Start the Test

Question 1

Where can you see this notice: “Please leave your room key at Reception.”?

Question 2

Where can you see this notice: “Foreign money changed here”?

Question 3

Where would you see “AFTERNOON SHOW BEGINS AT 2PM”?

Question 4

where would you see: closed for holidays. lessons start again on 8th january”?

Question 5

Where would you see “Price per night: £10 a tent, £5 a person ”?

Question 6

Some people ___ Scotland speak a different language called Gaelic.

Question 7

There are ___ five million people in Scotland.

Question 8

Edinburgh is ___ most famous city.

Question 9

A long time ago, there ___ many forests.

Question 10

Now there are only a ___.

Question 11

Alice was the first to use many new inventions, ___ sound and colour.

Question 12

In 1907 Alice ___ to New York where she started her own film company.

Question 13

She was ___ successful, but, when Hollywood became the centre of the film world...

Question 14

The best days of the independent New York film companies were ___.

Question 15

When Alice died in 1968, hardly anybody ___ her name.

Question 16

UFOs are called flying saucers, ___ that is often what people mention when they see them.

Question 17

UFOs are called flying saucers, that is often the ___ they are reported to be.

Question 18

The ___ flying saucers were seen in 1947 by an American pilot, but experts who studied his claim decided it had been a trick of the light.

Question 19

Even people experienced at watching the sky, ___ as pilots, report seeing UFOs.

Question 20

A television ___ went up with the pilot and filmed the UFOs..

Question 21

The teacher encouraged her students ___ to an English pen-friend.

Question 22

They spent a lot of time ___ at the pictures in the museum.

Question 23

Shirley enjoys science lessons, but all her experiments seem to ___ wrong.

Question 24

___ from Michael, all the group arrived on time.

Question 25

She ___ her neighbour’s children for the broken window.

Question 26

As I had missed the history lesson, my friend went ___ the homework with me.

Question 27

Whether she’s a good actress or not is a ___ of opinion.

Question 28

The decorated roof was ___ up by four thin columns.

Question 29

Would it ___ you if we came on Thursday?

Question 30

This form ___ be handed in until the end of the week.

Question 31

If you make a mistake when you are writing, just ____ it out with your pen.

Question 32

Although our opinions on many things _____, we’re good friends.

Question 33

This product must be eaten ___ two days of purchase.

Question 34

The newspaper report contained ___ important information.

Question 35

Have you considered ___ to London?

Question 36

It can be a good idea for people who lead an active life to increase their ___ of vitamins.

Question 37

I thought there was a ____of jealousy in his reaction to my good fortune.

Question 38

Why didn’t you ___ that you were feeling ill?

Question 39

James was not sure where his best interests ___.

Question 40

He’s still getting ___ the shock of losing his job.

Question 41

A building which was many ___ high was first called a skyscraper.

Question 42

New York has perhaps the ___ skyscraper of them all, the Empire State Building.

Question 43

The ___ beneath the streets of New York is rock.

Question 44

The rock is ___ enough to take the heaviest load without sinking.

Question 45

It is well suited to bearing the ___ of tall buildings.

Question 46

Scrabble was invented in the 1930s, when Alfred Butts found himself out of ___.

Question 47

There was a ___ for a board game based on words.

Question 48

He ___ to design one.

Question 49

Eventually he made a ___ and became very rich.

Question 50

His original ___ was only three cents a game.

Question 51

Roger’s manager ___ to make him stay late if he hadn’t finished the work.

Question 52

By the time he has finished his week’s work, John has hardly ___ energy left for the weekend.

Question 53

As the game ____ to a close, disappointed spectators started to leave.

Question 54

I don’t remember ___ the front door when I left home this morning.

Question 55

I ___ to other people borrowing my books: they always forget to return them.

Question 56

Andrew’s attempts to get into the swimming team have not ____ with much success.

Question 57

Although Harry had obviously read the newspaper article carefully, he didn’t seem to have ____ the main point.

Question 58

A lot of the views put forward in the documentary were open to ___.

Question 59

The new college ____ for the needs of students with a variety of learning backgrounds.

Question 60

I find the times of English meals very strange – I’m not used ____dinner at 6pm.