Fill in the Blanks Quiz-1

Answer - Whereas

We use the conjunction whereas to indicate a contrast between two facts or ideas:

Here it says that the preferences of the speaker and her mother are contrasting so we use ‘whereas’ instead of ‘and’ and ‘so’.

Answer:- but

Not only……but also is a correlative conjunction used to put emphasis on entities.

Not only/but also is a pair of conjunctions used together, that is why the other options will be incorrect if used.

Answer - Increased

According to the context of the sentence we are saying that the chances of inflation are rising because of the employment gap. Since we use the conjunction ‘due to’ it shows that we talk about a cause and effect relationship. Hence we use ‘increased’ to show a negative effect on a negative cause.

Explanation - Here we use “had won“ as the given sentence is in past perfect tense as it is already mentioned ‘was happy’ so use of ‘had won’ refers to 'the past perfect tense' in sentence that talks about action held in the past.

Explanation - Here we use ‘A’ article before “ one-rupee coin” as it is singular in nature and starts with the pronunciation of ‘won’ which is a consonant and no article is used before my wallet because we do not use any article before a pronoun.

Answer - have been looking

This is an unfinished action so it is a perfect tense. It is present (I am angry) so it will be a present tense. The present perfect continuous can be used to emphasize the length of time that has passed, rather than the present perfect which is more neutral (e.g. I’ve looked for hours) and might eliminate the impact of the term ‘now’.
Since the action is still continuing and has not specified any end time of the action, we use the continuous form.
Present perfect continuous tense structure: subject + have + been + V-ing + object.

Answer - A, the

The first blank talks about any role that the celebrity signed. (here it resembles unknown role)
The second blank takes ‘the; because it specifies the movie which is being directed by a specific director.

Answer - lugubrious
Lugubrious means looking or sounding sad and dismal.

Let us explore the other options:
- Blithesome means Filled with, marked by, or causing pleasure.
- Jocund means Cheerful and light-hearted.
- Optimistic means Hopeful and confident about the future.

Answer - further, helpdesk

Use farther only when you are referring to distance, literal or figurative. Use further only to mean “more”

Help desk is a place which provides the help that you need.

Answer:- Fair, fair

If you say that someone is playing fair game, you mean that it is acceptable to criticize or attack them, usually because of the way that they behave.

A family fair means a family gathering which is filled with games, entertainment and food.

Here we mean that the person did not play a good game at the family gathering.