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4. Fear is / (i) for business. When people are /, (ii) they tend to spend more. They are
less concerned / (iii) saving for future as they are not / (iv) about it. Besides this,
mankind has attached too much / (v) to itself. A prime example is aliens always / (vi)
only American cities.

(i) (a) best (b) good (c) goods (d) better
(ii) (a) scare (b) scaring (c) scared (d) scares
(iii) (a) over (b) of (c) around (d) about

(iv) (a) sure (b) surest (c) assure (d) ensure
(v) (a) import (b) important (c) imported (d) importance

(vi) (a) attacked (b) attack (c) attacking (d) attacks

Answers: (i) (b) good (ii) (c) scared (iii) (d) about (iv) (a) sure
(v) (d) importance (vi) (c) attacking

Practice Questions

I. In the following passages, one word is missing in each line against which a blank has
been given. Write the missing word along with the word that comes before and the word
that comes after it in the space provided. Underline the word that forms your answer.

(1)
Before Missing word After

The famous Mona Lisa painting attempted (a) ______ ______ ______
to stolen from the Louvre Museum last night. (b) ______ ______ ______

Police believe that the thieves must forced (c) ______ ______ ______

the locks on windows and disabled the alarms (d) ______ ______ ______
before the museum attendants had closed the night. (e) ______ ______ ______

A man was seen acting suspiciously outside (f) ______ ______ ______
the museum has arrested. Police are searching (g) ______ ______ ______

the other suspects and the security arrangements (h) ______ ______ ______
have been improved in and around the museum.

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