TOEIC - Test of English for International Communication Incomplete Sentences Test 1

Question 1

The new employee handbook ______ to all staff members by the end of next week.

Accepted Answer

will be distributed

Answer

'Will be distributed' is the correct future passive form. The handbook (subject) receives the action, requiring passive voice, and 'by the end of next week' signals a future time frame. The other options are either active voice, wrong tense, or grammatically incorrect.

Question 2

The annual budget review has been ______ until further notice by the finance department.

Accepted Answer

postponed

Answer

'Postponed' is the past participle needed to complete the present perfect passive 'has been postponed.' 'Postponing' would require a different auxiliary (is/was), 'postponement' is a noun, and 'to postpone' cannot follow 'has been.'

Question 3

The client requested that the revised proposal ______ before the deadline.

Accepted Answer

be submitted

Answer

After 'requested that,' the subjunctive or passive subjunctive is required. Because the proposal receives the action of submission rather than performing it, 'be submitted' (passive subjunctive) is correct. 'Submits' is indicative, 'submit' would only work in active subjunctive where the subject acts, and 'submitting' is a gerund.

Question 4

______ completing the orientation program, new hires will be assigned to their respective departments.

Accepted Answer

Upon

Answer

'Upon' followed by a gerund expresses the meaning 'immediately after,' which fits the sequence of finishing orientation and then receiving a department assignment. 'During' implies simultaneity. 'While' requires a full clause with a subject. 'Since' refers to a starting point in time, not a completed action.

Question 5

The company's recent growth can largely be attributed ______ its investment in employee training.

Accepted Answer

to

Answer

'Attributed to' is a fixed collocation used to assign credit or causation. None of the other prepositions — at, for, or with — collocate correctly with 'attributed' in standard English usage.

Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) Practice Test

Test of English for International Communication (TOEIC) Practice Test

TOEIC - Test of English for International Communication Incomplete Sentences Test 1