Microsoft Word Question Bank Sem I. docx

III) Fill in the blanks in the following passages with appropriate form of the verb. 

1.  American shop has everything from food to --------- (invest) opportunities, often --------- 

(compare) the price and quality of --------- (avail) goods and services. One of the best-

known------ 

(aid) in the effort to make purchases with foresight with foresight is consumer reports. 

2.  Then a strange blight -------- (creep) over the area and everything begin -------- (change). 

Some evil spell -------- (settle) on the community: mysterious maladies -------- (sweep) 

the flock of chickens. 

3.  The time may come when -------- (own) a computer will become as common as ------- 

(own) a wrist watch. In future houses may ------- (erect) with belief in computers -------- 

(execute) a wide variety of log. 

4.  Nuclear fuels give out dangerous and very ------- (penetrate) radiation. During fission 

even more radiation is -------- (produce). This  --------- (radiate) is harmful even in small 

quantities. It  --------(attack) living tissues . 

5.  During fission radiation ------- (produce). This radiation --------- (to be) harmful even in 

small quantities. It -------- (attack) living tissues and it ------- (alter) the genes in body 

cells. 

6.  Over the last forty years computers -------- (develop) dramatically. The first computers --

------ (can do) relatively few calculations per second, whereas the present mainframe can 

carryout many instructions each second. In the past only highly (train) computer experts 

----------(are) able to use computers. 

7.  All fabrics -------- (decorate) material and coir ropes use in the -------- (construct) and ---

------(decorate) of the temporary structure should be ---------- (dip) in a fire retardant 

solution before use. 

8.  Before a house ---------- (build) secure foundations have (lay). Simply because the 

foundations cannot -------- (see) by prospective buyers. I -------- (not mean) that they are 

not the most  important part of the building. 

9.  When the cinema collapsed last night, several people ------ (kill). Many more ------- 

(kill) if the tragedy --------(occur) half an hour later when the main film was due to ------

--(show). 

10. The newly -------- (appoint) employees in any industry have to -------(train) to get 

themselves -----(introduce) to their new employer’s work environment and to be ---------

(teach) to perform specific tasks. 

---

11. Then the man ---------(see) the gun I --------- (carry). He ------- (take) out his briefcase 

and --------(gave) me some money. He -------- (say) that he ------ (be) sorry to ------- 

(spoil) my hunting. Obviously, he -------- (think) that I --------- (go) hunting because I ---

----- (have) the dog and the gun with cost. 

12. Today the India make II ---------(praise) by water experts all over the world. Unlike the 

ordinary pumps, it -------- (pump) water from as deep as 80 meters. It also -------

(motorize) or run on windmills. No other single thing has ever -------(do) so much good 

for so many people at such a low cost. 

13. In the coming decades, road transport -------- (face) serious problems. The density 

automobile traffic in the cities --------(be) so high that the roads will hardly be able to ---

-------(accommodate) them/ the only alternative --------- (be) to develop; the metros or 

sky bus facility. 

14. Srinivasaramanujam ---------- (be) a great mathematical genius. He -------- (accept) a 

clerical position in the madras port trust office, while he ------- (work) as a clerk, he -----

--- (write) to G.H. Hardy of Cambridge university a letter that was to change his life. 

15. Rajesh ---------- (work) as a farmer in a village near salem till june 1990. In july 1990, 

he ----------(change) his profession. After the change he ------- (migrate) to Chennai and 

through hard work he became rich. At present, he -------- (be) the owner of two factories 

in the city.