PRE- INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

1. _____ three languages: French, Spanish, and English.

A) I’m speak B) I’m speaking
C) I speaking D) I speak
2. Where _____ from?
A) Hans come B) does Hans come
C) does Hans coming D) Hans came
3. What _____ tonight?
A) do you do B) you do
C) are you doing D) did you do
4. “Where is George”
“He _____ a shower.”
A) has B) will have C) is having D) have
5. “What _____ ?”
“I don’t know. Look it up.”
A) does this word mean B) means this word
C) does mean this word D) is meaning this word

6. I usually go home _____ the weekend.

A) in B) when C) at B) of
7. I didn’t go home ____ weekend because some friends came to stay.
A) for B) last C) * D) at
8. They arrived _____ three o’clock _____ the afternoon.
A) at / in B) in / for C) when / ago D) last / *
9. _____ Saturday evening we went out to a concert.
A) Last B) In C) For D) On
10. _____ we got home we listened to some music.
A) For B) Last C) Last D) When

11. Is there _____ traffic in your town?

A) a few B) many C) some D) much
12. I have _____ close fiends. Two or three.
A) a lot of B) a little C) a few D) much
13. I don’t know _____ students in this class. Because I am a newcomer.
A) many B) a few C) some D) much
14. How _____ people live in your house?
A) any B) much C) many D) a lot of
15. He has _____ money. He’s a millionaire.
A) many B) a lot of C) a little D) a lot

16. Some people like _____ breakfast in bed, but I don’t.

A) having B) too have C) have D) had
17. I’m looking forward _____ you again soon.
A) to see B) seeing C) to seeing D) see
18. I _____ my job soon.
A) think changing B) am thinking of changing
C) am thinking to change D) think change
19. This book is full _____ pictures.
A) with B) in C) to D) of
20. Julie is married _____ Sam.
A) in B) with C) to D) at

21. There’s the boy _____ broke the window.

A) which B) where C) * D) who
22. That’s the palace _____ the King lives.
A) who B) which C) where D) when
23. They are the policemen _____ caught the thief.
A) where B) who C) which D) *
24. He gave him a watch _____ stopped after two days.
A) that B) * C) when D) where
25. The Red Lion is the pub _____ we met for a drink.
A) which B) that C) where D) when

26.My bedroom is a real mess. I _____ clean it.

A) have to B) must
C) don’t have to D) should
27. There’s a wonderful new restaurant opened in town. You _____ go
there.
A) shouldn’t B) must
C) don’t have to D) should
28. You can borrow my tennis racquet, but you _____ keep it very well.
It was very expensive.
A) don’t have to B) should
C) must D) have to
29. It’s my mother’s birthday tomorrow. I _____ buy her a present.
A) must B) have to
C) shouldn’t D) don’t have to
30. Joanna Trollope _____ a lot of books. She _____ her first in 1980.
A) wrote / wrote B) has written / wrote
C) had written / wrote D) wrote / had written

31. We arrived _____ the station five minutes late.

A) to B) at C) for D) on
32. The doctor will be ready in ten minutes. Take a seat while you _____.
A) are wait B) will wait C) are waiting D) wait
33. I’m going out before the shops _____.
A) will shut B) shuts C) are shutting D) shut
34. I _____ by the phone until _____.
A) wait / you ring B) will wait / you will ring
C) wait / you will ring D) will wait / you ring
35. You must phone me as soon as _____ your exam results.
A) you get B) you will get
C) you got D) you are going to get

36. A woman from a travel agency helped us _____ a nice house.

A) to choose B) choosing C) chooses D) too choose
37. When we arrived, the people next door invited us _____ a drink
with them.
A) have B) to have C) to had D) having
38. We began _____ about next year’s holiday two months ago.
A) talked B) talking C) talks D) talk
39. Everyone hopes ____ themselves on holiday but it isn’t always easy.
A) enjoy B) to enjoy C) be enjoyed D) enjoying
40. My wife and I are starting _____ we should stay at home.
A) thinking B) think C) to think D) thought