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Sentence completion

September 2, 2016 pdf

Complete the following sentences.

1. ………………. a rainy day, we cancelled the trip.

a) It being
b) Being
c) Having been
d) It been

2. ………………… it prove to be true, I shall resign from the committee.

a) Should
b) Could
c) Would
d) Unless

3. ………………… it possible, I would visit them.

a) Should
b) Were
c) Was
d) Has

4. If you played games regularly, you ………………. become strong and healthy.

a) will
b) would
c) would have
d) had

5. The more you read the less you ………………..

a) understand
b) understands
c) will understand
d) would understand

6. Was he ………………… to listen to her?

a) enough foolish
b) foolish enough
c) too foolish
d) so foolish

7. The strike has continued ………………… ten days.

a) for
b) since
c) before
d) from

8. …………………. many faults, he was a good man at heart.

a) in spite of having
b) despite
c) due to having
d) nevertheless

9. She felt like ………………….

a) laughing
b) to laugh
c) laugh
d) to laughing

Answers

1. It being a rainy day, we cancelled the trip.

2. Should it prove to be true, I shall resign from the committee.

3. Were it possible, I would visit them.

4. If you played games regularly, you would become strong and healthy.

5. The more you read the less you understand.

6. Was he foolish enough to listen to her?

7. The strike has continued for ten days.

8. In spite of having many faults, he was a good man at heart.

9. She felt like laughing.

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