Sentence Completion Test

Instructions: Finish each of the following sentences in any way you wish. You will not hand this sheet in.


1. I secretly wish __________________________________________________

2. What worries me is __________________________________________________

3. Secretly, I need __________________________________________________

4. In the evening __________________________________________________

5. My mom __________________________________________________

6. I want __________________________________________________

7. My classes __________________________________________________

8. I fear __________________________________________________

9. I get angry when __________________________________________________

10. Men __________________________________________________

11. Tomorrow __________________________________________________

12. My best friend __________________________________________________

13. My nerves __________________________________________________

14. I have fantasies about __________________________________________________

15. For sure __________________________________________________

16. Higher education __________________________________________________

17. Getting married __________________________________________________

18. If only I could __________________________________________________

19. My dad __________________________________________________

20. People __________________________________________________

21. I would eventually like to __________________________________________________

22. My dad thinks my mom __________________________________________________

23. I wish I could forget __________________________________________________

24. Many of my friends __________________________________________________

25. My biggest wish __________________________________________________

26. My best friend doesn't know __________________________________________________

27. I don't know why __________________________________________________

28. My mother and I __________________________________________________

29. I feel like __________________________________________________

30. I really hope __________________________________________________

31. A decade from now I __________________________________________________

32. My dream __________________________________________________

33. After I'm married __________________________________________________

34. Going on dates __________________________________________________

35. My family __________________________________________________

36. The thing that bothers me most about myself is ___________________________________

37. When I was younger __________________________________________________

38. It is hard for me to __________________________________________________

39. The opposite sex __________________________________________________

40. A friend __________________________________________________

41. Sex __________________________________________________

42. Compared to my friends, I __________________________________________________

43. My mom thinks my dad __________________________________________________

44. Sometimes I __________________________________________________

45. I would be truly happy if __________________________________________________

46. My looks are __________________________________________________

47. Even though it is silly __________________________________________________

48. Women __________________________________________________

49. My father and I __________________________________________________

50. Mothers should __________________________________________________

Adapted from R. M. Gardner (1980). Exercises for general psychology. Minneapolis, MN: Burgess Publishing.