Get Sentence Completion 15 (low-intermediate Level) - Englishforeveryone

In the sentence completion method, respondents are given incomplete sentences and asked to complete the thought. These sentences are usually in the third person and tend to be somewhat ambiguous.

There are possibly four types of sentence completions: Restatement: Containing words such as namely, in other words, in fact, that is, etc. Comparison: Containing the words such as likewise, similarly, and, just as, as like as, etc. Example: Jack was cleared of all charges; similarly, Jill was ______.

Word-based: We must use just one word to complete each blank. This type is phrase-based, requiring us to select a phrase to finish the sentence that has been given to us. Sentence-based: We must fill in the blanks with a complete sentence. Most passage-based questions use this kind.

One of the ways to handle a text completion question is to break the text into parts in a way that is easy for you to understand. So, before you consider any of the choices given, break the passage into smaller, easily understandable parts and consider each part at a time.

Strategies for Sentence Completion: Read the Sentence. Use the sentence clues by reading the sentence thoroughly. ... Hints. The hints indicate what should go into the blank for the sentence to make sense. ... Pluses and Minuses. ... Structure Words. ... Visualize. ... Elimination. ... Improve Your Vocabulary. ... Working Backwards.

When you get sentence completion questions you must fill in the miss word or words with an appropriate word(s) taken from the reading passage. The completed sentence must be grammatically correct. This is a common type of question in IELTS reading.

Generally speaking, sentence completion tests are easier to interpret since the answers provided will be more detailed than in a word association test. However, their intent is also more obvious to the respondent, and could possible result in less honest replies. A variant of this method is the story completion test.