Question

GAP FILLING
English in Europe

English has without a (a) ______________ become the second language of Europe and the world. European

countries which have most (b) ______________ assimilated English into daily life are England's neighbours in

Northern Europe: Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and the (c)____________ of Scandanavia.

The situation is so (d) ______________ that any visitor to the Netherlands will soon be (e) ______ of the pressure

of English on daily life: television, radio and print (f) __________ it into every home and the schoolyard (g)

____________ of children; advertisers use it to (h) __________ up their message, journalists take refuge in it

when their home-bred skills (i) ___________ them. Increasingly one hears the (j) ______________ that Dutch

will give way to English as the national tongue within two or three generations.

(a) (1) question (2) doubt (3) problem (4) thought

(b) (1) successfully (2) victorious (3) successful (4) lucrative

(c) (1) rest (2) additional (3) remaining (4) extra

(d) (1) plain (2) open (3) blatant (4) marked

(e) (1) ignorant (2) aware (3) oblivious (4) acquainted

(f) (1) guide (2) bring (3) shift (4) haul

(g) (1) conversation (2) head-to-head (3) consultation (4) dialogue

(h) (1) life (2) energy (3) enthusiasm (4) pep

(i) (1) succeed (2) fall (3) fail (4) fizzle

(j) (1) feeling (2) posture (3) judgement (4) view​

Answer 1

Answer :

English has without a (a) doubt become the second language of Europe and the world. European countries which have most (b) successfully assimilated English into daily life are England's neighbours in Northern Europe: Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and the (c) rest of Scandanavia. The situation is so (d) marked that any visitor to the Netherlands will soon be (e) acquainted of the pressure of English on daily life: television, radio and print (f) bring it into every home and the schoolyard (g) conversation of children; advertisers use it to (h) pep up their message, journalists take refuge in it when their home-bred skills (i) fail them. Increasingly one hears the (j) view that Dutch will give way to English as the national tongue within two or three generations.

Additional Information :

Gap filling : It is an exercise in which we have to fill the gap from a missing paragraph. The gap can be filled with any grammatical words as well as vocabulary.

Rules of gap filling in grammar :

• For learning a gap filling topic, we should have to understand the basic rules of grammar topics.

• The grammar topics could be conjunction, preposition, adverb, tense etc.

Answer 2

Answer:

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will give way to English as the national tongue within two or three generations.