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Supplemental Practice exercises for the TOEIC®, Part 5 - grammar, verb tenses

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Part 5: Filling in the Blanks

Practice Exercises, grammar, verb tenses, 1 - 20

Read the question. Look at the four choices. Select the INCORRECT part of the sentence. Then, look at the answer box. This version is low tech. Please use a pencil and paper to record your right and wrong answers.


1) Although the baker took great care, the cake _____ anyway.

2) Because the businessman was taking an important phone call, he did not want the maid to _____ the room right then.

3) Due to the high bacteria content of the water, the tourist who _____ it got very sick.

4) Since Jane had _____ her promise, Mark did not trust her any more.

5) When I was _____ up, I had a little chemistry laboratory in the basement and an electronics lab in the attic.

6) The movie will _____ at noon and 4:00 PM.

7) The burly man _____ on the lady's flowers.

8) The runner _____ second base.

9) Because their old house was reasonably priced and in a good neighborhood, they _____ it quickly.

10) Because a light had been _____ in the driver's eyes, he could not see, and had crashed into the tree.

11) If the CEO _____ that the merger would cost him his job, he would never have gone along with it.

12) When the helicopter _____ overhead, the suspect shot at it with his rifle, but missed.

13) It _____ the sales manager no end to think that the biggest sales of his life was lost because his new employee lost his temper and screamed at the customer.

14) Even though he had _____ on the bible to tell the truth, he still made many obvious lies.

15) The pope had _____ the people in the church on Christmas day.

16) Having survived the inferno in the oil refinery, the man was _____ over 60% of his body.

17) Because she had _____ class so many times this semester, the teacher had failed her.

18) He _____ the door on his coat, and then could not open it to free himself.

19) Have you ever _____ on a horse before?

20) The sailor had _____ out the line.
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Cnerm5(grammar- verb tenses) 1-20


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