Gap Filling Exercises for class 8 (Solved)Exercise-39&40

EXERCISE-39

Choose one suitable word from the given options to complete the paragraph.

It’s in (a) _________ middle of (b) _________    night on (c) _________    edge of the world. On the fringes of civilization, where man and beast have barely left (d) _________     mark. 12 people are sleeping in small nylon tents pitched in the scant shelter Of (e) _________   mountains, The camp is at (t) _________    mercy of the elements (g) _________     are volunteers who have set up camp to help gather (h) _________    information on (i) ________     snow leopard population. These conservationists have had very (j) _________   or no scientific training. They along with (k) _________     guides intend to assess (l) _________    snow leopards’ habitat in (m) _________    Altai region, Siberia.

(a)  (i) X           (ii) a                 (iii) an              (iv) the

(b)  (i) the        (ii) some          (iii) a                (iv) one

(c)  (i) a            (ii) an              (iii) the             (iv) X

(d)  (i) their’s   (ii) their           (iii) his              (iv) our

(e)  (i) a           (ii) X                 (iii) the             (iv) some

(f)   (i) X           (ii) a                 (iii) an              (iv) the

(g)  (i) This       (ii) There         (iii) That          (iv) These

(h)  (i) some    (ii) few              (iii) X               (iv) a few

(i)   (i) X           (ii) a                 (iii) an              (iv) the

(j)   (i) a little   (ii) few              (iii) some        (iv) little

(k)  (i) there     (ii) their           (iii) they’re      (iv) these

(l)   (i) the        (ii) a                 (iii) an              (iv) X

(m) (i) an         (ii) a                 (iii) X                (iv) the

Note: X means no determiner/no word.

 Answers

(a) (i)                     (b) (i)                       

(c) (iii)                   (d) (ii)                       

(e) (iii)                   (f) (iv)

(g) (ii)                    (h) (iii)                    

(i) (i)                      (j) (iv)                       

(k) (ii)                    (l) (i)             

(m) (iv)

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Exercise-40

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

Counsellor: What do they fight about normally?

Sasha: It is anything and everything.

Counsellor: Give me an instance

Sasha: Well, Dakshin always tries to bully Daksha.

Counsellor: Have you ever told them that Daksha is the older one?

 Sasha  : How does that alter the situation?

The Counsellor started the conversation with the question (a) ______. The mother replied it was anything and everything. The Counsellor asked her (b) ______   Sasha said that Dakshin always tried to bully Daksha. The Counsellor asked (c) ______ the older one. Sasha shot back asking (d) ______

Answers

(a) what they fought about normally.

(b) to give him an instance.

(c) if she had ever told them that Daksha was.

(d) how that altered the situation.

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