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Sentence completion exercise

January 27, 2016 - pdf

Complete the following sentences.

1. The train is now …………………. the Victoria Terminus.

Correct! Wrong!

2. She ………………. her disapproval of the show by leaving the auditorium.

Correct! Wrong!

3. Her questions must have provoked him for they ……………….. a bitter retort.

Correct! Wrong!

4. Her silence merely ……………….. the problem.

Correct! Wrong!

5. This book is an ..................... account of the author’s life.

Correct! Wrong!

6. They bought the apartment at an ………………….. price.

Correct! Wrong!

7. Her shameless affair is the ……………….. in the family cupboard.

Correct! Wrong!

8. If we both put our ……………….. on the table it would be easier to come to an agreement.

Correct! Wrong!

9. That noise is driving me up the ………………….

Correct! Wrong!

Answers

1. The train is now approaching the Victoria Terminus.

2. She evinced her disapproval of the show by leaving the auditorium.

3. Her questions must have provoked him for they evoked a bitter retort.

4. Her silence merely exacerbated the problem.

5. This book is an exhaustive account of the author’s life.

6. They bought the apartment at an exorbitant price.

7. Her shameless affair is the skeleton in the family cupboard.

8. If we both put our cards on the table it would be easier to come to an agreement.

9. That noise is driving me up the wall.

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