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Sentence Completion Exercise

December 2, 2017 - pdf

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.

1. One day scientists will ......................... find a cure for cancer.

Correct! Wrong!

'Be able to' and 'can' can both be used to talk about ability. After will 'can' cannot be used. Only be able to is possible.

2. You are interested in the offer, .........................?

Correct! Wrong!

We use a negative tag after an affirmative statement. The auxiliary used in the statement is repeated in the question tag.

3. I had never before met ......................... .

Correct! Wrong!

The correct structure is 'so + adjective + a/an + noun'.

4. I don’t know why they decided to split. They were ......................... in love with each other.

Correct! Wrong!

Mad is an adjective. Madly is an adverb. We use adverbs to modify verbs.

5. She was ......................... injured in the crash.

Correct! Wrong!

Deadly is an adjective. It goes before a noun. Fatal is also an adjective. Fatally is an adverb.

6. You can speak .......................... I won’t tell anyone what you say.

Correct! Wrong!

Free means without payment. Freely means without restriction.

7. I very much enjoy ........................ .

Correct! Wrong!

The verb enjoy can be followed by a noun/pronoun/-ing form. It cannot be followed by an infinitive.

8. She would never ......................... if she hadn’t changed jobs.

Correct! Wrong!

The sentence is in the type three conditional. Here we use a past perfect in the if-clause and would have + past participle in the result clause.

9. I don’t trust politicians. I never have, and I ......................... .

Correct! Wrong!

Parallel structures are used here.

10. I am going to do my exams, and ......................... I am going to study medicine.

Correct! Wrong!

After cannot be used alone as an adverb. Instead, we use the expression afterwards.

11. I expected to fail the exam, but I passed ......................... .

Correct! Wrong!

After all can mean contrary to what was expected.

12. When I was ......................... I was working.

Correct! Wrong!

The structure is/am/are etc. + … age is used without a preposition

Answers

1. One day scientists will be able to find a cure for cancer.
2. You are interested in the offer, aren’t you?
3. I had never before met so kind a woman.
4. I don’t know why they decided to split. They were madly in love with each other.
5. She was fatally injured in the crash.
6. You can speak freely. I won’t tell anyone what you say.
7. I very much enjoy swimming.
8. She would never have been promoted if she hadn’t changed jobs.
9. I don’t trust politicians. I never have, and I never will.
10. I am going to do my exams, and afterwards I am going to study medicine.
11. I expected to fail the exam, but I passed after all.
12. When I was your age I was working.

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