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Sentence Completion

January 3rd, 2019 in Improve English

Fill in the blanks.

Fill in the blanks.

  1. I looked up and found that ………………………… through the ceiling.
    a) we had water dripping
    b) we had water dripped
    c) we have water dripping
  2. She was hardly inside the house ………………………. the kids started screaming.
    a) when
    b) by
    c) as soon as
    d) than
  3. …………………………….. to marry him than she started having terrible doubts.
    a) No sooner had she agreed
    b) She no sooner had agreed
    c) No sooner did she agreed
  4. She was a nice girl, but she ……………………… talk about herself all the time.
    a) would
    b) must
    c) could
    d) should
  5. …………………………… his leg, he hurt his arm.
    a) As well as breaking
    b) As well as he broke
    c) As well as broke
  6. ……………………………., they had no chance of winning.
    a) Bravely as though they fought
    b) Bravely they fought though
    c) As they fought bravely
    d) Bravely as they fought
  7. ……………………………….. we went out.
    a) As it was cold
    b) It was cold though
    c) Cold it was though
    d) Cold though it was

Answers

  1. I looked up and found that we had water dripping through the ceiling.
  2. She was hardly inside the house when the kids started screaming.
  3. No sooner had she agreed to marry him than she started having terrible doubts.
  4. She was a nice girl, but she would talk about herself all the time.
  5. As well as breaking his leg, he hurt his arm.
  6. Bravely as they fought, they had no chance of winning.
  7. Cold though it was we went out.