Complete the following passage by choosing the correct options:
Confucius laid great stress (a)_______good character. He preached (b)_______people should respect (c)________ parents. He held a prominent place (d)_______philosophers and religious reformers. The syllabus (e)________his teaching was a wide one which (g)_______morals, family duties, social reforms and personal relationship. He knew (g)_______languages and arts. He has written about his experiences in life in a book (h)_______Chin Chinking.
(a) (i) on (ii) at (iii) into (iv) upon
(b) (i) because (ii) since (iii) that (iv) which
(c) (i) his (ii) our (iii) their (iv) your
(d) (i) in (ii) within (iii) amidst (iv) amongst
(e) (i) of (ii) on (iii) from (iv) for
(f) (i) included (ii) include (iii) including (iv) includes
(g) (i) many (ii) more (iii) much (iv) most
(h) (i) title (ii) titled (iii) titles (iv) titling
Answer:
(a)
- (a)on - not used with abstract nouns
- (b)at - not used with abstract nouns
- (c)into - not used with abstract nouns
- (d)upon - this is correct
Since the sentence is talking about stress as an abstract noun, ‘upon’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(d)-upon”.
(b)
- (a)because - not relevant
- (b)since - not relevant
- (c)that - this is correct
- (d)which - not relevant
Since the sentence is talking about a topic which was preached, ‘that’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(c)-that”.
(c)
- (a)his - used with singular masculine subject
- (b)our - used with first person
- (c)their - this is correct
- (d)your - used with second person
Since the sentence is talking about people which are ‘ plural’ and is in third person, the pronoun ‘their’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(c)-their”.
(d)
- (a)in - not relevant
- (b)within - not relevant
- (c)amidst - used with non human subjects
- (d)amongst - this is correct
Since the sentence is talking about human subjects , ‘amongst’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(d)-amongst”.
(e)
- (a)of - this is correct
- (b)on - not used with abstract nouns
- (c)from - not used with abstract nouns
- (d)for - this is correct
Since the sentence is talking about stress as an abstract noun, ‘upon’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(a)-of”.
(f)
- (a)included - this is correct
- (b)include - not relevant
- (c)including - this is correct
- (d)includes - not relevant
Since the sentence is talking about a topic which was preached, ‘that’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(a)-included”.
(g)
- (a)many - this is correct
- (b)more - used with first person
- (c)much - this is correct
- (d)most - used with second person
Since the sentence is talking about people which are ‘ plural’ and is in third person, the pronoun ‘their’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(a)-many”.
(h)
- (a)title - not relevant
- (b)titled - this is correct
- (c)titles - used with non human subjects
- (d)titling - this is correct
Since the sentence is talking about human subjects , ‘amongst’ will be used.
So, the correct answer is “(b)-titled”.
