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Unit 05
Sentence Completion
questions 27–36
What These Questions Test
You are given half of a sentence and must choose the other half. Sometimes the first half is given, sometimes the second. The correct option must fit both grammatically (tense, linker, word order) and logically (meaning).
Key Structures and What They Need
| In the given part | The other part needs… |
|---|---|
| Although / Even though … | a contrasting idea |
| Unless … | a result that depends on a negative condition |
| If + past perfect … | would / could have + V3 |
| No sooner had … | than … |
| Hardly / Scarcely had … | when … |
| It was not until … | that … |
| The more … | the more / the less … |
| so + adjective … | that … |
Tactics
- Find the linker in the given part — it tells you the logical relation the missing part must have.
- Check tense agreement: past perfect in one part usually means past simple in the other; a future main clause usually needs a present-tense time clause.
- Check pronouns and references: it, they, this in an option must refer to something in the given part.
- Eliminate for grammar first, then for meaning. Usually two options are grammatically wrong and two are illogical.