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234 Sentence Completion MCQs from English, each with the correct answer and a written explanation of why it is correct. Free and unlimited, with no account needed.
Sentence completion tests whether you can use grammar, vocabulary, logic and context together to supply the missing word or phrase. The correct choice must fit the sentence's meaning, tone, tense, structure and connective relationship, not merely match one isolated grammatical clue.
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- A. therefore
- B. nevertheless
- C. similarly
- D. because
Explanation: Although already sets up a contrast, and nevertheless carries that contrast into the second half.
Correct answer: nevertheless- A. ambiguous
- B. conclusive
- C. tentative
- D. obscure
Explanation: If nobody can dispute the findings they must be decisive, which is what conclusive means.
Correct answer: conclusive- A. timid
- B. confident
- C. hostile
- D. quiet
Explanation: Despite signals a contrast with deeply insecure, so the outward manner must be the opposite of insecurity, that is confident or assured.
Correct answer: confident- A. before
- B. after
- C. unless
- D. although
Explanation: Trials logically precede approval, so before is the only connector that puts the two events in the right order.
Correct answer: before- A. however
- B. therefore
- C. in contrast
- D. for example
Explanation: Inconclusive results logically lead to the need for more work, so a consequence connector is required.
Correct answer: therefore- A. improves
- B. has improved
- C. improved
- D. is improving
Explanation: Since the operation marks a period running from a past point up to now, which calls for the present perfect.
Correct answer: has improved- A. That he could not buy us food
- B. That who could not buy us food
- C. To he could not buy us food
- D. None of These
Explanation: The result clause after “so poor” is introduced by “that”: “My father was so poor that he could not buy us food.” The structure “so ...
Correct answer: That he could not buy us food- A. joined
- B. replaced
- C. ignored
- D. influenced
Explanation: Joined means connected or combined with another group, which fits the idea that both groups continue toward the same goal.
Correct answer: joined- A. at the visitors
- B. for the visitors
- C. the visitors
- D. None of These
Explanation: “Give” takes an indirect object for the recipient and a direct object for the thing given: “We gave the visitors a meal.” “At” and “for”…
Correct answer: the visitors- A. chase
- B. pursuit
- C. track
- D. search
Explanation: Search for is the standard collocation meaning an attempt to find something.
Correct answer: search- A. among others
- B. of all others
- C. of all
- D. of
Explanation: The natural superlative construction is “the smartest of all girls,” where of all introduces the group being compared.
Correct answer: of all- A. the more/the more
- B. the most/the more
- C. the most/ the most
- D. None of these
Explanation: This uses the comparative correlative pattern “the more..., the more...,” showing that one increasing condition produces another.
Correct answer: the more/the more- A. Hope
- B. Fear
- C. Expect
- D. No Appropriate Option
Explanation: “Fear” expresses apprehension about an undesirable future event, so it fits the statement that the friend may die soon.
Correct answer: Fear- A. Quite
- B. As
- C. Perfectly
- D. Very
Explanation: The fixed comparative structure is “as ... as”: “I’m as sure of it as you are.” “Quite,” “perfectly,” and “very” cannot complete this…
Correct answer: As- A. would
- B. need
- C. could
- D. shall
- E. can
Explanation: Need not expresses the absence of necessity, so the sentence means that you are not required to worry.
Correct answer: need- A. Taken
- B. Drank
- C. Have
- D. Put
Explanation: “Have” is used in the expression “have a tea,” meaning drink a cup or serving of tea.
Correct answer: Have- A. both
- B. until
- C. either
- D. neither
Explanation: The paired construction is “either ... or,” so “either” correctly presents the two possible types of university.
Correct answer: either- A. 3,182
- B. 4,182
- C. 5,182
- D. 6,182
Explanation: The standard text of Beowulf contains 3,182 alliterative lines, making it the longest surviving Old English epic poem.
Correct answer: 3,182- A. The Grave
- B. Cædmon's Hymn
- C. Peterborough Chronicle
- D. Beowulf
Explanation: Cædmon’s Hymn is generally regarded as the earliest surviving English poem or literary work, dating from the seventh century.
Correct answer: Cædmon's Hymn- A. January - July
- B. June - December
- C. July - January
- D. December - June
Explanation: Earth reaches perihelion, its closest point to the Sun, in early January and aphelion, its farthest point, in early July.
Correct answer: January - JulySentence Completion MCQs: common questions
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