MOVE UP PRE INTERMEDIATE END-OF-LEVEL TEST
GRAMMAR SECTION
GRAMMAR TEST 1
Read the following passage carefully and underline the best word or phrase in bold. (10 points)
A Canadian in America
Mark is a film director from British Columbia who now living/lives in Hollywood. He is living/has lived in the United States since/for 1987, first in New York, then in California. He is married to an American. They have a two-year-old son whose/whom name is Kent. Here are Mark's views on America and Americans:
Americans are easy and comfortable to live with, but/because it is not that easy to get to know him/them well. In spite of their appearance of openness and informality, they are actually reserved and polite with their opinions. You don't get to know them too well if/unless you spend some time trying to understand what they are thinking.
Sports are very important. Canadians like sports too, but there seems to be a few/a lot more interest in them in America. Sports play/are playing an important social function. American football, baseball, and basketball are popular subjects which/what are common in casual talk and are an important conversational icebreaker.
GRAMMAR TEST 2
Steve Brent is a computer software engineer in Seattle. Steve is Irish and is coming/comes from Belfast in Northern Ireland. He works for a company who/which produces computer games. He came/has come to the United States in his early twenties because he couldn't/wouldn't find an interesting job back home. He first lived in California for/during three years, then he moved to Seattle where he found a more interesting job. He is living/has been living in Seattle for/since the last five years and prefers it to Los Angeles. Steve is very ambitious and he already changed/has already changed his job twice.
He enjoys/is enjoying living in the US, but he sometimes gets homesick and he would like going/to go back to Ireland to see his relatives more often. He wants/is wanting to go home for Christmas this year
GRAMMAR TEST 3
Choose the best word or phrase to fill in the blank. (10 points)
1. Tanya is on vacation in Miami and she ________ herself very much.
a. enjoy b. is enjoy c. is enjoying d. enjoys
2. They took the train to New York ________ evening.
a. last b. yesterday c. during d. in
3. She learned ________ Russian when she was a child.
a. to speak b. speak c. speaking d. for speak
4. They ________ do very much last night.
a. wasn't b. hadn't c. didn't d. don't
5. There's a concert on at the Pavilion. It starts ________ 8:30 p.m. ________ Saturday.
a. on, at b. to, at c. at, to d. at, on
6. A: What's it like in town on Saturdays?
B: It's very busy. ________
a. There are too many traffic.
b. It's too much traffic.
c. There's too much traffic.
d. There's a lot much traffic.
7. A: I really enjoy skating!
B: ________
a. So, I do.
b. Nor do I.
c. Neither do I.
d. So do I
8. It's such a lovely day I think ________ to the park.
a. I'll go b. I go c. I'm going d. I'd
9. I don't feel very well this morning. I wish I ________ so much last night.
a. hadn't eaten b. didn't eat c. shouldn't have eaten
d. haven't eaten
10. If she doesn't finish her studies, she ________ get a good job.
a. doesn't b. wouldn't c. hasn't d. won't
11. He lost her credit card, so he ________ pay for the meal.
a. shouldn't b. couldn't c. can't d. wouldn't
12. The washing machine has broken down again. I think it ________ this time.
a. is needing changing b. needs to change
c. is has need to change d. needs changing
13. A: When ________?
B: On Sunday morning.
a. did they arrive b. have they arrived
c. did they arrived d. arrived they
14. When I was in school, I ________ wear a uniform.
a. had to b. must c. should d. did have to
15. Did your parents ________ you stay out late when you were a teenager?
a. letting b. to let c. let d. allow
16. Coffee ________ in Brazil for hundreds of years.
a. was grown b. is grown c. has been grown d. is been grown
17. A: ________ house is that?
B: My brother's.
a. Who's b. Whose c. What d. Which
18. You ________ come with us if you don't want to.
a. don't have to b. must c. aren't supposed to
d. won't
19. Rome is ________ beautiful ________ London.
a. more, as b. more, than c. most, as d. as, than
20. If you don't want to catch a cold, you ________ come indoors now.
a. could b. must c. might d. ought to
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