ESL Assessment

I had ................................ all afternoon

• been gardening

• gardening

• be gardening

• have been gardening

How long had you ...............English before you moved to Miami?

• study

• studies

• been studying

• studied

Which of the following is an example of a discourse marker?

• but

• get up

• a bunch of

• collection

Which of the below discourse marker shows contrast?

• What’s more

• Also

• Yet

• Finally

I ______________ Sam for money, but I didn't, because I don't want to owe him anything.

• was going to ask

• would ask

• Both options are correct

There isn’t _____ olive oil in the bottle1.

• Much

• Many

• A lot of

How _____ books does this library have?

• Much

• Many

• A lot of

I don’t think there is _____ milk left in the jug.

• some

• any

It attracts tourists and people on business, but the vast majority come as students. Mostly from Asian countries, they stay for anything from a few weeks to a few years or more, studying at language schools, colleges and universities.

'They' refers to _________.

• Asian countries

• students

• tourists and people on business

Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentence: 'She _______ to the store before it started raining.'

• A) had gone

• B) went

• C) goes

• D) going