B1 Level

Part:-A: Grammar

Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct

1. The house was locked, so __________ could get in.

2. Some people have difficulty in making __________ understood.

3. I __________.

4. __________ I know you very well, I'll tell you a secret.

5. You look __________ a ghost.

6. I don't think I'll come with you tomorrow.
     OK, but let me know if you __________ .

7. __________ to see the new offices yet?

8. The English __________ when meeting for the first time.

9. The bus has gone. Can you __________ home?

10. My car's __________ . I must take it to the garage.

11. The sky is black. It looks __________ rain.

12. They closed the door to stop the dog __________ escaping.

13. I'd like to thank you __________ what you have done.

14. I've forgotten __________ everything I was told.

15. I'm longing __________ the end of winter.

16. Which verb has the same pattern as 'swim', 'ring' and 'drink'?

17. Three of the verbs stay the same in the past, like put-put. Which one changes?

18. Three of the verbs stay the same in the past, like put-put. Which one changes?

19. __________ already left by the time I arrived.

20. Will you __________ take a holiday this year?

21. You __________ go in there.      (advice)

22. They made __________ them everything.

23. Why __________ come with you?

24. Ask him how __________ .

25. I last saw John __________ .

Part:-B: Everyday questions and responses

Choose the question or response which fits the situation.

26. I'm going to steal a car.

27. Stop laughing!
       I can't __________.

28. When's it going to stop raining?
      I wish __________.

29. It's going to rain.
       __________ take my coat, then.

30. What are you doing?

Part:-C: Reading comprehension

Read the text and answer the questions. Only one answer is correct.


My cousin Bianca is a motor mechanic. She works in a busy garage in the middle of the town, about five minutes' walk from home. She likes everything about the job, except for the fact that she can never seem to get completely clean at the end of the day. All the other mechanics, except for the supervisor, are men. She gets on with everyone very well, although she occasionally has trouble with the customers who think that, being a woman, she cannot be a good mechanic. As it happens, she is considered by most of her workmates to be the best mechanic in the garage. