English Language Test Answer Keys (Tests 1 & 2)

Test 1 A

Grammar

  1. older / never / that / have.
  2. will have left / were built / was playing (or had been playing) / weighs.
  3. hadn’t destroyed / worrying / had sent / would buy.
  4. won’t be allowed into the theatre unless you have got a ticket / having my carpet cleaned at the moment / to buy a cake for the party / whose coat this is.

Vocabulary

  1. boring / under / preparing / confident.
  2. donate / delay / depress / develop.
  3. international / peaceful / responsible (or reliable) / innocent.
  4. respectful to their teachers / butterflies in my stomach / got married / protesters.

Reading

  1. ABB.
  2. F (The emperor built copies of palaces that he had conquered). F (Many Chinese people are interested in European culture but can’t afford to visit Europe). T. T.
  3. deliberately / architecture / conquered / culture / popular / temporary.

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Test 1 B

Grammar

  1. have won / will have to / will have finished / was being decorated.
  2. were watching / will have been playing / wouldn’t have got / travelling.
  3. as tall as her cousin Joan / suggested going (or that we go / went) to the beach / the house where Charles Dickens was born (or the house Charles Dickens was born in) / must have got very wet in the rain last night.
  4. looks / had / who’s / correct.

Vocabulary

  1. disrespectful / sensitive / stylish / modest.
  2. looking / come / apologize / replaced.
  3. made a fortune / out of the blue / take part / got good grades.
  4. Correct. optimistic / get / illegal / useful.

Reading

  1. ADB.
  2. deliberately / architecture / conquered / culture / popular / temporary.

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Test 2 A

Grammar

  1. is going to drive / anything / yet / cut.
  2. have been booking / will be doing / will need / used to walk (or would walk / walked).
  3. had lost / to look / seeing / will have returned.
  4. suggested that we go (or went / suggested going) to the beach / the man who painted my picture last week / can’t go out tonight unless you finish your homework first / was taken to hospital (by mum) last night.

Vocabulary

  1. find out / stopped off / were (or had been) going out / set off.
  2. safety / founder / donation / openness.
  3. uncensored / loyal / unattractive / depressed.
  4. the theatre box office (or the box office of the theatre) / shyness / animal rights / outskirts of the town.

Reading

  1. ABA.
  2. Rationing was when the government said how much food everybody could have during World War II. / The Wimbledon queue is successful because it is well organized, has rules, and is exciting and fun. / It doesn’t work well at bus stops during busy times. / It helps everyone because it is fair and reduces the time that everyone has to wait.
  3. huge / influence / introduced / fail / realize / visible.

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Test 2 B

Grammar

  1. have seen / walking / was swimming / Could (or Can) phone.
  2. Have been wearing (or have worn) / have written / are taught (or have been taught) / to sit.
  3. asked me whether I had been taking my medicine / the boy whose bike broke last week / having my house painted next Tuesday / able to book a holiday if we save some money.
  4. NOSOTROS.

Vocabulary

  1. getting better (or got better) / went windsurfing / make friends / do well.
  2. dishonest / affluent / multi-coloured / offensive.
  3. taught herself / put on a brave face / in the city centre / take part in.
  4. Correct. Immature / sponsored / neck / inventions.

Reading

  1. AAB.
  2. huge / influence / introduced / fail / realize / visible.

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