English Proficiency Exam

1. … English?
1. She is
2. He
3. Is
4. Is she
This is an office, and … tables.
1. those are
2. these
3. that are
4. that is
This is … girlfriend.
1. hers
2. of her
3. his
4. to him
There are … people in the office.
1. the
2. a
3. some
4. any
… money on Maria’s table?
1. There is some
2. Is it some
3. There is any
4. Is there any
“Where’s Maria?” “She … in the office.”
1. is sitting
2. sit
3. sitting
4. sits
Judith ... Italian and English.
1. speak
2. speaks
3. speaking
4. is speak
“What … ?” “She is writing a letter.”
1. does she do
2. is she doing
3. does she
4. she is doing
She … speak French.
1. no
2. not
3. doesn’t
4. don’t
“Are Peter and Maria still sitting in the office?” “No, …”
1. they don’t sit
2. there aren’t
3. they standing
4. they aren’t
What language …?
1. do you speak
2. you are speaking
3. are you speak
4. speak you
I prefer furniture made of … wood.
1. a
2. -
3. some
4. the
Helen has got only … money.
1. any
2. a little
3. no
4. few
“Do you want some tea?” “No, I don’t want …, thank you.”
1. no
2. none
3. any
4. some
I’m sorry, but I … the test yet.
1. don’t finish
2. didn’t finish
3. haven’t finished
4. aren’t finished
Do you have any aspirin? George … a headache.
1. are having
2. has
3. have
4. is having
One day last March, I … a very strange letter.
1. did get
2. got
3. used to get
4. was getting
Where … to school?
1. did you go
2. you did go
3. you go
4. you went
Claude didn’t … in Canada.
1. lived
2. use to live
3. used to live
4. used to living
As soon as the light turned red, she … the car.
1. did stop
2. stopped
3. stops
4. was stopping
“… you close the door, please?”
“Certainly.”
1. May
2. Shall
3. Do
4. Will
Johnny … the paper when I interrupted him.
1. read
2. reads
3. was reading
4. were reading
Mike and I … to the Crash concert. We already have our tickets.
1. are going
2. go
3. went
4. will go
The lenses of this microscope need … .
1. adjusting
2. adjust
3. to adjust
4. adjusted
How many cups of coffee have you … this morning?
1. been drinking
2. drank
3. drink
4. drunk
The department store has been in business ... many years.
1. already
2. for
3. in
4. since
That’s … story I have ever heard.
1. a ridiculous
2. the ridiculous
3. the more ridiculous
4. the most ridiculous
Jessica is an excellent employee. She works …, and she is very dependable.
1. as hard
2. hard
3. harder than
4. hardly
In 1992, Kristi Yamaguchi … win the gold medal in figure skating at the Winter Olympics.
1. can
2. could
3. will be able to
4. was able to
Marcia can’t speak German yet, but after a few lessons she … speak a little.
1. can
2. could
3. is able to
4. will be able to
As soon as you ... what you’re doing, I’d like a word with you, please.
1. are finishing
2. will finish
3. will be finished
4. finish
According to this schedule, the next train ... in ten minutes.
1. leave
2. leaves
3. left
4. leaving
Don’t interrupt me ... I’m talking.
1. while
2. by the time
3. until
4. after
The Jordans ... at R&J Corp. since 1992.
1. are working
2. have been working
3. has been working
4. worked
I’d give him a ring before you go ... he goes out.
1. on condition
2. whether
3. as long
4. in case
Bill ... before having his photo taken.
1. cut his hair
2. got his hair cut
3. got cut his hair
4. got hair cut
. ... broken into while we were away on holiday.
1. We had our house
2. It was our house
3. Thieves had our house
4. They have
He … all the money he inherited from his parents.
1. is said to have been spent
2. said to have spent
3. is said to have spent
4. is said that he spent
She is going on a diet in order ...weight.
1. for not gaining
2. not for gaining
3. not to gain
4. to gain not
. Maria is not used to ... alone.
1. live
2. lives
3. lived
4. living
There’s nothing tastier than ... tomato.
1. nice red
2. a nice red
3. a nice and a red
4. nice and red
A ... factory will be opened in the north.
1. new Japanese car
2. Japanese car new
3. Japanese new car
4. new car Japanese
We hadn’t expected the trip to be ... exhausting.
1. such
2. so
3. such a
4. like this
. She’s ... too thin for her part in the play.
1. lot
2. a bit
3. little too
4. little
She was lying in the middle of the road, ... for help.
1. she was crying
2. she cried
3. crying
4. and she crying
Have you ever considered ... jobs?
1. change
2. changed
3. changing
4. to change
A: Do you mind if I borrow a chair?
B: ... Do you only need one?
1. I’m sorry.
2. Not at all.
3. Yes, I do.
4. Yes, I would.
. I’m busy. Please come back some ... time.
1. another
2. the other
3. others
4. other
. ... that I wouldn’t pass the exam, I didn’t bother to take it.
1. I know
2. Knowing
3. I knew
4. I knowing
. ...our meal, we had a cup of coffee.
1. Finished
2. We have finished

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