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Sentence Completion

Description: Improving English Knowledge in Sentence Completion to Clear All the Competitive Examinations
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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.

  1. nutritious

  2. health

  3. richer

  4. nutrient


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 'Health' and 'nutrient' are nouns, 'nutritious' describes the diet.

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.

Reena is the _______ of the three daughters.

  1. oldest

  2. eldest

  3. elder

  4. older


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 'Eldest' is used to indicate the seniority with respect to age,especially in a family.

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.

I am ______ my son's success.

  1. delighted in

  2. delighted with

  3. delighted at

  4. delighted for


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 'Delighted at' someone's success.

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.

I could not find my car ________.

  1. everywhere

  2. anywhere

  3. somewhere

  4. nowhere


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Since the subject has a negative tone, we use the word 'any'

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.

My father ______ for Kolkatta this afternoon.

  1. set of

  2. has set of

  3. had set off

  4. set off


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Here, 'set off' means to embark on a journey.

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.

I do not remember _______ a more exciting cricket match.

  1. to have seen

  2. seeing

  3. to seeing

  4. having seen


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

"Having seen" is a past tense structure which tells about the time after something from the past till present.

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.

My car has gone to the workshop ________.

  1. for repair

  2. for repairs

  3. for the repairs

  4. to get repaired


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 'Repairs' when used as a noun has no singular.

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.

Unmindful of the criticism, my brother __________.

  1. stood his guns

  2. stood to his gun

  3. stood by his gun

  4. stood to his guns


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

' To stood to his guns' means to remain firm in one's conviction.

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.

We should synchronise our watches. It is six o'clock _________.

  1. says my watch

  2. on my watch

  3. according to my watch

  4. by my watch


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 'According to my watch' may be correct also, however, the most appropriate phrase would be 'by my watch'.

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.

The enemy ________.

  1. was binded hand and foot

  2. was bound hand and foot

  3. was bound by hand and foot

  4. was bound hand and feet


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 'To bound hand and feet' means hands and feet tied up.

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.

The police station is _________ of the hospital.

  1. within a stone's throw

  2. within stone's throw

  3. within a stone throw

  4. in a stone's throw


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 'Within a stone's throw' is an idiom meaning 'very close to someplace'.

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.

The train _______ reached the station.

  1. left before I

  2. left after I

  3. left before I had

  4. had left before I


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

To refer to two events of the past, we use past perfect tense for the event that occured before the other event.

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.

Hari has friends ______ are smugglers.

  1. who I think

  2. whom I think

  3. that I think

  4. which I think


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 'Who' is used for people and is used as a subject

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.

_________ grazing in the meadow.

  1. A cattle are

  2. The cattle are

  3. The cattle will

  4. The cattles are


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 'Cattle' is used for both singular and plural.

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.

I always _______ defy any authoritarianism.

  1. haven't and always will

  2. have and will

  3. have and always will

  4. have defied and always will


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 'Have defied' indicates an event that has passed, 'will defy' refers to a future event

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.

My parents visit me _________.

  1. of and on

  2. off and on

  3. on and of

  4. on and off


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 'Off and on' means not regularly.

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.

He was extremely embarrassed when his boss _________.

  1. cut him up to the quick

  2. cut him up quickly

  3. quickly cut him up

  4. cut him to the quick


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 'Cut someone to the quick' means to upset someone by criticizing them.

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.

_________ should arrange a picnic.

  1. You and I

  2. Me and Ram

  3. Ram and myself

  4. Me and he


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 The pronoun should be in subjective case, hence, 'I'. 

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.

His ________ riches has made him greedy.

  1. desire to

  2. desire in

  3. desire about

  4. desire for


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

' Desires for' is the correct usage.

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.

You must _______ music before going to bed.

  1. hear to

  2. listen to

  3. listen

  4. hear


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

If you hear something it is because you have ears and are not deaf, if you listen to something then you are paying attention to what you can hear. All the options except 2, don't fit the blank.

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.

He will not reach the station in time, ________?

  1. won't he?

  2. can't he?

  3. will he?

  4. can he?


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The rule states that if the question has a negative verb, then the verb in the question tag will be positive.

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.

_________ penalise you if you repeat the mistake.

  1. I should

  2. I ought to

  3. I will

  4. I shall


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 As there is a defnite tone to the statement and it refers to a future event, we will use 'will'.

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.

________ have to attend a marriage.

  1. My wife and me

  2. Myself and my wife

  3. My wife and myself

  4. My wife and I


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 'My wife and I' act as the subject of the sentence, hence, we will use 'I'.

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.

He is ______ his food.

  1. busy to eat

  2. busy about eating

  3. busy eating

  4. busy in eating


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Since the process is currently going on, we only use the action verb 'eat' in continuous form.  

Directions: Fill the gap with the most appropriate word or phrase from the options given below.

It is not necessary to buy _____.

  1. some shirts

  2. each shirt

  3. any shirt

  4. every shirts


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Any' is used in a negative sense.

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