English: Choose the Best Word: Hard Test 1
10 questions · 10 minutes
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In this passage you have to choose the best word, or group of words, to complete each numbered line so that it makes sense and is written in correct English. The ten numbered lines follow on from one another and make one short passage, so read them in order. Choose the best answer and mark its letter.
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Example questions from this paper
A preview of the wording. The answer options and full explanations appear once you begin.
- Old Mr Emberley had been mending clocks in the same narrow shop for forty years, ________ he had never once advertised.
- Tom had hardly set down his broom ________ the bell above the shop door jangled.
- The customer spoke ________ the clock in her hands were made of glass rather than brass.
- Mr Emberley could not decide ________ to repair the worn movement or to replace it altogether.
- ________ he known how badly the mainspring was corroded, he would have refused the work outright.
Before you begin, remember
- Read the line back with your chosen word in place, rather than judging the word on its own.
- Rule out the three options that are clearly wrong first - that turns five choices into two.
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