Practice Fillers Questions and Answers

• Just as I began to get _________ about the surroundings, she applied the brakes. 
• many critics had pointed out that the surroundings were hardly as _______ as poets made them out to be.
• The year he visited, the river Wye was a sludgy polluted stream and ugly iron foundries were ________ its banks.
• Right on the edge facing the valley, the two-storey modernist house _____ the scenic ambience.  
• These _______ expectations were not fully realized.
• I am always very clear …….. what I want to do and this time it was no different.
• The film is about the age-old  ………. of right and ……... .
• When his company’s stock price dropped under a dollar, the CEO decided to ___________ his title and leave the firm.
• She would ________ the thought of writing a 40-page research paper.
• I didn’t realize how hurtful my words had been until I saw Sherrie’s expression, _________ with shock.
• Something done in an unhappy manner
• The ____________recruit was ready to join the Army and signed up the day he turned eighteen.
• Jane used volunteering as an ___________  to help her come to terms with her husband’s death. 
• The _________ abused its power by overregulating price.
• It took us hours to wake Willie from his ___________ stupor. 
• If the hurricane comes near the city, the winds may _______ the flood walls and cause them to crumble.
• The critics did not see the heiress as a serious filmmaker, only as a ____________ who was bored with her life.
• Although chocolate cake is Martha’s favourite dessert, she has chosen to ________ it while on her diet.
• Not only the competitors but also the jury ____ impressed by the performance.
• One should not be reckless in performing ____ duty.
• _______ Mayank, there were many people who spoke up .
• She is one of those students who ____ her studies very seriously.
• It was he _______ the people voted as their leader.
• The reason they have given for __________ the principal is hardly convincing.
• He has been _______ for quite some time about local basil playing second fiddle to chia seeds.
• Though open to the sky, it still _______ its majesty.
• Just as I began to get _________ about the surroundings, she applied the brakes. 
• One of my brother’s friends ……… going Mumbai to attend a conference.
• The singer and lyricist ……….the chief guest for this occasion.
• Not only the CEO but also the employees …….. supporting the introduction of a new product.
• The climate of Pune is better…….…………….
• No sooner did she see the teacher ………. she stopped talking.
• The call issued by the opposition socialist leader for more federal powers could ____________ tensions.
• The country must look to expand the __________ of accommodation.
• Recent history casts a remarkably sobering light on how much politicians can count on __________ arguments to hold sway over popular sentiment.
• A perception among the country’s youth that the national government is __________ down on democratic expression could only strain the already delicate eq...
• The boys had just ________ their first bite, when they ____________ a sobbing sound ________ from the other side of some bushes. Dan ran _____ the sound to...
• The town ________ both National Hunt racing and Flat racing.
• You should arrive early to _____ your surroundings.   
• The villas stand tall ______ coconut groves.