LanguageCert International ESOL — All Questions

Choose the correct option: 'She asked me where ___.'

• a.do I live
• b.I live
• c.I lived✓
• d.did I live

In reported questions, word order is statement order (subject + verb) with no auxiliary, and the tense shifts back, so 'where I lived' is correct.

Complete the sentence: 'The bridge ___ last year after the storm.'

• a.repaired
• b.was repaired✓
• c.has repaired
• d.is repairing

A passive form is needed because the bridge received the action. With the past time marker 'last year', the past simple passive 'was repaired' is correct.

Select the correct form: 'I'd rather you ___ smoke in here.'

• a.didn't✓
• b.not
• c.don't
• d.won't

After 'I'd rather + subject', an unreal past form is used, so 'didn't' is correct even though it refers to the present.

Choose the correct comparative: 'This exam was ___ than the last one.'

• a.the most difficult
• b.far more difficult✓
• c.far difficulter
• d.more difficulter

'Difficult' forms its comparative with 'more', and 'far' intensifies it: 'far more difficult'. 'Difficulter' is not a valid form.

Complete: 'By next June, I ___ here for ten years.'

• a.will work
• b.will have worked✓
• c.am working
• d.have worked

The future perfect 'will have worked' describes a duration completed by a future point ('by next June').