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Sentence Completion

Sentence Completion

are the most common questions asked in IELTS. So go and practice lots of questions based on sentence completion.
Given below are five sentences with some blanks in them. Your task is to complete the sentence with the most appropriate word given in the options.

  1. Innovation would ___ in one trading hub for a while but then stagnate, sometimes because of external predators-roving pirates, invading barbarians but more often because of internal parasites.

    1. perish
    2. palliate
    3. flourish
    4. dramatize
  2. Boomers and their parents also spent their ___ years away from the cities, where newer immigrants tended to gather unlike today’s young people who have become more involved with immigrants.

    1. fantastic
    2. frenetic
    3. formative
    4. idyllic
  3. ____, shy dogs tend to live much longer that bold, aggressive dogs.

    1. febrile
    2. captivated
    3. docile
    4. ferocious
  4. When a mouse catches a whiff of a cat or a rat, it steps away from the direction of the scent, generally backward so it can keep an eye on the ______

    1. predator
    2. cannibal
    3. perfume
    4. swath
  5. Scientist have been able to formulate _ _______in the case of DNA, but definitive research has yet to provide a similar formulation for a finger print or a voice.

    1. fornesics
    2. nostrum
    3. distinctiveness
    4. therapeutic

Answers-:
1-3
2-3
3-2
4-1
5-3
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Do As Directed Questions

Given below are questions wherein what has to be done is given in the question itself. So, go on and

Do As Directed

in the question-:

    1. They should help him. (choose the sentence closest in meaning)
      1. They should be helped.
      2. He shall be helped
      3. He should be helped.
      4. He would be helped.
    2. We could hear a strange noise in the dark. (choose the sentence closest in meaning)
      1. A strange noise could be heard in the dark.
      2. No noise could be heard in the dark.
      3. A strange noise was heard in the dark.
      4. It’s a strange noise.
    3. It is __________ film I have never seen. (fill it up with the most appropriate option)
      1. worse
      2. The worse
      3. The worst
      4. worth
    4. Ten years ago, I _____________ in Scotland. (fill it up with the most appropriate option)
      1. Have worked
      2. worked
      3. Had worked
      4. Will work
    5. I __ quietly ________ when the fire started.
      1. Have been reading
      2. Had read
      3. Was reading
      4. read


ANSWERS

1-c
2-c
3-c
4-c
5-c

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Be In The Race

Don’t worry about whether you will get a band 8 or 7 or 9 in IELTS, as long as you were in the race, you haven’t lost. read more and find out what does it means to be in a race.

The three Rs
Sentence-: you need to be efficient with the three Rs to succeed in life.
Meaning-: reading,w(r)iting, and a(r)ithmetic, regarded as the fundamentals of elementary education
Pull a rabbit out of the hat
Sentence-: the people often at the lower level of government tend to pull the rabbit out of the hat.
Meaning-: used to describe an action that is fortuitous, and may involve sleight of hand or deception
Work the rabbit’s foot on
Sentence-: If you work the rabbit’s foot on don’t expect to have honest people coming your way.
Meaning-: cheat or trick
Be in the race
Sentence-: winning or losing is one aspect, but what is more important is, were you in the race.
Meaning-: have a chance of success

A race against time
Sentence-: often people who race against time are the ones who succeed, more than the ones who just know how to blame time.
Meaning-: a situation in which someone attempts to do or complete something before a particular time or before something else happens

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A Tall Poppy

It takes a lot of hard work, lot of listening to your heart before you become a tall poppy. What am I talking about? Keep reading, Keep learning and figure out what am I talking?

Talk a good game
Meaning-: talk convincingly but fail to act effectively.
Sentence-: the political parties know how to talk a good game.
A tall order
Meaning-: something that is difficult to accomplish
Sentence-: landing on moon must have looked like a tall order until Neil Armstrong did it.
A tall poppy
Sentence-: Barack Obama is a tall poppy worldwide
Meaning-: a privileged or distinguished person
Blessing In Disguise
Sentence-:Not being able to do a Khan film, turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Kangana Ranaut.
Meaning-: something good that was not recognized earlier
Cannot judge a book by its cover
Sentence-:If you judge a book by its cover you lose a lot on its content.
Meaning-: You cannot judge a person by his/her physical appearance.
Caught between two stools
Sentence-:It is really tough to move on if you are caught between two stools.
Meaning-: to find it difficult to choose between two alternatives
Cross That Bridge when you come to it
Sentence-: Sometimes it is good to cross the bridge when you come to it. but usually it is preferred that you avoid it first hand.
Meaning-: deal with a problem when it becomes necessary
Cry Over Split Milk
Sentence-: You cannot always cry over the split milk, sometimes you need to just move on.
Meaning-: to cry over a loss from the past
In tandem
Sentence-: being in tandem while exiting often reduces the chances of a stampede
Meaning-: one behind another
A tangled web
Sentence-: running after money will always lead you to a tangled web of problems.
Meaning-: a complex, difficult and confusing situation or thing.

Go fellas, follow your dreams before you are caught in a tangled web.
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