Completing Sentences

COMPLETING SENTENCES

Here, we complete the incomplete sentences.

1.      When: You phoned me when I was taking my breakfast. I fell asleep when I got tired.  I studied a lot when –––––––––––.

2.      (i) While + verb + ing: I was bitten by a poisonous snake while walking in the garden. (ii) While + subject + Past Continuous Tense: While I was walking in the garden, a    poisonous snake bit me.

3.      Whereas + contrasting idea: The color black absorbs heat, whereas white reflects it.

4.      After: After he had finished his exams, he went to New York for a month.

5.      Before: The doctor had come before the patient died.

6.      Till: I'll wait till you finish.

7.      Until: We waited until he finished his homework.  You cannot go home until –––––––––.

8.      Present Tense + since + Past Tense: Many years have passed since he came here.

9.      Past Simple Tense + since + Past Perfect Tense: Many years passed since I met him.

10.  Because: Yesterday I could not attend the classes because I was sick. I was sick because –––––––.

11.  As: As she was sick, she could not attend the classes. Never tell a lie as it is a great sin. As he is a student, ––––––––––––.

12.  Since: Since the old man killed the bird, he brought bad luck to the crew. Since she knew English, I asked her to translate it.

13.  That: Anika knew that she would get A+ in the final examination. His silence proves that he is guilty. His silence proves that ––––––––––.

14.  … so that + Subject + can + Verb Present: We eat so that we can live. He is studying properly so that –––––––––.

15.  Lest + Subject + should + Verb Present: Walk carefully lest you should fall. Study hard lest you should fail.  He was walking fast lest he should miss the train.

16.  So … that: (Present Tense + so + adjective + that + Subject + cannot): He is so happy that he cannot speak. The sum is so easy that he –––––––––––––.

17.  So … that: (Past Tense + so + adjective + that + Subject + could not): He was so sick that he could not go to work. The sun is so hot that ––––––.

18.  Such … that: He is such a fool that you cannot rely on him.

19.  1st Conditional (If + Present Tense + Future Tense): If you attend the classes, you will do better in the exam. If he learns English, –––––––––.

20.  2nd Conditional (If + Past Tense + Past Tense): If you attended the classes, you (would / could / might) do better in the exam. If I knew it, –––––––––––.

21.  3rd Conditional: (If + Past Perfect Tense+ Subject + could have / would have / might have + verb Past Participle): If you had attended the classes, you (could have / would have / might have) done better in the exam. If they had taken him to a good hospital, he would have survived. Had I been a king, I would have helped the poor.             If you studied hard, ––––––––––––––.

22.  Had + subject + … + Past Tense:  Had I the wings of a bird, I would fly in the sky.

23.  Unless: You cannot prosper in life unless you work hard. You cannot cast your vote unless you are 18 years or above. Don’t go out unless ––––––––––––.

24.  Whether: I don’t know whether she will come.

25.  Whether … or: Whether you win this race or lose. It doesn't matter.

26.  Or: Do or die. Would you like cake or biscuits with your coffee?

27.  Though / Although: Though/Although he is not tall, he can touch the ceiling.

28.  Even if: Even if I fail, I shall not give up hope.

29.  So … as / as … as: No other university in Bangladesh is so famous as Dhaka University. No other language in the world is so sweet as Bangla.

30.  Than: He is taller than I am. You can play better than he [can play].

31.  No sooner had + verb Past Participle … than + Past Tense: No sooner had the teacher entered the class the students stood up. No sooner had I entered the class than ––––.

32.  Scarcely had + sub + verb Past Participle … when + Past Tense: Scarcely had I reached the station when the train left. Scarcely had we got in the bus when –––––––.

33.  Hardly had + sub + verb Past Participle … when + Past Tense: Hardly had I done my exercise when Nila came to see me.

34.  Too … to: She is too young to participate in the competition.

35.  Relative Pronouns (who, which, what, that): This is the girl who won the first prize. It is education that enlightens our minds. Sylhet is the place where tea grows well.

