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Part of speech exercise

December 16, 2014 pdf

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate form of the word given in the brackets.

1. Oil accounts for about ten percent of our total energy ………………… (consume)

2. The ……..……… of a country depends on the readiness of its people to work hard. (prosper)

3. The culprit gave …….. statements to confuse the police. (contradict)

4. The weather today is …….. cold. (awful)

5. The people of the world were shocked to hear about the ……… lifestyles of some of the communist leaders of Eastern Europe. (extravagance)

6. People must take the …… to solve the problems arising out of the flood situation. (initiate)

7. Gandhi’s ……… shocked the world. (assassinate)

8. How can you ……… the mistakes you have made? (just)

9. My grandmother had to be taken from room to room in a wheel chair because of her …….. (frail)

10. Mohan had to undergo ………………… training in the N.C.C. Camp. (rigor)

Answers

1. Oil accounts for about ten percent of our total energy consumption.

2. The prosperity of a country depends on the readiness of its people to work hard.

3. The culprit gave contradictory statements to confuse the police.

4. The weather today is awfully cold.

5. The people of the world were shocked to hear about the extravagant lifestyles of some of the communist leaders of Eastern Europe.

6. People must take the initiative to solve the problems arising out of the flood situation.

7. Gandhi’s assassination shocked the world.

8. How can you justify the mistakes you have made?

9. My grandmother had to be taken from room to room in a wheel chair because of her frailty.

10. Mohan had to undergo rigorous training in the N.C.C. Camp.

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