A.

Incomplete sentence
1. He expects his client … within the hour.
a. Arrive
b. Arrival
c. To arrive
d. Arriving
2. All I want is for him … that investing in the company
was a mistake
a. To be admitting
b. Admitting
c. Admits
d. To admit
3. John stopped … to staff meetings without explaining
why.
a. Come
b. Came
c. Coming
d. To come
4. Christine promised … us at the theater after she got
off work.
a. Meet
b. To meet
c. Meeting
d. Having met.
5. Tim is making every possible effort to beat out Brad
and …. the promotion.
a. Overcome
 b. Triumph
c. Win
d. Conquer
6. When John decided to ……………. his position, his
manager reacted badly.
a. Separate
b. Suppress
c. Return
d. Resign
7. When we arrived, the keynote … was about to start.
a. Language
b. Speech
c. Communication
d. Expression
8. When Don resigned from his post , he was……….. by
his long – time rival.
a. Assumed
b. Succeeded
c. Inherited
d. Compensated
9. Jonathan enjoys nothing more than arriving early and
…. the first person in his office.
a. To be
b. Being
c. To being
d. Be
10. I would like to speak to whoever is for … office
supplies in this office.
a. Order
b. Ordering
c. To order
d. Will order
11. …… insurance is not always easy in this
economic environment.
a. Sell
b. Selling
c. To sell
d. Having sold.
12. Passengers are no longer allowed …………… more
than 100ml of liquids on board airplanes.
a. Bringing
b. To bring
c. Brings
d. Brought
13. Tim has never regretted …. up his corporate job
to help the needy in Africa.
a. Gives
b. Giving
c. To give
d. To have given
14. We are…….. to talk about the details of the
settlement because of our confidentially agreement.
a. Allowed
 b. Discourage
c. Forbidden
d. Asked
15. I forgot …off the coffee maker before I left the
office last night.
a. To turn
b. To have turn
c. Turning
d. Have turned
16. Jane left her last job because she wanted ….
Career opportunities at our company.
a. Pursue
b. Pursuing
c. To pursue
d. To have pursued
17. Mr. Nakamura was asked … the keynote speech
at this year’s annual investors’ meeting.
a. To have given
b. To give
c. Giving
d. Having given
18. It is important … clients feel confident that you
have their best interest at heart.
a. Making
b. To make
c. To be making
d. Having made
19. Dennis helped me …. all the data from the
survey.
a. To enter
b. Entering
c. To have entered
d. Entered
20. Even though Alberto was caught red- handed,
he denied …. the funds from the company.
a. Stolen
b. Stealing
c. To have stolen
d. To steal
21. We regret …. you that your loan application has
been denied due to your poor credit rating.
a. To inform
b. Informing
c. Inform
d. Informed
22. Mrs. James specializes in … financial plans and
investment portofolios.
a. Making
b. To make
c. Having made
d. To have made
23. I tried … into the hotel last night, but I could not
because my credit card was declined.
a. Checking
b. To have checked
c. To check
d. Checked
Hi Gwen,
You were out when I left , so I’m leaving this note
for you. I am going to be out of town until next
Monday, so you need to keep working on the
proposal. I have also taken the Nelson file, so
don’t be … to find it missing.
24.
a. Surprising
b. Surprised
c. To surprise
d. Surprise

I ‘ve also taken your extra laptop computer

because I can’ t find mine at the moment. It
is buried somewhere in my office, and I
unfortunately don’t have time to look for it.
My office is just … a mess that I can’t find
mine there. I’ll clear out my office when I get
back next week.
25.
a. Too
b. So
c. Very
d. Such
Sorry for the inconvenience. Anyway , I’ll
see you when I get back. Hope you will
 manage …. out a new marketing proposal
for the project.
26.
a. Figured
b. Figuring
c. Figure
d. To figure
Thanks
Gina

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c. Creating
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30.
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b. Succeeded
c. Succeeds
d. To have succeeded
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31.
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b. Trying
c. To have tried
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