Multi-level grammar tests for assessment: Test 1 (100 items)

______ a fluent speaker of English?
1. Is her
2. He
3. Does she
4. Is she
This is a desk, and ______ tables?
1. those are
2. these
3. that are
4. that is
This is ______ boyfriend?
1. hers
2. of her
3. to him
4. her
There are ______ people in the office.
1. the
2. little
3. some
4. any
______ money on Helen's table?
1. There is some
2. There is any
3. Is it some
4. Is there any
A: Where’s Helen? B: She ______ in the office
1. is sitting
2. sit
3. sitting
4. sits
She ______ French and English, so she has got a good job.
1. speak
2. speaks
3. speaking
4. is speaking
A: What _____ ? B: She is writing a letter.
1. does she do
2. does she
3. is she doing
4. she is doing
She ______ speaks no foreign languages.
1. is not
2. ___
3. doesn’t
4. don’t
A: Are Peter and Mary still sitting in the office? B: No, _____
1. they don’t sit
2. they standing
3. there aren’t
4. they aren’t
What language _____?
1. do you speak
2. you speak
3. you are speaking
4. speak you
A: Are there any people in the bar? B: No, ______
1. any
2. there aren’t
3. there isn’t
4. are there
Helen has got only ______ money.
1. any
2. a little
3. no
4. few
A: Do you want some tea? B: No, I don’t want _____ thank you.
1. nothing
2. none
3. anything
4. something
I’m sorry, but I ______ the test yet.
1. don’t finish
2. haven’t finished
3. didn’t finish
4. aren’t finished
______ English before?
1. Have you
2. Do you study
3. Are you studying
4. Have you studied
Mary ______ to the bank on Monday.
1. go
2. going
3. gone
4. went
Marry ______ hasn’t telephoned Peter.
1. yet
2. still
3. always
4. never
Peter ______ in the living room when the phone rang.
1. was sitting
2. has been sitting
3. at
A: What ______? B: She wanted to talk to him.
1. wanted she
2. did she want
3. she wanted
4. has she wanted
Peter can’t speak Italian, ______?
1. isn’t
2. can’t he
3. does he
4. can he
Jack ______ Turkish soon.
1. goes to learn
2. learns
3. is going to learn
4. is learning
He asked her friend to speak ______ on the telephone.
1. clear
2. more clearly
3. very clear
4. too clearly
“What ______ this evening?” Mary asked.
1. you will do
2. do you
3. are you doing
She enjoys ______ to parties.
1. to go
2. that they go
3. going
4. go
His girlfriend _______ while he was still having a bath.
1. was arriving
2. has arrived
3. arrived
4. is arriving
“If I _______ quickly, we wont be late for the party,” said Peter.
1. drive
2. will drive
3. drove
4. would drive
She asked him where ______.
1. the party is
2. the party was
3. was the party
4. is the party
“If I _____ the way to the house, we wouldn’t be so late.”
1. knew
2. know
3. would know
4. had know
Peter wanted ______ a policeman.
1. that Mary would ask
2. Mary asking
3. Mary should ask
4. Mary to ask
Marry said she _____ him driving fast, and asked him to slow down.
1. isn’t liking
2. hasn’t liking
3. didn’t like
4. doesn’t like
When they finally arrived, they _____ the car and went in.
1. had parked
2. were parking
3. parked
4. have parked
They were _____ that they didn’t get anything to eat.
1. such late
2. so late
3. too late
4. very late
Peter made Mary _____ all night.
1. to dance
2. that she danced
3. dance
4. dancing
When you _____ him tomorrow, you will think he is ten years older.
1. see
2. will be
3. would see
4. are going to see
He promised his wife they _____ here earlier next time.
1. will get
2. get
3. shall get
4. would get
_____ Peter nor I was able to drive home.
1. Either
2. Not only
3. Nor
4. Neither
Helen found a good job, and _____ Peter.
1. also
2. too did
3. so did
4. so
The milk ______ at 8 o’clock the following morning.
1. was delivering
2. delivered
3. was delivered
4. is delivered
“If I’d known I’d feel so ill, I _____ to party,” Peter moaned.
1. would go
2. wouldn’t have gone
3. didn’t go
4. would have gone
He heard on the morning news that a family of 6 _____ in an explosion.
1. were being injured
2. had injured
3. have injured
4. had been injured
The family had just had a new gas cooker _____ in their kitchen.
1. fitted
2. fitting
3. to be fitted
4. for fit
The man who fixed it must ______ a mistake with the connections.
1. have made
2. to have made
3. to made
4. made
He ______ his job properly because a lot of gas escaped.
1. shouldn’t do
2. must have done
3. was able to do
4. can’t have done
After Peter ______ his breakfast, he went to work.
1. finishing
2. was finishing
3. had finished
4. has finished
He thought he ______ able to read about the explosion when he got home.
1. will be
2. is
3. would be
4. was
“By the time I get home the story _____ in the evening newspaper,” he thought.
1. appears
2. would be
3. will have appeared
4. has appeared
Peter ______ spending weekends alone.
1. didn’t use to
2. wasn’t used to
3. hadn’t used to
4. used not to
He wished she ______ have to spend so much time away.
1. didn’t
2. hadn’t
3. doesn’t
4. couldn’t
He suggested _______ him on Tuesday evening.
1. her to meet
2. she should meet
3. she meeting
4. that her meeting
You ______ have worried because the test wasn’t difficult, was it?
