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Sentence Completion Exercise

July 16, 2022 - pdf

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb form.

1. I will call you when I ……………………. ready.

Correct! Wrong!

When both clauses refer to the future, we usually use a present tense in the subordinate clause to refer to future.

2. Make sure that the patient ………………………. complete rest.

Correct! Wrong!

When both clauses refer to the future, we usually use a present tense in the subordinate clause to refer to future.

3. You should inform me before you ……………………….

Correct! Wrong!

When both clauses refer to the future, we usually use a present tense in the subordinate clause to refer to future.

4. After he ……………………… his breakfast, he went out to the field.

Please select 2 correct answers

Correct! Wrong!

The simple past or past perfect is possible here.

5. She is ……………………. waiting for him to come.

Correct! Wrong!

6. There she met the man ……………………….. she would marry one day.

Correct! Wrong!

Who is also correct here in an informal style.

7. Each of us ……………………………. a different perspective.

Correct! Wrong!

A singular verb is used after each.

8. …………………………… his illness, he couldn’t play the match.

Correct! Wrong!

9. The fall semester …………………….. in September.

Correct! Wrong!

All of these are possible here; however, the simple present is more appropriate.

10. I paid him back when I ……………………….. a job.

Correct! Wrong!

When the main clause is in the past tense, a past tense is used in the subordinate clause as well.

11. I promise I …………………………… smoking.

Correct! Wrong!

12. I spent the ……………………… day in bed instead of going to school.

Correct! Wrong!

We say all the day or the whole day. The article goes before whole.

Answers

  1. I will call you when I am ready.
  2. Make sure that the patient gets complete rest.
  3. You should inform me before you leave.
  4. After he had / had had his breakfast, he went out to the field.
  5. She is still waiting for him to come.
  6. There she met the man whom she would marry one day.
  7. Each of us has a different perspective.
  8. Owing to / Due to / Because of his illness, he couldn’t play the match.
  9. The fall semester begins in September.
  10. I paid him back when I got a job.
  11. I promise I will quit smoking.
  12. I spent the whole day in bed instead of going to school.
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