1. The committee found ___ evidence but requested ___ additional information.
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many / an
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few / a
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enough / some ✓
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an / many
Both nouns are non-count.
2. By next June, the team ___ three cycles.
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evaluates
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will have evaluated ✓
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has evaluated
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had evaluated
Future perfect.
3. She stopped ___ the document, then stopped ___ the phone.
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to read / answering
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reading / answering
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read / answer
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reading / to answer ✓
Discontinue, then pause in order to.
4. The office is locked. They ___ have left.
Strong past deduction.
5. Applicants ___ submit print; electronic is sufficient.
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mustn’t
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cannot
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shouldn’t have
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don’t have to ✓
Absence of necessity.
6. The researcher to ___ I spoke confirmed it.
Formal object of preposition.
7. The panel objected ___ releasing results.
object to + gerund.
8. The sample was small; ___, conclusions were cautious.
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therefore ✓
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otherwise
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meanwhile
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for example
Result relation.
9. Which is parallel?
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planning lessons, classroom observation and to provide feedback
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to plan, observing and feedback
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lesson planning, to observe and feedback provision
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planning lessons, observing classrooms and providing feedback ✓
Three coordinated gerunds.
10. “What reviewers recommended” in “What reviewers recommended remains unclear” is:
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object
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subject ✓
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adverbial
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object complement
Noun clause subject.
11. The files ___ before the audit.
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had stored
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had been stored ✓
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were storing
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have been storing
Past perfect passive.
12. Correct report of “Why did you change it?”
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She asked why had I changed it.
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She asked why did I change it.
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She asked why I had changed it. ✓
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She asked that why I changed it.
Statement order and backshift.
13. If instructions had been clearer, fewer candidates ___ confused now.
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would be ✓
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are
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would have been
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had been
Mixed conditional.
14. I wish I ___ the attachment yesterday.
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check
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checked
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had checked ✓
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would check
Past regret.
15. Most appropriate formal complaint:
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Your service is terrible.
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Guess what happened!
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I am writing to express concern regarding the repeated billing error. ✓
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You had better fix this.
Clear purpose and formal register.
16. In “a remarkably clear explanation,” remarkably is:
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noun
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adverb modifying adjective ✓
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adjective
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determiner
It modifies clear.
17. Which is conversion?
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unhelpful
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teacher
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to email ✓
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misinterpretation
Noun used as verb without affix.
18. Which is an adjunct in “The panel reviewed the application after lunch”?
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after lunch ✓
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reviewed
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the application
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The panel
Optional time phrase.
19. Which is a mitigated objection?
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You concealed evidence.
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The report is dishonest.
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You caused the failure.
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The proposal may not fully address access. ✓
Measured modality targets the proposal.
20. British/American pair:
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large / big
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book / novel
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teacher / student
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queue / line ✓
Common variety contrast.
21. The evidence ___ serious doubts.
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lifts
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raises ✓
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grows
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builds
raise doubts.
22. “Ruled out the option” means:
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selected
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postponed
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required
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eliminated ✓
Excluded from consideration.
23. “Tip of the iceberg” implies:
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cold weather
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harmlessness
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a larger hidden problem ✓
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solution
Small visible part.
24. Antonym of explicit:
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implicit ✓
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accurate
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detailed
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formal
Suggested rather than directly stated.