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Sentence Completion Exercise

January 28, 2021 - pdf

Fill in the blanks.

1. The council ……………………………. of ten members.

Correct! Wrong!

Council is a singular subject, so write consists.

2. Later on he ………………………….. his mistake.

Correct! Wrong!

3. He asked ………………………… my name was.

Correct! Wrong!

4. I ……………………….. them for help.

Correct! Wrong!

5. This is the key I was ………………………….

Correct! Wrong!

To look for something is to search for it.

6. I …………………………. him to go.

Correct! Wrong!

We use tell before a personal object.

7. He is used to ………………………….

Correct! Wrong!

Use an ing form after used to.

8. He ………………………. the red shirt.

Correct! Wrong!

9. I would prefer to starve ………………………….. to beg.

Correct! Wrong!

10. He ……………………………. sitting there.

Correct! Wrong!

11. I want to …………………………. for a while.

Correct! Wrong!

To lie down is to recline.

12. If they informed me earlier, I ………………………… the function.

Correct! Wrong!

In the second conditional, use a simple past tense in the if-clause and would/could/might + first form of the verb in the main clause.

Answers

  1. The council consists of ten members.
  2. Later on he realized his mistake.
  3. He asked what my name was.
  4. I asked them for help.
  5. This is the key I was looking for.
  6. I told him to go.
  7. He is used to smoking.
  8. He chose the red shirt.
  9. I would prefer to starve rather than to beg.
  10. He objected to my sitting there.
  11. I want to lie down for a while.
  12. If they informed me earlier, I could attend the function.
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