Achievement Test

ACHIEVEMENT TEST - PRE-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL
GRAMMAR SECTION
Grammar Test 1
Read the following passage carefully and underline the best word or phrase in
bold. (10 marks)
A Canadian in America
Mark is a film director from British Columbia who now living/lives in Hollywood. He
is living/has lived in the United States since/for 1987, first in New York then in
California. He is married to an American. They have a two-year-old son whose/whom
name is Kent. Here are Mark's views on America and Americans:
Americans are easy and comfortable to live with, but/because it is not that easy to get
to know him/them well. In spite of their appearance of openness and informality, they
are actually reserved and polite with their opinions. You don't get to know them too
well if/unless you spend some time trying to understand what they are thinking.
Sports are very important. Canadians like sports too, but there seems to be a few/a lot
more interest in them in America. Sport plays/is playing an important social function.
American football, baseball and basketball are popular subjects which/what are
common in casual talk and are an important conversational icebreaker.
Grammar Test 2
Read the following passage carefully and underline the best word or phrase in
bold. (10 Marks)
Steve Brent is a computer software engineer in Seattle. Steve is Irish and is
coming/comes from Belfast in Northern Ireland. He works for a company who/which
produces computer games. He came/has come to the United States in his early
twenties because he couldn't/wouldn't find an interesting job back home. He first lived
in California for/during three years then he moved to Seattle where he found a more
interesting job. He is living/has been living in Seattle for/since the last five years and
prefers it to Los Angeles. Steve is very ambitious and he already changed/has already
changed his job twice. He enjoys/is enjoying living in the US but he sometimes gets
homesick and he would like going/to go back to Ireland to see his relatives more
often. He wants/is wanting to go home for Christmas this year
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Grammar Test 3
Choose the best word or phrase to fill the gap. (10 Marks)
1
Tanya is on holiday in London and she _________ herself very much.

a) enjoy
b) is enjoy
c) is enjoying d) enjoys
They took the Eurostar to Paris _________ evening.

a) last
b) yesterday c) during
d) in
She learned _________ Russian when she was a child.

a) to speak
b) speak
c) speaking d) for speak
They _________ do very much last night.

a) wasn't
b) hadn't
c) didn't
d) don't
There's a concert on at the Pavilion. It starts _________ 8.30pm ________

Saturday.
a) on, at
b) to, at
c) at, to
d) at, on
A: What's it like in town on Saturdays?

B: It's very busy. _________
a) There are too many traffic.
b) It's too much traffic.
c) There's too much traffic.
d) There's a lot much traffic.
A: I really enjoy skating!

B: _________
a) So, I do.
b) Nor do I.
c) Neither do I.
d) So, do I.
It's such a lovely day I think _________ to the park.

a) I'll go
b) I go
c) I'm going
d) I'd
I don't feel very well this morning. I wish I _________ so much last night.
a) hadn't eaten b) didn't eat c) shouldn't have eaten d) haven't eaten
10
If she doesn't finish her studies, she _________ get a good job.
a) doesn't
b) wouldn't c) hasn't
d) won't
11
He lost her credit card so he _________ pay for the meal.

a) shouldn't b) couldn't
c) can't
d) wouldn't

12
The washing machine has broken down again. I think it _________ this time.
a) is needing changing
b) needs to change
c) is has need to change
d) needs changing
13
A: When _________?
B: On Sunday morning.
a) did they arrive
b) have they arrived
c) did they arrived
d) arrived they
14
When I was at school I _________ wear a uniform.

a) had to
b) must
c) should
d) did have to
15
Did your parents _________ you stay out late when you were a teenager?
a) letting
b) to let
c) let
d) allow
16
Coffee _________ in Brazil for hundreds of years.

a) was grown b) is grown c) has been grown
17
A: _________ house is that?

B: My brother's.
a) Who's
18
d) is been grown
b) Whose
c) What
d) Which
You _________ come with us if you don't want to.

a) don't have to
b) must c) aren't supposed to
d) won't
19
Rome is _________ beautiful __________ London.

a) more, as
b) more, than c) most, as
d) as, than
20
If you don't want to catch a cold you _________ come indoors now.
a) could
b) must
c) might
d) ought to


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ACHIEVEMENT TEST - PRE-INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2003

Tanya is on holiday in London and she _________ herself very much.

They took the Eurostar to Paris _________ evening.

She learned _________ Russian when she was a child.

They _________ do very much last night.

There's a concert on at the Pavilion. It starts _________ 8.30pm ________

A: What's it like in town on Saturdays?

A: I really enjoy skating!

It's such a lovely day I think _________ to the park.

He lost her credit card so he _________ pay for the meal.

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b) have they arrived

c) did they arrived

When I was at school I _________ wear a uniform.

Coffee _________ in Brazil for hundreds of years.

A: _________ house is that?

You _________ come with us if you don't want to.

Rome is _________ beautiful __________ London.

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