Fill in the blanks. This vocabulary exercise tests your ability to use the words mean and means correctly.
1Father didn't ............... to be a clerk, but that is what he became.
Wrong!
2What does that word ...............?
Wrong!
3A damp breeze from the sea usually ............... rain.
Wrong!
Here the subject is the singular noun breeze. Hence, we write means.
4The shoes were of ............... quality.
Wrong!
5How could anyone be so ...............?
Wrong!
6Everyman deserves a ............... job.
Wrong!
7Many elderly people don't have the ............... to travel.
Wrong!
Means can mean resources.
8Only a man of ............... could afford an expensive car like that.
Wrong!
9Flying is the quickest ............... of getting there.
Wrong!
10Thoreau felt that many people live ............... lives.
Wrong!
11That long speech had no ............... at all.
Wrong!
12After his wife's death, his life has had no ...............
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/12
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 All of these 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 Either could be used here lives.
- That long speech had no meaning at all.
- After his wife’s death, his life has had no meaning
