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English

Reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, and language use.

Sample Practice Questions

  1. Read: 'The entrepreneur pitched her idea with passion and precision.' The word 'precision' means:

    • enthusiasm
    • speed
    • exactness and accuracy
    • creativity
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    Answer: exactness and accuracy

  2. Choose the word that means 'to express disapproval of':

    • praise
    • censure
    • endorse
    • ignore
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    Answer: censure

  3. Which sentence is in the pluperfect (past perfect) tense?

    • She left before he arrived.
    • She was leaving before he arrived.
    • She had left before he arrived.
    • She will have left before he arrives.
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    Answer: She had left before he arrived.

  4. Which connective best completes: 'He studied hard; ___, he passed.'

    • however
    • although
    • consequently
    • whereas
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    Answer: consequently

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Reading comprehension, vocabulary, grammar, and language use.

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