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Grammar, Usage and Lexis

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  1. Neither the headmaster nor the teachers _____ present at the emergency staff briefing yesterday morning.
  2. The school disciplinary committee _____ delivered its unanimous verdict regarding the examination malpractice.
  3. If Kwesi _____ listened attentively to his tutor, he would have passed the promotional examination.
  4. The senior prefect accused the junior boy _____ damaging the laboratory equipment intentionally.
  5. Each of the winning athletes _____ awarded a gold medal and a certificate of merit at the durbar.
  6. The inter-schools debate competition was _____ until the following month due to torrential rains.
  7. Hardly had the invigilator distributed the question papers _____ the classroom bell began to toll.
  8. The local government council decided to _____ the obsolete bye-laws on market trading.
  9. Abena is senior _____ her younger cousin by exactly two academic terms in junior high school.
  10. The commercial bus driver was cautioned against _____ at excessive speeds near the school gate.
  11. One of the modern microscope lenses in the science laboratory _____ cracked during the experiment.
  12. The supervisor inquired _____ all registered candidates had presented their admission slips.
  13. Neither of the two essay proposals submitted to the editor _____ considered suitable for publication.
  14. The young girl received nationwide acclaim for her _____ courage during the rescue operation.
  15. The harmattan haze was so dense across the savanna that the pilot could _____ see the runway.
  16. The headteacher commended the graduating prefects on their _____ deportment during the ceremonies.
  17. The boarders had to put _____ with intermittent power supply during the examination period.
  18. By noon tomorrow, all final-year students _____ their vocational skills practical assessments.
  19. The volume of untreated wastewater in the drainage canal has _____ alarmingly this year.
  20. The administrative manual does not permit _____ personal visitors in the office during working hours.
  21. You had better _____ the guidance counsellor before selecting your elective senior high school subjects.
  22. The class teacher praised Ama because she is always _____ in completing her mathematics assignments.
  23. The water pumping machine broke _____ right in the middle of the school agricultural practical.
  24. The tutor made the unruly pupil _____ his notebook and rewrite the entire exercise neatly.
  25. No sooner had the school bell sounded _____ the children rushed eagerly to the dining hall.
  26. All candidates are strictly advised to refrain _____ conversing with one another during the test.
  27. Between you and _____, the questions set for the science trial exam were remarkably fair.
  28. The experimental results obtained in the laboratory were fully _____ with known scientific theories.
  29. Owing to poor weather, the committee resolved to _____ the inter-school athletics competition.
  30. The school brass band played so _____ that the guest of honour rose up to applaud them.
  31. The charity organization provided uniforms and textbooks to support _____ children across the district.
  32. The prefect lost his badge of honour because of persistent _____ toward school regulations.
  33. Neither the class captain nor the course representatives _____ invited to the planning committee.
  34. The sanitation taskforce launched an intensive campaign to _____ mosquito breeding grounds in the town.
  35. It is high time the village elders _____ the dispute over the boundary of the farmland.

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