English written-expression practice for the unsupervised format

Every question and its answer choices. The correct answers and explanations appear when you take the test above.

1. Complete: The results of yesterday’s survey ____ available this morning.

   1. was
   2. were
   3. is
   4. am

2. Complete: Please separate the original documents ____ the working copies.

   1. at
   2. from
   3. by
   4. into

3. Complete: We look forward to ____ your revised proposal.

   1. receive
   2. received
   3. receiving
   4. receives

4. Complete: Your report is longer than ____.

   1. mine
   2. my
   3. me
   4. myself

5. Complete: The two colleagues who prepared the slides ____ waiting upstairs.

   1. is
   2. are
   3. am
   4. be

6. Complete: The revised form has ____ questions than the old one.

   1. little
   2. fewer
   3. fewest
   4. much

7. Complete: Please ____ the revised agenda before lunch.

   1. send
   2. sent
   3. sending
   4. sends

8. Complete: Everyone ____ needs assistance can contact reception.

   1. whose
   2. who
   3. whom
   4. which

9. Complete: Both printers ____ a maintenance check before use.

   1. requires
   2. requiring
   3. require
   4. to require

10. Complete: The guideline rests on the ____ of equal access.

    1. principal
    2. principally
    3. principle
    4. principals

11. Complete: Before the office opened, the technician had already ____ the sensor.

    1. repaired
    2. repair
    3. repairs
    4. repairing

12. Complete: This notice applies to anyone ____ works in the shared laboratory.

    1. whose
    2. who
    3. whom
    4. where

13. Complete: The list of attendees ____ on the reception desk.

    1. are
    2. is
    3. am
    4. be

14. Complete: Please ____ the invitation before the registration deadline.

    1. accept
    2. except
    3. accepts
    4. accepting

15. Complete: The coordinator will ____ the access code tomorrow.

    1. confirms
    2. confirm
    3. confirmed
    4. confirming

16. Complete: The file ____ I attached contains the approved schedule.

    1. who
    2. whose
    3. where
    4. that

17. Complete: The manager and the assistant ____ both attending the briefing.

    1. is
    2. am
    3. be
    4. are

18. Complete: Could you ____ me on which form to use?

    1. advice
    2. advise
    3. advises
    4. advising

19. Complete: The clerk decided ____ until the attachment arrived.

    1. waiting
    2. waited
    3. waits
    4. to wait

20. Complete: Employees should check ____ schedules before accepting a shift.

    1. there
    2. they’re
    3. their
    4. theirs

21. Complete: One of the labels ____ missing from the package.

    1. is
    2. are
    3. am
    4. be

22. Complete: The interview starts ____ nine o’clock tomorrow morning.

    1. on
    2. in
    3. by
    4. at

23. Complete: If I had known about the delay, I would have ____ the visitors.

    1. called
    2. call
    3. calling
    4. calls

24. Complete: The customer to ____ I spoke asked for a printed receipt.

    1. whom
    2. whose
    3. which
    4. that

25. Complete: The equipment in the two storage rooms ____ regular inspection.

    1. need
    2. needing
    3. to need
    4. needs

26. 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

27. Complete: The service is able ____ with the installation.

    1. to assist
    2. assisting
    3. assisted
    4. assists

28. Complete: This is ____ the review panel recommended.

    1. whose
    2. who
    3. what
    4. where

29. Complete: The details in the message ____ incorrect.

    1. are
    2. is
    3. am
    4. be

30. Complete: The new checklist will ____ the existing training by adding a quick reference.

    1. compliment
    2. complements
    3. compliments
    4. complement