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1.Complete: These two proposals ____ ready for comparison.
1. are
2. is
3. am
4. be
2.Complete: The safety notice must ____ before the room opens.
1. posted
2. posting
3. posts
4. be posted
3.Complete: Could you ____ me on which form to use?
1. advice
2. advise
3. advises
4. advising
4.Complete: Employees should check ____ schedules before accepting a shift.
1. there
2. they’re
3. their
4. theirs
Fictional workplace note — original exercise. [1] The technician [2] has already [3] inspect the lift [4] twice this week.
5.Which numbered part of the inspection report contains the error?
1. [1] The technician
2. [2] has already
3. [3] inspect the lift
4. [4] twice this week.
6.Complete: The manager and the assistant ____ both attending the briefing.
1. is
2. am
3. be
4. are
7.Complete: The analyst has ____ the final figures twice.
1. check
2. checked
3. checks
4. checking
8.Complete: The interview starts ____ nine o’clock tomorrow morning.
1. on
2. in
3. by
4. at
9.Complete: The file ____ I attached contains the approved schedule.
1. who
2. whose
3. where
4. that
Fictional workplace note — original exercise. [1] Please [2] to attach [3] the signed page [4] to your reply.
10.Check this attachment request: which numbered segment is incorrect?
1. [1] Please
2. [2] to attach
3. [3] the signed page
4. [4] to your reply.
11.Complete: One of the labels ____ missing from the package.
1. is
2. are
3. am
4. be
12.Complete: We look forward to ____ your revised proposal.
1. receive
2. received
3. receiving
4. receives
13.Complete: A delay in delivery could ____ the launch date.
1. affect
2. effect
3. effects
4. affects
14.Complete: Mira and ____ will present the findings tomorrow.
1. me
2. my
3. I
4. mine
Fictional workplace note — original exercise. [1] The two badges [2] on the counter [3] needs replacement [4] before the visit.
15.Identify the error in the note about damaged badges.
1. [1] The two badges
2. [2] on the counter
3. [3] needs replacement
4. [4] before the visit.
16.Complete: Every applicant ____ a confirmation email after registering.
1. receive
2. receiving
3. to receive
4. receives
17.Complete: The service is able ____ with the installation.
1. to assist
2. assisting
3. assisted
4. assists
18.Complete: Please ____ the invitation before the registration deadline.
1. accept
2. except
3. accepts
4. accepting
19.Complete: These folders are ____, not the supplier’s.
1. our
2. us
3. ourselves
4. ours
Fictional workplace note — original exercise. [1] The new checklist [2] is more detailed [3] then the old one [4] and includes dates.
20.Read the checklist comparison and locate the incorrect segment.
1. [1] The new checklist
2. [2] is more detailed
3. [3] then the old one
4. [4] and includes dates.
21.Complete: Information about the deadline ____ available online.
1. are
2. am
3. is
4. be
22.Complete: She suggested ____ the first paragraph for clarity.
1. revise
2. revising
3. revised
4. to revise
23.Complete: The new checklist will ____ the existing training by adding a quick reference.
1. compliment
2. complements
3. compliments
4. complement
24.Complete: The coordinator asked Karim and me to introduce ____.
1. myself
2. ourselves
3. himself
4. themselves
Fictional workplace note — original exercise. [1] The folders [2] that we need [3] is stored [4] in the locked cabinet.
25.One segment in this storage note needs correction. Which one?
1. [1] The folders
2. [2] that we need
3. [3] is stored
4. [4] in the locked cabinet.
26.Complete: The results of yesterday’s survey ____ available this morning.
1. was
2. were
3. is
4. am
27.Complete: Before the office opened, the technician had already ____ the sensor.
1. repaired
2. repair
3. repairs
4. repairing
28.Complete: The closure was caused solely by the snowstorm. The meeting was postponed ____ that storm.
1. because of
2. although
3. rather than
4. in spite of
29.Complete: The customer to ____ I spoke asked for a printed receipt.
1. whom
2. whose
3. which
4. that
Fictional workplace note — original exercise. [1] One of the files [2] are missing [3] from the tray [4] beside the scanner.
30.Identify the segment that makes the missing-file note ungrammatical.
1. [1] One of the files
2. [2] are missing
3. [3] from the tray
4. [4] beside the scanner.
31.Complete: The two colleagues who prepared the slides ____ waiting upstairs.
1. is
2. are
3. am
4. be
32.Complete: If I had known about the delay, I would have ____ the visitors.
