ユイの問題をまとめて学ぶTOEIC Part5文法

正解: A) Becoming fluent

A gerund phrase can act as the subject.

正解: D) missing

A gerund follows the preposition 'for'.

正解: C) mine

A possessive pronoun stands alone.

正解: C) was speaking

The past continuous shows an action in progress.

正解: B) opens

The simple present can describe a scheduled future event.

正解: A) writing

A gerund follows the preposition 'for'.

正解: B) will perform

'Next summer' calls for the future tense.

正解: D) managing

A gerund follows the preposition 'in'.

正解: C) the ones

'The ones' replaces the plural noun 'chairs'.

正解: C) has not finished

'Yet' is typically used with the present perfect.

正解: A) Leaving

A gerund can act as the subject.

正解: D) taking

A gerund follows the preposition 'in'.

正解: C) each other

'Each other' shows a two-way relationship.

正解: C) bakes

The simple present describes a routine.

正解: B) had lived

The past perfect shows an earlier past situation.

正解: A) working

'Object to' is followed by a gerund.

正解: D) visiting

'Worth' is followed by a gerund.

正解: C) I

A subject pronoun is needed.

正解: C) neither

'Neither' refers to two things and takes a singular verb.

正解: C) had been operating

The past perfect continuous covers a span before a past event.

正解: B) will have been

The future perfect measures a span up to a future point.

正解: A) replacing

'Recommend' plus an object takes a gerund.

正解: D) making

'Postpone' is followed by a gerund.

正解: C) those

'Those' stands for the plural noun 'printers'.

正解: C) informing

A gerund follows the preposition 'for'.

正解: B) raising

'Avoid' is followed by a gerund.

正解: A) their

A possessive adjective modifies the noun 'timesheets'.

正解: D) those

'Those' stands for the plural noun 'proposals'.

正解: C) themselves

A reflexive pronoun emphasises that the team acted alone.

正解: C) would have started

'Had...been approved' is a third-conditional if-clause, so the result takes 'would have started'.

正解: B) is

A real future condition uses the present tense in the if-clause: 'is'.

正解: A) to submit

'Ask someone' is followed by an infinitive: 'to submit'.

正解: D) to postpone

'Vote' is followed by an infinitive: 'to postpone'.

正解: C) to renew

'Decide' is followed by an infinitive: 'to renew'.

正解: B) extremely

It modifies the adjective 'valuable', so the adverb 'extremely' is needed.

正解: A) consistent

After the linking verb 'is' comes an adjective: 'consistent'.

正解: D) comprehensive

An adjective is needed to modify the noun 'plan': 'comprehensive'.

正解: C) more durable

'Than' signals a comparison, so the comparative 'more durable' is needed.

正解: B) more favorable

'Than' signals a comparison, so the comparative 'more favorable' is needed.

正解: A) because

'Because' introduces the clause 'the directions were unclear'; 'because of' would need a noun phrase instead.

正解: D) even though

'Even though' takes a full clause ('several members raised concerns'); the other options are prepositions that would need a noun phrase instead.

正解: C) ahead of

'Ahead of' means earlier than a set time -- the opposite of running behind schedule.

正解: B) within

'Within' sets a deadline -- completing something inside 'thirty days'.

正解: A) for

'For' marks a span of time -- 'the past six months'.

正解: D) to

'Reschedule ... to' shifts an event to a new specific time.

正解: C) at

'At' pairs with a specific point of location, like 'the front desk'.

正解: B) by

'By' introduces the agent of a passive verb -- who placed the order.

正解: A) within

'Within' marks a time limit -- completing something inside a set period like 'their first week'.

正解: A) during

'During' introduces a noun phrase like 'the board meeting' -- 'while' would need a clause instead.