VERBAL 3 — SENTENCE COMPLETION

20 of your ~25 verbal questions · 25 seconds each · no options

This is 80% of the verbal section. Get this right and verbal is handled.

From a trainer's slide sourced to a TCS exam document: "Type ONE word that best fits the sentence. Only one word accepted. Click 'Next' when done." — 20 questions, 25 seconds each.

Confirmed by candidates who sat it: "There were 25 sentence completion questions and there were no options; we had to enter the answer directly in the input box." · "No option available, you have only 25 seconds, after that it will lock."

PART 1 — THE PRODUCTION MINDSET

With four options, you compare and eliminate. With none, you must generate the word from the sentence alone. Two consequences:

1. There is usually more than one acceptable answer. "The manager ______ the proposal" — approved, rejected, reviewed, submitted all fit grammatically. The sentence must tell you which. Meaning direction is everything.

2. Grammar blanks have exactly one answer. A preposition, an article, a connector or a verb form is either right or wrong. These are the free marks — and they are the ones you can guarantee by learning V1.

Where the 20 questions come from

Based on the reported focus (action verbs, adjectives, adverbs) and the "one word" rule:

PART 2 — ⭐ THE PROCEDURE

You have 25 seconds. Do this, in this order, every time.

1.  READ THE WHOLE SENTENCE           ~5 s   never start at the blank
2.  WHAT PART OF SPEECH?              ~2 s   look either side of the gap
3.  WHICH DIRECTION?                  ~5 s   contrast / cause / continuation
4.  SAY YOUR OWN WORD                 ~5 s   the first sensible one that fits
5.  CHECK IT FITS GRAMMATICALLY       ~3 s   number, tense, preposition
6.  TYPE IT — SPELLED CORRECTLY       ~5 s   then Next

Step 2 — part of speech from the surroundings