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For questions about questions found in practice exams.

Say you are studying for the TOEFL, or the GRE exam. You're working through an English problem in a study guide, and you don't understand the answer. If you want to ask about your misunderstanding on ELL, then you should use this tag for the question you ask here.

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The new employee was ____ a failure

The new employee was ____ a failure. a. considered b. decided c. established d. believed I think only possible options are considered and believed and I think the answer is considered. Because this word is mostly used in these contexts and if…
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Why is E the correct answer to a practice test on an article titled 'Quake rocks Southern Phillippines'?

I read a pdf file and try to answer it. At the end of the article there are answers of the questions. I have question, (I feel something strange, the answer at end of file, not match with my answer). So I need your suggestion. This is the…
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"adjective" or "noun" for answering the question word "What"

Given Sentence: Girls who are tall usually long to be dainty and small, and vice versa; plump girls with rosy round faces would love to be pale and delicate; slender girls with very white skin hate their pale and …
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What should this 'unexpected' refer to?

Harding was unable to _____the results of the survey; although entirely unexpected, the figures were obtained by a market research firm with an impeccable reputation. It is from the SAT exam. When I first read it I thought that unexpected refers…
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Joined In crushing the rebels / joined into crushing the rebels

The commoners joined the king's army at crushing the rebels. Which is the best preposition to replace the bold part in the above sentence? I had four options to choose from which I managed to rule out two, but I am confused between these two…
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Key word transformation and blank filling

I'm having trouble trying to do these exercises of sentence transformation, where you have to fill in the blanks with 3-6 words, including the one in brackets, so that the new sentence has the same meaning as a similar meaning to the original one.…
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Position of whatever

Do not try in your home whatever you see here. Is the sentence correct grammatically?Otherwise, how to use to speak such type of sentence?
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Question based on the paragraph above it

I had an English exam today, and none of the answers below seems right. However, if I had to choose one, I'd choose B. But, I had to answer 15 questions and this was the only one that could have a C answer, so I chose C. I think it might be…
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Should I choose "has, lodging", "later, lodged", or "had, stayed" as the answer for this exercise?

I am having trouble choosing the answer for this question : Q The magistrate ______ remanded her in judicial custody till October 1. Police sources said Ms. Saraswathi would be_______in the Salem Women's Prison. a) has, lodging. b) later,…
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Error correction: several of which?

We have many rooms / in our house; / several of which / have not been in use for years. Is the which used in above sentence correct? I doubt so because which is a relative pronoun and as per my knowledge it relates to the noun which precedes it…
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It was only 5 years ago when(that?) I became an engineer

It was only 5 years ago when I became an engineer. A friend of mine told me that the when used in above sentence is incorrect and it should be replaced by that is it true ? I checked the ngram and found both of these being in use.
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Slick advertising campaigns, soaring gold prices and increasing purchasing power for consumers have helped develop a market for diamonds.

Slick advertising campaigns, soaring gold prices and increasing purchasing power for consumers have helped develop a market for diamonds.  This sentence is from an error spotting exercise which suggests to use diamond in place of diamonds. May I…
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Never bothered / were never bothered

The local authorities never bothered to case about the unfortunate happenings. The local authorities were never bothered to case about the unfortunate happenings. Is the never bothered/were never bothered used in above both sentences correct ? If…
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Tense after since : Simple

Before I came across this page I used to think that we can't use perfect tense after since.This page says we can use past simple or present perfect in the clause after since but what difference does it make in the meaning ? E.g. consider this…
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Escaped being dashed / escaped from being dashed

Why is it that we don't use from after escape in the following sentence ? No one knows, how he escaped being dashed to pieces . Is there any grammar rule like we have to use helping Verb after escaped ? I am not a native speaker but to my ears…
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