1. could
2. needn’t
3. must
4. wouldn’t
Now it’s time ______ a short composition.
1. you write
2. you are writing
3. for to write
4. you wrote
He ______ ill for a long time.
1. has had
2. has been
3. is
4. were
I had two eggs for breakfast and ______ of them was fresh.
1. either
2. neither
3. no
4. none
A: Have you passed the test? B: ___________.
1. I don’t doubt
2. Yes, I doubt it
3. I doubt
4. I doubt it
I usually watch TV, but at present I ______ to the radio.
1. am listening
2. listened
3. listen
4. will listen
He speaks English well ______ he has never been to England.
1. however
2. even
3. so
4. although
How long _______ Mr. Brown?
1. do you know
2. did you know
3. have you known
4. will you known
Jane is ______ than Mary.
1. very tall
2. taller
3. the tallest
4. tallest
While I _______ my car I heard a scream.
1. was parking
2. will park
3. park
4. have parked
Turkish is easy, but English ________.
1. is
2. does not
3. is not
4. is not, either
_____ are broken.
1. The legs of the table
2. Table’s leg
3. One leg of the table
4. One of the legs of the table
There is _____ we can do to help you.
1. nothing
2. anything
3. somewhere
4. any
My brother is a very _____ musician
1. the most talented
2. talented
3. more talented
4. talent
He wrote a _______ book last year.
1. good
2. the worst
3. worst
4. very
The detective has not solved the mystery ______.
1. still
2. yet
3. already
4. therefore
He ______ in Africa this time tomorrow.
1. is traveling
2. was traveling
3. will be traveling
4. has been traveling
My brother is _______ young to be a team leader.
1. enough
2. too
3. yet
4. much
______ of his books do you like best?
1. Which
2. What
3. Who
4. Whom
My friend asked me _____ I wanted to drink anything.
1. what
2. which
3. if
4. that
______ read any good book recently?
1. Have you
2. Do you
3. Did you
4. Are you
She doesn’t have _____ money.
1. many
2. much
3. no
4. very
George enjoys _____ in the sea.
1. from swimming
2. swim
3. to swim
4. swimming
Can you tell me _____ ?
1. where does Jack live
2. where Jack lives
3. where is Jack living
4. where is Jack
Did you see the pencil ______ two days ago?
1. I bought it
2. which I bought it
3. that I bought it
4. which I bought
He would buy a new car if he ______ more money.
1. had
2. would had
3. would have
4. have had
Alice is the same age _______ David.
1. with
2. like
3. as
4. by
Who _____ the dinner?
1. did cook
2. cooked
3. was cook
4. is cooked
How many times a week did you do English at school?
1. Four times in a week
2. Twice in a week
3. Once in a week
4. Twice a week
She is staying with her parents _____ the time being because she can’t afford to rent an apartment.
1. during
2. for
3. since
4. in
The children want me to ______ them a story now.
1. say
2. talk
3. tell
4. speak
He _____ hard because he answered all the questions in the exam.
1. must have studied
2. should study
3. should have studied
4. ought to study
His aunt died three months ago. Since then he ____ to Ankara twice.
1. went
2. has gone
3. is going
4. was gone
She is married ______ an Englishman.
1. by
2. with
3. to
4. too
They met some people _____ sons were all football players.
1. who
2. who’s
3. whom
4. whose
They really don’t know ______.
1. when does the football game begin
2. when the football game begin
3. when begins the football game
4. when the football game begins
He _____ difficulty on the last test he took.
1. had
2. has
3. is having
4. will have
After _____ his coffee, he left the restaurant.
1. drinking
2. drank
3. drink
4. to drink
She only takes ____ sugar in her tea.
1. few
2. a lot
3. a little
4. a few
The teacher’s book, _____ lives of great men and women, has 500 pages.
1. who contains
2. which contains
3. which is contain
4. whose contains
They ______ earlier than the others, but they arrived later.
1. are leaving
2. had left
3. leave
4. left
You can travel ______.
1. neither by train or by bus
2. either by train or by bus
3. either by train nor by bus
4. or by train nor by bus
They will leave the house as soon as they _____ lunch.
1. finish eating
2. will finish to eat
3. finish to eat
4. will finish eating
____ all her efforts, she could not please her family.
1. In spite of
2. Nevertheless
3. Although
4. However
We _____ helped you even if we had wanted to because we did not know how to do it.
1. may not have
2. can’t have
3. might not have
4. couldn’t have
I should have called him right away if I _____ his telephone number.
1. have know
2. will know
3. had known
4. would know
_____ coffee after dinner.
1. I’m used to drinking
2. I used to drinking
3. I’m used drinking
They were speaking so loudly that I couldn’t help _____ what they said.
1. to overhear
2. overhearing
3. overhear
4. but to overhear
He seems to be director. I remember ______ in school.
1. saw him
2. seeing him
3. him to see
4. to see him
To travel in the European Community, Dutch people ______ a passport.
1. haven’t got
2. don’t need
3. mustn’t get
4. shouldn’t get

Multi-level grammar tests for assessment: Test 1 (100 items)

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