Completing sentence exercise

Completing sentence exercise with answer

Completing sentence is an important grammar topic for the students of schools and colleges. Frequent exercise of completing sentence can ensure the mastery of this grammar topic.

To be good at completing incomplete sentences by using words, phrases, or clauses students should read more and more. By reading story books and newspapers regularly we develop our English language skills. Language skills are very important to complete an incomplete sentence correctly. Moreover, knowledge of phrases and clauses helps a student in completing a sentence. By reading newspapers and story books students can enrich their vocabulary. Besides grammatical knowledge, vocabulary is extremely important in completing an incomplete sentence. The most important way to be good at completing sentences is the exercise of completing sentence. More exercise in completing sentence will help a student to complete incomplete sentences easily, correctly, and meaningfully.

So, to be good at completing sentences, students should exercise more and more completing sentence.

Best wishes to the students.

Completing sentence exercise for SSC and HSC

1. Complete the following sentences using suitable phrases or clauses.

a. Hardly had the thief seen the house owner when……….

b. ……………. If he had asked me.

c. He is so poor …………………

d. …………. Is accepted by all.

e. Read and write regularly lest ……………

Answer:

a. Hardly had the thief seen the house owner when he hid himself.

b. I would have informed If he had asked me.

c. He is so poor that he cannot buy food.

d. A good man is accepted by all.

e. Read and write regularly lest you should fail to pass the test.

2. Complete the following sentences using suitable phrases or clauses.

a. A man or woman who is corrupt ……………….

b. A corrupt man is ……………..

c. The man taking bribes is …………..

d. Everybody tries to …………………….

e. …………………………………… to eradicate corruption.

Answer:

a. A man or woman who is corrupt can do anything for money.

b. A corrupt man is not liked by anyone.

c. The man taking bribes is a wicked wound of the society.

d. Everybody tries to eschew a corrupt person.

e. People from all walks of life should come forward to eradicate corruption.

3. Complete the following sentences by using appropriate phrases or clauses.

a. The weather was so cold that ……………..

b. The distance is too long for ……………..

c. Although he made excellent results in all the exams, ……………..

d. Scarcely had they reached home ……………

e. …………… unless you love them.

Answer:

a. The weather was so cold that we could not go out.

b. The distance is too long for him to reach the destination.

c. Although he made excellent results in all the exams, he did not get a suitable job.

d. Scarcely had they reached home when it started raining.

e. They will not love you unless you love them.

4. Complete the following incomplete statements by using appropriate phrases or clauses.

a. I wondered who ………………….

b. She proceeded as though …………..

c. No sooner had we ………………..

d. Hardly had I ……………….

e. Many years have passed ………………..

Answer:

a. I wondered who might have taken my mobile phone.

b. She proceeded as though she had been a great scholar.

c. No sooner had we reached school than the rain started.

d. Hardly had I seen him when he ran away.

e. Many years have passed since I met him in Khulna.

5. Complete the following incomplete sentences using meaningful phrases.

a. I will not join the team if …………………

b. …………….., the man went away.

c. There will be a meeting tomorrow ……………..

d. …………………. making so much noise?

e. You can’t stop me ……………….

Answer:

a. I will not join the team if I do not get the right position.

b. Finishing the work, the man went away.

c. There will be a meeting tomorrow in which the problem will be discussed.

d. Why are you making so much noise?

e. You can’t stop me from doing the work.

6. Complete the following incomplete sentences using suitable phrases or clauses.

a. Once time is lost, ……………

b. If every student used time properly, ……………….

c. It is high time, you ………………

d. A dishonest person speaks as if ………………..

e. You will not get 7.5 in IELTS …………………….

Answer:

a. Once time is lost, it is lost forever.

b. If every student used time properly, they would become successful.

c. It is high time, you started working hard.

d. A dishonest person speaks as if he helped people without any interest.

e. You will not get 7.5 in IELTS If you do not work hard.

7. Complete the following incomplete statements using appropriate phrases or clauses.

a. As you are a learner you should read your textbook attentively so that ………..

b. Make proper use of time lest ………………..

c. You ought to read your textbook again and again with a view to …………….

d. If you memorize the answers without knowing the meaning ……………

e. It is high time you …………………..

Answer:

a. As you are a learner you should read your textbook attentively so that you can make a brilliant result in your exam.

b. Make proper use of time lest you should lag behind in life.

c. You ought to read your textbook again and again with a view to having a clear idea about your lessons.

d. If you memorize the answers without knowing the meaning, they may not help you understand the topic.

e. It is high time you went through your textbooks repeatedly.

