Gap Filling Exercises for class 8 (Solved)Exercise-35&36

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Exercise-35

Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below

True education (A) ______ in the cradle. One might even (B) _______in the mother’s here womb itself. For it (C) ______here that mother and sensory (D)____ of the child’s organism (E) _____their first exposure to external stimuli. Even an eight-month-old infant (F)____  aware of cleanliness. And when there (G) _________awareness there is possibility of education. Habits (H) ______ in early childhood are hard to undo.

(A) (a) begin             (b) began              (c) begins            (d) begun

(B) (a) added            (b) add                  (c) adds               (d) adding

(C) (a) being             (b) been                (c) is                    (d)was

(D) (a) responses      (b) response        (c) responding     (d) responser

(E) (a) gets                (b) get                 (c) got                  (d) getting

 (F) (a) is                   (b) was                 (c) been               (d)being

(G) (a) being            (b) been               (c) is                     (d)was

(H) (a) form             (b) forming          (c) forms               (d) formed

Answers:

 (A) (c) begins          (B)(b)add                           

(C)(c)is                     (D)(a)reponses

(E) (b) get                (F)(a)is                                

(G)(c)is                     (H)(d)formed

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Exercise-36

Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below

Jessica Watson (A)_______ born in Australia on 18th May, 1993. She is currently the youngest individual (B)________  non-stop and unassisted around the world. She (C) _______ from Sydney, Australia on 18th October, 2009. At 1.53 pm on 15th May, 2010 Watson (D) ______ the finish line in Sydney Harbour, three days before her 17th birthday.

(A) (a) has                  (b) was                (c) is                      (d) were

(B) (a) was sailing      (b) sailing            (c) to sail               (d) is sailing

(C) (a) departure       (b) departed        (c) has departed    (d) will depart

 (D) (a) to cross         (b) has crossed    (c) crossed             (d) was crossing

Answers:

(A) (b) was                                         

(B)(c) to sail                       

(C)(b)departed                

(D)(c)crossed

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