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Sentence completion

August 1, 2015 - pdf

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate phrase or clause.

1. It is ......................... hot to go out.

Correct! Wrong!

2. You must hurry, ............................. you will miss the train.

Correct! Wrong!

3. ............................... a noise, the thief ran away.

Correct! Wrong!

4. The weather ......................... fine, we decided to go for a walk.

Correct! Wrong!

5. If he .............................. hard, he would not have failed.

Correct! Wrong!

6. ................................ his hard work, he failed to pass the test.

Correct! Wrong!

7. Whenever he saw a dog, he threw stones ............................ it.

Correct! Wrong!

8. She speaks ................................. she knows everything.

Correct! Wrong!

9. .......................... I didn’t know anybody at the party, I had a good time.

Correct! Wrong!

10. I want to know .................................. he is absent.

Correct! Wrong!

11. She does not know what ............................ doing.

Correct! Wrong!

12. I prefer reading books ............................... television.

Correct! Wrong!

13. .............................. his illness, he attends office regularly.

Please select 2 correct answers

Correct! Wrong!

14. She was ............................ tired that she could not walk.

Correct! Wrong!

15. This is the house ............................. Jack built.

Correct! Wrong!

Answers

1. It is too hot to go out.

2. You must hurry, or else you will miss the train.

3. Hearing a noise, the thief ran away.

4. The weather being fine, we decided to go for a walk.

5. If he had worked hard, he would not have failed.

6. Despite his hard work, he failed to pass the test.

7. Whenever he saw a dog, he threw stones at it.

8. She speaks as if she knows everything.

9. Even though I didn’t know anybody at the party, I had a good time.

10. I want to know why he is absent.

11. She does not know what she is doing.

12. I prefer reading books to watching television.

13. In spite of his illness, he attends office regularly.

14. She was so tired that she could not walk.

15. This is the house that Jack built.

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