8. Complete the following incomplete sentences by using a few words.

a. Time is so valuable that ……………….

b. Those who ………………cannot shine in life.

c. ………………., you must be successful.

d. Books are our best friends because …………………

e. If you read books regularly ……………..

Answer:

a. Time is so valuable that we should not waste it.

b. Those who idle away their time cannot shine in life.

c. If you make the best use of time, you must be successful.

d. Books are our best friends because we get valuable knowledge from books to face real-life challenges.

e. If you read books regularly, you can enrich yourself with knowledge.

9. Complete the following incomplete sentences by using appropriate phrases.

a. Scarcely had I heard the sound ……………..

b. Had you forbidden me, ………………..

c. We eat good food so that ………………

d. Don’t eat more lest ……………..

e. I did it with a view to ……………….

Answer:

a. Scarcely had I heard the sound when I ran away.

b. Had you forbidden me, I would not have gone there.

c. We eat good food so that we can be fit and healthy.

d. Don’t eat more lest you should become fat and ill.

e. I did it with a view to helping you.

10. Complete the following incomplete sentences using suitable phrases or clauses.

a. We must work hard ……………….

b. A man …… ……… can’t shine in life.

c. It is hard labor …………….

d. The idle can’t reach their goal …………….

e. ……………….. unless you work hard.

Answer:

a. We must work hard so that we can succeed in life.

b. A man who wastes time in idleness, can’t shine in life.

c. It is hard labor that helps a man to reach his goal.

d. The idle can’t reach their goal because they waste their valuable time.

e. You will suffer from poverty unless you work hard.

11. Completing the following sentences using suitable phrases or clauses.

a. A man is known by the people …………….

b. As he was ill………………..

c. Unless you take part in model tests …………..

d. If you walk slowly…………….

e. The old man is so weak……………..

Answer:

a. A man is known by the people he mixes with.

b. As he was ill, he could not attend the meeting.

c. Unless you take part in the model tests, you will not do well in your final exam.

d. If you walk slowly, you will miss the train.

e. The old man is so weak that he cannot walk.

12. Completing the following sentences using suitable phrases or clauses.

a. There goes a proverb that…………….

b. Unless you have good health………….

c. It is a healthy poor man who…………….

d. …………. but you cannot enjoy your life spending money because of ill health.

e. You must follow the rules of hygiene with a view to………………

Answer:

1. There goes a proverb that a sound mind dwells in a sound body.
2. Unless you have good health, you can’t enjoy your life.
3. It is a healthy poor man who enjoys happiness.
4. You have a good amount of money but you cannot enjoy your life spending money because of ill health.
5. You must follow the rules of hygiene with a view to maintaining good health.

13. Complete the following incomplete sentences by using appropriate phrases or clauses.

1. It is high time ……………..
2. Scarcely had we finished our duty…………..
3. She acted as though……………….
4. If I had been invited to join the party………………
5. Uneasy lies the head………………

Answer:

1. It is high time we did the task.
2. Scarcely had we finished our duty when the supervisor appeared.
3. She acted as though she had been an expert.
4. If I had been invited to join the party, I would have been highly delighted.
5. Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

14. Complete the following incomplete sentence parts using suitable phrases or words.

1. Check the beast in you lest…………..
2. A child who is burnt……………
3. He feigned as though………………
4. …………………. if you had utilized your time properly.
5. The shoe wearer knows well …………….

Answer:

1. Check the beast in you lest you should be hated by others.
2. A child who is burnt dreads the fire.
3. He feigned as though he had been ill.
4. You would have succeeded in life if you had utilized your time properly.
5. The shoe wearer knows well where it hurts or pinches.

15. Completing the following incomplete sentences by using appropriate phrases or clauses.

1. I will let you allow a rest day provided ……………
2. If I had a good number of sources …………………..
3. If he had overeaten ……………….
4. The accident would have been avoided ………………….
5. Books are thought to be by your side when ………………..

Answer:

1. I will let you allow a rest day provided you edit the write-up in time.
2. If I had a good number of sources, I would manage enough taka for the trainees.
3. If he had overeaten, he would have fallen ill.
4. The accident would have been avoided if the driver had been more careful.
5. Books are thought to be by your side when you are alone.

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