LanguageCert International ESOL — All Questions

Which sentence is correct?

• a.She is used to work night shifts.
• b.She used to working night shifts.
• c.She is use to work night shifts.
• d.She is used to working night shifts.✓

'Be used to' (meaning accustomed to) is followed by a gerund: 'used to working'. This differs from 'used to + infinitive' for past habits.

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.

'Information' is uncountable, so it has no plural 's' and takes a singular verb: 'There is a lot of information'.

Choose the correct sentence.

• a.The news were better than we had expected.
• b.The news was better than we had expected.✓
• c.The news are better than we had expected.
• d.The news have been better than we expected.

'News' is an uncountable noun that takes a singular verb, so 'The news was' is correct despite the final 's'.

Which sentence has no error?

• a.If I was you, I would applied for the job.
• b.If I would be you, I would apply for the job.
• c.If I were you, I would apply for the job.✓
• d.If I am you, I will apply for the job.

In the second conditional, the past subjunctive 'were' is standard after 'if I', and the result clause uses 'would + base verb'.