(b) Fill in each blank with an appropriate word:
(i) Before the witness could reply the lawyer jumped...........with an objection
(ii) The Editor should go...........
the blueprint again.
(iii) The clerk didn't look up, but carried..........
working
(iv) My suit smells............
mothballs.
(v) The marriage party has been put...........
(vi) If Eva is not careful, she will lag ........ in her schedule.
(vii) We can't go.........
all the details now.
him.
(viii) I shouldn't confide any secrets.........him.
Answers
The gaps have been filled up with appropriate words as follows:-
(i) Before the witness could reply the lawyer jumped out with an objection.
(ii) The Editor should go over the blueprint again.
(iii) The clerk didn't look up, but carried on working.
(iv) My suit smells like mothballs.
(v) The marriage party has been put off.
(vi) If Eva is not careful, she will lag behind in her schedule.
(vii) We can't go into all the details now him.
(viii) I shouldn't confide any secrets in him.
Hope this helps!
Fill in the blanks involves willing of the blank spaces with correct words so as to make a meaningful sentence.
The correct sentences are -
(i) Before the witness could reply the lawyer jumped up with an objection
(ii) The Editor should go through the blueprint again.
(iii) The clerk didn't look up, but carried on working
(iv) My suit smells of mothballs.
(v) The marriage party has been put off
(vi) If Eva is not careful, she will lag behind in her schedule.
(vii) We can't go through all the details now.
(viii) I shouldn't confide any secrets in him.