Name: __________________________________ Date:_______________________

Pre-Test

Multiple choice.: Kindly Encircle your correct answers for the following questions.

1. When Sam was a small child, he ________ spend hours every day playing with stones in the
garden.
A. would
B. was
C. should
D. used

2. The police are ________ an investigation into the robbery.

A. working out
B. searching out
C. making out
D. carrying out

3. It's a great place to live apart from the increasing volume of ________ that passes under my
window every day.
A. transport
B. traffic
C. vehicles
D. circulation

4. Jack's parents ________ and so I am sure they would love to go to the exhibition.
A. like Picasso's paintings very much
B. like very much Picasso's paintings
C. much Picasso's paintings like much like Picasso's paintings.

5. We ________ a lovely three weeks in the south of Spain last year.

A. took
B. passed
C. did
D. spent

6. How _______ get back home if you lost your ticket?

A. have you
B. would you
C. might I
D. had you to

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7. Although it had been advertised as fully furnished, there was actually _______ furniture in the
flat.
A. little
B. a few
C. none
D. lack of

8. Only in Saudi _______ produce a tasty date.

A. they can
B. they
C. do they
D. are they to

9. Had the grammar section of the test not been so difficult, Kay would certainly _______ it.
A. have passed
B. be passed
C. have been passed
D. pass

10. We'll get you a car once you _______ your driving test.
A. are having passed
B. are passing
C. might pass
D. have passed

11. I have a confession to make. I _______ you the truth.

A. wasn't told
B. haven't been telling
C. told not
D. couldn't be telling

12. I really have no idea how the mistake ________ in the first place.
A. came through
B. came about
C. came round
D. came off

13. You'd better take these papers with you ________ you need them for your meeting.
A. otherwise
B. unless
C. in case
D. as far as

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14. Rosemary: Why are all these flags _______ put up all over the city? Angus: It's because of our
national holiday next week.

A. having been
B. being
C. to have been
D. not to

15. Soldiers have been sent in to try to restore ________ in the area.
A. organization
B. harmony
C. order
D. regulation

Thank you!

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1. A
2. D
3. C
4. A
5. D
6. B
7. B
8. A
9. A
10. D
11. B
12. A
13. C
14. B
15. A
16. C
17. B
18. C