Class 10 Gap Filling Exercise

Complete the following sentences.

1. He worked so hard ----------------------

a) that his health broke down
b) for his health to broke down

2. As soon as the bell rang -----------------------

a) the students rushed out of their classrooms
b) the students rush out of their classrooms

3. If I were rich, --------------------

a) I would help the poor
b) I will help the poor

4. This offer is too good, --------------------

a) so that it cannot be true
b) to be true

5. Do you agree to ----------------------?

a) this proposal
b) me

6. He is too clever ---------------------

a) to cheat
b) to be cheated

7. Don't leave the room ----------------------

a) until I ask you to do so
b) without I ask you to do so

8. He is not used to -------------------

a) live in a big city
b) living in a big city

9. We eat so that -------------------

a) we may live
b) perhaps we live

10. Meera asked me how ---------------------

a) did I manage to win the first prize
b) I managed to win the first prize

Answers

1. He worked so hard that his health broke down.

2. As soon as the bell rang the students rushed out of their classrooms.

3. If I were rich, I would help the poor.

4. This offer is too good to be true.

5. Do you agree to this proposal?

6. He is too clever to be cheated.

7. Don’t leave the room until I ask you to do so.

8. He is not used to living in a big city.

9. We eat so that we may live.

10. Meera asked me how I managed to win the first prize. (In indirect questions like these, the verb goes after the subject.)