Sentence Completion Test - ISSB - Notes / Guidelines

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What is Sentence Completion Test and How its Conducted at ISSB

Sentence Completion Test, also known as SCT, is a part of Psychologist Tests at ISSB. In this test, candidates are given incomplete sentences and they have to complete these sentences. Its similar to fill in the blanks, though here one has to complete sentence to make sense.

Sentence completion test (SCT) is a projective test used by psychologists to explore the needs, inner conflicts, fantasies, attitudes, aspirations, adjustment difficulties, and sexual abuse in the children and adolescence. The Sentence Completion Method is a further development of the Word Association Test, in which a subject is presented with a stimulus word and responds with the first word that comes to mind. The answers can be tagged from a conflict (pessimism, hostility, hopelessness) to neutral (stereotypes, catchphrases, cliches) to positive (humor, optimism, acceptance) rating

The candidates are provided with a paper on which 26 partial / incomplete sentences are written. Every candidate gets two pages (one by one). Both of which have 26 sentences on each to complete (one sheet is in English, while other is in Urdu). So, the total sentences are 54.The candidates has to complete the sentences in 6 minutes each.

How to attempt Sentence Completion Test at ISSB

Some of the tips/ guidelines about attempting Sentence Completion test (SAT) are as under:-

- Read the given sentence carefully.
- Create correct/ logical association. You have to write a sentence which seems a continuation of the given incomplete sentence.
- Write the first response which comes in your mind. Don't overthink.
- Rely on instinctive truth in you. Don't fear or contemplate examiner's approach.
- Completion is the most important part of any assignment given to you. Time management under stress, reflects good on personality.
- Do not fake/ manipulate sentences for positive writing.
- Be energetic, optimistic in overall approach.
- Practice sentence completion test as much as you can.
- Improve your writing speed and vocabulary.

What are Samples of Sentence Completion Tests at ISSB

English Samples of SCT

My father……………….
Life is a big …………………
Its rare to be ……………
He knows……………..
To become rich………..
He could not…………..
Hardships ………………
Whenever he is alone ……
He is upset …………….
Money is ………………
He tried but …………………
My greatest weakness is ….
Our media is …………..
I will marry a ………..
He needs ………………
I love ………………….
My plan is …………
A time will come ……….
I am afraid of ……….
To be happy one has to ……………….
Tears are .........
Its so difficult to ..........
Speed driving ............
Beautiful girls are often .......
Rich boys ............
Our Army .............
Pakistanis are normally very ...........

Urdu Samples - Sentence Completion Test (SAT) at ISSB;

----------------------- مولوی صاحبان
--------------------- آج کل کی لڑکیاں
-------------------------- وہ ابھی تک
----------------- ان کے درمیان ہر روز
------------------------ ایک فوجی اکثر
----------------- جب وہ اداس ہوتا ہے تو
------------------------- صبح کے وقت
------------------------وہ اپنی امی سے
----------------- کام کام کرتے کرتے وہ
-------------------- میرے اسکول میں وہ
---------------------میرے بس میں ہو تو-
------------------ جب دشمن سامنے آیا تو
------------------------- -- میں چاہتا ہوں
------------------------ دیکھنے میں تو وہ
---------------------------- ہمارے پاس
---------------------- خبر کو دیکھتے ھی
------------------------- - تقریبا ہر انسان
-------------------- انکار سن کر اس نے
------------------- اس کے آنسو دیکھ کر
-------------------- - اچانک شور سن کر
------------------- اپنی بیماری کیوجہ سے
--------------------------- شرم کے مارے
--------------------- عورتوں کے ہجوم میں
---------------------------- ناکامی کے بعد
------------------------ افسر بننے کے لئے
----------------------- رات کی تاریکی میں