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Gap fills exercise

August 31, 2015 pdf

From the given options choose the word or phrase that will complete the sentence.

1. His countrymen condemned him and offered him no support, but Abraham Lincoln won the election …………………. all their opposition.

a) despite
b) in spite
c) nevertheless
d) inspite of

2. I have never seen that object and ………………… I do not believe in its existence.

a) since
b) as
c) because
d) therefore

3. A brave and honest man will speak the truth no matter ………………….

a) what maybe the consequences
b) what will the consequences be
c) what the consequences are
d) what the consequences had been

4. The few books that were produced in the Middle Age …………………. by hand.

a) were writing
b) were written
c) were being written
d) no improvement

5. When at last he reached the bank, the people told him that he …………………. the wager.

a) had won
b) has won
c) has been won
d) has had won

Answers

1. His countrymen condemned him and offered him no support, but Abraham Lincoln won the election despite all their opposition.

2. I have never seen that object and therefore I do not believe in its existence.

3. A brave and honest man will speak the truth no matter what the consequences are.

4. The few books that were produced in the Middle Age were written by hand.

5. When at last he reached the bank, the people told him that he had won the wager.

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