Sentence Completion
English grammar quiz testing sentence completion skills for competitive examinations covering prepositions, phrasal verbs, pronouns, idiomatic expressions, and verb forms.
Questions
Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.
The doctor advised the patient to take a _______ diet.
- nutritious
- health
- richer
- nutrient
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Reena is the _______ of the three daughters.
- oldest
- eldest
- elder
- older
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I am ______ my son's success.
- delighted in
- delighted with
- delighted at
- delighted for
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I could not find my car ________.
- everywhere
- anywhere
- somewhere
- nowhere
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My father ______ for Kolkatta this afternoon.
- set of
- has set of
- had set off
- set off
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I do not remember _______ a more exciting cricket match.
- to have seen
- seeing
- to seeing
- having seen
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My car has gone to the workshop ________.
- for repair
- for repairs
- for the repairs
- to get repaired
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Unmindful of the criticism, my brother __________.
- stood his guns
- stood to his gun
- stood by his gun
- stood to his guns
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We should synchronise our watches. It is six o'clock _________.
- says my watch
- on my watch
- according to my watch
- by my watch
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The enemy ________.
- was binded hand and foot
- was bound hand and foot
- was bound by hand and foot
- was bound hand and feet
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The police station is _________ of the hospital.
- within a stone's throw
- within stone's throw
- within a stone throw
- in a stone's throw
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The train _______ reached the station.
- left before I
- left after I
- left before I had
- had left before I
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Hari has friends ______ are smugglers.
- who I think
- whom I think
- that I think
- which I think
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_________ grazing in the meadow.
- A cattle are
- The cattle are
- The cattle will
- The cattles are
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I always _______ defy any authoritarianism.
- haven't and always will
- have and will
- have and always will
- have defied and always will
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My parents visit me _________.
- of and on
- off and on
- on and of
- on and off
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He was extremely embarrassed when his boss _________.
- cut him up to the quick
- cut him up quickly
- quickly cut him up
- cut him to the quick
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_________ should arrange a picnic.
- You and I
- Me and Ram
- Ram and myself
- Me and he
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His ________ riches has made him greedy.
- desire to
- desire in
- desire about
- desire for
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You must _______ music before going to bed.
- hear to
- listen to
- listen
- hear
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He will not reach the station in time, ________?
- won't he?
- can't he?
- will he?
- can he?
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_________ penalise you if you repeat the mistake.
- I should
- I ought to
- I will
- I shall
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________ have to attend a marriage.
- My wife and me
- Myself and my wife
- My wife and myself
- My wife and I
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He is ______ his food.
- busy to eat
- busy about eating
- busy eating
- busy in eating
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It is not necessary to buy _____.
- some shirts
- each shirt
- any shirt
- every shirts