Gap Filling for Class 9 Exercises have been prepared for practice which is under the integrated English Grammar section of CBSE.
Class 9 Gap Filling Exercises show how this type of question is set in the class 9 CBSE English Exam.
In Gap Filling Class 9 Exercises some passages are given with some Gaps. Those Gaps are to be filled by choosing the correct words from the options provided using proper rules of English Grammar.
Gap Filling Exercises for Class 9
This Gap Filling for Class 9 falls under integrated Grammar Class 9 and is a brief guide on how to make their answers using proper rules.
Gap Filling (1)
Q. 1. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below.
Plants derive (a)………….food both from the earth and the air. If you minutely look (b)…………… their roots, you find that the ends of their roots (c)………..like fine filers.
(a) (i) their (ii) the (iii) its (iv) a
(b) (i) to (ii) from (iii) on (iv) at
(c) (i) are (iv) is (iv) was (iv) were
Gap Filling (2)
Q. 2. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below.
The construction began around 1632 and was completed around 1663, employing thousands (a)……….. Artisans and craftsmen. The construction of the Taj Mahal was entrusted (b) ……….. a board of architects under imperial supervision. Lahauri is generally considered to (c) ………… the principal designer.
(a) (i) of (ii) at (iii) for (iv) off
(b) (i) for (ii) to (iii) of (iv) with
(c) (1) had (ii) have (iii) be (iv) been
Gap Filling (3)
Q. 3. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below.
Making tea (a) ……… very simple for Aryan. He (b)……… it when he was a small child. His mother (c) ………..him because he would hardly do any other work.
(a) (i) is(ii) was (iii) were (iv) are
(b) (i) learning (ii) learnt (iii) will learn (iv) learn
(c) (1) praising (ii) praised (iii) praise (iv) is praised
Gap Filling (4)
Q. 4. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below.
Akbar (a)………..waiting for Birbal’s answer. Birbal said “Your majesty! The thoughts in the mind (b)…………. the fastest to travel. In a moment you are in this court and your next thought can be anywhere else in this world. So, thought (c)…the fastest thing in the world.”
(a) (i) was (ii) went (iii) are (iv) wasn’t
(b) (i) were (ii) are (iii) is (iv) our
(c) (i) are (ii) were (iii) was (iv) is
Gap Filling Class 9 (5)
Q. 5. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below.
Isaac Newton was born (a)………….. Woolsthorpe in Lincolnshire on Christmas Day in 1642. He was named (b). his father who (c)…a few months before Isaac was born.
(a) (i) in (ii) on (iii) at (iv) by
(b) (i) by (ii) with (ii) behind (iv) after
(c) (i) had died (ii) died (iii) dead (iv) was dead
Gap Filling Class 9 (6)
Q. 6. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below.
When Wangari Maathai (a) ……… a child more than 50 years ago, the environment was very beautiful and very green. When she (b)……… up, she found that all the local biological diversity, the flora, and fauna (c) ….. Disappeared.
(a) (i) was (ii) is (iii) am (iv) were
(b) (i) grown (ii) grew (iii) grow (iv) growing
(c) (i) had (ii) has (iii) have (iv) is
Gap Filling Class 9 (7)
Q.7. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below.
Working in a team (a) ……. failure is not an individual’s real healer and a stress buster. Success (b) ……….. Failure is not an individual’s responsibility. It is a collective responsibility. (c) ……. good teamwork demands perfect communication between all members.
(a) (i) is (ii) am (iii) are (iv) was
(b) (i) and (ii) or (iii) is (iv) am
(c) (i) a (ii) the (iii) in (iv) at
Gap Filling Class 9 (8)
Q. 8. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below.
Kabir, (a) ………… famous saint, was neither a Muslim nor a Hindu. He (b)………
a ‘fakir’ (c) ………….. preached love, peace, and brotherhood to mankind.
(a) (i) a (ii) one (ii) the (ii) most
(b) (i) is (ii) has been (ii) was (ii) had been
(c) (i) who (ii) which (ii) and (ii) therefore
Gap Filling Class 9 (9)
Q. 9. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below.
Tigers (a) ………….. (were, will, are, is) at the top of the food chain. Only men threaten their survival as a species Tigers kill only for food (b) ………….. (or, because, but, and) only when hungry. They rarely (c) …………..(attacked, attacks, attacking, attack) humans. Easily (d) ………….. (recognised, recognising, has recognised, has recognising by its coat of reddish-orange with dark (e) ………….. (strips, stripes, striped, stripe), the tiger is the (f) ………….. (large, larger, largest, much larger) wild cat in the world.
Gap Filling Class 9 (10)
Q. 10. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below.
The Nobel Prize-winning, twice -(a) …….. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom wasn’t always as well regarded as he (b) …………..today. Winston Churchill struggled in school and failed the sixth grade. After school, he faced many years of political failures, as he was defeated in every election for public office until he finally (d) …………. the Prime Minister at the ripe old age of 62.
(a) (i) electing (ii) elected (iii) was elected (iv) election
(b) (i) ais (ii) am (iii) was (iv) were
(c) (i) become (ii) had become (iii) became (iv) becoming
Gap Filling Class 9 (11)
Q. 11. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below
When electricity flows (a) ………… a wire, tiny particles called electrons move (b) ……….. the wire. Each election has a very small electric charge. (c) …………. electrons arrive, and they produce electricity.
(a) (i) to (ii) for (iii) through (iv) from
(b) (i) through (ii) on (iii) of (iv) in
(c) (i) While (ii) Where (iii) If (iv) As
Gap Filling Class 9 (12)
Q. 12. Complete the following passage by choosing the most appropriate options from the ones given below.
The history of man is replete (a) ……… crime and folly. Wars between nations, religious persecutions, ethnic cleansing, and other forms of genocide (b) …………… a heavy toll on human lives. The Spanish conquest of South America was (c) ……………. By the extinction of millions of ‘natives’ through killings and disease.
(a) (i) with (ii) of (iii) as (iv) at
(b) (i) have taken (ii) has taken (iii) was taken (iv) taken
(c) (i) accomplished (ii) accompanied (iii) associated (iv) allowed
Answer Key
1. Ans: (a) (i) their (b) (iv) at (c) (i) are
2. Ans. (a) (i) of (b) (ii) to (c) (iii) be
3. Ans. (a) (ii) was (b) (ii) learned (c) (ii) praised
4. Ans: (a) (i) was (b) (ii) are (c) (iv) is
5. Ans. (a) (i) in (b) (i) by (c) (i) had died
6. Ans. (a) (i) was (b) (ii) grew (c) (i) had
7. Ans. (a) (i) is (b) (ii) or (c) (i) a
8. Ans. (a) (iii) the (b) (iii) was (c) (i) who
9. Ans. (a) are (b) and (c) attack (d) recognized (e) stripes (f) largest.
10. Ans. (a) (ii) elected (b) (i) is (c) (iii) became
11. Ans. (a) (iii) through (b) (i) through (c) (iv) As
12. Ans. (a) (i) with (b) (i) have taken (c) (ii) accompanied
