subject: Sentence Completion Question [print this page] What is sentence completion question? What is sentence completion question?
Sentence completion question, as the name suggests deals with the simple idea that in any given sentence with one or two missing vocabulary words indicated by blank spaces (___), needs to be filled with the right word from given options of words. The main idea to present sentence completion question is to enhance the vocabulary as this relies mainly on vocabulary. The student is required to know the meaning of the words given in order to judge which one could fit into the blanks in the best possible manner. Hence, this helps in increasing not only our written skills but also the verbal communication skills too. Therefore, a sound and good vocabulary is a prerequisite for any sentence completion question. Hence before start working on the sentence completion question section one should first work on improving his vocabulary by reading word lists and such.
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How do we solve these?
Although sentence completion question requires a lot of brainstorming but by using some simple techniques we can easily handle such questions easily.
Sentence completion question (Scenario I) - one blank:
1. When you start to read the sentence, ignore the choice words.
2. Try to think the best possible word of your own that can fit in the blank.
3. However if you dont understand the sentence at all and unable to think of a word that fits, then preferably move on and try coming back later to it.
4. If you come up with some choice of words that might fit the blank, instantly start comparing these words with the given options.
5. Start eliminating the words that doesnt have the same meaning close to the word you have thought of and try the leftover choices.
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For better understanding, lets have a look at these examples.
Example:
During the soccer match, David was overcome by a sense of ----------.
