Free online English test

Where do you live?

I live ______ London.

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How old are you?

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I have a sister. ______ name’s Jessica.

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______ five apples on the table.

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What are his hobbies?

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What is Jane doing now?

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What time is it?

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What are his daily routines?

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What did Helen do yesterday?

She went to the shopping mall, but she ______ any clothes.

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I ______ talk on the phone now, because I'm driving.

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Joe's mum has two brothers. His mum's brothers are Joe's ______.

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Where is the post office?

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Living in the countryside is ______ than living in the city.

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At the restaurant

What would you like for your main course?

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Describing people

Adam is ______ many sports and is a ______-known athlete.

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Describing past experiences

He has ______.

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How do you get to work?

I ______ the bus to work, ______ I go by car.

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What are his plans for the weekend?

He ______ buy a car.

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They ______ when the phone rang.

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What did she do in the clothes shop?

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We ______ to work, but now we take the train.

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What would you like to do tonight?

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I love to travel, but ______ to Australia since 2010.

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Sarah had an exam yesterday and she’s really nervous about the results.

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On the phone

Customer: "I’d like to speak to the manager please."

Receptionist: "I'm sorry I can’t ______ now because she’s in a meeting. Please give me your number and I’ll ask her to ______."

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His wife ______ their weekend, before they spoke about it.

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Giving opinions

Jack: "Wow! That was an awesome concert."

Karen: "Yeah it was incredible. However, their first album is my favourite."

Karen agrees that the concert was amazing, __________ their earlier music is still the best.

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Lifestyle choices

If he ______ more time, he ______ sport during the week.

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You were late for an important meeting. You ______ home earlier.

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She really hates cleaning her apartment, but she has no problem with the cooking.

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Job opportunities

Brother: "Why didn’t you accept that amazing job offer in New York last year?"

Sister: "Because my home is in London."

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Does this theatre critic agree with the outstanding reviews of London’s latest play?

He ______ exactly the same ______ of view.

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I don’t mind if you upgrade the software, ______ you back up the hard drive first.

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I ______ for the last few months, because I moved to Madrid and had to study Spanish.

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The suspect committed a crime and was found ______ of breaking the law.

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I’m sure that ______ her first autobiography by the end of the year.

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The plane left ten minutes ago, but I couldn't fly because I didn't take my passport.

If I ______ my passport, I ______ on the plane right now.

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Why did he miss her phone call this morning?

He explained that ______ an important presentation.

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Who is the team leader least impressed by?

Team performance notes

"Overall the team has performed extremely well on this project. Sarah is extremely motivated, Linda is disorganised but still very passionate, Jason is quite pessimistic and fairly stubborn, and Max is incredibly enthusiastic. However, they all seem to get on well with each other."

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Scientific reports state that the Earth’s temperature is rising because of energy pollution, and experts believe that we should be more environmentally friendly in order to limit ______ warming.

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The Education Secretary negotiated with protesting teachers yesterday, and they have now insisted that she schedules a second meeting.

The politician ______ an agreement with the teachers yesterday.

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At the moment, we’re finding it difficult to pay the bills, and a luxurious holiday is simply unaffordable. We're really struggling to make ______ meet.

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Homelessness ______ tackled adequately by the government.

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It is ______ difficult to ensure the protection of endangered species.

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They had no idea about their sister’s medical problems, because she hadn’t explained what was happening. She hasn’t ______ about her poor health.

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Ben dropped out of school when he was just sixteen, and became a millionaire before his 21st birthday.

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NOT (total of 4 words)

______ drop out of school when he was sixteen, but he also became a millionaire before his 21st birthday.

After being accepted for a scholarship at university, I was unsure whether it was a good idea to live on campus.

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I was ______ about living on campus.

How can you respond to the problem in this phone call?

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We need an extended break from our stressful jobs.

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WHAT (total of 4 words)

______ an extended break from our stressful jobs.

Approximately €5,000,000 has already been donated to charity for last week’s natural disaster.

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He thinks that the management have been ______.

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What would he like to do next week (even though it is unlikely)?

He’d like to hand in his __________.

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How does he feel about his retirement?

______ I hadn’t ______ my retirement.

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He is describing how he feels tonight, and he would like to be more ______.

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What would he like to do this evening?

He'd like to ______.

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Below is an extra paragraph. What is the best location in the text?

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Below is an extract from the text:

"It is abundantly clear that one of the most..."

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"Without a shadow of (a) __________ one of the most..."

Below is an extract from the text:

"Regrettably, a large number ..."

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Below is an extract from the text:

"they had previously considered that they might as well try it out"

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Which statement most accurately summarises the writer’s opinion?

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