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IELTS Reading Exercise 5: Sentence Completion

Sentence completion requires the right information and the right form. Always check the word limit before copying an answer from the passage.

Passage and task

Researchers tracking urban birds found that feeding stations changed where some species gathered during winter. The effect was strongest in neighbourhoods with fewer mature trees. The study did not advise residents to stop feeding birds; instead, it recommended regular cleaning of feeders and a varied supply rather than one food source.

Complete with no more than two words: 1. The effect was greatest where there were fewer _____. 2. Researchers recommended _____ feeders. 3. They preferred a varied supply to a single _____.

Answers

1. mature trees. 2. cleaning. 3. food source. Each answer fits the word limit and completes the grammar of the sentence.

If you found the information but lost the mark, check whether you changed the required words, exceeded the limit or produced an ungrammatical completed sentence.

Use the guide

Complete the meaning and obey the word limit

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