Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word. Each question is followed by four suggested answers. Choose the most appropriate one.

1.    The job of a ——————- is very risky.

a)    Minor
b)    Miner
c)    Miser
d)    Miller

2.    I need to buy a ——————— of shoes.

a)    Pair
b)    Pare
c)    Pear
d)    Peer

3.    She has ——————- looks.

a)    Plane
b)    Plain
c)    Plan
d)    None of these

4.    We need to purchase ten ——————- of paper.

a)    Coirs
b)    Choirs
c)    Quires
d)    Corns

5.    He is determined to ——————– vengeance on his enemies.

a)    Reck
b)    Wreck
c)    Wreak
d)    Rack

6.    Hundreds of people lost their lives in the ——————–

a)    Shipwreck
b)    Shipreck
c)    Shipwreak
d)    Shiprack

7.    The measures taken to control the epidemic proved ———————

a)    Efficient
b)    Effective
c)    Efficacious
d)    None of these

8.    He is ——————— for the membership of the club.

a)    Legible
b)    Eligible
c)    Illegible
d)    None of these

9.    His story is not all ——————-

a)    Creditable
b)    Credible
c)    Credulous
d)    None of these

10.    We expect an ———————- reply.

a)    Expedient
b)    Expeditious
c)    Expeditiously
d)    None of these

11.    The eminent man was in —————— danger.

a)    Eminent
b)    Imminent
c)    Immediate
d)    Instant

12.    He is very ———————– of success.

a)    Confident
b)    Confidant
c)    Confidential
d)    None of these

13.    His son performed his funeral ——————

a)    Rites
b)    Rights
c)    Wrights
d)    Writes

14.    The game quickly turned into a ———————-

a)    Route
b)    Root
c)    Rout
d)    None of these

Answers

1.    Miner (A person who works in a mine)
2.    Pair (Two similar things used together)
3.    Plain (quite ordinary, ugly)
4.    Quires (One quire = 24 sheets of paper)
5.    Wreak
6.    Shipwreck
7.    Effective
8.    Eligible (qualified)
9.    Credible (believable)
10.    Expeditious (speedy or prompt)
11.    Imminent (about to occur)
12.    Confident
13.    Rites
14.    Rout (defeat)