LanguageCert International ESOL Practice Test
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- 1. Grammar for ESOL
Choose the correct option: 'She asked me where ___.'
- a.did I live
- b.I lived
- c.do I live
- d.I live
Answer: b
Explanation: In reported questions, word order is statement order (subject + verb) with no auxiliary, and the tense shifts back, so 'where I lived' is correct.
- 2. Grammar for ESOL
Select the correct form: 'I'd rather you ___ smoke in here.'
- a.don't
- b.won't
- c.not
- d.didn't
Answer: d
Explanation: After 'I'd rather + subject', an unreal past form is used, so 'didn't' is correct even though it refers to the present.
- 3. Grammar for ESOL
Complete: 'By next June, I ___ here for ten years.'
- a.will work
- b.will have worked
- c.have worked
- d.am working
Answer: b
Explanation: The future perfect 'will have worked' describes a duration completed by a future point ('by next June').
- 4. Vocabulary & Collocation
Select the best fit: 'I can't ___ the difference between the two colours.'
- a.say
- b.speak
- c.talk
- d.tell
Answer: d
Explanation: 'Tell the difference' is the fixed expression for distinguishing between things. 'Say', 'speak', and 'talk' do not collocate here.
- 5. Vocabulary & Collocation
Choose the correct word: 'Please keep me ___ of any changes.'
- a.informing
- b.informed
- c.information
- d.informative
Answer: b
Explanation: 'Keep someone informed' is a fixed pattern using the past participle 'informed' as an adjective.
- 6. Word Formation
Complete: 'The results were ___ different from what we expected.'
- a.significantly
- b.significant
- c.significance
- d.signify
Answer: a
Explanation: An adverb is needed to modify the adjective 'different'. 'Significantly' is the adverb form.
- 7. Word Formation
Choose the correct form: 'The company announced the ___ of a new branch.'
- a.opened
- b.opens
- c.opening
- d.openly
Answer: c
Explanation: A noun is needed after 'the' and before 'of'. The gerund-noun 'opening' fits, meaning the act of starting the branch.
- 8. Linkers & Prepositions
Select the correct preposition: 'She is very good ___ solving problems.'
- a.at
- b.in
- c.on
- d.for
Answer: a
Explanation: The adjective 'good' is followed by 'at' when describing an ability or skill: 'good at solving problems'.
- 9. Linkers & Prepositions
Select the correct preposition: 'The decision was made ___ the board of directors.'
- a.from
- b.of
- c.by
- d.with
Answer: c
Explanation: In a passive structure, the agent that performs the action is introduced by 'by': 'made by the board'.
- 10. Common Usage Errors
Identify the error-free sentence.
- a.There is a lot of information available online.
- b.There are a lot of informations available online.
- c.There is a lot of informations available online.
- d.There are much information available online.
Answer: a
Explanation: 'Information' is uncountable, so it has no plural 's' and takes a singular verb: 'There is a lot of information'.