General English: Fill in the Blanks #1
Fill in the blanks with appropriate phrasal verbs form the alternatives given below under each item:
1. He is ______ making his career in sales.
- (a) committed for
- (b) committed in
- (c) committed with
- (d) committed to
2. As she became tired, errors began to ______ her work,
- (a) creep with
- (b) creep into
- (c) creep off
- (d) creep up
3. She seems ______ and luck
- (a) cursed by
- (b) cursed with
- (c) cursed for
- (d) cursed on
4. Your option on this issue ______ traditional political boundaries
- (a) Cuts across
- (b) cuts into
- (c) cuts off
- (d) cuts by
5. Sorry, I am not ______ local places.
- (a) Conversant to
- (b) Conversant in
- (c) Conversant with
- (d) Conversant into
6. His actions are hardly ______ the tall claims he makes
- (a) compatible with
- (b) compatible to
- (c) compatible for
- (d) compatible on
7. He wanted to ______ his colleagues before reducing a decision
- (a) confer with
- (b) confer to
- (c) confer in
- (d) confer upon
8. The child is ______ calcium
- (a) deficient into
- (b) deficient in
- (c) deficient from
- (d) deficient on
9. Several people have ______ sick today
- (a) called in
- (b) called for
- (c) called on
- (d) called to
10. He was ______ by his aunt
- (a) brought up
- (b) brought out
- (c) brought off
- (d) brought with
Answers
- a
- b
- b
- a
- c
- a
- a
- b
- a
- a
Above questions were asked in SCRA 2012 General Ability Test Paper