Sentence Completion
Fill in the blanks with an appropriate verb, conjunction, preposition or participle.
Questions
Directions: Fill in the blank with the appropriate verb, adjective, adverb, preposition or conjunction.
Could you write __________?
- clear
- more clearly
- clearer
- cleanly
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Nestor Studio is the _______ movie company in Hollywood.
- <font face="Arial">old</font>
- <font face="Arial">elder</font>
- <font face="Arial">oldest</font>
- <font face="Arial">eldest</font>
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Joanna and Suzzan were best friends and together they had the ______ wonderful time.
- <font face="Arial">best</font>
- <font face="Arial">most</font>
- <font face="Arial">more</font>
- <font face="Arial">happiest</font>
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The man I owed money ________ demanded immediate payment.
- to
- for
- with
- None of these
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He _________ his speech after the lunch but the President did not permit him.
- should have resumed
- would have resumed
- would resume
- should resume
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Snowdon is not the _______ mountain in Britain, Ben Nevis is.
- tall
- tallest
- highest
- higher
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I _________ waiting here for the past two hours.
- am
- have been
- had been
- was
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He told me that he __________ by the shop-keeper.
- is cheated
- was cheated
- has cheated
- had cheated
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The forest _________ which we traveled was dark and gloomy.
- in
- across
- through
- on
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You must take your medicine, _________ your health will degrade further.
- nevertheless
- but
- otherwise
- unless
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They _________ decided to wind up the company.
- commonly
- collectively
- unanimously
- None of these
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_________ being a painter, Rossetti was also a poet.
- Beside
- Besides
- Also
- Other than
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_________ many faults, he was a good man at heart.
- In spite of having
- In spite of being
- Despite being
- In spite having
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They ___________ to play football since yesterday.
- wanted
- have been wanting
- want
- had wanted
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My uncle saved the drowning girl _________ of his own life.
- for the sake of
- at the mercy
- at the risk
- in the event
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I can't put ____ my homework any longer.
- off
- away
- of
- from
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Gopal disappointed his mother _________ he didn't write to her very often.
- that
- in that
- what with
- that which
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By the time you __________ to the city limits, I'll be there to recieve you.
- get
- will get
- went
- None of these
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Macaulay had wealth and fame, rank and power, and yet he tells us in his biography that he _________ the happiest hours of his life to books.
- owed
- got
- owned
- attributed
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If it had not been for the snow, the plane _________ off.
- will take
- could have taken
- should have taken
- would have taken
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While Gopal threw down the hay, Govind _________ the cow and Govardhan cleaned out the barn.
- milked
- was milked
- would milk
- had milked
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Jim ____ his van off the road into the sidewalk as soon as he had a migrane attack.
- ran
- drove
- rode
- leapt
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Birds of the same feather _________ together.
- roost
- flock
- live
- reside
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_________ the Student’s Union, I bid a warm welcome to the chief guest.
- With regard to
- On behalf of
- For the sake of
- Inspite of
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The United Nations tries to maintain peace _________ the nations of the world.
- between
- among
- with
- amidst