Introduction
Sentence Completion gives an incomplete sentence (often ending mid-thought) and asks which option best completes
it — testing whether you can follow the sentence's logical direction, not just its grammar.
Solving Approach
- Identify the sentence's setup: is it building toward a contrast, a cause-effect result, an example, or a conclusion?
- Eliminate completions that are grammatically fine but shift the sentence's logical direction (e.g., adding a contrast where none was set up).
- Prefer completions that stay consistent with the tense and subject already established in the sentence.
Q. "Despite the bank's efforts to simplify the loan process, many customers ___."
(a) found the new process significantly easier to navigate (b) continued to face difficulties with the paperwork (c) decided to open new savings accounts (d) praised the improved customer service
"Despite" signals a contrast — the completion must show an outcome opposite to what the bank intended (simpler
process). Only option (b) contradicts the expected positive outcome, matching the "despite" setup.
Answer: (b) continued to face difficulties with the paperwork.
⚠️ Key Insight: The opening clue word (despite, because, therefore, although) is the single
strongest signal for which direction the completion must take — always identify it before evaluating any option.
✅ Practice Focus: Recognising contrast vs cause-effect setups · Rejecting logically inconsistent
completions · Maintaining tense and subject consistency.