Fill in the blanks. This vocabulary exercise tests your ability to use the words mean and means correctly.
1. Father didn't .............................. to be a clerk, but that is what he became.
Correct!
Wrong!
2. What does that word ...........................?
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Wrong!
3. A damp breeze from the sea usually ............................... rain.
Correct!
Wrong!
Here the subject is the singular noun breeze. Hence, we write means.
4. The shoes were of ........................... quality.
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Wrong!
5. How could anyone be so ....................................?
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Wrong!
6. Everyman deserves a ............................... job.
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Wrong!
7. Many elderly people don't have the ............................ to travel.
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Wrong!
Means can mean resources.
8. Only a man of ............................... could afford an expensive car like that.
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Wrong!
9. Flying is the quickest ............................ of getting there.
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Wrong!
10. Thoreau felt that many people live .............................. lives.
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Wrong!
11. That long speech had no ........................... at all.
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Wrong!
12. After his wife's death, his life has had no ..................................
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Wrong!
Answers
- Father didn’t mean to be a clerk, but that is what he became.
- What does that word mean?
- A damp breeze from the sea usually means rain.
- The shoes were of mean quality.
- How could anyone be so mean?
- Everyman deserves a meaningful job.
- Many elderly people don’t have the means to travel.
- Only a man of means could afford an expensive car like that.
- Flying is the quickest means of getting there.
- Thoreau felt that many people live mean / meaningless lives.
- That long speech had no meaning at all.
- After his wife’s death, his life has had no meaning.
