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60 questions, from everyday English to advanced structures. Allow about 25 minutes. Choose the answer that feels right without using a dictionary.
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A1 Elementary
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Strengths
- Start with the A1 foundations.
Areas to practice
- Use is with a singular subject
- Orange begins with a vowel sound
- Add -s to the verb with he in the present simple
- Use are with we
- A chair is singular, so use there is
- A modal verb takes the base form
Review answers & explanations
This ___ my friend, Eva.
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Correct answer: is
Use is with a singular subject.
I have ___ orange in my bag.
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Correct answer: an
Orange begins with a vowel sound.
Sam ___ football on Sundays.
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Correct answer: plays
Add -s to the verb with he in the present simple.
We ___ from Poland.
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Correct answer: are
Use are with we.
There ___ a chair by the window.
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Correct answer: is
A chair is singular, so use there is.
Can you ___ me, please?
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Correct answer: help
A modal verb takes the base form.
My parents ___ in a hospital.
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Correct answer: work
Use the base present form with a plural subject.
The cat is ___ the table, next to my feet.
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Correct answer: under
Under describes a position below something.
I ___ not like cold tea.
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Correct answer: do
Use do not with I and a main verb.
___ is your name?
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Correct answer: What
What asks for a name or piece of information.
Look! The children ___ in the garden.
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Correct answer: are playing
An action happening now uses be plus -ing.
I ___ my grandmother yesterday.
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Correct answer: visited
Yesterday is a finished past time.
There is not ___ sugar left.
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Correct answer: much
Sugar is uncountable, so use much.
This exercise is ___ than the last one.
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Correct answer: easier
Use a comparative before than; easy becomes easier.
We ___ dinner when the lights went out.
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Correct answer: were having
An interrupted action in the past uses the past continuous.
She has ___ finished her homework.
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Correct answer: already
Already can appear between has and a past participle.
If the weather is fine, we ___ outside.
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Correct answer: will eat
A real future condition uses present simple plus will.
The phone is ringing. I ___ get it.
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Correct answer: will
Will expresses a decision made at the moment of speaking.
We arrived ___ Friday evening.
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Correct answer: on
Use on with a named day, including its evening.
You ___ run in the museum. It is forbidden.
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Correct answer: must not
Must not expresses prohibition.
By the time I arrived, everyone ___ home.
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Correct answer: had gone
The past perfect places leaving before the arrival.
I enjoy ___ new recipes.
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Correct answer: trying
Enjoy is followed by an -ing form.
If I had more space, I ___ a piano.
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Correct answer: would buy
Use would plus base verb for an imaginary present result.
The letters ___ every morning.
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Correct answer: are collected
The passive uses be plus past participle; letters is plural.
She said that she ___ busy.
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Correct answer: was
Reported present speech commonly shifts to the past after said.
That is the man ___ helped us.
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Correct answer: who
Who introduces a relative clause describing a person.
We have been waiting ___ two hours.
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Correct answer: for
For introduces a length of time.
I ___ three emails so far today.
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Correct answer: have sent
So far today refers to a period continuing to now.
You ___ see a dentist if your tooth hurts.
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Correct answer: should
Should gives advice and takes a base verb.
We decided ___ at home.
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Correct answer: to stay
Decide takes a to-infinitive.
If I had seen your message, I ___ replied.
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Correct answer: would have
A third conditional result uses would have plus past participle.
This time tomorrow, we ___ across the country.
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Correct answer: will be driving
The future continuous describes an activity in progress at a future time.
He ___ be at home; his car is in the driveway.
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Correct answer: must
Must expresses a strong deduction from evidence.
I am used to ___ in a busy office.
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Correct answer: working
Be used to takes a noun or -ing form.
My uncle, ___ lives nearby, is a chef.
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Correct answer: who
Use who for extra information about a person, not that.
We ___ live near the coast when I was little.
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Correct answer: used to
Used to describes a past state that is no longer true.
That ___ be Ella. She is abroad this week.
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Correct answer: cannot
Cannot expresses a strong negative deduction.
The flight was cancelled ___ the storm.
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Correct answer: because of
Because of is followed by a noun phrase.
I would rather ___ at home tonight.
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Correct answer: stay
Would rather is followed by a base verb.
The film was ___ interesting that I watched it twice.
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Correct answer: so
Use so before an adjective followed by a that clause.
By next June, I ___ my degree.
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Correct answer: will have completed
The future perfect describes completion before a future deadline.
If she had taken the offer, she ___ in Rome now.
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Correct answer: would be living
A mixed conditional links a different past to an imagined present.
The suspect is believed ___ the country yesterday.
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Correct answer: to have left
A perfect infinitive marks an event earlier than the reporting belief.
___ the instructions, he began the experiment.
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Correct answer: Having read
Having plus a past participle marks an earlier completed action.
I wish I ___ so much money last weekend.
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Correct answer: had not spent
A past regret after wish takes the past perfect.
The project went ahead ___ several objections.
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Correct answer: despite
Despite takes a noun phrase.
No sooner had we left ___ it began to rain.
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Correct answer: than
No sooner pairs with than.
The report needs ___ before publication.
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Correct answer: revising
Need plus -ing has a passive meaning: it needs to be revised.
I would have called if I ___ your number.
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Correct answer: had known
Use the past perfect in the if clause of a third conditional.
Not only ___ late, but he also forgot the tickets.
