Free Printable EF-pre 9Q

1.

GRAMMAR

Choose A, B, or C to complete the sentences.

If I _____ English better, I’d travel around the USA.

a)

A speak

b)

B will speak

c)

C spoke

2.

She _____ in this town since she was five.

a)

A lives

b)

B has lived

c)

C is living

3.

A Have you ever climbed a mountain?

B Yes, I have. It _____ in 2007.

a)

A was

b)

B has been

c)

C been

4.

If I _____ you, I wouldn’t take that job. You won’t enjoy it.

a)

A were

b)

B have been

c)

C could be

5.

We would travel more if we didn’t _____ pets.

a)

A had

b)

B to have

c)

C have

6.

How long _____ here?

a)

A are you work

b)

B do you work

c)

C have you worked

7.

I’ve been a language student _____.

a)

A for two years

b)

B since two years

c)

C two years ago

8.

I _____ be so tired if I slept more.

a)

A won’t

b)

B wouldn’t

c)

C didn’t

9.

When _____ university?

a)

A did you leave

b)

B have you left

c)

C did you left

10.

My grandfather, who died in 1980, _____ an interesting life.

a)

A has had

b)

B had

c)

C has

11.

How _____ have you known my sister?

a)

A many time

b)

B much time

c)

C long

12.

We’ve been in this flat _____ last year.

a)

A since

b)

B for

c)

C in

13.

I have always _____ afraid of spiders.

a)

A be

b)

B been

c)

C gone

14.

How many films _____ Johnny Depp made?

a)

A did

b)

B have

c)

C has

15.

When _____ your parents meet?

a)

A have

b)

B has

c)

C did

16.

What _____ she do if she lost her job?

a)

A will

b)

B would

c)

C did

17.

If we _____ work tomorrow, we’d stay longer at the party.

a)

A have to

b)

B didn’t have to

c)

C don’t have

18.

_____ you stop working if you were rich?

a)

A Would

b)

B Will

c)

C Do

19.

My mum was a teacher _____ 25 years before retiring.

a)

A for

b)

B since

c)

C during

20.

We’ve lived here _____ I was a young child.

a)

A for

b)

B since

c)

C when

21.

VOCABULARY

a Choose A, B, or C to complete the sentences in the biography.

She went to _____ school when she was five.

a)

A primary

b)

B secondary

c)

C university

22.

She _____ secondary school when she was eighteen.

a)

A left

b)

B went to

c)

C retired

23.

She started _____ in a hospital.

a)

A a work

b)

B the work

c)

C working

24.

She _____ in love when she was twenty-four.

a)

A jumped

b)

B caught

c)

C fell

25.

She _____ when she was twenty-seven.

a)

A got married

b)

B was marry

c)

C got marry

26.

They _____ their first child when she was thirty.

a)

A got

b)

B had

c)

C became

27.

She and her husband _____ in 1964.

a)

A have separated

b)

B were separate

c)

C separated

28.

They _____ two years later.

a)

A divorce

b)

B got divorced

c)

C get divorced

29.

She _____ when she was sixty.

a)

A retired

b)

B dead

c)

C left

30.

She _____ when she was seventy-eight.

a)

A leave

b)

B died

c)

C retire

31.

b Choose A, B, or C to complete the sentences with the correct animal.

Be careful! There’s a _____ on that flower.

a)

A butterfly

b)

B bee

c)

C duck

32.

_____ have very long necks.

a)

A Giraffes

b)

B Lions

c)

C Bears

33.

Mickey _____ is a famous Disney character.

a)

A Cow

b)

B Kangaroo

c)

C Mouse

34.

The _____ is the king of the jungle.

a)

A bear

b)

B lion

c)

C whale

35.

A _____ is a very dangerous fish.

a)

A dolphin

b)

B shark

c)

C whale

36.

c Choose A, B, or C to complete the sentences about phobias.

My sister has a terrible _____ of heights.

a)

A afraid

b)

B scared

c)

C fear

37.

Some children are _____ of school.

a)

A frightened

b)

B frightening

c)

C frighten

38.

Not many people suffer _____ this phobia.

a)

A of

b)

B from

c)

C for

39.

When the lift stopped, Lisa started to _____ panic.

a)

A feel

b)

B be

c)

C get

40.

My baby son is _____ of the dark.

a)

A terrible

b)

B terror

c)

C terrified

41.

PRONUNCIATION

a Which word is NOT stressed in the sentence? Choose A, B, or C. (All the unstressed words have the /schwa/

vowel sound.)

We lived there for ten years.

a)

A years

b)

B lived

c)

C for

42.

PRONUNCIATION

a Which word is NOT stressed in the sentence? Choose A, B, or C. (All the unstressed words have the /schwa/

vowel sound.)

Have you seen this film?

a)

A film

b)

B have

c)

C seen

43.

PRONUNCIATION

a Which word is NOT stressed in the sentence? Choose A, B, or C. (All the unstressed words have the /schwa/

vowel sound.)

I don’t like mosquitoes and spiders.

a)

A don’t

b)

B like

c)

C and

44.

PRONUNCIATION

a Which word is NOT stressed in the sentence? Choose A, B, or C. (All the unstressed words have the /schwa/

vowel sound.)

I can look at water, but I can’t swim in it.

a)

A can

b)

B can’t

c)

C swim

45.

PRONUNCIATION

a Which word is NOT stressed in the sentence? Choose A, B, or C. (All the unstressed words have the /schwa/

vowel sound.)

He hasn’t known us for long.

a)

A hasn’t

b)

B known

c)

C us

46.

b Which is the stressed syllable? Choose A, B, or C.

a)

A phobia

b)

B phobia

c)

C phobia

47.

Which is the stressed syllable? Choose A, B, or C.

a)

A terrified

b)

B terrified

c)

C terrified

48.

Which is the stressed syllable? Choose A, B, or C.

a)

A exposure

b)

B exposure

c)

C exposure

49.

Which is the stressed syllable? Choose A, B, or C.

a)

A overcome

b)

B overcome

c)

C overcome

50.

Which is the stressed syllable? Choose A, B, or C.

a)

A remember

b)

B remember

c)

C remember

EF-pre 9Q

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

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