Complete the Sentences Practice: Guide and Examples

Learn how to approach Complete the Sentences with original practice examples, timing notes, common mistakes and clear explanations. Free reading practice with Nepious.

By Nepious · Reviewed 2026-11-06 · Original practice material

Readingshared 7–8 minute setNo per-question preparation

What is Complete the Sentences?

Select missing words in the first half of a passage. This guide explains an approach and gives original examples you can study before trying a new prompt.

How to approach the question

Read before choosing. Check collocations, grammar, and the relationship between sentences.

What to watch for

All six tasks share 7–8 minutes in a linked set. Do not spend the full allowance on the first screen.

Try the skill, then inspect your answer

Answer once before revealing a model. Compare the meaning, the requested points and the language you used. Choose one improvement and try an unseen question. Repeating a known answer mainly measures familiarity.

Practice Complete the Sentences

Original worked examples

These examples were written for Nepious. They are not recalled live exam questions and have no assigned official score. Open-response tasks allow many valid answers.

Example 1

When an _____ parking area became available, residents _____ a shared garden. At first, only a few people _____. They cleared the ground, _____ vegetables, and agreed to _____ the work.

Answer and explanation

When an unused parking area became available, residents proposed a shared garden. At first, only a few people joined. They cleared the ground, planted vegetables, and agreed to share the work.

The passage develops this idea: A shared garden brought residents together despite producing limited food.

Example 2

Cities frequently _____ public transport by counting passenger journeys. This measure is useful, yet it may _____ important differences in _____. A busy route can appear successful even when residents of distant neighborhoods have few _____ _____.

Answer and explanation

Cities frequently evaluate public transport by counting passenger journeys. This measure is useful, yet it may conceal important differences in access. A busy route can appear successful even when residents of distant neighborhoods have few reliable options.

The passage develops this idea: Passenger totals alone cannot show whether a transport system provides equitable access.

Example 3

Economic growth is often treated as a _____ measure of social progress. Rising output can indeed support better public services, but its _____ matters. An average increase may _____ with _____ living standards for _____ groups.

Answer and explanation

Economic growth is often treated as a comprehensive measure of social progress. Rising output can indeed support better public services, but its distribution matters. An average increase may coexist with declining living standards for particular groups.

The passage develops this idea: Economic growth should be assessed alongside other measures to understand social well-being.

How feedback works in Nepious

Objective exercises compare your response with an authored answer key. Some tasks use local partial-credit approximations. These item results are useful feedback, but their difficulty is not calibrated to the official exam.

No local task result or model response guarantees a particular DET score. For a more authoritative external reference, use the official practice test.

Common questions

What do I do in Complete the Sentences?

Select missing words in the first half of a passage.

How should I approach Complete the Sentences?

Read before choosing. Check collocations, grammar, and the relationship between sentences.

What is a common mistake in Complete the Sentences?

All six tasks share 7–8 minutes in a linked set. Do not spend the full allowance on the first screen.

Related reading practice

Format references: official 2026 scoring guide and current test structure. Nepious is an independent practice project.