heaven’s sake = used to emphasize that it is important to do something or when you are annoyed about something. 

156 Q) He _____ his living by hard work.
(1) earns
(2) wins
(3) creates
(4) ables 

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(1) Earn = to get money for work that you do. 

157 Q) By the time I reach America, it _____morning.
(1) is
(2) would be
(3) must be
(4) was 

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(2) Conditional clause is in present simple Hence, would be should be used. 

158 Q) Mahmood has not been able to recall where..............
(1) Does she live
(2) She lived
(3) Did she live
(4) Lived the girl 

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(2) In Indirect speech, question becomes assertive. 

159 Q) There were_______participants at the conference than we had expected, so we had trouble seating them.
(1) much more
(2) many more
(3) so many
(4) too many 

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(2) many more 

160 Q) Let us quickly____.
(1) muddle
(2) huddle
(3) hurdle
(4) puddle 

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(2) Huddle (Verb) = to gather closely together usually because of cold: to hold your arms and legs close to your body. Muddle (Verb) = to put things in the wrong order or mix them up. Look at the sentences : Their letters were all muddled up together in a drawer. We huddled together for warmth.