{"id":2857,"date":"2018-02-07T09:47:35","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T09:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/?p=2857"},"modified":"2018-02-07T09:47:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T09:47:35","slug":"model-english-test-mba-bank-test-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/model-english-test-mba-bank-test-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"Model English Test | MBA, Bank Test Preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sentence improvement exercise 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Which of the phrases (a), (b) or (c) should replace the word\/phrase in bold letters to make the sentence grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark (d) as your answer.<\/p>\n

1. Having understood that there is a vacancy of an assistant in the firm, an application was submitted by me.<\/strong><\/p>\n

a) an application has been submitted by myself
\nb) an application by me was submitted
\nc) I submitted an application
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

2. She was driving her car at eighty miles each hour.<\/strong><\/p>\n

a) an hour
\nb) every hour
\nc) hourly
\nd) no improvement<\/p>\n

3. I hope it will not rain when they have started their journey.<\/strong><\/p>\n

a) they will have started their journey
\nb) They will start their journey
\nc) they start their journey
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

4. The train will leave before we have reached the station.<\/strong><\/p>\n

a) we reach the station
\nb) we had reached the station
\nc) we would reach the station
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

5. Inflation affects nearly everyone.<\/strong><\/p>\n

a) everyone nearly
\nb) nearly all
\nc) nearly each one
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

6. If you asked<\/strong> them, they would have solved your problem.<\/p>\n

a) had asked
\nb) would asked
\nc) were asking
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

7. Can\u2019t you never understand<\/strong> what has been said.<\/p>\n

b) ever understand
\nb) rather understand
\nc) at all understand
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

8. He asked me where was I going.<\/strong><\/p>\n

a) am I going
\nb) I was going
\nc) were I going
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

9. Suddenly she became conscious regarding<\/strong> the presence of a stranger in the room.<\/p>\n

a) about
\nb) of
\nc) over
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

10. This is the sixth time you asked the same question.<\/strong><\/p>\n

a) ask the same question
\nb) have asked the same question
\nc) were asking the same question
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

11. She is working<\/strong> since morning.<\/p>\n

a) was working
\nb) has been working
\nc) works
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

12. Be sure to contact<\/strong> with as many teachers as possible.<\/p>\n

a) contact
\nb) contact on
\nc) contact to
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

13. Jane\u2019s boyfriend walked her.<\/strong><\/p>\n

a) walked out on her
\nb) walked out her
\nc) walked on her
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

14. Can you tell me where can I find the lost-and-found office?<\/p>\n

a) where I can find<\/strong>
\nb) where I found
\nc) where can I found
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

15. No football team can\u2019t win no championship<\/strong> without defenders.<\/p>\n

a) can\u2019t win a championship
\nb) can win a championship
\nc) can\u2019t win championship
\nc) No improvement<\/p>\n

16. How many players are there in a<\/strong> baseball team?<\/p>\n

a) there are in a
\nb) is there in a
\nc) was there
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

17. Driving down the road,<\/strong> a deer leapt out in front of me.<\/p>\n

a) While I was driving down the road
\nb) While driving down the road
\nc) I was driving down the road
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

18. The Turks captured<\/strong> Constantinople in 1453 and that was the end of the Byzantine Empire.<\/p>\n

a) have captured
\nb) had captured
\nc) captures
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

19. Although it was raining<\/strong> for days, the cricket pitch was in perfect condition.<\/p>\n

a) it had been raining
\nb) it is raining
\nc) it had raining
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

20. Even though Susie speaks fluent Italian<\/strong>, but she could not understand the Genoese dialect.<\/p>\n

a) Susie speaks fluent Italian
\nb) Though Susie speaks fluent Italian
\nc) As Susie speaks fluent Italian
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

21. The report that Ted is sending poison-pen letters are surprising.<\/strong><\/p>\n

a) is surprising
\nb) was surprising
\nc) were surprising
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

22. The report that mobile phones cause memory loss has been challenged.<\/strong><\/p>\n

a) is challenging
\nb) had been challenged
\nc) is challenged
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

23. His latest film has been<\/strong> less successful than his other films were.<\/p>\n

a) have been
\nb) had been
\nc) was
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

24. Thinking that he finally found<\/strong> someone with similar interests, the scholar tried to strike up a conversation.<\/p>\n

a) he had finally found
\nb) he has finally found
\nc) he finds
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

25. What I learned is that freedom is really the result of how you will remove<\/strong> obstacles.<\/p>\n

a) you would remove
\nb) you can remove
\nc) you remove
\nd) No improvement<\/p>\n

Answers<\/p>\n

1. I submitted an application
\n2. an hour
\n3. they start their journey
\n4. we reach the station
\n5. No improvement
\n6. had asked
\n7. ever understand
\n8. I was going
\n9. of
\n10. have asked the same question
\n11. has been working
\n12. contact
\n13. walked out on her
\n14. where I can find
\n15. can win a championship
\n16. No improvement
\n17. While I was driving down the road
\n18. No improvement
\n19. it had been raining
\n20. Susie speaks fluent Italian
\n21. is surprising
\n22. No improvement
\n23. have been
\n24. he had finally found
\n25. you remove<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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