Question 19 of 41intermediate🔧 ApplyFill in the Blanks3 marks

Read the paragraph below. Fill in the blanks with the noun forms of the verbs in brackets. Martin Luther King's _____ (contribute) to our history as an outstanding leader began when he came to the _____ (assist) of Rosa Parks, a seamstress who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger. In those days American Blacks were confined to positions of second class citizenship by restrictive laws and customs. To break these laws would mean _____ (subjugate) and _____ (humiliate) by the police and the legal system. Beatings, _____ (imprison) and sometimes death awaited those who defied the System. Martin Luther King's tactics of protest involved non-violent _____ (resist) to racial injustice.

Correct Answer

(1) contribution

(2) assistance

(3) subjugation

(4) humiliation

(5) imprisonment

(6) resistance

Exercise: Thinking about Language | Q: I.2 | (Page 10)
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Explanation

To fill in the blanks, we must convert the given verbs into their corresponding noun forms. 'Contribute' becomes 'contribution', 'assist' becomes 'assistance', 'subjugate' becomes 'subjugation', 'humiliate' becomes 'humiliation', 'imprison' becomes 'imprisonment', and 'resist' becomes 'resistance'. These noun forms correctly fit the grammatical structure of the sentences.

Solution Steps

  1. Step 1: Identify the verb in brackets: 'contribute'. Its noun form is 'contribution'.

  2. Step 2: Identify the verb in brackets: 'assist'. Its noun form is 'assistance'.

  3. Step 3: Identify the verb in brackets: 'subjugate'. Its noun form is 'subjugation'.

  4. Step 4: Identify the verb in brackets: 'humiliate'. Its noun form is 'humiliation'.

  5. Step 5: Identify the verb in brackets: 'imprison'. Its noun form is 'imprisonment'.

  6. Step 6: Identify the verb in brackets: 'resist'. Its noun form is 'resistance'.