Practice Test Set 2 (Sentence Completion)

1. If you wait here, I _____ if the Manager is in.

   1. would see
   2. will have seen
   3. would have seen
   4. will see

2. I _____ have to remind him of his responsibilities.

   1. continually
   2. continuously
   3. continually
   4. persistently

3. If the teams were not so evenly matched, it would be easier to _____ the outcome of the match.

   1. argue
   2. predict
   3. discuss
   4. influence

4. Walters and Torres ________ seven other candidates in the special election, but because neither ________ more than 50 percent of the vote, a runoff election will have to be held for the two of them.

   1. trailed . . . captured
   2. defeated . . . recaptured
   3. out-polled . . . garnered
   4. eliminated . . . reclaimed
   5. evaded . . . achieved

5. When he _____ his hair cut, he went to the cinema.

   1. has had
   2. have had
   3. will have had
   4. had had

6. God is kind and _____ to all sinners who repent.

   1. graceful
   2. gracious
   3. gaseous
   4. guessful

7. We congratulate him _____.

   1. on his success
   2. for his success
   3. at his success
   4. in his success

8. Prices for bikes can run _____ Rs. 30000/-.

   1. as high as
   2. as high to
   3. so high to
   4. so high as

9. There seems to be a _____ of good young players at the moment.

   1. plague
   2. series
   3. plethora
   4. dearth

10. He said that there was no going back because his decision was _____.

    1. palatable
    2. peremptory
    3. premeditated
    4. revolutionary

11. The examiner made us _____ our identification in order to be admitted to the test center.

    1. showing
    2. show
    3. showed
    4. to show

12. His ______ capacity for food was abnormal.

    1. venal
    2. venial
    3. voracious
    4. veracious

13. She ________ for Karachi three days ago

    1. left
    2. is leaving
    3. had left
    4. will leave

14. He has _____ knowledge of the subject.

    1. exceptional
    2. exceptionable
    3. exhaustible
    4. exhaustive

15. _____ is necessary for the development of strong bones and teeth.

    1. it is calcium
    2. that calcium
    3. calcium
    4. although calcium

16. They refuse to _____ defeat.

    1. grant
    2. yield
    3. own
    4. acknowledge

17. It is now believed that some damage to tissues may result _____ them to frequent X-rays.

    1. the exposing
    2. from exposing
    3. from exposure
    4. expose

18. All communication with outside world has been cut _____.

    1. out
    2. away
    3. down
    4. off

19. Beauty is to ugliness and adversity is to _____.

    1. prosperity
    2. cowardice
    3. miser
    4. happiness

20. A _____ of the medal was put on show at the museum.

    1. fable
    2. facsimile
    3. allegory
    4. cosmos

21. It is usually _____ lava but gas that kills people during volcanic eruptions.

    1. not only
    2. not
    3. neither
    4. no

22. I can not _____ that he would wish to harm us.

    1. hatch
    2. produce
    3. breed
    4. conceive

23. You must apply ________ the judge for pardon.

    1. to
    2. with
    3. upon
    4. over
    5. in

24. I insisted ________ my fee paid.

    1. to have
    2. on having
    3. to having
    4. in having
    5. with having

25. The chair is in the garden, please _____ it.

    1. bring
    2. fetch
    3. carry
    4. transport

Answers

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