Grammar and vocabulary exercise

Complete the following sentences.

1. The child kept on crying while he …………………………………..

a) is bathed

b) was being bathed

c) was bathed

d) is being bathed

2. He has such good manners that he can easily ………………………… a gentleman.

a) pass out

b) pass for

c) pass in

d) pass on

3. Shivaji …………………………………. a plan to escape from jail.

a) hit upon

b) hit out

c) hit about

d) hit against

4. We chose to …………………………. our policies in the light of the new information made available to us.

a) disclose

b) revive

c) diagnose

d) revise

5. Having earned a lot of money in business, he started …………………………………. his poor cousins.

a) looking down upon

b) hitting upon

c) showing off

d) looking upon

6. The price of gold as well as silver …………………….. fallen.

a) has

b) have

c) are

d) is

7. The dilapidated old building was not ………………………………..

a) habitable

b) habitat

c) habitability

d) habituating

8. Your son had promised to take you to the US, ……………………………….?

a) did he

b) hadn’t he

c) didn’t he

d) had he

9. He is very keen …………………………. going abroad for higher studies.

a) over

b) on

c) for

d) at

10. You are not justified …………………………. laying the blame …………………….. my son.

a) in, on

b) in, in

c) on, in

d) in, at

Answers

1. The child kept on crying while he was being bathed.

2. He has such good manners that he can easily pass for a gentleman.

3. Shivaji hit upon a plan to escape from jail.

4. We chose to revise our policies in the light of the new information made available to us.

5. Having earned a lot of money in business, he started looking down upon his poor cousins.

6. The price of gold as well as silver has fallen.

7. The dilapidated old building was not habitable.

8. Your son had promised to take you to the US, hadn’t he?

9. He is very keen on going abroad for higher studies.

10. You are not justified in laying the blame on my son.