VERSANT Sentence Completion Flashcards
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Neither the manager nor the employees ______ aware of the new policy.
Answer: were
With 'neither...nor', the verb agrees with the nearer subject 'employees'.
I'd rather you ______ smoke inside the building.
Answer: didn't
'Would rather' plus a subject takes the past tense for present preference.
By the time we arrived, the train ______ already left.
Answer: had
The past perfect 'had left' shows an action completed before another past action.
The report needs ______ before the deadline on Friday.
Answer: finishing
'Need' plus the -ing form expresses a passive necessity.
She speaks English ______ than her brother does.
Answer: more fluently
Adverbs ending in -ly form the comparative with 'more'.
We look forward to ______ from you soon.
Answer: hearing
'Look forward to' is followed by the -ing form.
Hardly ______ the office when the phone rang.
Answer: had I entered
After 'hardly' at the start of a sentence, the auxiliary is inverted.