Question

Fill in the blanks in the sentences below using the appropriate forms of the words given in the following box.
guide, succeed, chair,travel,pale,draw,true
(i) I met a _______________ from an antique land.
(ii) I need special _____________ in mathematics. I can’t count the number of times I have failed in the subject.
(iii) The guide called Stephen Hawking a worthy ________________to Isaac Newton.
(iv) His other problems ______________ into insignificance beside this unforeseen mishap.
(v) The meeting was ____________ by the youngest member of the board.
(vi) Some people say ‘yours ___________’ when they informally refer to themselves.
(vii) I wish it had been a ___________ match. We would have been spared the noise of celebrations, at least.

Answer 1

Answer:

(i) I met a ___traveller____________ from an antique land.

(ii) I need special _____guidance________ in mathematics. I can’t count the number of times I have failed in the subject.

(iii) The guide called Stephen Hawking a worthy _____successor_________to Isaac Newton.

(iv) His other problems _____paled_________ into insignificance beside this unforeseen mishap.

(v) The meeting was _chaired___________ by the youngest member of the board.

(vi) Some people say ‘yours _____truly______’ when they informally refer to themselves.

(vii) I wish it had been a ____drawn_______ match. We would have been spared the noise of celebrations, at least.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

1. traveller

2. guidance

3. successor

4. paled

5. chaired

6. truly

7. drawn

Explanation:

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