Vocabulary Fill in the Blanks Worksheet

Vocabulary lesson 19: Words in context · Set 30 · 40 questions

Word tip (Clues all around): Read the whole sentence, including the part after the gap. Find the clue: a reason (because …), a result (so …) or a hint (turn off the tap). Try your word in the gap and read the sentence aloud — it must make sense.

1. 1.Choose the best word: Our class teacher ___ us a story every Friday. (a) drinks (b) eats (c) tells (d) sleeps
2. 2.Choose the best word: Ishaan ___ the ball high into the air. (a) wore (b) drank (c) ate (d) threw
3. 3.Choose the best word: Sneha ___ her lunch with a friend who had forgotten his. (a) wasted (b) hid (c) shared (d) threw
4. 4.Choose the best word: The ___ elephant lifted the heavy log easily. (a) strong (b) weak (c) tired (d) tiny
5. 5.Choose the best word: Dev was ___ to his teacher and said “thank you” for her help. (a) rude (b) polite (c) greedy (d) lazy
6. 6.Choose the best word: We ___ for the bus for twenty minutes. (a) ate (b) waited (c) sang (d) ran
7. 7.Choose the best word: The shopkeeper gave me the wrong ___, so I returned two rupees. (a) road (b) weather (c) change (d) shoes
8. 8.Choose the best word: The milk ___ over when Mum left it on the stove. (a) froze (b) slept (c) flew (d) boiled
9. 9.Choose the best word: The road was so ___ that two buses could pass easily. (a) dark (b) narrow (c) wide (d) short
10. 10.Choose the best word: The milk smelt bad because it had gone ___. (a) sweet (b) cold (c) fresh (d) sour
11. 11.Choose the best word: Please speak softly; the baby is ___. (a) late (b) asleep (c) awake (d) loud
12. 12.Choose the best word: Turn off the lights to ___ electricity. (a) spill (b) save (c) burn (d) waste
13. 13.Choose the best word: After the long journey, we were ___ to reach home. (a) angry (b) afraid (c) glad (d) sorry
14. 14.Choose the best word: The river ___ through the village to the sea. (a) sleeps (b) flows (c) jumps (d) flies
15. 15.Choose the best word: The streets were ___ after the heavy rain. (a) sunny (b) dusty (c) dry (d) flooded
16. 16.Choose the best word: Riya ___ her grandmother a letter on her birthday. (a) ate (b) drank (c) swam (d) wrote
17. 17.Choose the best word: The water of the lake was so ___ that we could see the fish. (a) dirty (b) dark (c) muddy (d) clean
18. 18.Choose the best word: Kabir was ___ when he saw his surprise birthday party. (a) angry (b) delighted (c) sleepy (d) bored
19. 19.Choose the best word: The fruit seller sold ___ mangoes, picked that morning. (a) old (b) fresh (c) rotten (d) stale
20. 20.Choose the best word: Arjun ___ the race and got a gold medal. (a) lost (b) feared (c) missed (d) won
21. 21.Choose the best word: The ice cream ___ quickly in the hot sun. (a) melted (b) slept (c) froze (d) grew
22. 22.Choose the best word: The cat ___ on the warm windowsill all afternoon. (a) swam (b) slept (c) flew (d) barked
23. 23.Choose the best word: The thief ran away when he heard the police ___. (a) smile (b) song (c) story (d) siren
24. 24.Choose the best word: Om ___ the door with his key. (a) cooked (b) unlocked (c) painted (d) ate
25. 25.Choose the best word: Grandpa tells ___ stories that make us laugh. (a) sad (b) funny (c) scary (d) boring
26. 26.Choose the best word: I ___ my keys, so I could not open the door. (a) made (b) found (c) lost (d) used
27. 27.Choose the best word: The festival lights made the street look ___. (a) empty (b) dull (c) dark (d) bright
28. 28.Choose the best word: The old bridge was ___, so nobody was allowed to cross it. (a) strong (b) wide (c) unsafe (d) new
29. 29.Choose the best word: We need an umbrella because it is ___ heavily. (a) raining (b) singing (c) smiling (d) shining
30. 30.Choose the best word: It was so ___ that we could hardly hear each other. (a) calm (b) quiet (c) silent (d) noisy
31. 31.Choose the best word: Our teacher was ___ with our neat work. (a) pleased (b) worried (c) bored (d) angry
32. 32.Choose the best word: Riya ___ the picture with bright colours. (a) ate (b) drank (c) threw (d) painted
33. 33.Choose the best word: The ___ fox tricked the crow into dropping its food. (a) foolish (b) clever (c) sleepy (d) honest
34. 34.Choose the best word: The book was so ___ that I finished it in one night. (a) dull (b) heavy (c) interesting (d) boring
35. 35.Choose the best word: The ___ cheetah caught the deer in seconds. (a) slow (b) sleepy (c) lazy (d) swift
36. 36.Choose the best word: Tara was ___ about her exam, so she revised every day. (a) careless (b) bored (c) lazy (d) serious
37. 37.Choose the best word: The farmer ___ rice in his field in the rainy season. (a) plants (b) cooks (c) reads (d) paints
38. 38.Choose the best word: It was very ___ outside, so we wore sweaters. (a) cold (b) dry (c) sunny (d) hot
39. 39.Choose the best word: The bag was too ___ for little Aarav to lift. (a) heavy (b) empty (c) small (d) light
40. 40.Choose the best word: Neel was ___ because he had forgotten his homework. (a) worried (b) proud (c) delighted (d) excited

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