English Language Level Test · Cork English AcademyCork English Academy

Please ensure you complete the test carefully, by yourself, and without help, as this will influence the level you start your classes at.

This test has 52 questions.

The first 40 are multiple choice grammar questions
The next 10 are multiple choice vocabulary questions
The last 2 are writing questions. You only need to answer 2 out of 4 of the writing questions. The choice is yours!

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First Name

Surname

Please choose a date & time for your speaking test on Zoom. This should be between Monday to Friday 09.00 to 16.00 GMT+1 (Time in Ireland)

I ________________ from France.

are

This is my friend. _____________ name is Peter.

Her

Our

Yours

His

Mike is ______________.

my sister's friend

friend my sisters

friend from my sister

my sister friends

My brother is ______________ artist.

the

___

_______________ 20 desks in the classroom.

This is

There is

They are

There are

Paul ________________ romantic films.

Likes not

don't like

doesn't like

isn't likes

Sorry, I can’t talk. I _____________ right now.

driving

'm driving

drives

drive

She _________________ at school last week.

didn't be

weren't

wasn't

isn't

I _________________ the film last night.

likes

liking

liked

__________________ a piece of cake? No, thank you.

Do you like

Would you like

Want you

Are you like

The living room is ___________________ than the bedroom.

more big

more bigger

biggest

bigger

The car is very old. We’re going ____________________ a new car soon.

to buy

buying

to will buy

buy

Jane is a vegetarian. She ____________________ meat.

sometimes eats

never eats

often eats

usually eats

There aren’t ________________ buses late in the evening.

some

any

The car park is _________________ to the restaurant.

opposite

behind

in front

Sue ________________ shopping every day.

is going

going

goes

They _________________ in the park when it started to rain heavily.

walked

were walking

were walk

are walking

________________ seen fireworks before?

Did you ever?

Are you ever?

Have you ever?

Do you ever?

We’ve been friends ____________________ many years.

since

from

during

for

You _________________ pay for the tickets. They’re free.

have to

don't have

don't need to

doesn't have to

Jeff was ill last week and he _________________ go out.

Needn't

can't

mustn't

couldn't

These are the photos ________________ I took on holiday.

which

who

what

where

We’ll stay at home if it _______________ this afternoon.

raining

rains

will rain

rain

He doesn’t smoke now, but he __________________ a lot when he was young.

has smoked

smokes

used to smoke

was smoked

Mark plays football ___________________ anyone else I know.

more good than

as better as

best than

better than

I promise I __________________ you as soon as I’ve finished this cleaning.

will help

am helping

going to help

have helped

This town ___________________ by lots of tourists during the summer.

visits

visited

is visiting

is visited

He said that his friends ____________ to speak to him after they lost the football match.

not want

weren't

didn't want

aren't wanting

How about _________________ to the cinema tonight?

going

to go

for going

Excuse me, can you ___________________ me the way to the station, please?

give

take

tell

say

I wasn’t interested in the performance very much. ________________.

I didn't, too.

Neither was I.

Nor I did.

So I wasn't.

Take a warm coat, _______________ you might get very cold outside.

otherwise

incase

so that

in order to

__________________ this great book and I can’t wait to see how it ends.

I don't read

I've read

I've been reading

I read

What I like more than anything else ___________________ at weekends.

playing golf

to play golf

is playing golf

is play golf

She ________________ for her cat for two days when she finally found it in the garage.

looked

had been looked

had been looking

were looking

We won’t catch the plane _________________ we leave home now! Please hurry up!

providing that

except

unless

If I hadn’t replied to your email, I___________________ here with you now.

can't be

wouldn't be

won't be

haven't been

Do you think you ___________________ with my mobile phone soon? I need to make a call.

finish

are finishing

will have finished

are finished

I don’t remember mentioning __________________ dinner together tonight.

go for

you going to

to go for

going for

Was it Captain Cook ______________ New Zealand?

who discovered

discovered

that discovered

who was discovering

You may not like the cold weather here, but you’ll have to ________________, I’m afraid.

tell it off

sort itself out

put up with it

put it off

It’s cold so you should __________________ on a warm jacket.

put

wear

dress

take

Paul will look ______________ our dogs while we’re on holiday.

for

into

after

She ___________________ a lot of her free time reading.

does

spends

has

makes

Hello, this is Simon. Could I ___________________ to Jane, please?

say

tell

call

speak

They’re coming to our house ___________________ Saturday.

with

I think it’s very easy to ___________ debt these days.

go into

become

go down too

get into

Come on! Quick! Let’s get _____________!

highlight

cracking

massive

with immediate effect

I phoned her ____________ I heard the news.

minute

during

by the time

the moment

I feel very ____________. I’m going to go to bed!

nap

asleep

sleepy

sleeper

Write about your last vacation (between 150 and 300 words).

Write about your plans for the future (between 150 and 300 words).

Write about one of your hobbies (between 150 and 300 words).

Write about the advantages and disadvantages of living in your town/city (between 150 and 300 words).

Time is Up!