TOEIC Practice Questions — All Questions

Which sentence is written in correct standard business English?

• a.We look forward to receive your feedback.
• b.We look forward to receiving your feedback.✓
• c.We look forward receive your feedback.
• d.We are looking forward receive your feedback.

'Look forward to' is followed by a gerund because 'to' here is a preposition: 'look forward to receiving'. The infinitive 'to receive' is a common error.

Which sentence corrects the error in 'The staff has completed their training on last Monday'?

• a.The staff have completed their training on last Monday.
• b.The staff has completed their training since last Monday.
• c.The staff completed their training last Monday.✓
• d.The staff has complete their training last Monday.

A finished action at a stated past time takes the simple past with no preposition: 'completed their training last Monday'. The present perfect cannot be used with 'last Monday'.

Which sentence uses the business phrase correctly?

• a.The two companies agreed to comply with the new regulations.✓
• b.The two companies agreed to comply the new regulations.
• c.The two companies agreed to comply on the new regulations.
• d.The two companies agreed to comply for the new regulations.

The verb 'comply' takes the preposition 'with': 'comply with the new regulations'. The other prepositions are not used with 'comply'.

Which sentence is free of usage errors?

• a.Each of the branches have their own manager.
• b.Each of the branches have its own manager.
• c.Each of the branches having their own manager.
• d.Each of the branches has its own manager.✓

'Each' is singular, so it takes the singular verb 'has' and the singular pronoun 'its': 'Each of the branches has its own manager'.