SUMMING IT UP
- In a sentence completion question, you’re presented with a sentence or passage in which some part has been left blank. Your answer choices consist of several words or phrases that may fit grammatically in the blank, and you are to choose the word or phrase that best completes the meaning of the sentence or passage as a whole.
- Follow these steps to successfully choose the correct answers to sentence completion questions: Read the question carefully, eliminate any answer choices that you know for certain are wrong, and then select the remaining answer choice that most nearly means the same as the given word, even if it is not a word that you normally use. As a double-check, read the passage again, putting your answer in the blank.
- Be on the lookout for words that look alike but have different meanings. Read each answer choice carefully so that you will not fall into this common “trap.”