36.  Subordinate Clause: Mr. Rahman, who is the professor of English, is an honest man. It is education which –––––––––––. I know that ––––––––––––––.

37.  And: I take milk and sugar in my tea. My father knocked at the door and I opened it.

38.  But: I like coffee but I do not like tea. I eat cake, but I never eat biscuits. He is good at Mathematics but –––––––––––.

39.  Not only … but also: I bought not only a book but also a pen.  The book is not only interesting but also educative.

40.  Either … or: You can either go by bus or by taxi. They are both efficient.

41.  Neither … nor: He is neither sane nor brilliant. Sarah liked neither Rome nor Paris. She prefers the countryside.

42.  Infinitive (to + verb present): I want to help you. He decided to visit Cox’ Bazar. They need to –––––––––––––.

43.  Gerund: (verb + ing): I am fond of studying English literature. Without taking food, you will not live. He prevents me from –––––––––––––.

44.  Had better: You had better go home now.

45.  Would rather: I would rather read a book than watch television. She’d rather leave than stay here. I would rather die than beg.

46.  It is time / high time + Subject + Past Tense: It is high time we loved our country. It is time we left the place.  It is high time we ––––––––––.

47.  It is time + infinitive (to + verb present): It is time to change your bad habits.          It is time to ––––––––––––.

48. Present Tense + (as if / as though) + Past Tense (‘be’ = ‘were’ but other verb Past Simple): He acts as if he were mad. He acts as though he knew everything. He talks as if he ––––––––.

49.      Past Tense + (as if / as though) + Past Perfect Tense: He talked as though he had been mad.

50.            Both … and: I liked both the movie and the play. Mahabub both likes and recommends the movie.

51.            Yet: He’s seventy-two, yet he still swims, runs and plays football regularly.

52.            Let alone: The child cannot walk let alone run.

53.            Love, like, dislike, hate, mind, cannot help, look forward to, with a view to, verb + ing: I love traveling. He cannot help laughing. I went to market with a view to buying some vegetables. He finished reading ‘Hamlet’ yesterday. I hate –––––––––––. I like ––––––.

54.            Cannot but + verb Present: We cannot but die one day. He cannot but –––––––––.

55.            Cannot help + verb + ing = He cannot / couldn’t help laughing. Sumy could not help ––––.

56.            Preposition + verb + ing: He prevented me from speaking in public. She keeps on talking.

57.            I wish I + ‘be’ verb = ‘were’ / other verb Past Simple: I wish I were a bird. I wish I could fly in the sky.

58.            As/so long as: We will travel as long as the weather is good. You can do whatever you like as long as you do not neglect your studies.

59.            The + comparative . . . the + comparative: The more you read, the more you learn. The earlier, the better. The sooner, the better. The more he gets, the more –––––––––.

60.            In spite of / despite: In spite of memorising three words, he cannot use any of them. In spite of ––––––––––––, I could not board the plane.

61.            In order to: I went to India in order to visit the Taj Mahel. I met him  in order to –––––––.

61. In order that: It is the duty of the educated people to teach people in order that they can be educated.

Exercise

1. a. If you studied hard, ––––––––––.

b. He left the job because ––––––––––.

c. He went to Chittagong to ––––––––––.

d. Those, who waste time, ––––––––––.

e. ––––––––––, you will shine in life.

2. a. We must work hard in order that ––––.

b. A man, who ––––––––, cannot shine in life.

c. It is hard labour that ––––––––.

d. The idle cannot reach their targets because ––––––––.

e. ––––––––, unless you work hard.

3. a. There goes a proverb that –––––––––.

b. Though lost wealth can be regained by hard work, lost time –––––––––.

c. Time is so valuable that ––––––––––.

d. Those who, –––––, cannot shine in life.

e. ––––––––––, you must be successful.

4. a. Asha Pervin is so happy that ––––––––.

b. It is high time we ––––––––.

c. We should learn English because ––––––––.

d. If I study English at Dhaka University, –––––.

e. Unless you work hard, ––––––––.

  

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