English level test

ENGLISH LEVEL TEST
NAME:

A Fill in the correct words. There are more words than you need. (20 points)

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1. The contestant ...................................... her prize money to her favourite charity.
2. The Titanic was...................................... from the moment it hit the iceberg.
3. We’re not allowed to go to the park during school hours. It’s ...................................... .
4. Jenny’s parents spoke English and French at home, so she is ...................................... in both languages.
5. The cars were damaged in the accident, but luckily there were no ...................................... .6. Although the test was quite difficult, most of the students did ...................................... .
7. The news reports were very confusing, but we tried to ...................................... them.
8. The teenagers ...................................... against the use of drugs in school.
9. Roy has been exercising at the sports centre. He’s improving his...................................... .
10. He ...................................... to give up smoking, but in the end he succeeded.

B Choose the correct answer. (20 points)

1. We (are visiting, visited, visit) our cousins every year.
2. I (don’t, am not, doesn’t) understand how to solve this maths problem.
3. This table is (not enough big, not big enough, not so big) for all the food.
4. My mother always(was wearing, used to wear, has been wearing) gloves in the winter.
5. Harry is the (very, more, most) energetic person that I know.
6. I gave (to him, him, for him) the book yesterday.
7. While I (drove, did drive, was driving), I suddenly heard a loud noise.
8. I’ve never (travel, travelled, been travelling) to China.
9. Teenagers are often (tire, tired, tiring) at school because they goto bed very late.
10. (When, Who, Which) English book is your teacher using this year?

C Choose the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (20 points)

My sister 1. (is planning / plan) to go to university next year. Last week she 2. (has been deciding /decided) what she 3. (wants / wanted) to study. While she 4. (sat / was sitting) in the library, she
suddenly 5. (was realising /realised) that she wanted to study maths and physics. She always
6. (was enjoying / enjoyed) those subjects when she 7. (used to / was) at school. I’m very different to her.

I 8. (prefer / am preferring) subjects like history and literature. I 9. (have always loved / always love) Shakespeare, although my friends 10. (are not understanding / don’t understand) why.

D There is a mistake in eachsentence. Write each sentence correctly. (10 points)

1. This exercise is not so easy as the one we did yesterday. ..........................................................
2. It’s danger to walk alone in the city at night. ...............................................................................
3. What taught you how to play tennis?..............................................................................................
4. It was beginning to rain during the game. ....................................................................................
5. We didn’t bought a new computer yet. ...........................................................................................

E Put the words in the correct order to make questions or sentences. Add capitalletters. (10 points)

1. my / bought / sister / me / for / my / a book / birthday / .
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2. hard / has been working / John / lately / very / .
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3. were driving / listened / the radio / home / we / while / to / we / .
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4. her / English / is / improve / she / determined / to / ?...