L’Arca Lingue

Entry Test

1st part

In each question, only one of the three answers or sentences is correct. Choose the correct one and tick it.

Ex: This ... a book

a) isb) amc) be

1. Mary speaks English, but ...

a) speaks Bill?b) Bill speaks?c) does Bill?

2. Do you draw or sing?

a) I’m drawing and singing.b) I draw and I sing.c) I draw and singing.

3. Ken’s behind Mary. Mary’s ... Ken.

a) in front ofb) besidec) next

4. Monday is the first day.

a) Tuesday is the fourth.b) The second is thursdayc) Thursday is the fourth

5.

a) Look my garden, Susan! b) Look at my garden, Susan! c) Susan is look at my garden

6. ‘Whose is the house?’ ‘It’s ... .’

a) ourb) our onec) ours

7. ‘Are the bicycles in the garage?’ No, there ... in the garage.’

a) is anythingb) isn’t somethingc) is nothing

8. Pat’s a girl ... long arms.

a) with someb) withc) with the

9. What time ... dinner?

a) does Peter haveb) does Peter hasd) Peter has

10. Her father will come at 8 o’clock ... .

a) this afternoonb) in this eveningc) this evening

11. Nancy works in a shop and ... .

a) that does Alan toob) so does Alan tooc) that Alan too does

12. What is your cousin?

a) This is her.b) I haven’t got any.c) She is a doctor.

13. What ... on Saturday?

a) does John usually do b) John usually doesc) usually does John

14. They told ... next week.

a) to him come backb) him to come backc) he could come back

15. My youngest daughter ... late for school.

a) is never comingb) comes neverc) has never been

16. Have you ever been to Ireland?

a) Not ever. b) Not yet.c) Not still.

17. ‘Shall I get anything for you at the shop?’ ‘Yes, ... apples.’

a) bring a littleb) take a fewc) bring some

18. ... clever idea!

a) Whatb) What ac) So

19. ... to get rich.

a) Not every young man tryb) No every young man tryc) Not every young man tries

20. How’s John’s sister?

a) This is her.b) She’s fine.c) She’s good.

21. Why have you ... to me’

a) goneb) comec) went

22. Last Sunday ... thousands of people on the beach.

a)there wereb) there wasc) they were

23.

a) Was the big car expensive?b) Was expensive the big car?

d) Was the expensive a big car?

24. ‘In the future scientists ... a lot of money.’ his parents said.

a) shall earnb) will earnc) going to earn

25. I passed my exams but it was a long time ... my friends about it.

a) before I toldb) when I wasn’t tellingc) before telling

26. ‘The best ... now is to write to her.’ my friend said.

a) thing that you dob) you should doc) thing to do

27. Mrs Penfield telephoned early last Saturday while I ... bed.

a) still was in theb) was still inc) was still in the

28. Jim was ... he forgot his books.

a) so excited thatb) so much excitedc) so excited as

29. Is her ... than mine?

a) shorter hairb) hair more shortc) hair shorter

30. Phone me when you get ... .

a) to homeb) homec) at home

31. The baby is crying! Will you ... while I prepare his milk?

a) make him upb) look after himc) care him

32. To travel from England to Scotland you ... a passport.

a) haven’t gotb) mustn’t havec) don’t need

33. I ... home at half past six.

a) come atb) getc) arrive in

34. I ... meet her every day.

a) used tob) likedc) wanted

35. Tell ...back tomorrow.

a) Pam comeb) to Pam to comec) Pam to come

Name and date ______

L’Arca Lingue

Entry Test

2nd part

In each question, only one of the four answers or sentences is correct. Choose the correct one and tick it.

Ex: This ... a book

a) isb) amc) ared) be

36. Don’t you remember that we ... to the cinema tonight?

a) will be goneb) are goingc) would god) go

37.

a) I’m here since half an hour.b) I’ve been here since half an hour.

c) It’s half an hour I am here.d) I’ve been here for half an hour.

38.

a) Ida had been given some money.b) They had been given some money to Ida.

c) To Ida some money had been given.d) Some money to Ida had been given.

39. We went out to dinner before ... to the cinema.

a) we were goingb) goc) goingd) to go

40. By the time we arrive, the film ... .

a) shall have startedb) has startedc) has to startd) will have started

  1. Would you like some more coffee? There’s still ... left.

a) a fewb) littlec) a littled) few

  1. He didn’t mind ... late because he enjoyed it.

a) to workb) workc) that he workd) working

  1. He asked me ... stay.

a) how long was I going tob) how long I was going to

c) how long time I was going tod) how long time was I going to

  1. That’s the hotel ... last year.

a) where we stayed atb) which we stayed

c) where we stayedd) at which we stayed at

  1. She broke a ...while she was washing up.

a) glass for wineb) wine glassc) glass wined) glass of wine

  1. I’m going to the hairdresser’s ... .

a) for to cut me my hairb) to have cut my hair

c) to have my hair cutd) to cut my hair

  1. He couldn’t help ... that his wife was worried.

a) to noticeb) noticingc) except noticed) notice

  1. Your parents are ... to ring the police if they don’t know where you are.

a) likelyb) probablyc) probabled) possible

  1. She ... the cups and some of them broke.

a) letb) droppedc) let faild) fell

  1. He got a job in a furniture ... .

a) industryb) factoryc) societyd) fabric

  1. I was surprised my wife was out. ‘She ... shopping,’ I thought.

a) must be goneb) should goc) must have goned) ought to have gone

  1. ‘... you give me a room for the night?’ I asked, on arriving at the hotel.

a) Shouldb) Canc) Mightd) May

  1. Before ... hope, let’s try this one.

a) giving upb) to give upc) taking upd) to take up

  1. ‘I wonder why they’re late.’ ‘They ... the train’.

a) can have missedb) could missc) might missd) may have missed

  1. Her opinion is the same ... her mother’s.

a) thatb) thanc) asd) like

  1. ... I need is a drink.

a) The thing whatb) Thatc) Whatd) The which

  1. I met him ... the stairs as I was coming up.

a) alongb) forc) ind) on

  1. ... a pity I didn’t see you.

a) What’sb) It’sc) There’sd) That’s

  1. I was ... tired to go on.

a) toob) too muchc) so muchd) so

  1. He ... live in the country than in the city.

a) prefersb) likes better toc) had betterd) would rather

  1. That’s the dog ... .

a) what we’ve been looking afterb) we’ve been looking after

c) we’ve been after lookingd) after which we’ve been looking

  1. I work ... I can.

a) as hardly asb) so hardly asc) so hard asd) as hard as

  1. ‘I missed the train home last night.’ ‘So ... .’

a) did Ib) I didc) I haved) have I

  1. He broke the world ... for the 100 metres.

a) markb) levelc) recordd) standard

  1. There are a lot of mistakes in this exercise. I’ll have to ... it again with you.

a) repassb) instructc) come throughd) go over

  1. He ... doesn’t believe it even though we’ve shown him the evidence.

a) yetb) alreadyc) stilld) no longer

  1. I was so tired that I would have slept ... .

a) somewhereb) howeverc) in whatever placed) anywhere

  1. Every old house has ... strange stories.

a) theirb) itsc) hisd) the

  1. When we arrived at the hotel we asked them ... have

a) what room we may b) which room could we

c) which room we couldd) what room could we

  1. They offered ... Number 7.

a) to us roomb) us roomc) us the roomd) to us the room

Name and date ______

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