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Sentence Completion

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Directions: Choose the appropriate word and fill in the blank.

The state of affairs __________ sure to cause him anxiety.

  1. is

  2. are

  3. were

  4. has


Correct Option: A

Slow and steady _________ the race.

  1. win

  2. wins

  3. has won

  4. would win


Correct Option: B

Directions: Choose the appropriate option and fill in the blank.

A carpenter and a goldsmith _________ in our street.

  1. live

  2. lives

  3. living

  4. are living


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A carpenter and a goldsmith are two different persns . zhence, it will take plural verb

Directions: Choose the appropriate word and fill in the blank.

The introduction of reforms __________ greatly opposed by the aristocracy.

  1. was

  2. were

  3. have been

  4. are being


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Since subject is singular i.e. "intrduction". Hence, it will take singular verb

I saw him two months ___________

  1. ago

  2. before

  3. for

  4. since


Correct Option: A

He was foolish ___________ to listen to her.

  1. enough

  2. too

  3. also

  4. as well


Correct Option: A

Clever ___________ he was, he could not solve the problem.

  1. as

  2. though

  3. as though

  4. even though


Correct Option: B

_________ you give the keys of the safe you will be shot.

  1. if

  2. unless

  3. but

  4. though


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

"Unless" is appropriate

He ____________ hardly finished his lunch when someone knocked at the door.

  1. was

  2. had

  3. did

  4. would


Correct Option: B

I wish you __________ keep to the subject instead of digressing like this.

  1. should

  2. would

  3. might

  4. must


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 I wish you would keep to the subject instead of digressing like this.

He has been working here ___________ three years now.

  1. since

  2. for

  3. from

  4. before


Correct Option: B

___________ he was clever, he could not solve the problem.

  1. Though

  2. As

  3. Even

  4. In spite of


Correct Option: A

Such was Damyanti's beauty............. princes from far and near came to woo her.

  1. as

  2. for

  3. so

  4. that


Correct Option: D

Strong _________ the elephant was, it could not face the swift leopard.

  1. as

  2. though

  3. as though

  4. even as


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 "Strong though" or "though strong" means same 

I would rather be a doctor __________ a lawyer.

  1. than

  2. to

  3. but

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A

He climbed up a tree __________ to get a good view of the procession.

  1. such that

  2. such as

  3. so as

  4. even as


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 "so as to" is the correct usage.

I will call you when the guests _________

  1. arrive

  2. will arrived

  3. will be arriving

  4. will have arrived


Correct Option: A

They ________ the TV for a long time when the burglars burst in.

  1. was watching

  2. have been watching

  3. had been watching

  4. watch


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Past perfect continuous tense will be used. We use the Past Perfect Continuous to show that something started in the past and continued up until another time in the past.

My father usually ___________ coffee in the morning, but today he drank tea.

  1. drinks

  2. drink

  3. drank

  4. was drinking


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The subject "father" is singular. Hence, we will use singular verb

Every boy __________ interviewed by the principal.

  1. are

  2. were

  3. has been

  4. have been


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 This is the case of present perfect tense

He would rather __________ than yield to pressure.

  1. be dying

  2. die

  3. died

  4. will die


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Die is correct, because the sentence is in the present tense.

Ram is one of the players who _________ selected for the Test match.

  1. has been

  2. have been

  3. is

  4. was


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 This is the case of present perfect tense. In the above sentence 'who' relates to the 'players'. So, 'have been' will be used. 

Not ____________ in time, he could not get the scholarship.

  1. being applied

  2. applying

  3. having applied

  4. applied


Correct Option: C

__________ by rain, we took shelter under a tree.

  1. driving

  2. drove

  3. driven

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Option (3) is correct.

He complained of _________ by the police.

  1. having been tortured

  2. tortured

  3. torturing

  4. having tortured


Correct Option: A
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