GAP FILLING
TT. Fill in the blanks using the best options given in the brackets.
a)About half of India's children aged (a) ...... (among, between, with, about) 6
and 14 do not go to school. About 5.5 crore children (b) ............. (worked, working,
has been working, work) in factories, cottage industries (c) ..................... (and,
around, about, some) in the agricultural sector. One of the most important (d)
............... (reason, reasons, reason's, reasons') for our nation's (e)
........ (backwardness, backwardsness, backness, backward) is illiteracy.
Answers
Explanation:
between
work
reason
backwards
Answer:
About half of India's children aged between 6 and 14 do not go to school. About 5.5 crore children work in factories, cottage industries, and some in the agricultural sector. One of the most important reasons for our nation's backwardness is illiteracy.
Explanation:
This paragraph is a classic example of the subject-verb agreements of many forms.
The first blank (between) is the right use of the preposition, and because 2 age values are given, we use this preposition. If there was a range given, however, things would've been different.
The second blank (work) is a subject-verb agreement of number. We use the plural form of the verb in its present tense because the noun is in the plural.
The third blank (and) represents a conjunction between 3 different criteria/subjects that are linked.
The fourth blank (reasons), again is a subject-verb agreement of number, because we use the plural form of the verb due to the presence of a plural noun/subject.
The fifth blank (backwardness) is basically a test of the presence of mind and the right usage of the word.
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