TOIEC Incomplete Sentences Test
This is a timed quiz. You will be given 60 seconds per question. Are you ready?
When Sara arrived______ work, everyone suddenly stopped talking.
One arrives AT a place.
Without _____ legal support, we are certain to lose the lawsuit against us.
After WITHOUT we change NO into ANY. It's the same rule as in: I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY = I HAVE NO MONEY.
________ Mrs. Thompson's business acumen is beyond reproach, she has been able to increase profits dramatically.
There is a cause and effect here which requires BECAUSE.
Mr. Bulala has _________ been promoted.
This means that it has happened in the past.
Every year Ms. Lang looks forward ____ her summer vacation on the islands.
One looks forward TO something, meaning one anticipates it with excitement.
The New York Times _____ a favorite newspaper of many Americans.
Names like THE TIMES may look plural, but in grammar they are treated as singular forms.
__________________ all those applying, Mr. Jamison was the most experienced applicant
This is the correct preposition.
They _____ hire you if you had a valid driver's license.
Because HAD occurs in the last clause, the first clause should have a conditional WOULD form.
What reason ______ give for not being able to attend today's meeting?
The main verb GIVE needs a form of DO to make a question. This is in the past tense.
Had the overdraft _____________, the bank would have called.
The passive is needed here. It has the same meaning as IF THE PEOPLE WORKING IN THE BANK HAD NOTICED THE OVERDRAFT.
The lawyer who represents all our branches ____ never lost a single case.
Please select 2 correct answers
With NEVER and the past participle LOST, a present perfect tense is obvious.
If you can't _______________ with your old computers in today's fast-track technology, you should upgrade to a faster one.
GET BY means USE EFFICIENTLY.
You should always lock your desk before leaving _____ that nobody can steal anything.
SO THAT marks the beginning of a reason or purpose clause.
The World Wide Web revolutionized the way we communicate; _________, video-conferencing, internet- phone, and all the other multimedia embedded in the Web extend our global communication.
These are examples of the WWW.
When Tanya had to give speech, she ____ nervous hours beforehand.
The adverb of frequency ALWAYS should come after the copula WAS.
The rapid fall _____ stock market prices started panic among the stockholders.
This preposition is used after the noun FALL.
Memos are very popular in my office because ______ convenient and informative.
This provides both the subject THEY and the verb ARE needed for an dependent clause beginning with BECAUSE.
__________________ all those applying, Mr. Jamison was the most experienced applicant
They are planning _____a branch in Europe in three months.
PLAN is followed by an infinitive.
Where can I find some _____ on military spending in various countries.
INFORMATION is a noncount noun, so it is not used in the plural.