ESL Upper-intermediate Grammar Quiz

According to Jeffrey Pfeffer, every stressed employee ______ proficient or productive.

• was not

• are

• is not

• were

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.4.1C

In a co-authored paper, neither kidney disease nor Alzheimer’s _____ the main cause of death.

• are

• are not

• is

• is not

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CCSS.L.3.1F

After the steel factory _____________, a 56-year old employee died because of the shock.

• had been closed

• was closed

• has been closed

• is closed

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CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1B

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

CEOs, in the 1950s and 1960s, ________________ the so-called “stakeholder capitalism”.

• should follow

• must have followed

• ought to follow

• Could have followed

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CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

If you had been working for an employer in 1960s, you ____________for paycheck.

• you may not die

• you could have searched

• might not have died

• you could leave

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CCSS.L.4.1C

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

For many years, researchers’ work ___________ that motivation is the key to effectively work with others.

• has proved

• proves

• had proved

• proved

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CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Long working hours drive employees with strong relations with clients to leave ______.

• aside

• off

• out

• behind

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CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

Unfortunately, shareholders’ ____________take over the business market.

• interests

• interested

• ᴓ

• interest

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

Employer are accountable _______ measuring employees’ psychological and physical health.

• to

• on

• for

• by

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CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.K.1E

Mayo Clinic said that an employee’s supervisor ________ more important to _____ health than his/her family doctor.

• was, his/her

• is, them

• were, ᴓ

• are, your

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CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A