Sentence Completion
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction.
Questions
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.
He __________ hardly finished his lunch when someone knocked at the door.
- was
- had
- did
- would
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.
A carpenter and a goldsmith __________ in our street.
- live
- lives
- is living
- are living
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.
The state of affairs __________ sure to cause him anxiety.
- is
- are
- were
- has
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.
He was foolish _________ to listen to her.
- enough
- too
- also
- as well
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.
Slow and steady _________ the race.
- win
- wins
- has won
- would win
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.
He has been working here __________ three years now.
- since
- for
- from
- before
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.
I wish you ___________ keep to the subject instead of digressing like this.
- should
- would
- might
- must
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.
___________ you give the keys of the safe you will be shot.
- If
- Unless
- But
- Though
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.
The introduction of reforms _________ greatly opposed by the aristocracy.
- was
- were
- have been
- are being
Directions: Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
__________ he was fast, yet he could not reach the destination in time.
- Though
- As
- Even
- In spite of
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.
Clever _________ he was, he could not solve the problem.
- as
- but
- as though
- except
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.
I saw him two months _________.
- ago
- before
- for
- since
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.
I would rather be a doctor ___________ a lawyer.
- than
- to
- but
- None of these
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.
Each of the boys ___________ interviewed by the principal.
- are
- were
- has been
- have been
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.
Not __________ in time, he could not get the scholarship.
- being applied
- applying
- having applied
- applied
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.
My father usually ___________ coffee in the morning, but today he drank tea.
- drinks
- drink
- drank
- was drinking
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.
I will call you when the guests _________.
- arrive
- will arrived
- will be arriving
- will have arrived
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.
He would rather __________ than yield to pressure.
- be dying
- die
- died
- will die
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.
__________ by rain, we took shelter under a tree.
- Driving
- Drove
- Driven
- None of these
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.
He complained of __________ by the police.
- having been tortured
- tortured
- torturing
- having tortured
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.
They __________ the TV for a long time when the burglars burst in.
- was seeing
- have been seeing
- had been seeing
- saw
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.
There is a rainbow in the sky ________ nobody has the time to stop and watch it.
- but
- though
- except
- still
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.
He climbed up a tree _________ to get a good view of the procession.
- such that
- such as
- so as
- even as
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.
Such was Damayanti's beauty _________ princes from far and near came to woo her.
- as
- for
- so
- that
Directions: Fill in the blank with an appropriate verb, preposition, participle or conjunction. The question is followed by four alternatives. Choose the most appropriate one.
Ram is one of the players who _________ selected for the Test match.
- has been
- have been
- is
- was