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Directions: The question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
The troop of performers entertained their audience with some death defying stunts and acrobatics.
- entertained their audience with
- entertained its audience with
- entertained them audience with
- entertained these audience with
- entertained those audience with
Directions: The question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
Either the hostel warden or the doctor must give their permission for you to leave the hostel after dinner time.
- must give their permission for
- must give his permission for
- must give there permission for
- must give them permission for
- must give these permission for
Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
At a large university, one will always be able to find a friend who speaks one's language.
- who speaks one's language
- who speaks yourself language
- who speaks language
- who do not speaks your language
- who spoke your language
Directions: The question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
The event organizing committee for the Annual College Function received many compliments for their great food arrangement.
- for their great food arrangement.
- for those great food arrangement.
- for some great food arrangement.
- for any great food arrangement.
- for its great food arrangement.
Directions: The question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
When a captain does not agree with these teammate's decision, he is bound to be frustrated.
- agree with these teammate's
- agree with this teammate's
- agree with some teammate's
- agree with his teammates'
Directions: The question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
The Grey Wolf, a species reintroduced into their native habitat in Yellowstone National Park, has begun to breed naturally there.
- reintroduced into their native habitat
- reintroduced into it's native habitat
- reintroduced into its native habitat
- reintroduced into his natural habitat
- reintroduced into her natural habitat
Directions: The question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
In old times, a police officer used to be a symbol of authority; today they receive little respect from most people.
- today they receive little respect from most people.
- today he receives little respect from most people.
- today they receives little respect from most people.
- today he receive little respect from most people.
Directions: The question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
Those of us who are over fifty years old should get their blood pressure checked regularly.
- get their blood pressure checked regularly.
- get our blood pressure checked regularly.
- gets yourself blood pressure checked regularly.
- got his blood pressure checked regularly.
- got her blood pressure checked regularly.
Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
He asked his supporters to prepare them for shouldering greater responsibilities.
- to prepare them for shouldering greater responsibilities.
- preparing them for shouldering greater responsibilities.
- to prepare themselves for shouldering greater responsibilities.
- to prepare them in shouldering greater responsibilities.
- to prepare themselves in shouldering greater responsibilities.
Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
These days, job opportunities are not as good as it used to be in the early sixties.
- These days, job opportunities are not as good as it used to be in the early sixties.
- These days, job opportunities are not so good as they used to be in the early sixties.
- These days, job opportunities are not as good as they used to be in the early sixties.
- These days, job opportunities are not so good as they were in the early sixties.
- These days, job opportunities are not good, as it used to be in the early sixties.
Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
Who do you think the company will send abroad for the meeting?
- Who do you think the company will send abroad for the meeting?
- Who do you think will be sent abroad for the meeting by the company?
- Who do you think will the company send abroad for the meeting?
- Whom do you think will the company send abroad for the meeting?
- Whom do you think the company will send abroad for the meeting?
Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
He was asked to nominate a director whomever he thought had contributed most to the organization.
- whomever he thought had contributed most to the organization.
- whomsoever he thought had contributed most to the organization.
- whoever he thought was contributing most to the organization.
- whoever he thought had contributed most to the organization.
- who he thought had contributed the most to the organization.
Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
The manager and me had to travel a lot to promote our newly designed product.
- The manager and me had to travel a lot to promote our newly designed product.
- The manager and myself had to travel a lot to promote our newly designed product.
- The manager and me have to travel a lot to promote our newly designed product.
- The manager and myself have to travel a lot to promote our newly designed product.
- The manager and I had to travel a lot to promote our newly designed product.
Directions: This question presents a sentence, all or part of which is underlined. Beneath the sentence you will find five ways of phrasing the underlined part. The first of these repeats the original; the other four are different. If you think the original is best, choose the first answer; otherwise choose one of the others.
She is the best speaker made all the teachers choose her for any declamation contest.
- She is the best speaker made all the teachers choose her for any declamation contest.
- She is the best speaker that made all the teachers choose her for any declamation contest.
- She is the best speaker, which made all the teachers choose her for any declamation contest.
- She is the best speaker making all the teachers choose her for any declamation contest.
- She is the best speaker. This made all the teachers choose her for any declamation contest.
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The job will be given to whomever they decide is most likely to fit in their working system.
- whomever they decide is most likely to fit in
- whomsoever they decide is most likely to fit in
- whoever they decide is most likely to fit in
- whomever they decide most likely to fit