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Grammar and usage

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  1. She has been working at the laboratory ___ 2019.
  2. If I ___ you, I would apologise to the professor.
  3. ___ tired, she completed the assignment.
  4. He insisted ___ paying for the meal.
  5. I am looking forward ___ you at the conference.
  6. The scientist, ___ discovery changed medicine, received a prize.
  7. By next year, she ___ her degree.
  8. Each of the students ___ a laptop.
  9. Hardly had he arrived ___ the meeting began.
  10. She is the ___ of the two sisters.
  11. The more you practise, the ___ you become.
  12. Choose the word that completes the sentence: The second set of results was even ___ than the first.
  13. Choose the word that completes the sentence: The chemistry lecture starts ___ nine o'clock every Sunday.
  14. Choose the word that completes the sentence: All research proposals must be submitted ___ Thursday at the latest.
  15. Choose the words that complete the sentence: If it rains tomorrow, the university trip to Failaka Island ___ cancelled.
  16. Choose the word that completes the sentence: There were ___ applicants for the engineering programme this year than last year.
  17. Choose the word that completes the sentence: The head of department suggested ___ the meeting until Monday.
  18. Choose the word that completes the sentence: The professor, along with her research students, ___ attending the conference in Doha.
  19. Choose the words that complete the sentence: I wish I ___ harder for the mathematics exam last month.

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