This newsletter tells you all about English! Start your FREE email English course now!
Web English-test.net

English grammar tests
easy  medium  advanced
English synonym tests
easy  medium  advanced
Business English tests
easy  medium  advanced
English idiom tests
easy  medium  advanced
Common error tests
easy  medium  advanced
email this test to a friend add bookmark Help: How to take this test? English MP3 Audio / MP3 English Free / Late at the Office print worksheets for students and teachers esl quiz
Errors in English Usage Exercises
 

Late at the Office

Answers to test questions and links to explanations

Home > English as a Second Language > Common Errors in English Usage, Advanced Level # 10
This way and that esl test printable ESL Worksheets Adjectives and Verbs

 All tests  TOP 100  Listen to the answers  Forum  Dictionaries Trust vs. "rely on"
late at the office answers 1
Mary could always be relied on to be late for work.

Correct entry:   relied on
The error was: (b) trusted on

Meaning of relied on
sentence with Google language tool
 
online dictionary

late at the office, question 1 late at the office, phrasal verb list, what does trusted on mean? what is the definition for trusted on?

Improve your progress in learning English! —
< Previous
These users have taken this test.
 Next >
8/10
See progress report of -&gt;=ELINA=&lt;-
->=ELINA=<-
168 days ago
  
4/10
See progress report of Andrei
Andrei
236 days ago
  
1/10
See progress report of Blue3022000
Blue3022000
199 days ago
  
0/10
See progress report of Loverose394
Loverose394
12 days ago
  
0/10
See progress report of Sturgeon
Sturgeon
296 days ago
Do you want to be in this list? Please register on our forum und take the tests with your own progress report!



 esl english vocabulary: noun adjective lists gre scores drew a line vs. painted a line
late at the office answers 2
Her office supervisor had a special attendance book and in it she drew a line at quarter past nine.

Correct entry:   drew
The error was: (c) painted

Meaning of drew
sentence with Google language tool
 
online dictionary

late at the office, question 2 present perfect simple, what does painted mean? what is the definition for painted?

Start improving your listening skills today!  — Take these listening exercises now.

 online word games: free noun adjective game gre practice test Anyone who arrived after that time
late at the office answers 3
Anyone who arrived after that time had to sign below the line and was therefore late.

Correct entry:   time
The error was: (b) timing

Meaning of time
sentence with Google language tool
 
online dictionary

late at the office, question 3 modal verb, what does timing mean? what is the definition for timing?

60 Errors in English Usage Exercises — Printable, photocopiable.
For use in a classroom, at home, on your PC or anywhere.

 meaning of disquisition, slag, reaper, philatelist, rationalization Meaning of 'without fail'
late at the office answers 4
Ms Primshaw checked the book at the end of each month and without fail Mary's signature was always below the line.

Correct entry:   fail
The error was: (c) failing

Meaning of fail
sentence with Google language tool
 
online dictionary

late at the office, question 4 gerund worksheets, what does failing mean? what is the definition for failing?

Start FREE email English course now! — Join more than 100,000 learners!


 definition of love, aim, about, arrest, mass, crops, jail, tell Why desperation not despair
late at the office answers 5
In desperation Ms Primshaw hoped she would be able to make one last effort to help Mary.

Correct entry:   desperation
The error was: (a) desolation

Meaning of desperation
sentence with Google language tool
 
online dictionary

late at the office, question 5 teaching idioms, what does desolation mean? what is the definition for desolation?

Pimsleur English for Vietnamese Speakers — Learning English can
be fun. Try this audio program and you will make progress fast.

 word vocabulary games: example of nouns adjectives mcat prep test Is this a typo? (hold vs. told)
late at the office answers 6
She told Mary that her lateness was now beyond a joke and she had to try very hard to get up earlier.

Correct entry:   beyond
The error was: (b) outside

Meaning of beyond
sentence with Google language tool
 
online dictionary

late at the office, question 6 late at the office, english who whom, what does outside mean? what is the definition for outside?

 free word games: online noun adjective game mcat vocab test At last and at least
late at the office answers 7
As her very last chance to keep her job Mary had to be on time for at least one day.

Correct entry:   at least
The error was: (d) at last

Meaning of at least
sentence with Google language tool
 
online dictionary

late at the office, question 7 preposition in english, what does at last mean? what is the definition for at last?

 meaning of synovial fluid, foot, daughter cell, activated complex Meaning of work
late at the office answers 8
But it didn't work at all because again and again Mary found herself signing below the famous line.

