Intermediate Sentence Completion Exercise 9

1. Although there were many boys in the art classroom, there was not a single ______.
   1.   ?    adult
   2.   ?    supply
   3.   ?    teacher
   4.   ?    girl
2. Someone who is twenty-one years old is a(n) ______.
   1.   ?    child
   2.   ?    teenager
   3.   ?    elder
   4.   ?    adult
3. Selling food can be difficult – you have to find a ______ before it ______ .
   1.   ?    freezer...is eaten
   2.   ?    cook...sells
   3.   ?    market...cooks
   4.   ?    drink...is finished
4. My friend and I ______ our money, but the ______ was not enough to buy the bike.
   1.   ?    lost...sum
   2.   ?    spent...price
   3.   ?    combined...total
   4.   ?    added...result
5. If the ruler of a country is ______, then he is a king. If the ruler of a country is female, then she is a ______.
   1.   ?    a guy...secretary
   2.   ?    male...queen
   3.   ?    a thief...horse
   4.   ?    a boy...boat
6. A(n) ______ is an insect that can lift objects that are many times its own weight, then carry them a long way.
   1.   ?    ant
   2.   ?    human
   3.   ?    car
   4.   ?    dog
7. My mother is a ______, and so is my older ______.
   1.   ?    girl...uncle
   2.   ?    man...father
   3.   ?    friend...enemy
   4.   ?    woman...sister
8. ______ must work together to end war, so that we can live together in peace.
   1.   ?    Cats
   2.   ?    Birds
   3.   ?    People
   4.   ?    Children
9. When my parents were ______, they became husband and ______.
   1.   ?    funny...clown
   2.   ?    hungry...breakfast
   3.   ?    younger...friends
   4.   ?    married...wife
10. Construction ______ were using ______ to climb up and fix the roof.
    1.   ?    trucks...stairs
    2.   ?    workers...ladders
    3.   ?    men...trees
    4.   ?    cats...hills