English Grammar – Commands and Requests – SET 6 Welcome to your English Grammar - Commands and Requests - SET 6 1. Choose the correct option to fill in the blank. In her keynote address, the guest speaker urged young researchers to _______ ethical standards over personal recognition in their pursuit of innovation. prioritize prioritizing prioritizes prioritized None 2. Fill in the blank by choosing the correct option to complete the sentence. The ethics committee advised that all members _______ themselves from discussions where a conflict of interest could be perceived, in order to preserve transparency. recuses recuse recusing recused None 3. Read the conversation and complete the reported sentence appropriately. Board Chairperson: Please instruct the legal team to revise the draft according to the new compliance framework.Secretary: I’ve already forwarded them the updated guidelines.The chairperson requested the secretary to _______ the legal team to revise the draft as per the new framework, and the secretary replied that she _______ forwarded the necessary updates. instruct, had already instruct, already has instructed, has already instructing, already None 4. Complete the reported command using an advanced formal structure. Director: “Do not share the confidential data, even with internal departments, without prior clearance.”The director cautioned the employees_______ the confidential data, even with internal departments, unless they had prior clearance. not to share to not sharing sharing not do not share None 5. Cloze Passage (5 Blanks – Highly Formal Instructions and Reporting): Fill in the blanks with the best options from the brackets. Passage:In the final review meeting, the chief auditor laid down a series of instructions. “ [Submit, Submitting, Submits] a summary of your findings with references to the original audit trail,” she said. “Do not make assumptions without supporting documentation.” She emphasized, “ [Label, Labels, Labelled] your charts and graphs clearly for external validation.” She further added, “ [You must, Must you, Be] transparent in representing anomalies, regardless of their nature.” Lastly, she noted, “Communicate any discrepancies immediately to avoid escalation.” 6. Spot the error in the sentence and provide the correction. The speaker requested that attendees keep their mobile phones switched on throughout the session.Error: Correction: 7. Fill in the blank with the correct imperative form of the verb in the bracket. The facilitator announced, “_______ strictly to the time limit allotted for your individual presentations, as exceeding it will result in deductions.” Adhering Adhered Adhere Adheres None 8. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence. The arbitration panel advised all involved parties to _______ further public commentary until a final resolution had been reached. refrain refrains refraining refrained None 9. Multi-Select (Identify All Sentences Expressing Sophisticated Indirect Commands): Select all options that demonstrate high-level indirect commands or requests: Could you, perhaps, reconsider your stance in light of the recent evidence? He turned in his assignment late again. It would be appreciated if you could remain seated until the end of the event. The regulator mandated that financial reports be submitted quarterly without exception. The panel strongly recommended the authors anonymize participant data. 10. Transform the underlined command into an indirect and formal instruction. Underline: “Please ensure all external devices are disconnected before initiating the security protocol,” instructed the IT supervisor. The IT supervisor told everyone disconnect devices for security. The IT supervisor ordered to unplug things. The IT supervisor requested that all external devices be disconnected prior to initiating the security protocol. The IT supervisor instructed that all devices must be disconnected first. None 11. Omission (Commands/Requests) – One word missing per line: NO. Text Word before Omission Word after eg The coordinator instructed participants submit signed declarations. instructed to participants 1 Kindly acknowledge receipt the revised terms and conditions. receipt the 2 The supervisor advised interns document their process meticulously. advised interns Time's up Related Leave a Reply Cancel replyCommentEnter your name or username to comment Enter your email address to comment Enter your website URL (optional) Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
