📖Definition
Fill the Gap questions ask you to choose the word that best completes a sentence.
Knowledge Required
You need vocabulary meaning, grammar and sentence sense. The right word must fit both the meaning and the structure of the sentence.
✅How To Answer
Read the whole sentence before looking at the options.
Decide what kind of word is needed: noun, verb, adjective or adverb.
Use clues around the gap, such as contrast words, cause and effect, or the mood of the sentence.
✏️Example
Choose the word that best completes the sentence.
Everyone was ___ during the memorial service.
solemn
✅Solution
A memorial service is a serious occasion. Solemn means serious and thoughtful, so it fits both the meaning and grammar of the sentence.
💡Multiple Choice Tip
Some options may be real words with similar grammar, but the sentence chooses the exact meaning. Tranquil and solemn can both describe a mood, but they are not the same.
💡Tips/hints
After choosing, reread the sentence with your answer in place.
Look for small clues such as although, because, however, too, very and not.