Exercise-63
Choose the best word from the options given below to complete the following letter.
Dear Daddy
I hope all’s well with you. Everything is fine here. I am sorry I (i)………… write earlier. I was busy with my coaching camp (ii)………… is now over. After the annual examination most of (iii)………… borders have left for their homes. Only a few like me (iv)……….. left behind. I can’t express how badly I miss you all. I don’t know (v)………… be able to join you. Dad, I hate (vi) ……….. border. How lonely it is to stay here during the vacation! The few inmates left are not only boring but also nasty. I hope you will come to my rescue soon.
Your son
Ravindra
(i)(a) couldn’t (b) hasn’t (c) have not (d) hadn’t
(ii) (a) which (b) being (c) to (d) only
(iii) (a) which (b) the (c) are (d) when
(iv) (a) couldn’t (b) which (c) when (d) are
(v) (a) the (b) being (c) when (d) am
(vi) (a) being (b) which (c) to (d) couldn’t
Answers:-
(i) a (ii) a
(iii) b (iv) d
(v) c (vi) a
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Exercise- 64
Choose the most appropriate option from the ones given below to complete the following passage.
An analysis of (i) …………. mysterious ‘dark flow’ seen in outer space (ii) ……………. suggested that something big is out there, (iii)………….. the visible edge of our universe, which (iv) …………. be a sign of a neighbouring universe. Last year, Sasha Kashlinsky of the Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland and colleagues identified (v)…………… unusual pattern in the motion of around 800 galaxy clusters. According to a report in New Scientist, he studied the clusters, motion in the “afterglow” of the big (vi)………….. measured at the Wilkinson Microwave Anistrophy probe.
(i)(a) on (b) a (c) an (d) the
(ii) (a) have (b) are (c) was (d) has
(iii) (a) in (b) beyond (c) on (d) over
(iv) (a) might (b) will (c) may (d) ought
(v) (a) a (b) at (c) the (d) an
(vi) (a) for (b) and (c) or (d) as
Answers:-
(i) d (ii) d
(iii) b (iv) a
(v) d (vi) d
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