Sentence completion worksheet for class 9 and 10

Complete the following passages by choosing the most appropriate options from those given below.

Passage 1

Last night I ……………… (watch / was watching / have watched) a cricket match …………… (between / among / by) India and Pakistan. My friends ………….. (keep / kept / keeps / had kept) whistling and clapping while my mother …………. (cook / cooked / cooks / was cooking) for us. I …………. (have / had / have been) always loved to watch cricket matches.

Solution

Last night I was watching a cricket match between India and Pakistan. My friends kept whistling and clapping while my mother cooked for us. I have always loved to watch cricket matches.

Passage 2

If you take ……1…….. (a / the / some) number and double it and double it again and ………2……. (then / than) double it ………3…… (few / a few / the few) more times, ……4….. (a / the / some) number …5…… (get / gets / got / is getting) bigger and bigger and ……6…… (go / goes / went / is going) higher and higher and only arithmetic can tell you ……7…….. (what / which / that) the number ……8….. (is / are / was) when you ………9…….. (decided / decide / are deciding) to quit doubling.

Answers

If you take a (1) number and double it and double it again and then (2)double it a few (3) more times, the (4) number gets (5) bigger and bigger and goes (6) higher and higher and only arithmetic can tell you what (7) the number is (8) when you decide (9) to quit doubling.

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