Versant English Test — All Questions
22 questions
Choose the correct verb form: 'By the time we arrived, the meeting ___ already started.'
- a.has
- b.had✓
- c.was
- d.have
The past perfect 'had started' describes an action completed before another past action ('arrived'). 'Had' is the correct auxiliary here.
Select the correct option: 'If she ___ earlier, she would have caught the train.'
- a.would leave
- b.left
- c.had left✓
- d.leaves
This is a third conditional (past unreal). The 'if' clause takes the past perfect 'had left' to match 'would have caught'.
Which sentence is grammatically correct?
- a.Each of the students have a locker.
- b.Each of the students are having a locker.
- c.Each of the students were having a locker.
- d.Each of the students has a locker.✓
'Each' is singular and takes a singular verb, so 'has' is correct regardless of the plural noun 'students' in the prepositional phrase.
Complete the sentence: 'I look forward to ___ from you soon.'
- a.hearing✓
- b.hear
- c.heard
- d.have heard
The phrase 'look forward to' is followed by a gerund (verb + -ing), so 'hearing' is correct. Here 'to' is a preposition, not an infinitive marker.
Choose the correct question form: '___ you finished the report yet?'
- a.Has
- b.Have✓
- c.Did
- d.Are
'Yet' signals the present perfect. With the subject 'you', the auxiliary is 'Have', giving 'Have you finished'.
Choose the word that best fits: 'The instructions were so ___ that nobody could follow them.'
- a.confused
- b.confusion
- c.confusing✓
- d.confuse
An adjective describing the instructions is needed. 'Confusing' describes something that causes confusion; 'confused' would describe a person who feels it.
Select the best word: 'She gave a ___ answer, saying only "maybe."'
- a.vast
- b.vivid
- c.valid
- d.vague✓
'Vague' means unclear or not definite, which fits an answer that is only 'maybe'. The other words mean large, bright, and legally sound.
Which word completes the sentence best? 'Please ___ the form and return it to the front desk.'
- a.complete✓
- b.compete
- c.compile
- d.comply
'Complete the form' means to fill it in fully. 'Compete' means to contend, 'compile' means to gather, and 'comply' means to obey.
Choose the correct word: 'The two brothers look so ___ that people often confuse them.'
- a.likely
- b.alike✓
- c.alive
- d.aloud
'Alike' means similar in appearance, which fits brothers who are confused for each other. The other options mean probable, living, and out loud.
Select the best fit: 'He spoke in a ___ voice so as not to wake the baby.'
- a.loud
- b.harsh
- c.soft✓
- d.sharp
A quiet voice is needed to avoid waking a baby, so 'soft' fits. The other adjectives describe loud or unpleasant sounds.
Choose the correct form: 'Her ___ to detail impressed the interviewer.'
- a.attentive
- b.attend
- c.attentively
- d.attention✓
A noun is needed after the possessive 'Her' and before 'to detail'. The noun form is 'attention'.
Complete with the right form: 'The team worked ___ to meet the deadline.'
- a.efficiently✓
- b.efficient
- c.efficiency
- d.efficiencies
An adverb is needed to modify the verb 'worked'. 'Efficiently' is the adverb form.
Select the correct word form: 'We need to make a ___ before Friday.'
- a.decide
- b.decision✓
- c.decisive
- d.decisively
After the article 'a', a noun is required. 'Decision' is the noun form of the verb 'decide'.
Choose the correct form: 'The new policy was highly ___.'
- a.controversy
- b.controversially
- c.controversial✓
- d.controvert
After the adverb 'highly' and the linking verb 'was', an adjective is needed. 'Controversial' is the adjective.
Choose the correct preposition: 'She has been living in Toronto ___ 2015.'
- a.for
- b.from
- c.during
- d.since✓
'Since' is used with a specific point in time (2015) to mark the start of a period continuing to now. 'For' would be used with a duration.
Select the best connector: 'He was tired; ___, he finished the race.'
- a.nevertheless✓
- b.therefore
- c.moreover
- d.meanwhile
'Nevertheless' signals contrast: despite being tired, he finished. 'Therefore' shows result and 'moreover' adds information.
Choose the correct preposition: 'The report is due ___ the end of the month.'
- a.in
- b.at✓
- c.on
- d.by
'At the end of' is the fixed prepositional phrase for a point in time. 'By the end' is also possible but means 'no later than'; the natural collocation asked here is 'at the end of the month'.
Select the best linking word: '___ the heavy rain, the match went ahead.'
- a.Because of
- b.Due to
- c.Despite✓
- d.Owing to
'Despite' introduces a contrast (the rain would normally stop play, but the match continued). The other options all introduce a cause.
Which sentence has NO error?
- a.There are less cars on the road today.
- b.There is fewer cars on the road today.
- c.There are lesser cars on the road today.
- d.There are fewer cars on the road today.✓
'Fewer' is used with countable nouns like 'cars', and the plural subject takes 'are'. 'Less' is for uncountable nouns.
Identify the correct sentence.
- a.The manager and I discussed the plan.✓
- b.The manager and me discussed the plan.
- c.Me and the manager discussed the plan.
- d.The manager and myself discussed the plan.
As the subject of the verb 'discussed', the subject pronoun 'I' is correct. 'Me' is an object pronoun and 'myself' cannot be a plain subject.
Which sentence is correct?
- a.I am knowing her for many years.
- b.I have known her for many years.✓
- c.I know her since many years.
- d.I have knew her for many years.
'Know' is a stative verb not normally used in the continuous. The present perfect 'have known' with 'for many years' correctly shows a state continuing to now.
Choose the error-free sentence.
- a.She suggested us to leave early.
- b.She suggested we to leave early.
- c.She suggested that we leave early.✓
- d.She suggested to leave early to us.
'Suggest' is not followed by an object + infinitive. The correct pattern is 'suggest that + clause', as in 'suggested that we leave early'.