Beginning Sentence Completion Exercise 30

1. The number 9 comes _____ 10. The number 5 comes _____ 4.
   1.   ?    after...before
   2.   ?    before...after
   3.   ?    after...after
   4.   ?    before...before
2. When Sue doesn’t get what she wants, she gets ______.
   1.   ?    happy
   2.   ?    satisfied
   3.   ?    bored
   4.   ?    angry
3. The garden is filled with ______ flowers. It is beautiful.
   1.   ?    lovely
   2.   ?    wilted
   3.   ?    blackened
   4.   ?    dull
4. The bridge had been built too ______; the construction crew had to ______ it so that trucks could pass underneath.
   1.   ?    high...lower
   2.   ?    tall...repair
   3.   ?    strong...weaken
   4.   ?    low...raise
5. The view from the mountain peak was ______, and the hikers enjoyed the ______ scenery.
   1.   ?    wonderful...ugly
   2.   ?    beautiful...gorgeous
   3.   ?    clear...foggy
   4.   ?    simple...poor
6. Although ants are tiny, they can lift very ______ objects.
   1.   ?    small
   2.   ?    hard
   3.   ?    soft
   4.   ?    heavy
7. All of the children were ______ because they were going to eat ice cream after dinner.
   1.   ?    careful
   2.   ?    sad
   3.   ?    scared
   4.   ?    happy
8. The pigs on our farm eat table scraps mixed with corn and milk. Pigs love it, but to me it seems ______.
   1.   ?    disgusting
   2.   ?    delicious
   3.   ?    good
   4.   ?    sweet
9. The elevator goes ______.
   1.   ?    right and left
   2.   ?    up and down
   3.   ?    back and forth
   4.   ?    side to side
10. The red wolf is a ______ animal, so you will probably never see one.
    1.   ?    rare
    2.   ?    popular
    3.   ?    common
    4.   ?    nice