Sentence Completion Exercise

Sentence Completion

• Subject-Verb Agreement: The verb must agree with the subject. For example, "The manager requested that the report be submitted by Friday" - "be submitted" is the correct form as the subject "report" is third person singular.
• Prepositions: Use the correct preposition to show relationships between words. For example, "The old tree was blown by the storm."
• Prepositions of Preference: Use "to" when comparing different things, as in "She prefers tea to coffee in the morning." (not than or over)
• Subject-Verb Agreement (Compound Subjects): With compound subjects (like "John or his friends") the verb agrees with the closer subject.
• Collective Nouns: Collective nouns (like "team", "class") can take either singular or plural verbs depending on the context. Singular "is", "was", plural "are", "were"
• Comparison Structures: Use "as... as" to compare things, "He is as tall as his brother". Do not use "than"
• Prepositions: Choose the correct preposition to express the relationship between words.
• Conditional Sentences: If-clauses use a past tense to express a hypothetical situation. For example, "If I had the opportunity, I would travel abroad."
• Spatial Relationships: Determine appropriate prepositions to show position, "The dog ran quickly around the yard".
• Comparisons: Use "as...as" to compare similar things, "I have never seen a movie as interesting as this one."
• Word Choice Ensure you select the most appropriate word for the context.

Identifying Errors

• Subject-Verb Agreement: Errors commonly found in subject-verb agreement.
• Pronoun Agreement: Ensure pronoun and antecedent agree.
• Pronoun Use: Use appropriate pronouns.
• Tense Consistency: Maintain consistent tense in a sentence
• Word Choice: Use words that make the sentence flow grammatically.
• Verb Tense-Consistency: Use correct verb tenses and be consistent.
• Word Choice: The correct word choice is critical for grammatically correct sentences.
• Idioms: Choose accurate idioms, phrasal verbs, and prepositions, etc.

Opposite in Meaning

• Synonym Recognition: Understand synonyms to identify opposites in terms.
• Antonym Recognition: Identify the word that relates to the opposite meaning of the bolded word.

Construction Shift

• Sentence Rearrangement: The ability to rearrange sentences.
• Reported Speech: Changing direct speech into indirect speech maintaining the original meaning.
• Idioms: Using correct and pertinent idioms.