WEEKLY QUIZ (LEVEL 12)

CORE ENGLISH: ENGLISH FILE ADVANCED

DURATION: 30 MINUTES Total Mark: ........../50
Section I: Grammar (20 pts)
A. Choose A, B, or C to complete the sentences. (20 pts)
Example: I encouraged Sally ________ for the creative writing course.
A. signing up B. to sign up C. sign up
1. If you had brought the map, we ________ lost.
A. will be B. wouldn’t be C. aren’t
2. Can we use your father’s holiday home if he ________ there?
A. isn’t staying B. isn’t stay C. don’t staying
3. ________ you feel if Helena didn’t call you?
A. How do B. What do C. How would
4. Had I known I was going to win the lottery, I ________ stopped working sooner!
A. would have B. had C. ’m
5. If we ________ more money, we could buy a bigger house.
A. would have had B. had C. have
6. Will you please let me ________ what I am saying?
A. finish B. finishing C. to finish
7. We expect my Aunt Laura ________ next April.
A. visits B. to visit C. visiting
8. I advise you ________ to your teacher about the problems you’re having.
A. would talk B. should talk C. to talk
9. I ________ to think you don’t like the book I wrote.
A. ’d hate B. ’m hating C. have hate
10. I remember my mother ________ me bedtime stories when I was a child.
A. read B. reading C. to read
11. If you ________ paying attention, you would have heard the announcement.
A. ’d been B. ’re C. would have been
12. We ________ for a band to play until midnight.
A. persuaded B. expected C. arranged
13. You can’t force him ________ his essay. He has to do it on his own.

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 A. to do B. doing C. done
14. He ________ me feel like I wasn’t contributing, but I was!
A. made B. making C. makes to
15. I really dislike people ________ secrets that they shouldn’t be.
A. to tell B. telling C. told
16. It ________ me forever to load the car. I didn’t know I had this much stuff!
A. taking B. to take C. took
17. I’m going to go on holiday ________ you like it or not.
A. whether B. providing C. even if
18. ________ he forgets to bring the costumes for the show tonight, what are we going to do?
A. According B. Supposing C. Whether
19. She’s letting us borrow her printer on the ________ that we return it to her when we’re done.
A. whether B. if C. condition
20. Had I ________ that you were having a baby, I would have bought you a gift!
A. knowing B. known C. know

1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. B
11. A 12. C 13. A 14. A 15. B 16. C 17. A 18. B 19. C 20. B
Section II: Vocabulary (20 pts)
A. Choose A, B, or C to form a compound adjective. (10 pts)
Example: _______-hand
A. air B. second C. high
1. last-________
A. minute B. hand C. distance
2. ________-minded
A. well B. self C. narrow
3. self-________
A. conscious B. minded C. conditioned
4. well-________
A. behaved B. risk C. out
5. air-________
A. conditioned B. made C. distance
6. home-________
A. minute B. behaved C. made

7. long-________
A. going B. distance C. risk

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8. worn-________
A. hand B. out C. made
9. ________-risk
A. self B. home C. high
10. ________-distance
A. long B. last C. second

1. A 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. B 9. C 10. A
B. Choose () A, B, or C to complete the sentences. (10 pts)
Example: When I’m away from the computer, I feel ________ and edgy.
A. harmless B. tense C. enormous
1. Oh no! I’ve forgotten my ________, so I can’t log in to the website.
A. account B. password C. signal
2. I always try to come up with a sensible ________ rather than something silly.
A. username B. pop-up C. update
3. ‘Please leave your message after the ________’, said the voice.
A. ring B. call C. beep
4. You’ll have to ________. I can hardly hear you.
A. top up B. speak up C. hang up
5. Have you got fast ________ in your area?
A. broadband B. coverage C. reception
6. I’ll join you in five minutes. I just have to________ a call first.
A. give B. have C. make
7. ________ to the bottom of the page. The phone number’s there.
A. Cut off B. Scroll down C. Put through
8. Jane must be talking to her boyfriend. The line’s been ________ for an hour!
A. engaged B. missed C. free
9. Harry couldn’t manage without his ________. He takes it everywhere.
A. landline B. tablet C. cookie
10. I’ve just ________ of credit on my mobile phone – it’s pay-as-you-go, you see.
A. topped up B. put through C. run out

1. B 2. A 3. C 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. A 9. B 10. C

Section III: Pronunciation (10 pts)

A. Which word has a different sound? Choose A, B, or C. (5 pts)
Example: A. edgy B. gambling C. siege
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1. A. track B. sack C. truck
2. A. come B. touch C. cow
3. A. knowledge B. energy C. rough
4. A. high B. compulsive C. addiction
5. A. through B. protein C. overthrow

1. C 2. C 3. C 4. A 5. A
B. Which is the stressed syllable? Choose A, B, or C. (5 pts)
Example: A. vic|to|ri|ous B. vic|to|ri|ous C. vic|to|ri|ous
1. A. de|ter|gent B. de|ter|gent C. de|ter|gent
2. A. irr|it|ate B. irr|it|ate C. irr|it|ate
3. A. pow|er|ful B. pow|er|ful C. pow|er|ful
4. A. jus|ti|fi|ca|tion B. jus|ti|fi|ca|tion C. jus|ti|fi|ca|tion
5. A. de|pen|den|cies B. de|pen|den|cies C. de|pen|den|cies

1. B 2. A 3. A 4. C 5. B

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