Grammar Exercise

1. Our office security door is scheduled to _______ this week so all staff members are required to return
their security cards to the front desk.

(A) replace

(B) replaced

(C) being replaced

(D) be replaced

2. The post office will be closed at 5p.m. on Thursday ______ holiday weekend.

(A) since

(B) due to

(C) while

(D) as if

3. As we were running short of time, we forced Mr. Owens, the chief technician in charge, to stay and
work late by ______.

(A) he

(B) him

(C) his

(D) himself

4.If Tom Green officially resigns, Jeff Salas, the president and CEO of the company, is expected to
appoint Adam Lopez to ______ Tom Green.

(A) deposit

(B) predict

(C) operate

(D) succeed

5.The company’s share price has _______ doubled since June.

(A) ever

(B) much more

(C) more than

(D) even more

6. The company spokesperson said that the company has reported a drop in net income for five _______
quarters.

(A) constant

(B) following

(C) consecutive

(D) immediate

7. LCG Corp. is involved in the manufacture, sale, and _______ of its own home appliances items.

(A) repetition

(B) exception

(C) distribution

(D) solution

8. Follow _______ steps listed on the first page of the manual and your username does not have to be
the same as your website address.

(A) most of

(B) all

(C) much

(D) almost

9. To stay with local people and gain practical experience, Volunteer helpers work an average of 4 hours
per day _______ food and accommodation.

(A) in exchange for

(B) exchanging of

(C) with exchange

(D) exchanges

10. Due to the students with nut allergies, when bringing shared food to school, please _______ from
bringing food that contains nuts of any kind.

(A) result

(B) benefit

(C) refrain

(D) succeed (D) succeed (D) succeed (D) succeed (D) succeed
11. The discounted _______ for the Auto Show are valid for admission on weekdays from February 2 to
10.

(A) tickets

(B) ticketing

(C) ticketed

(D) ticket

12. We, at HTL are _______ that the new project of the company will succeed.

(A) convincing

(B) convinces

(C) convinced

(D) convincement

13. The new video game “Super Junior” will be released ________ three weeks.

(A) by

(B) with

(C) from

(D) in

14. The following companies have indicated that they will be _______ new products at their booth for
this year’s event.

(A) introduce

(B) introducing

(C) introduced

(D) introduces

15. The supervisor _______ advised his staff to attend the monthly staff development seminar.

(A) he

(B) him

(C) his

(D) himself

16. If you pay on a cash basis, you can take advantage _______ a 5 percent discount.
(A) on

(B) with

(C) from

(D) of

17. Every effort is _______ to solve the problems we are experiencing at the moment.

(A) make

(B) making

(C) being made

(D) makes

18. International Cooperative Nursery School will be closed for the _______ of the week.

(A) remaining

B) remainder

(C) remained

(D) remain

19. The school’s educational philosophy is based on the premise that children learn _______ hands-on
involvement with activities which they are motivated to learn.

(A) through

(B) by

(C) for

(D) since

20. The study is subject to a thorough review by specialists in the field ________ the publication.

(A) in fact

(B) former

(C) prior to

(D) wherever
21. _____ of the people in this interview wanted to disclose their name so I could not tape the interview
or take pictures for this reason.

(A) None

(B) Anyone

(C) Whoever

(D) Something

22. Children will only be admitted into the concert stadium _______ accompanied by an adult.

(A) unless

(B) now that

(C) since

(D) if

23. Those attending the seminar next week need to contact Ms. Simpson to ________ flight
arrangements.

(A) discuss about

(B) talk

(C) talk to

(D) talk about

24. Governor Carcieri Asked who was in _______ during the snowstorm in his absence.

(A) appreciation

(B) charge

(C) description

(D) apologies

25. In August 2007 the Post Office began an _______ program selling the plus Zip Code extension to
businesses.

(A) experiment

(B) experimental

(C) experiments

(D) experimented