Grammar 69 - Sentence Completion

Often we find ourselves in a quandary while expressing something and we are stuck because we cannot find the right word to complete a sentence. Don't fret! This High English quiz is just the thing. It is full of sentence completion exercises which will test your grammar and help you to overcome the issue. Take a look at this:

‘Ravinder was such a poor team man that his inclusion in the team served as _________, rather than a boon to the team.’

Let's try to fill the blank. One way to find the right words is to look for alternatives, which could be ‘a hindrance’, ‘a disadvantage’ or ‘an advantage.’ Now, looking at the context of the sentence, we can test these words by fitting them into the gap. The player is described as a poor team man and so we can safely eliminate ‘an advantage.’ Both ‘a disadvantage’ and ‘a hindrance’ appear to fit the context of the sentence. While ‘a disadvantage’ may be a possible candidate, the context of the sentence suits ‘a hindrance’ better and so we can conclude that ‘a hindrance’ is the more apt solution.