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Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

I will buy a car if I ________ my raise.

  1. will get

  2. get

  3. would get

  4. may get

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 Double future tense is not used in conditional statements. The conditional statement is constructed in the present tense(get).

Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

If I _________ this race, I would be very happy.

  1. win

  2. won

  3. had won

  4. have won

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 The present tense 'win' is used.

Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

If you ___________ on time, we will go for a movie.

  1. had finished

  2. finish

  3. finished

  4. were finished

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Double future tense is avoided in conditional statements. The conditional statement is framed in the present tense.

Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

The universe ___________ and it has been since its beginning.

  1. is expanding

  2. expands

  3. will expand

  4. would expand

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Continuous form is used (expanding).

Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

If you ___________ respect, you get respect.

  1. will give

  2. give

  3. would give

  4. could give

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 The present tense should be maintained in the sentence.

Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

I will kill anybody who _________ my possessions.

  1. touches

  2. will touch

  3. would touch

  4. touched

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 Double future tense is avoided. The present tense is used (touches).

Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

Try to be polite ________ him for once.

  1. to

  2. with

  3. on

  4. by

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 We are polite 'to' people, and behave politely 'with' them.

Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

I ________ grateful if you lent me some money.

  1. will be

  2. would be

  3. am

  4. were

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

' Would' is used to talk about an unlikely situation or a possibility.  

Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

The noise prevented me ________ getting any sleep.

  1. with

  2. from

  3. of

  4. to

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 The correct preposition is 'from', we are prevented 'from' doing something.

Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

I don't want to take part _________ any more discussions.

  1. at

  2. on

  3. in

  4. to

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 We take part 'in' discussions or activities.

Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

What is wrong ________ her?

  1. with

  2. on

  3. at

  4. in

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

 'With her'.

Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

We were shocked __________ the news of his death.

  1. with

  2. at

  3. on

  4. from

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

 We get shocked 'at' the news.

Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

I ran ________ John this morning.

  1. at

  2. in

  3. into

  4. of

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 'Ran into' is a phrase, which means to meet suddenly.

Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

I know English ______ French.

  1. instead

  2. beside

  3. besides

  4. apart

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 'Besides' means 'in addition to'. 

Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

When I got there the house __________ pulled down.

  1. was

  2. is

  3. has been

  4. had been

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

 The past perfect tense is used to refer to the event ( the house had been)that occured before the second event( When I got there).

Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

He is rude __________ everybody.

  1. with

  2. to

  3. on

  4. at

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Rude 'to' everybody.

Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

I am quite disappointed _________ her.

  1. towards

  2. by

  3. with

  4. of

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

 We get dissapointed 'with' someone and 'at' someone's actions.

Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

Sheila jumped _____ the train.

  1. by

  2. off

  3. among

  4. besides

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The phrase 'jumped off' implies 'jumped from'.

Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

John applied to join the army last week but wasn't tall ________ to be selected.

  1. also

  2. too

  3. enough

  4. as well

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The adverb 'enough' is used to modify the adjective 'tall'.

Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

I _________ tennis three times this week.

  1. have played

  2. had played

  3. have been playing

  4. had been playing

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The present perfect tense is used to refer to the event that started in the present and has not yet finished.

Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

I wondered who ________ left the door open.

  1. was

  2. has

  3. had

  4. did

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Had left' 

Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

He ___________ in the same house for twenty years.

  1. was living

  2. has been living

  3. is living

  4. had been living

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The present perfect continuous tense is used here.

Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

The hole was dug ____ the workers.

  1. by

  2. with

  3. to

  4. on

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

'By' is used for the people who have done the activity and 'with' is used for the things.

Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

_____ of the six sisters came for the wedding.

  1. Neither

  2. None

  3. Either

  4. Too

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

None is used for more than two, and neither is used for two.

Directions: Complete the sentence with an appropriate word from the options given:

Too many books __________ written about the World Wars.

  1. have

  2. had

  3. have been

  4. had been

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

'Have been' suggests the books were written on World war II.

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