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Correct answer: was he
A fronted negative phrase triggers subject–auxiliary inversion.
Rarely ___ a proposal with such broad support.
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Correct answer: have we seen
A fronted negative adverb triggers subject–auxiliary inversion.
It was her persistence ___ made the difference.
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Correct answer: that
An it-cleft uses that to connect the focused element to the clause.
The committee insisted that the report ___ revised.
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Correct answer: be
The formal mandative subjunctive uses the base form.
___ the difficulties, the team delivered on time.
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Correct answer: Notwithstanding
Notwithstanding can precede a noun phrase to mean despite.
The findings ___ to support the initial hypothesis.
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Correct answer: appear
A plural subject takes appear; this verb hedges the claim.
Had I known the risks, I ___ differently.
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Correct answer: would have acted
Inverted had I known is equivalent to if I had known.
What the plan lacks ___ a credible funding model.
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Correct answer: is
A what-cleft commonly takes singular is when identifying one missing thing.
The evidence is compelling, ___ not conclusive.
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Correct answer: albeit
Albeit can introduce a reduced concessive phrase meaning although.
Only after the audit ___ the discrepancy.
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Correct answer: did they discover
Only after at the front triggers inversion in the main clause.
His account is at odds ___ the recorded evidence.
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Correct answer: with
The fixed expression at odds with means in conflict with.
This ___ my friend, Eva.
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Correct answer: is
Use is with a singular subject.
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Correct answer: an
Orange begins with a vowel sound.
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Correct answer: plays
Add -s to the verb with he in the present simple.
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Correct answer: are
Use are with we.
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Correct answer: is
A chair is singular, so use there is.
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Correct answer: help
A modal verb takes the base form.
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Correct answer: work
Use the base present form with a plural subject.
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Correct answer: under
Under describes a position below something.
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Correct answer: do
Use do not with I and a main verb.
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Correct answer: What
What asks for a name or piece of information.
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Correct answer: are playing
An action happening now uses be plus -ing.
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Correct answer: visited
Yesterday is a finished past time.
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Correct answer: much
Sugar is uncountable, so use much.
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Correct answer: easier
Use a comparative before than; easy becomes easier.
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Correct answer: were having
An interrupted action in the past uses the past continuous.
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Correct answer: already
Already can appear between has and a past participle.
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Correct answer: will eat
A real future condition uses present simple plus will.
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Correct answer: will
Will expresses a decision made at the moment of speaking.
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Correct answer: on
Use on with a named day, including its evening.
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Correct answer: must not
Must not expresses prohibition.
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Correct answer: had gone
The past perfect places leaving before the arrival.
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Correct answer: trying
Enjoy is followed by an -ing form.
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Correct answer: would buy
Use would plus base verb for an imaginary present result.
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Correct answer: are collected
The passive uses be plus past participle; letters is plural.
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Correct answer: was
Reported present speech commonly shifts to the past after said.
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Correct answer: who
Who introduces a relative clause describing a person.
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Correct answer: for
For introduces a length of time.
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Correct answer: have sent
So far today refers to a period continuing to now.
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Correct answer: should
Should gives advice and takes a base verb.
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Correct answer: to stay
Decide takes a to-infinitive.
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Correct answer: would have
A third conditional result uses would have plus past participle.
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Correct answer: will be driving
The future continuous describes an activity in progress at a future time.
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Correct answer: must
Must expresses a strong deduction from evidence.
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Correct answer: working
Be used to takes a noun or -ing form.
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Correct answer: who
Use who for extra information about a person, not that.
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Correct answer: used to
Used to describes a past state that is no longer true.
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Correct answer: cannot
Cannot expresses a strong negative deduction.
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Correct answer: because of
Because of is followed by a noun phrase.
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Correct answer: stay
Would rather is followed by a base verb.
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Correct answer: so
Use so before an adjective followed by a that clause.
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Correct answer: will have completed
The future perfect describes completion before a future deadline.
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Correct answer: would be living
A mixed conditional links a different past to an imagined present.
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Correct answer: to have left
A perfect infinitive marks an event earlier than the reporting belief.
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Correct answer: Having read
Having plus a past participle marks an earlier completed action.
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Correct answer: had not spent
A past regret after wish takes the past perfect.
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Correct answer: despite
Despite takes a noun phrase.
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Correct answer: than
No sooner pairs with than.
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Correct answer: revising
Need plus -ing has a passive meaning: it needs to be revised.
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Correct answer: had known
Use the past perfect in the if clause of a third conditional.
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Correct answer: was he
A fronted negative phrase triggers subject–auxiliary inversion.
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Correct answer: have we seen
A fronted negative adverb triggers subject–auxiliary inversion.
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Correct answer: that
An it-cleft uses that to connect the focused element to the clause.
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Correct answer: be
The formal mandative subjunctive uses the base form.
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Correct answer: Notwithstanding
Notwithstanding can precede a noun phrase to mean despite.
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Correct answer: appear
A plural subject takes appear; this verb hedges the claim.
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Correct answer: would have acted
Inverted had I known is equivalent to if I had known.
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Correct answer: is
A what-cleft commonly takes singular is when identifying one missing thing.
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Correct answer: albeit
Albeit can introduce a reduced concessive phrase meaning although.
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Correct answer: did they discover
Only after at the front triggers inversion in the main clause.
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Correct answer: with
The fixed expression at odds with means in conflict with.