Verbal Reasoning Test Practice Course: Sentence completion

1. السؤال 1 من 16

   Choose the best word: "The meeting was cancelled ___ the manager was sick."

   • Aunless
   • Bbecause
   • Cbut
   • Dalthough
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   الإجابة: B. because

   The second part gives the reason for the first, so you need a cause word: because.

2. السؤال 2 من 16

   Choose the best word: "Our team was ___ to hear that the project had been approved; everyone cheered."

   • Aconfused
   • Bdisappointed
   • Cdelighted
   • Dworried
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   الإجابة: C. delighted

   "Everyone cheered" shows a happy reaction, so delighted fits.

3. السؤال 3 من 16

   Choose the best word: "The office will be closed on Monday, ___ staff should work from home that day."

   • Aunless
   • Bwhile
   • Calthough
   • Dso
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   الإجابة: D. so

   Working from home is the result of the office being closed, so you need a result word: so.

4. السؤال 4 من 16

   Choose the best word: "The report was long; ___, it was easy to read."

   • Aas a result
   • Btherefore
   • Chowever
   • Dfor example
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   الإجابة: C. however

   A long report is usually harder to read, so "easy to read" is a contrast. However signals contrast.

5. السؤال 5 من 16

   Choose the best word: "Because the instructions were ___, nobody made a mistake."

   • Alate
   • Bvague
   • Cclear
   • Dmissing
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   الإجابة: C. clear

   "Because" links cause and effect. Clear instructions explain why nobody made a mistake.

6. السؤال 6 من 16

   Choose the best word: "The manager ___ the request because it did not follow the policy."

   • Aapproved
   • Brejected
   • Cpraised
   • Dcompleted
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   الإجابة: B. rejected

   A request that does not follow the policy is turned down, so rejected fits the cause given after "because".

7. السؤال 7 من 16

   Choose the best word: "The new process is ___: it takes half the time and uses fewer materials."

   • Arisky
   • Befficient
   • Cunreliable
   • Dexpensive
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   الإجابة: B. efficient

   The colon introduces an explanation: saving time and materials means the process is efficient.

8. السؤال 8 من 16

   Choose the best word: "Unlike her ___ colleague, who rarely speaks in meetings, Maya shares her ideas freely."

   • Afriendly
   • Bsenior
   • Cquiet
   • Dtalkative
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   الإجابة: C. quiet

   "Who rarely speaks" describes the colleague, so quiet fits. "Unlike" contrasts the colleague with Maya.

9. السؤال 9 من 16

   Choose the best word: "The results were ___: some offices improved and others got worse."

   • Afinal
   • Bpoor
   • Cmixed
   • Dexcellent
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   الإجابة: C. mixed

   The colon explains the results: some good and some bad. That is a mixed result.

10. السؤال 10 من 16

    Choose the best word: "To avoid ___, the two teams agreed to keep one shared list of tasks."

    • Acooperation
    • Bagreement
    • Cconfusion
    • Dteamwork
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    الإجابة: C. confusion

    One shared list helps people know who does what, so the teams want to avoid confusion.

11. السؤال 11 من 16

    Choose the best words: "Please wear safety boots on site ___ you are only visiting for a few minutes."

    • Abecause
    • Bas a result
    • Ceven if
    • Dso that
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    الإجابة: C. even if

    "Even if" shows that the rule still applies in that case. A short visit is not a reason to wear boots, so because does not fit.

12. السؤال 12 من 16

    Choose the best word: "The rule applies ___ to all staff; there are no exceptions."

    • Apartly
    • Bequally
    • Coccasionally
    • Dmostly
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    الإجابة: B. equally

    "No exceptions" means everyone is treated the same, so equally fits.

13. السؤال 13 من 16

    Choose the best word: "Although the training was ___, most staff said it was useful."

    • Apractical
    • Bpopular
    • Clong
    • Dhelpful
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    الإجابة: C. long

    "Although" signals a contrast, so the gap needs a drawback. Being long contrasts with being useful; the other options agree with it.

14. السؤال 14 من 16

    Choose the best word: "Sales fell in the spring. ___, the store had its best year ever, thanks to strong holiday sales."

    • ATherefore
    • BSimilarly
    • CNevertheless
    • DFor example
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    الإجابة: C. Nevertheless

    A best year after falling spring sales is a surprise, so you need a contrast word such as nevertheless.

15. السؤال 15 من 16

    Choose the best word: "Far from ___ the problem, the quick fix made it worse."

    • Acausing
    • Bsolving
    • Cincreasing
    • Dexplaining
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    الإجابة: B. solving

    "Far from" means the opposite happened. The fix made the problem worse, which is the opposite of solving it.

16. السؤال 16 من 16

    Choose the best words: "The supplier's prices are ___, but its deliveries are often ___, so we may change suppliers."

    • Ahigh ... reliable
    • Blow ... late
    • Clow ... early
    • Dhigh ... late
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    الإجابة: B. low ... late

    "But" needs a good point and then a bad one, and "so we may change suppliers" needs the bad point to matter. Low prices but late deliveries fits both.

لوحة المفاتيح: 1–4 للإجابة، وEnter للسؤال التالي.