Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one.
1Since the archive was empty and only the intern had access, the auditor concluded that the intern ............... have deleted the files overnight.
Wrong!
"must" is correct because the speaker did not see the files being deleted but infers that explanation from the empty archive and the intern’s access.
2By approving the budget before asking for the raw data, the committee treated the projected savings as ...............
Wrong!
"unverified" is correct because the committee relied on the figure before checking whether it was true.
3The manager’s plan to cut prices relies on the ............... that lower prices will bring in customers who currently shop elsewhere.
Wrong!
"premise" is correct because the manager’s proposal depends on the unstated belief that cheaper pricing will attract new customers.
4By warning that the trial would be expensive without stating it directly, the memo ............... that cost is the main objection.
Wrong!
"implies" is correct because the memo points to a belief about costs without stating it directly.
5The director’s question about why the signatures were missing presupposed Mara’s ............... for collecting them.
Wrong!
"responsibility" is correct because asking Mara to explain the missing signatures assumes she was accountable for obtaining them.
6The privacy policy says the company stores location data ............... users agree to tracking.
Wrong!
"only if" is correct because the company is taking consumer consent as a necessary condition for storing the data.
7Because the envelope was unopened, the assistant said the report had ............... not been reviewed.
Wrong!
"apparently" is correct because the conclusion is based on inference from absence, not confirmed knowledge.
8By using last year’s supplier prices without checking the new contract, the team ............... that the discount still applied.
Wrong!
"took for granted" is correct because the team acted as if previous conditions still held without checking them.
9The report’s claim that the campaign succeeded rests on a ............... link between the adverts and the rise in sales.
Wrong!
"causal" is correct because the report assumes the campaign produced the sales increase, rather than merely noting that both occurred.
10No alert sounded when the door opened, so the security alarm ............... disconnected.
Wrong!
"must have been" is correct because the broken alarm is inferred from the fact that no alert sounded.
11The objection that the deadline is unrealistic ............... that the legal review cannot be completed in three days.
Wrong!
"assumes" is correct because the clause describes what the objection depends on, not what it establishes with evidence.
12The recommendation to train all staff next month would make little sense unless quick installation were an ............... assumption.
Wrong!
"essential" is correct because the recommendation collapses unless the software can be installed before training begins.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- Since the archive was empty and only the intern had access, the auditor concluded that the intern must have deleted the files overnight.
- By approving the budget before asking for the raw data, the committee treated the projected savings as unverified.
- The manager’s plan to cut prices relies on the premise that lower prices will bring in customers who currently shop elsewhere.
- By warning that the trial would be expensive without stating it directly, the memo implies that cost is the main objection.
- The director’s question about why the signatures were missing presupposed Mara’s responsibility for collecting them.
- The privacy policy says the company stores location data only if users agree to tracking.
- Because the envelope was unopened, the assistant said the report had apparently not been reviewed.
- By using last year’s supplier prices without checking the new contract, the team took for granted that the discount still applied.
- The report’s claim that the campaign succeeded rests on a causal link between the adverts and the rise in sales.
- No alert sounded when the door opened, so the security alarm must have been disconnected.
- The objection that the deadline is unrealistic assumes that the legal review cannot be completed in three days.
- The recommendation to train all staff next month would make little sense unless quick installation were an essential assumption.