Correct entry:   work
The error was: (a) function

Meaning of work
sentence with Google language tool
 
online dictionary

late at the office, question 8 present and past tense verb, what does function mean? what is the definition for function?

 got 1120 in gre what should i do Difference between depict and describe
late at the office answers 9
Then there happened what can only be described as a miracle because she arrived at the office at nine.

Correct entry:   described
The error was: (c) depicted

Meaning of described
sentence with Google language tool
 
online dictionary

late at the office, question 9 esl infinitives gerunds, what does depicted mean? what is the definition for depicted?

 idiom: "i'll have a go" Oversee vs. overlook
late at the office answers 10
There was however one small matter that Mary had overlooked the day she was early because the office was shut as it was Sunday.

Correct entry:   overlooked
The error was: (c) overseen

Meaning of overlooked
sentence with Google language tool
 
online dictionary

late at the office, question 10 esl lessons comparatives, what does overseen mean? what is the definition for overseen?

 Back to top


ESL/EFL Worksheets and Handouts for Students and Teachers Your ESL/EFL Test Package will help you learn new phrases, idioms, expressions and English grammar structures every single day. And you won't even have to cram any grammar rules or vocabulary words into your head. Instead, you will be absorbing bits and pieces of the English language almost without realizing it. This compact PDF English Test Package is the only printable English test collection currently available on the Internet. It contains 1752 ESL/EFL tests (10 questions per test plus answer keys) covering a wide variety of topics and grammatical points. Get your English Test Package Now!

  FREE email English course with 100666 Subscribers    
 
name email
 

Search results:

Phrasal verb list

You will find everything related to your search phrase "phrasal verb list" on our vocabulary building pages such as parts of speech (nouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, pronouns, conjunctions, modifiers, etc.), common words, idioms, phrases and expressions, word definitions from online dictionaries, free word and sentence translation, grammar structures and much more.

  • TOEIC — Test Of English for International Communication (3420 words, 684 tests, intermediate level)
  • GRE — Graduate Record Examination (3750 words, 750 tests, intermediate level)
  • SAT — Scholastic Assessment Test (5010 words, 1002 tests, intermediate level)
  • TOEFL — Test Of English as a Foreign Language (600 words, 120 tests, advanced level)
  • GMAT — Graduate Management Admission Test (1400 words, 280 tests, advanced level)

Discover our English Forum
Trust vs. "rely on", Drew a line vs. painted a line, Anyone who arrived after that time, Meaning of 'without fail', Why desperation not despair, Is this a typo? (hold vs. told), At last and at least, Meaning of work, Difference between depict and describe, Oversee vs. overlook, 'look sth through' versus 'look through sth', difference between 'far off' and far, How do you estimate your PPP?, As tall as them or as tall as they?, Meaning of "change of heart", The verb EXCUSE, Funny english, exports make its route/way "TO", Does this conversation sound natural?

 

To link to English-Test.net from your website, simply cut and paste the following code to your web page.

It will appear on your page as
Common Errors in English — Learn English Online at English-Test.net
EFL/ESL Links: ESL exercises: Tenses • Grammar that which • English exercise: Tenses (Answers) • Simple past exercises • Grammar practice: Who has done it? • American english idioms • ESL testing: Who has done it? (Answers) • Passive verb • ESL activities: Taxes • English object pronoun • EFL worksheets: Taxes (Answers) • Pronoun list • English handouts: Money Matters (4) • Pronoun agreement • English exersices: Money Matters (4) (Answers) • Gerund • English activities: One is always going to lose... • English practice test • English worksheets: One is always going to lose... (Answers) • English personal pronoun • EFL exercises: Quality Control • Esl regular verbs past simple • Practicing English: Quality Control (Answers) • Esl phrasal verb • ESL practice test: Speaking: At the Supermarket • Interactive english grammar exercise • Multiple choice practice: Speaking: At the Supermarket (Answers) • Preposition simple • ESL test: Late at the Office • Preposition part of speech • ESL Audio Online - English MP3 - English Pronunciation
English Tests for TOEFL, TOEIC, GMAT, GRE, SAT, PCAT, MCAT, ASVAB, ESL/EFL copyright © 2003—2009 english-test.net