Complete IELTS Guide

Here you have the best English Test Preparation Complete IELTS Guide practice exam questions

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  • This questions were last updated on November 12, 2024
Question 1 of 30

Because of his longstanding reputation with the board of trustees, he did not have to make the normally required presentation of his proposal, therefore, the board was accused of failing to follow due process.

    Correct Answer: C

    In this sentence, 'therefore' serves as a conjunctive adverb that links two independent clauses. When a conjunctive adverb joins two independent clauses, a semicolon (;) is needed before the conjunctive adverb and a comma (,) follows it. Therefore, 'his proposal; therefore, the board' is the grammatically correct choice.

Question 2 of 30

Ms. Ceita Hernandez, who is the founder of the Cuban-American Alliance, and who has been a child care advocate for over a decade.

    Correct Answer: D

    Ms. Ceita Hernandez, who is the founder of the Cuban-American Alliance, has been a child care advocate for over a decade. The correct verb phrase 'has been' is necessary to complete the sentence correctly.

Question 3 of 30

Walt Disney World is a place of enchantment and children and adults are entertained.

    Correct Answer: B

    The correct answer is 'enchantment where children and adults are entertained.' This sentence is grammatically correct and makes sense contextually. It properly connects the enchantment and the entertainment of children and adults, indicating that Walt Disney World is a place where this entertainment occurs.

Question 4 of 30

Encouraged by the good report, whistling down the hall is where the patient was.

    Correct Answer: B

    The sentence 'the patient was whistling down the hall' is correctly structured and clearly conveys that the patient, encouraged by the good report, was whistling while walking down the hall. It maintains proper subject-verb order and makes logical sense.

Question 5 of 30

Our family enjoys a wide array of sports: skiing, to fish, and basketball.

    Correct Answer: C

    The correct option is 'skiing, fishing and basketball' because it maintains parallel structure, which means that all elements in the list are in the same grammatical form. 'Skiing', 'fishing', and 'basketball' are all gerunds or gerund phrases, making the sentence balanced and consistent.