The Grammar and Vocabulary Quiz

This quiz comprises five sections. Follow the instructions and click on the right answer. The first person to score 250 points wins a coffee gift card.
This quiz comprises five sections. Follow the instructions and click on the right answer. The first person to score 250 points wins a coffee gift card.
First and last name
Articles
 
Indicate if the following sentences require the definite article (the) or the indefinite article (a/an). If the sentence doesn’t require an article, choose “no article.”
Articles
 
Indicate if the following sentences require the definite article (the) or the indefinite article (a/an). If the sentence doesn’t require an article, choose “no article.”
1. There is certainly _____ clear and steady disparity between what companies want from performance management systems and what they’re helping managers to do.
The
A/an
No article
2. To determine the root cause of the problem, you could choose to use a more complex approach such as ______ prioritization matrix.
The
A/an
No article
3. This report covers ______ UAE, Africa, and the South-East Asian region.
The
A/an
No article
4. The main causes of water pollution in India are ______ untreated industrial effluents and detergents.
The
A/an
No article
5. Procurement is typically responsible for obtaining the required goods and services at ______ best possible cost.
The
A/an
No article
Punctuation Marks
 
Indicate if the following sentences are punctuated correctly.
 
Punctuation Marks
 
Indicate if the following sentences are punctuated correctly.
 
1. The nature of work is changing, it’s more matrixed, collaborative, and complex than ever before.
Correct
Incorrect
Correct: The nature of work is changing; it’s more matrixed, collaborative, and complex than ever before.
Correct: The nature of work is changing; it’s more matrixed, collaborative, and complex than ever before.
The interviews will take place in the following order: first round, Mrindangam; second round, Sitar; and the final round, Raga.
Correct
Incorrect
CEB may, from time to time at it’s discretion, review, revise, replace, discontinue, or depart from any of its policies.
Correct
Incorrect
Correct: CEB may, from time to time at its discretion, review, revise, replace, discontinue, or depart from any of its policies.
Correct: CEB may, from time to time at its discretion, review, revise, replace, discontinue, or depart from any of its policies.
We need to investigate the most significant barrier to achieving the business’ desired outcome.
Correct
Incorrect
Correct: We need to investigate the most significant barrier to achieving the business’s desired outcome.
Correct: We need to investigate the most significant barrier to achieving the business’s desired outcome.
5. Profits are up substantially, and revenue is skyrocketing.
Correct
Incorrect
Word Choice
 
Choose the most appropriate word to fill in the blanks.
Word Choice
 
Choose the most appropriate word to fill in the blanks.
1. The trade show was ____ as a showcase for new technology, but instead it was marred by allegations of piracy and copyright infringements.
Disappointing
Concieved
Touted
2. The new institute provides intensive postgraduate teaching to a wide range of students in the hope that these students will use their knowledge to boost the country's ____ economy.
Emerging
Booming
Flagging
3. It is paradoxical that String Theory inspires such widespread respect when it is so ____ that few could ever hope to master its claims.
Intractable
Arcane
Rigorous
4. While almost all companies have some type of succession planning program, 36% of senior executives believe that the elimination of their current succession process would not ______ the quality of their leaders at all.
Hamper
Affect
Breach
5. After hours of acrimonious arguments the negotiations reached a(n) _____; neither side was willing to compromise.
Solution
Impasse
Conclusion
Active and Passive Voice
 
Indicate if the following sentences are in active voice or in passive voice.
 
Active and Passive Voice
 
Indicate if the following sentences are in active voice or in passive voice.
 
1. The resources available to line managers was significantly increased by the firm.
Active
Passive
2. More than three out of four business leaders agree that fast access to new technology capabilities is a vital part of helping them to rapidly launch new products, enter new markets, and respond to changing demand.
Active
Passive
3. Participants are told how to apply skills and frameworks to enhance their professional development and accelerate their own business projects.
Active
Passive
4. CEB research shows that for certain kinds of transactions, customers still prefer personal channels.
Active
Passive
5. CIOs have worked for years to reduce spending on technology that falls outside IT’s control.
Active
Passive
Tenses
 
Fill in the blanks with verbs in the correct tense.
Tenses
 
Fill in the blanks with verbs in the correct tense.
1. We ______ the meeting every Wednesday.
Are having
Have
2. The team ______ for over six hours on the new project when the manager suddenly cancelled it.
Had worked
Worked
3. Over the past decade, big data analytics ________the way many companies do business.
Revolutionized
Has been revolutionizing
4. Today, chief financial officers _____real-time, forward-looking, integrated analytics to better understand different business lines.
Are using
Used
5. Tonight at 6 p.m., I ____ the CEO.
Will have been meeting
Will be meeting
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