Sentence completion exercise Complete the following sentences The train is now ………………… the Victoria Terminus a) approaching at b) approaching to c) approaching d) approaching on She ……………… her disapproval of the show by leaving the auditorium a) evinced b) saw c) envisaged d) engaged Her questions must have provoked him for they ……………… a bitter retort a) evoked b) evinced c) invoked d) resulted Her silence merely ……………… the problem a) solved b) exacerbated c) accelerated d) improved This book is an …………………… account of the author’s life a) exhausted b) exhaustive c) peripheral d) attractive They bought the apartment at an ………………… price a) extreme b) exorbitant c) large d) high Her shameless affair is the ……………… in the family cupboard a) secret b) skeleton c) lock d) bone If we both put our ……………… on the table it would be easier to come to an agreement a) cards b) hands c) plans d) wallets 10 That noise is driving me up the ………………… a) wall b) roof c) hill d) road Answers The train is now approaching the Victoria Terminus She evinced her disapproval of the show by leaving the auditorium Her questions must have provoked him for they evoked a bitter retort Her silence merely exacerbated the problem This book is an exhaustive account of the author’s life They bought the apartment at an exorbitant price Her shameless affair is the skeleton in the family cupboard If we both put our cards on the table it would be easier to come to an agreement 10 That noise is driving me up the wall Stay on top of your writing! Download our grammar guide from www.englishgrammar.org to stay up-to-date Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)