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Sentence Completion Exercise

August 8, 2021 - A2pdf

Fill in the blanks.

Progress 0 of 12 answered
1You must be ashamed ...............
Wrong!
The adjective "ashamed" is followed by "of yourself" when the subject and object refer to the same person.
2When I was at university, I ............... play tennis every evening.
Wrong!
Use "used to" to talk about a past habit that is not true now.
3She was so frightened ............... she could not even move.
Wrong!
Use "that" in the result structure "so... that".
4............... had she finished one project before she started working on the next.
Wrong!
Use "Hardly" with inversion before "before" to show that the second action happened immediately after the first.
5............... he was suffering from some health problems, the doctor advised him to take a break.
Wrong!
Use "As" to introduce the reason for the doctor's advice.
6This is the watch ............... he bought for me.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "that" or "which" for a defining relative clause referring to a thing.
7He asked me ............... I had seen his purse.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "if" or "whether" to introduce an indirect yes/no question.
8Hindi as well as Marathi ............... spoken in Mumbai.
Wrong!
Use "is" because the verb agrees with the first singular subject before "as well as".
9I have been living in Kerala ............... 5 years.
Wrong!
Use "for" with a period of time such as "5 years".
10I didn’t go ............... I hadn’t been invited.
Wrong!
Use "because" before a clause to give the reason.
11............... fast, the cops caught the thief.
Wrong!
Use "Running" to form a participle phrase showing how the cops caught the thief.
12If you had invited her, she ...............
Wrong!
Use "would have come" in the main clause of a third conditional sentence.
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Answers

  1. You must be ashamed of yourself
  2. When I was at university, I used to play tennis every evening.
  3. She was so frightened that she could not even move.
  4. Hardly had she finished one project before she started working on the next.
  5. As he was suffering from some health problems, the doctor advised him to take a break.
  6. This is the watch that / which he bought for me.
  7. He asked me if / whether I had seen his purse.
  8. Hindi as well as Marathi is spoken in Mumbai.
  9. I have been living in Kerala for 5 years.
  10. I didn’t go because I hadn’t been invited.
  11. Running fast, the cops caught the thief.
  12. If you had invited her, she would have come
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