Sentence completion exercise 3

Sentence completion exercise
Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase.
1. You had better ……………………. a specialist.
a) consult to
b) consult
c) consult with
d) consult by
2. You must not leave books near the open fire. They …………………. easily.
a) catch fire
b) catch with fire
c) catch to fire
d) catch on fire
3. When will the meeting ……………………..?
a) be held
b) be hold
c) hold place
d) take hold
4. Let’s ………………… this weekend. It is snowing.
a) go ski
b) go skiing
c) go to ski
d) skiing
5. I have had …………………… for a bit. I am going home.
a) enough Rome
b) enough of Rome
c) Rom enough
d) enough Rome of
6. He is trying to make a machine that would ………………….. people in wheelchairs to get up stairs.
a) enable
b) able
c) unable

d) capable
7. I really ………………………. when I went skiing last month.
a) enjoyed
b) enjoyed with
c) enjoyed myself
d) enjoyed myself with
8. I felt like ……………………….


a) crying
b) to cry
c) to crying
d) cry
9. I …………………….. for hours, and I was getting tired.
a) had been running
b) have been running
c) was running
d) is running
10. ……………………, he went on working.
a) As he was tired
b) Tired he was
c) Tired though he was
d) None of these

Answers
1. You had better consult a specialist.
2. You must not leave books near the open fire. They catch fire easily.
3. When will the meeting be held?
4. Let’s go skiing this weekend. It is snowing.
5. I have had enough of Rome for a bit. I am going home.

6. He is trying to make a machine that would enable people in wheelchairs to get up stairs.
7. I really enjoyed myself when I went skiing last month.
8. I felt like crying.
9. I had been running for hours, and I was getting tired.
10. Tired though he was, he went on working.

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