APTIS GRAMMAR

(25 questions – 12 minutes)

Choose the correct answers (A-C) to questions 1-25.

1. I wish it ____ the time of year when I could go on holiday.
a) were
b) is
c) will be

2. Go to the end of the street and turn ____ right.

a) to
b) (-)
c) on

3. He ____ finished cooking when we arrived.

a) has
b) have
c) had

4. There were ____ than fifty people in the audience last night.
a) few
b) lesser
c) fewer

5. She’ll find out as soon as they ____________ her.

a) tell
b) will tell
c) telling

6. So, I chop the onions and ____________ what?

a) after
b) then
c) until

7. When Helen saw John, he ____________ for the bus.

a) was waiting
b) waiting
c) waited

8. Prices ____________ to be this high last year.

a) use
b) didn’t use
c) didn’t used
9. I’m ____________ sure about my future. I will be a journalist.
a) Really
b) Completely
c) Clearly

10. While we were swimming, a shark ____________ us.

a) Attack
b) Attacked
c) Were attacking

11. If I ____________ you were coming, I would have prepared a delicious meal.
a) have known
b) knew
c) had known

12. You are kind of drunk, __________ you?

a) aren’t
b) are
c) do

13. That pizza was gigantic. I'm sure Mary _____________ eaten it all.
a) mustn’t have
b) should have
c) can’t have

14. I asked her ____ a few days ago but she gave me a slap. I don’t think she’s
interested.
a) out
b) off
c) in

15. The music teacher _________ John to be more focused.

a) said
b) told
c) asks

16. She _________ be upset if she finds out what you did.
a) must
b) might
c) can

17. He _________ alone when she met Chiara.

a) was travelling
b) travelled
c) travelling
18. My sister _____________ in the USA next year.
a) studies
b) is going to study
c) will

19. I don’t believe you. This news _____________ be true.

a) can’t
b) can
c) must

20. My family _________ living in this land for generations.

a) has
b) have
c) have been

21. As long as you __________ the cold, there’s no problem with living in Iceland.
a) are used
b) get used to
c) get

22. If I hadn’t stayed up late playing videogames, I __________ feel sleepy now.
a) won’t
b) wouldn’t have
c) wouldn’t

23. Our cat, __________ we all loved very much, died last week.
a) who
b) whose
c) which

24. She asked if I __________ her.

a) loved
b) love
c) has loved

25. __________ amazing view!

a) What a
b) What an
c) What
Vocabulary
(25 questions – 13 minutes)

1. Write the letter (A – K) of the word that is most similar in meaning to a word on
the left (1 – 5). Use each word once only. You will not need some of the words (A –
K).
1. Begin A. Attempt
2. Grow B. Raise
3. Mean C. Finish
4. Try D. Start up
5. Wash up E. Sweep
F. Develop
G. Speak of
H. Tear
I. Clean
J. Propose
K. Stamp

2. Finish each sentence (6 – 10) using a word from the list (A – J). Use each word once
only. You will not need some of the words (A – J).
6. To cover with paper or material is A. attend
to...
B. assemble
7. To improve or change is to...
C. approach
8. To state or make public is to...
D. arrive
9. To get somewhere is to...
E. admit
10. To put something together is to...
F. arrange
G. announce
H. adjust
I. accept
J. wrap
3. Write the letter of the word on the right (A – J) that matches the definition on the
left (11 – 15). Use each word once only. You will not need five of the words (A – J).
11. A small group of people trained to
work together.
A. mellow
12. No longer living.
B. adorn
13. Weak or unhealthy.
C. cruise
14. To add something decorative to a
D. pot
person or thing.
E. peculiar
15. Mature or easy going and pleasant.
F. extinct
G. frail
H. refund
I. squad
J. soft

4. Finish each sentence (16 – 20) using a word from the list (A – J). Use each word
once only. You will not need five of the words (A – K).
16. How do things float on the A. hurricane
________ of the water?
B. melt
17. Strong _________ is expected to hit
C. global warming
the East Coast this evening.
D. likely
18. If you don’t do what I say, you will
suffer the __________. E. ceiling
19. The sun will soon _________ the F. surface
ice.
G. fringe
20. Sales grew dramatically as the
H. rapidly
company expanded _________.
J. museum
K. consequences

5. Write the letter of the word on the right (A – J) that is most often used with a word
on the left (21 – 25). Use each word once only. You will not need some of the words
(A – J).
21. aerobics 22. agriculture
23. aisle B. audition
24. apron C. scissors
25. atom D. rod
E. classes
F. strings
G. salesman
H. seep
A. bomb I. minister
J. seat