Sentence Completion Exercise

Fill in the blanks.

1. He would have drowned if the rescuers

………………………….. in time.

didn't arrive

haven't arrived

hadn't arrived

2. Would you mind my ………………………. the

window?

open

opening

opened

3. Take anything you …………………………

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want

wanted

will want

4. I knew that she ……………………… support me.

will

would

shall

5. ……………………. I ran, I could not catch up with

him.
Please select 2 correct answers

Though fast

Fast though

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Fast as

6. The party was great ……………………..

fun

funny

7.Only after her death …………………….. able to

appreciate what she did for me.

I was

was I

8. Hardly …………………… I sat down to rest when

the doorbell rang.

did

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had

have

9. ‘I don’t like oysters.’ ‘……………….. do I.’

so

either

neither

10. ……………………….. we heard the gunshots,

we rushed upstairs.

No sooner

As soon as

Hardly had

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11. Where ……………………. all this while?

were you

have you been

are you

12. It was the last message I ………………………..

from him.

get

got

have got

Answers
1. He would have drowned if the rescuers hadn’t arrived in time.

2. Would you mind my opening the window?

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3. Take anything you want.

4. I knew that she would support me.

4. I knew she would arrive before long.

5. Fast though / Fast as I ran, I could not catch up with him.

6. The party was great fun.

7.Only after her death was I able to appreciate what she did for me.

8. Hardly had I sat down to rest when the doorbell rang.

9. ‘I don’t like oysters.’ ‘Neither do I.’

10. As soon as we heard the gunshots, we rushed upstairs.

11. Where have you been all this while?

12. It was the last message I got from him.

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