Question

Each of the following sentences has two blanks. Fill in the blanks with appropriate forms of the word given in brackets. 

He has ...... to help me. Do you think he will remember his .........? (promise) He has promised to help me. Do you think he will remember his promise? 

(i) The ....... said that only fresh evidence would make him change his ........(judge) 

(ii) I didn’t notice any serious ....... of opinion among the debaters, although they ....... from one another over small points. (differ) 

(iii) It’s a fairly simple question to .......... , but will you accept my ....... as final? (answer) 

(iv) It isn’t ....... that ....... should always be the mother of invention. (necessary) 

(v) Hermits are ......... men. How they acquire their ....... no one can tell. (wise) 

(vi) The committee has .......... to make Jagdish captain of the team. The ....... is likely to please everyone (decide) 

(vii) Asking for ........ is as noble as willingness to ........ (forgive)

Answer 1

(i) The judge said that only fresh evidence would make him change his judgement. 

(ii) I didn’t notice any serious difference of opinion among the debaters, although they differed from one another over small points. 

(iii) It’s a fairly simple question to answer, but will you accept my answer as final?

(iv) It isn’t necessary that necessity should always be the mother of invention. 

(v) Hermits are wise men. How they acquire their wisdom no one can tell. 

(vi) The committee has decided to make Jagdish captain of the team. The decision is likely to please everyone. 

(vii) Asking for forgiveness is as noble as willingness to forgive.