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Sentence Completion Exercise

November 26, 2020 - pdf

Fill in the blanks.

1. Let’s watch a movie, ……………………?

Correct! Wrong!

Shall we is used in question tags after let's.

2. None of the students participated in the program, ……………………….?

Correct! Wrong!

Affirmative tags are used after negative expressions like none, hardly, seldom etc.

3. I bought a laptop. Change voice.

Correct! Wrong!

In the simple past, the passive form is made with was/were + v3.

4. She was cooking dinner. Change voice.

Correct! Wrong!

In the past continuous, the passive form is made with was/were + being + v3.

5. She said to me, ‘I have lost faith in you.’ Change into indirect speech.

Correct! Wrong!

6. If I hadn’t overslept, I …………………….. the train.

Correct! Wrong!

In the third conditional, we use a past perfect tense in the if clause and would + have + past participle in the main clause.

7. Haste ……………………. waste.

Correct! Wrong!

8. The man along with his children ……………………… walking in the rain.

Correct! Wrong!

When we connect two subject with along with, the verb agrees with the first subject.

9. Thousand dollars ……………………. not a small sum.

Correct! Wrong!

10. I …………………… the office at 5.30.

Correct! Wrong!

11. A person who works for somebody in order to learn a skill

Correct! Wrong!

12. He decided ………………….. the blue shirt.

Correct! Wrong!

 Answers

1. Let’s watch a movie, shall we?

2. None of the students participated in the program, did they?

3. A laptop was bought by me.

4. Dinner was being cooked by her.

5. She told me that she had lost faith in me.

6. If I hadn’t overslept, I wouldn’t have missed the train.

7. Haste makes waste.

8. The man along with his children was walking in the rain.

9. Thousand dollars is not a small sum.

10. I left the office at 5.30.

11. Apprentice

12. He decided on the blue shirt.

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