1. called
2. call
3. calling
4. calls
33.Complete: The supplier has changed ____ delivery schedule.
1. it’s
2. itself
3. it
4. its
34.Complete: Everyone ____ needs assistance can contact reception.
1. whose
2. who
3. whom
4. which
Fictional workplace note — original exercise. [1] The supplier [2] has changed [3] it’s contact address [4] for future invoices.
35.Check the supplier’s update and choose the segment to repair.
1. [1] The supplier
2. [2] has changed
3. [3] it’s contact address
4. [4] for future invoices.
36.Complete: Both printers ____ a maintenance check before use.
1. requires
2. requiring
3. require
4. to require
37.Complete: The staff avoided ____ the same data twice.
1. enter
2. entered
3. entering
4. to enter
38.Complete: The new scanner is faster ____ the previous model.
1. then
2. when
3. than
4. that
39.Complete: The office ____ the training takes place is upstairs.
1. where
2. who
3. whose
4. which
Fictional workplace note — original exercise. [1] We look forward [2] to announce [3] the final dates [4] after approval.
40.Select the faulty wording in this announcement draft.
1. [1] We look forward
2. [2] to announce
3. [3] the final dates
4. [4] after approval.
41.Complete: The forms, together with the cover letter, ____ on the top shelf.
1. is
2. am
3. are
4. be
42.Complete: At noon yesterday, Mira was ____ the visitor list.
1. review
2. reviews
3. reviewed
4. reviewing
43.Complete: The revised form has ____ questions than the old one.
1. little
2. fewer
3. fewest
4. much
44.Complete: This is ____ the review panel recommended.
1. whose
2. who
3. what
4. where
Fictional workplace note — original exercise. [1] This printer [2] is available [3] to Karim and I [4] during the workshop.
45.In the printer-access note, which segment needs to be corrected?
1. [1] This printer
2. [2] is available
3. [3] to Karim and I
4. [4] during the workshop.
46.Complete: The equipment in the two storage rooms ____ regular inspection.
1. need
2. needing
3. to need
4. needs
47.Complete: The coordinator will ____ the access code tomorrow.
1. confirms
2. confirm
3. confirmed
4. confirming
48.Complete: Several employees are interested ____ attending the workshop.
1. at
2. for
3. in
4. from
49.Complete: Please send the updated files to Léa and ____.
1. I
2. me
3. my
4. mine
Fictional workplace note — original exercise. [1] The clerk [2] did not received [3] the booking request [4] before noon.
50.Which part of the room-booking message needs a correction?
1. [1] The clerk
2. [2] did not received
3. [3] the booking request
4. [4] before noon.
51.Complete: The details in the message ____ incorrect.
1. are
2. is
3. am
4. be
52.Complete: Did the courier ____ the parcel at reception?
1. left
2. leaving
3. leave
4. leaves
53.Complete: Please separate the original documents ____ the working copies.
1. at
2. from
3. by
4. into
54.Complete: This notice applies to anyone ____ works in the shared laboratory.
1. whose
2. who
3. whom
4. where
Fictional workplace note — original exercise. [1] The revised schedule [2] have been posted [3] near reception [4] for all visitors.
55.Find the faulty segment in the schedule-change notice.
1. [1] The revised schedule
2. [2] have been posted
3. [3] near reception
4. [4] for all visitors.
56.Complete: Each of the new badges ____ a unique number.
1. have
2. has
3. are
4. were
57.Complete: Please ____ the revised agenda before lunch.
1. send
2. sent
3. sending
4. sends
58.Complete: Lina is responsible ____ checking the room after each session.
1. at
2. for
3. with
4. from
59.Complete: Please confirm ____ the visitor has arrived; a yes-or-no answer is sufficient.
1. weather
2. whose
3. whom
4. whether
Fictional workplace note — original exercise. [1] Could you [2] advice us [3] on the registration steps [4] before Friday?
60.Which part of this registration-advice message should be rewritten?
1. [1] Could you
2. [2] advice us
3. [3] on the registration steps
4. [4] before Friday?
61.Complete: The list of attendees ____ on the reception desk.
1. are
2. is
3. am
4. be
62.Complete: The analyst made us ____ the totals again.
1. to review
2. review
3. reviewing
4. reviewed
63.Complete: Please file the records in accordance ____ the retention schedule.
1. with
2. to
3. at
4. from
64.Complete: Your report is longer than ____.
