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Part 5 - Incomplete Sentences Practice

This document appears to be the first page of a practice test for an English language course titled "Idioma Moderno Curso 2019/2020". It contains 9 incomplete sentences to test grammar concepts like comparatives, prepositions, parts of speech, verb tenses, pronouns, and phrasal verbs. For each sentence, there are 4 answer choices to complete the sentence and 4 grammar concepts to identify what is being tested.

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Part 5 - Incomplete Sentences Practice

This document appears to be the first page of a practice test for an English language course titled "Idioma Moderno Curso 2019/2020". It contains 9 incomplete sentences to test grammar concepts like comparatives, prepositions, parts of speech, verb tenses, pronouns, and phrasal verbs. For each sentence, there are 4 answer choices to complete the sentence and 4 grammar concepts to identify what is being tested.

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IDIOMA MODERNO CURSO 2019/2020

Mª ÁNGELES JURADO BRAVO

Part 5 – Incomplete sentences practice


1. Quickly read this sentence and the answer choices. What exactly is the item testing?

The baseball coach appeared to be __________ than the players before the game.
(A) Nervous
(B) More nervous
(C) Nervously
(D) Most nervous

[ ] Parts of speech [ ] subject-verb agreement

[ ] gerunds and infinitives [ X ] comparatives and superlatives

2. Read the sentence again carefully. Think about the form of the word or phrase you need.
Study the words that come before and after the blank.
3. Go through each of the answer choices and eliminate any you are sure are incorrect. If you
are unsure, ask yourself which answer choice “sounds” right.
4. Mark your answer.

Repeat the same procedure for the following sentences.

1. __________ the bad weather forecast, it was agreed that the staff picnic would go
ahead as scheduled.
(A) However
(B) Although
(C) Because
(D) Despite

[ ] Prepositions
[ ] Parts of speech
[ ] Connectors
[ ] Phrasal verbs

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2. I thanked Daniel because I __________ not have completed the report without his help.
(A) Must
(B) Should
(C) Could
(D) Had

[ ] Subject-verb agreement
[ ] Parts of speech
[ ] Modal verbs
[ ] Pronouns

3. This is the first customer complaint about poor service that I have __________ in two
years.
(A) Worked out
(B) Called off
(C) Cut down
(D) Come across

[ ] Prepositions
[ ] Parts of speech
[ ] Words with similar meaning
[ ] Phrasal verbs

4. There was nobody to help me copy the files, so I had to do it __________.


(A) Myself
(B) Mine
(C) Me
(D) My

[ ] Verb tenses
[ ] Subject-verb agreement
[ ] Auxiliary verbs
[ ] Pronouns

5. This report is very __________ of the health and safety standards at the factory.
(A) Critic
(B) Critical
(C) Criticize
(D) Criticism

[ ] Prepositions
[ ] Parts of speech
[ ] Words with similar meaning
[ ] Phrasal verbs

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6. We regret to inform you that on this occasion you have been __________ in your
application for the position of Assistant Shift Manager.
(A) Unsuccessful
(B) Ineffective
(C) Incompetent
(D) Unproductive

[ ] Prepositions
[ ] Conjuctions
[ ] Vocabulary
[ ] Phrasal verbs

7. Because our favorite restaurant __________, we decided to go home and cook instead.
(A) To close
(B) Closes
(C) Be closed
(D) Was closed

[ ] Modal verbs
[ ] Subject-verb agreement
[ ] Gerunds and infinitives
[ ] Verb tenses

8. Can you please stop __________ that and help me with this?
(A) To do
(B) Doing
(C) You do
(D) Do

[ ] Verb tenses
[ ] Modal verbs
[ ] Pronouns
[ ] Gerunds and infinitives

9. For the whole of next week, Mrs. Philipps will be __________ a trade convention in
Frankfurt.
(A) Out
(B) To
(C) At
(D) Across

[ ] Prepositions
[ ] Parts of speech
[ ] Words with similar meaning
[ ] Conjunctions

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