ALL STAR ECPE PRACTICE TESTS

TEST UNITS 1 – 3

GRAMMAR

1. “Have you sent me the package?”

“Weeks ago. It _____ by now”.
a. Must have delivered
b. Should have been delivered
c. Should deliver
d. Must be delivered
2. “It’s beautiful here!”
“I just wish we _____ a camera with us.”
a. Brought
b. Would bring
c. Had brought
d. Will bring
3. “Did you see Laura’s face?”
“She acted as if she _____ snow before.”
a. Was never seeing
b. Didn’t ever see
c. Had never seen
d. Would never see
4. “Can I get you anything?”
“Would you mind ______ the salt, please?”
a. To pass
b. If you pass
c. That you pass
d. Passing
5. “Look at your hair!”
“It really needs _____ .”
a. Being cut
b. To be cutting
c. To be cut
d. Cutting it
6. “_____ the matter carefully, Kim finally decided to give up her career as an actress.
a. She considered
b. Considered
c. Having considered
d. To consider
7. “I just heard the concert has been cancelled.”
“Yes. We ______ as well go home now.”
a. Must
b. Should
c. Might
d. Could
8. He declared that he hadn’t slept at all because of his neighbour’s dogs _____ all
night.
a. Were barking

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c. Barked
d. Barking
9. It’s essential that I _____ if there are any important changes in the plan.
a. Should tell
b. Be told
c. Am telling
d. Would be told
10. As Anne looked out the window, she saw a car ____ into a garbage truck.
a. To crash
b. Having crashed
c. Crashed
d. Crash
11. “You’re a wonderful pianist.”
“_____ for my mother, I wouldn’t be”.
a. But
b. Weren’t it
c. Except
d. Thanks
12. “When’s your vacation starting?”
“At this time tomorrow _____ an airplane for Florida.”
a. We’re boarding
b. We’ll be boarding
c. We’ll board
d. We’ll have been boarding
13. The police chief was forced to take _____ action against the policeman who
accepted a bribe.
a. Disciplined
b. Disciplinary
c. Disciplining
d. Discipline
14. Only when they offered her the job _____ how much she had wanted it.
a. She had realized
b. Did she realize
c. Had she realized
d. Was she realizing
15. How dare you lock me out of my own house! I demand ______.
a. To let me in
b. To be let in
c. Being let in
d. Letting in
16. He struggled to stand up on the ice _____ to fall down again when he tried to take a
step.
a. Yet
b. Hardly
c. Only
d. Even
17. “I’ve always wanted to go to Europe.”
“_____ , but it’s terribly expensive.”
a. I have to
b. I did as well

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d. So have I
18. “Why do I have to clean this mess up?”
“Because the boss _____.”
a. Expects you
b. Says so
c. Thinks it
d. Wants to
19. “Should I buy the blue scarf or the red scarf?”
“They both look good. Take _____ one you please.”
a. Whatsoever
b. That
c. Each and every
d. Whichever
20. Jake was _____ that nobody would ever ride in the car with him.
a. Such bad a driver
b. A very bad driver
c. So bad a driver
d. A such bad driver
21. “I hope the noise didn’t bother you.”
“Oh no. After all these years, I _____.”
a. Used to it
b. Get used to it
c. Become used to it
d. Am used to it
22. Jenny requested _____ outside until she finished painting their bedroom.
a. The children to play
b. That the children play
c. That the children be playing
d. The children playing
23. That night _____ her eyes when suddenly there was a loud knock at the door.
a. Had Joan just closed
b. Hardly had Joan closed
c. Just had Joan closed
d. Did so sooner Joan close
24. Needless _____, many of us were upset by Ed’s decision to quit.
a. To say it
b. To say
c. That it be said
d. In saying
25. “I thought my joke was pretty funny.”
“Well, your silly behavior almost _____.”
a. Got us arrested
b. Had arrested us
c. Had us arrested
d. Got us to arrest

VOCABULARY

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1. Despite progress in AIDS research, the number of cases worldwide has _____
alarmingly in recent years.
a. Migrated
b. Proliferated
c. Circulated
d. Rallied
2. The old man had hundreds of little ____ around his eyes.
a. Tracks
b. Wrinkles
c. Traces
d. Sprinkles
3. Justine _____ a great deal of pleasure from both her work and her family.
a. Derives
b. Extracts
c. Withdraws
d. Removes
4. Mary’s parents are concerned that her grades are ____ worse this year.
a. Painstakingly
b. Erroneously
c. Factually
d. Markedly
5. Scientists warn that the _____ ecological crisis has the potential to threaten all life
on the planet.
a. Impressionable
b. Impending
c. Impertinent
d. Impartial

6. The historian’s award-winning biography was the result of ten years of _____
research.
a. Exhausted
b. Exhausting
c. Exhaustive
d. Exhaust
7. The company was fined for not being in full _____ with federal safety regulations.
a. Collusion
b. Coordination
c. Cooperation
d. compliance
8. The government has promised to _____ its efforts to bring more tourism to the
country.
a. Step up
b. Count on
c. Put up with
d. Crack down on
9. Zach’s parents are pressuring him to go to college even though he is rather _____
about it.
a. Diffident
b. Ambivalent
c. Imminent

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10. The information contained in the report is strictly confidential and must not be
_____ to anyone.
a. Diverged
b. Distorted
c. Divulged
d. Disrupted
11. As the storm gathered, the sea around the tiny boat began to _____ .
a. Strain
b. Mix
c. Churn
d. Blend
12. The mayor tried to _____ what the voters’ reaction would be if he decided not to
support the farmers.
a. Graze
b. Evoke
c. Gauge
d. Entail

13. He had no real reason for wanting to vacation in Florida this year. He simply decided
___.
a. On the loose
b. On a whim
c. On the move
d. On a dare
14. Her fine porcelain dishes are much too ____ for everyday use.
a. Flimsy
b. Frivolous
c. Flawed
d. Fragile
15. The note he left them was so hastily written that they found it impossible to _____.
a. Decompose
b. Decipher
c. Define
d. Derive
16. Don has been with the company so long that many simply consider him to be a(n)
_____ in the office.
a. Fixture
b. Predecessor
c. Appliance
d. Supplement
17. Of course, I’d love to stay for dinner – if you’re sure it’s not a(n) ____.
a. Commission
b. Inhibition
c. Imposition
d. Restriction
18. There’s nothing more exciting than to watch athletes in top condition ____ for
Olympic medals.
a. Venture
b. Campaign

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d. Oppose
19. He’s a rather _____ person who prides himself on behaving in a socially acceptable
manner.
a. Conventional
b. Compulsive
c. Controversial
d. Contemptible
20. The recording company sued the singer for failing to _____ to the terms of his
contract.
a. Uphold
b. Adhere
c. Comply
d. Succumb
21. The party leaders held up their presidential candidate as the very ____ of honesty
and integrity.
a. Embodiment
b. Reincarnation
c. Personage
d. Application
22. For the plan to work, you must not ____ from it in even the slightest detail.
a. Derive
b. Deviate
c. Refrain
d. Benefit
23. Kelly was _____ as her sister was getting married on the same day as her history
exam.
a. In a scrape
b. In a nutshell
c. In a rut
d. In a bind
24. A good chess player always tries to _____ his opponent’s next move.
a. Replicate
b. Emulate
c. Anticipate
d. Prolong
25. The medicine is bound to make you feel sleepy, but it will ____ in a few hours.
a. Wear off
b. Wear down
c. Wear out
d. Wear on