1. mine
2. my
3. me
4. myself
Fictional workplace note — original exercise. [1] Your draft [2] contains fewer pages [3] than our [4] but keeps every table.
65.Locate the grammatical error in the draft-length comparison.
1. [1] Your draft
2. [2] contains fewer pages
3. [3] than our
4. [4] but keeps every table.
66.Complete: Two members of the panel ____ already signed the summary.
1. have
2. has
3. is
4. was
67.Complete: The clerk decided ____ until the attachment arrived.
1. waiting
2. waited
3. waits
4. to wait
68.Complete: The guideline rests on the ____ of equal access.
1. principal
2. principally
3. principle
4. principals
69.Complete: The employee ____ badge was damaged requested a replacement.
1. whose
2. who
3. whom
4. where
Fictional workplace note — original exercise. [1] The room reminder [2] is displayed [3] in accordance to [4] the approved plan.
70.In this room reminder, which numbered part is faulty?
1. [1] The room reminder
2. [2] is displayed
3. [3] in accordance to
4. [4] the approved plan.

Answer key with explanations

1. A — are
These two proposals is explicitly plural. Are agrees with that subject in a present-tense statement.
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2. D — be posted
The subject notice receives the action. The passive after must needs be plus past participle: be posted.
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3. B — advise
Advise is the base verb required after could. Advice is a noun, not the verb needed before me.
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4. C — their
Their is the possessive determiner modifying schedules. There marks a place, they’re is they are, and theirs cannot directly modify the noun.
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5. C — [3] inspect the lift
Correction: “inspected the lift”. Has already needs a past participle, inspected, to complete the present perfect.
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6. D — are
The sentence names two different people and reinforces that with both. Their compound subject takes are.
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7. B — checked
Has combines with the past participle checked to form the present perfect. The other forms cannot complete has in this structure.
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8. D — at
At marks the exact starting time. By would indicate a deadline rather than the time at which the interview starts.
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9. D — that
That introduces a relative clause about a file and serves as the object of attached. The other offered pronouns do not fill that role here.
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10. B — [2] to attach
Correction: “attach”. The imperative after please uses the base verb attach, without to.
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11. A — is
One is the singular head. Of the labels identifies the group from which that one label comes, but does not change agreement.
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12. C — receiving
In look forward to, to is a preposition. A verb used after it takes the -ing form receiving.
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13. A — affect
The base verb affect means influence and follows could. Effect as a verb means bring about, which does not express the stated influence on an existing date.
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14. C — I
The pronoun is part of the subject of will present. The subject form I is required in that coordinated subject.
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15. C — [3] needs replacement
Correction: “need replacement”. The plural head badges takes need. The singular counter in a modifier does not control agreement.
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16. D — receives
Every applicant is grammatically singular. Receives supplies the third-person singular present verb.
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17. A — to assist
Able is followed by a to-infinitive. To assist completes the expression is able to assist.
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18. A — accept
The imperative requires accept, meaning agree to receive or take part. Except expresses exclusion and is the wrong word.
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19. D — ours
The sentence needs an independent possessive pronoun after are. Ours stands alone; our requires a following noun.
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20. C — [3] then the old one
Correction: “than the old one”. A comparative uses than to introduce its second term. Then refers to time or sequence.
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21. C — is
Information is an uncountable singular noun in this use. It takes is, not the plural are.
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22. B — revising
Suggest can take an -ing complement directly. Revising fits this structure; suggest to revise is not the required construction.
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23. D — complement
Complement means add something that completes or improves another thing. Compliment means praise; the sentence describes adding a useful reference.
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24. B — ourselves
Karim and me form a group including the speaker. Ourselves is the reflexive pronoun matching that first-person plural group.
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25. C — [3] is stored
Correction: “are stored”. The plural main subject folders requires are, regardless of the relative clause between subject and verb.
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26. B — were
Results is a plural subject. Were is the only offered finite past form agreeing with it in this completed time context.
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27. A — repaired
Had requires the past participle repaired in this past-perfect construction. It places the completed repair before the opening.
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28. A — because of
Because of introduces the stated cause followed by a noun phrase. The preceding sentence explicitly identifies the storm as the cause.
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29. A — whom
After the preposition to referring to a person, whom is the appropriate relative pronoun among these options.
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30. B — [2] are missing
Correction: “is missing”. One is the singular subject head, even though files is plural inside the following phrase.
