NA CLA

ENGLISH
2 Quick Test
FILE
GRAMMAR
16 Mary always calling me on my mobile
Tick (✓) A, B, or C to complete the sentences.
and asking for help with her homework.
Example: I driving when you called, so
A was B would C used to
I couldn’t answer the phone.
17 I to like making a packed lunch in the
A had B was ✓ C used to
morning, but I don’t have time anymore with my
1 always say you have to learn some new job.
things yourself. A did B used C would
A They B One C Myself 18 The door behind me when I
2 You can learn to play the guitar if remembered that my keys were inside.
practise a lot. A just shut B had just
A they B one C you shut C had just been
3 Someone left card in the cash shutting
machine. A one’s B their C 19 James spend a lot of his time practising
they the piano, so he wasn’t very good.
4 I wrote this song . A didn’t use to B used to C would
A myself B yourself C ourselves 20 We sleeping when the alarm went off, so
5 Do you often go to the cinema ? it was a rude awakening.
A by myself B by yourself C ourselves A used B were C was
20
6 I’m afraid my boss and I don’t understand
very well.
A oneself B one another C another VOCABULARY
7 should consider allowing teenagers a Tick (✓) A, B, or C to complete the sentences.
to participate in the competition. Example: I’m in charge the
marketing department.
A They B I C There A on B of ✓ C to
t
8 He put the box next to on the seat of the
1 A is a combination of two or more
bus. A himselfB him C her
words in natural-sounding speech and writing.
9 going to be cold out there today. We A collocation B synonym
should dress warmly. C register
A One’s B There’s C It’s
2 is a word that means the same thing,
10 a sale going on at the supermarket down or nearly the same thing, as another word.
the street. Parking is impossible. A An idiom B A synonym
A It’s B There’s C They’re C A phrasal verb
11 I heard the crash. We had finished dinner and we 3 Gary yelled out in when he failed for the
television. tenth time to get the machine working.
A had watched B watched A frustration B temptation
C were watching C celebration
12 I got to work and saw that my desk 4 I grew up in Italy and had a wonderful
moved. A had been B been C has . A childness B childship
13 I waiting for three hours when she C childhood
finally arrived. 5 Some people refuse to buy second-hand clothes for
A ’m B was C had been health reasons, but personally I think it’s just down
14 My brother and I go to the cinema to their .
every Saturday afternoon. A snobbery B jealousy C mistake
A were used to B used to C use to 6 I know he’s seeing someone, but he just won’t
15 My cousins always go to the beach with us in me who it is.
August. A say B tell C talk
A were B would C did

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ENGLISH
2 Quick Test
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7 I don’t like it when people don’t to my 19 partner
emails for weeks, but then expect me to get back A partnerdom B partnerhood
to them immediately. C partnership
A respond B answer C request 20 remember
8 After listening to the lecture intensely for over A memory B memorial
an hour I found it hard to what the C memorizing
professor was talking about.
2
A pick up B take in C get by PRONUNCIATION
9 When I started learning Polish the hardest thing
was to get my round those words with big a Which word has a different sound? Tick (✓) A,
B, or C.
consonant clusters.
A stick B head C tongue Example: A misery B ✓
splendid C germs
10 Although Joe is not the brightest student in the
class, there is a possibility that he’ll get into 1 A who B when C why
university by sheer luck. 2 A see B sense C surely
A distant B remote C immediate 3 A world B form C third
b Tick (✓) the correct word(s) A, B, or C. 4 A quiet B writer C inherit
Example: splendid 5 A now B towel C know
A very thin B excellent ✓
b Which is the correctly stressed syllable? Tick (✓)
C likely to A, B, or C.
11 lexis Example: A mo|no|to|nous ✓
A vocabulary B languages B mo|no|to|nous C
C phrasal verbs mo|no|to|nous
12 get by 6 A neigh|bour|hood B
A improve B accept C manage neigh|bour|hood C
13 pick up neigh|bour|hood
A absorb B remember C forget 7 A ce|leb|ra|tion B ce|leb|ra|tion C
ce|leb|ra|tion
14 bewildered
A confused B problematic 8 A col|lo|ca|tion B col|lo|ca|tion C
col|lo|ca|tion
C religious
9 A me|ta|phor B me|ta|phor
15 scribe C me|ta|phor
A a person in a monastery
10 A a|dult|hood B a|dult|hood
B a person who copies documents C a|dult|hood
C a person who studies languages
10
c Tick (✓) the correct abstract noun form of
the given word A, B, or C. Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation total 50
16 friend
A friendship B friendhood
C friendness
17 generous
A generousment B generousness
C generosity
18 aware
A awaredom B awareness
C awarity

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