FREE OOPT Basic Questions and Answers
Choose the underlined area that includes a mistake. His struggles and sufferings, which he claimed were his worse, would be more satisfactory if he actually took the time to organize his thoughts.
The correct response is "worst". It must be a superlative rather than a comparative because there are more than two items being compared here.
Choose the underlined section that contains an error: My buddy had been advised to make prudent investments with her inheritance, so she delayed to purchase those stocks offered on the exchange that afternoon.
"Delayed purchasing" is the right answer. An infinitive was utilized rather than a gerund. Delayed is a verb that ends with the -ing Gerund.
Despite his four years of expertise in software engineering, Mr. Jones had never used a word processing tool ___________.
An adverb is required for this statement.
The person taking the minutes will be seated __________ the chairman.
"By" is the same as "near" or "beside".
The employees __________ about the closure before it was made public.
The simple past tense is necessary.
When did Coleen _______ college?
"Graduate," in this case, is used with "from." A question with "did" does not use the verb's -ing form.
You seem pale. You had better _______ a doctor.
"Consult" is a transitive verb, thus it does not require a preposition.
Do you have __________Â to do this afternoon? If not, I would want to take you to the cinema.
"Many" does not go with an uncountable word. "Work" is an uncountable noun.
The party was held ________.
The preposition "at" is associated with 3 p.m., and "in" with October. What preposition is associated with a specific day of the week?
It's snowing. Do you want to ________ this weekend?
"Go" is used with the "-ing" form, the root form, and "to." "To" is not used after -ing forms.
The reason ________ steam vehicles was due to their difficulty starting and running.
The relative adverb "why" gives the meaning of "reason" and replaces "for which," a preposition and a relative pronoun.