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31. B — are
The relative clause identifies the colleagues. The main subject remains plural, so the main verb is are.
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32. A — called
Would have requires a past participle, here called. It describes the unreal past response to the earlier condition.
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33. D — its
Its is the possessive determiner before delivery schedule. It’s means it is or it has and cannot fill this position.
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34. B — who
Who is the subject of needs and refers to people. Whom would be an object form rather than the subject needed here.
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35. C — [3] it’s contact address
Correction: “its contact address”. Its is possessive; it’s is a contraction of it is or it has and cannot determine contact address.
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36. C — require
Both printers is plural and takes the base present form require. Requires would agree with a singular third-person subject.
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37. C — entering
Avoid is followed by an -ing complement. Entering names the action being avoided.
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38. C — than
Than introduces the second term of a comparative. Then refers to time or sequence and does not complete faster here.
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39. A — where
Where expresses the location of the training. Which alone would leave the clause without the preposition needed to connect the place.
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40. B — [2] to announce
Correction: “to announcing”. In look forward to, to is a preposition followed by the -ing form announcing.
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41. C — are
Together with adds a parenthetical modifier; it does not make forms singular. The main plural subject takes are.
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42. D — reviewing
Was plus the -ing form expresses an action in progress at the stated past time. Reviewing completes the past progressive.
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43. B — fewer
Questions is a plural count noun and the sentence makes a comparison. Fewer is the comparative choice that fits.
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44. C — what
What means the thing that and supplies the object of recommended within the clause. It fits the complete phrase this is what.
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45. C — [3] to Karim and I
Correction: “to Karim and me”. The pronoun is an object of to, so the coordinated phrase requires me, not I.
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46. D — needs
Equipment is uncountable and singular. The plural rooms is only part of a modifier, so needs is required.
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47. B — confirm
A modal such as will is followed by the base verb confirm, without an -s or participle ending.
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48. C — in
Interested in is followed by the activity attending. The other prepositions do not complete this expression here.
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49. B — me
The pronoun is an object of the preposition to. The coordinated phrase takes the object form me.
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50. B — [2] did not received
Correction: “did not receive”. After did not, use the base verb receive rather than the past form received.
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51. A — are
The plural head details controls agreement, even though message is singular. The finite present form is are.
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52. C — leave
After did, the lexical verb returns to its base form leave. Past time is already carried by did.
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53. B — from
Separate one set from another uses from. The sentence distinguishes originals from copies rather than dividing one set into categories.
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54. B — who
Who acts as the subject of works and refers back to anyone. No possessive or object pronoun is needed.
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55. B — [2] have been posted
Correction: “has been posted”. The head schedule is singular, so the present-perfect auxiliary must be has.
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56. B — has
Each is the singular head of the subject. The intervening plural badges does not change the required has.
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57. A — send
An imperative uses the base form send. Please makes the instruction polite but does not change that verb form.
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58. B — for
Responsible for is the construction linking a person to a task. The -ing task checking follows that preposition.
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59. D — whether
Whether introduces the indirect yes-or-no question. Weather refers to atmospheric conditions and is not a conjunction.
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60. B — [2] advice us
Correction: “advise us”. The modal could requires the base verb advise. Advice is a noun.
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61. B — is
The subject head is singular list, not plural attendees inside the prepositional phrase. Use is.
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62. B — review
Active make plus an object takes a bare infinitive: made us review. The object us does not add to before the following verb.
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63. A — with
The fixed expression is in accordance with. The preposition with connects the action to the applicable schedule.
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64. A — mine
Mine replaces my report and makes the comparison between reports. The other choices do not represent that possessive noun phrase.
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65. C — [3] than our
Correction: “than ours”. The comparison needs the independent possessive ours, meaning our draft. Our alone requires a noun.
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66. A — have
Two members is plural, so the present-perfect auxiliary must be have. The singular panel does not control the verb.
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67. D — to wait
Decide takes a to-infinitive in this construction. To wait expresses the chosen action.
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68. C — principle
Principle names a rule or underlying idea. Principal usually names a leader or means main, neither of which fits this noun phrase.
Workplace word choice and prepositions · Based on: Original independent grammar exercise; the reference is for further grammar study, not the source of this sentence or an official PSC answer.
69. A — whose
Whose introduces possession: the badge belongs to the employee. The relative clause needs that possessive link.
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70. C — [3] in accordance to
Correction: “in accordance with”. The established construction is in accordance with, not in accordance to.
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