alleryStart learning →"Can't you be quiet?" sounds ____.
- formal
- polite
- impatient
- hesitant
Show answer and solution
Correct answer: C. impatient
Requests with can't may sound impatient.
SSC CGL Cloze Test — practice questions — page 2
Explore 50 free Cloze Test questions in SSC CGL English. Open each question or exercise to read its content, reference answers and available explanation.
Practise Cloze Test with Quill →Cloze Test questions and exercises with answers
Showing questions 31–50 of 50.
"Can't you be quiet?" sounds ____.Read the answer and worked solution →Between "Can you pass the cheese?" and "Could you pass the cheese?", ____ is more polite.Read the answer and worked solution →"Might I use your phone?" is more hesitant than "____ I use your phone?"Read the answer and worked solution →He ____ be taller than me, but he's certainly not stronger.Read the answer and worked solution →____ you live long and happy! is an optative use of this modal.Read the answer and worked solution →Those convicted of violating this law ____ be imprisoned for three years.Read the answer and worked solution →____ I read now? is a request for advice or confirmation of a suggestion.Read the answer and worked solution →____ you meet her, please give her this.Read the answer and worked solution →You ____ never lie, which describes a social or ethical norm.Read the answer and worked solution →The negative inflections of shall and should are ____ and shouldn't.Read the answer and worked solution →I knew I ____ graduate two years later.Read the answer and worked solution →Back then, I ____ eat early and walk to school.Read the answer and worked solution →She ____ rather go herself than send someone else.Read the answer and worked solution →She ____ swim across the lake before breakfast.Read the answer and worked solution →It can ____ a surprise.Read the answer and worked solution →I will ____ able to drive if I take ten lessons.Read the answer and worked solution →I have ____ able to drive since I was eighteen.Read the answer and worked solution →If you loved me, you ____ support me.Read the answer and worked solution →Among modals, the only preterite regularly used as an ordinary past tense is ____.Read the answer and worked solution →With the auxiliary have, must have can refer only to ____.Read the answer and worked solution →
Worked practice questions
Between "Can you pass the cheese?" and "Could you pass the cheese?", ____ is more polite.
- can
- could
- neither
- both
Show answer and solution
Correct answer: B. could
Could is the more polite form for making requests.
"Might I use your phone?" is more hesitant than "____ I use your phone?"
- Shall
- Must
- May
- Will
Show answer and solution
Correct answer: C. May
May I use your phone? asks permission, and might is the milder version.
How to practise
- Choose a Cloze Test question and try to work out your answer.
- Open the question to check the correct answer and read its worked solution.
- Continue in the app for bite-sized lessons, explanations and review with Quill. You can start without creating an account.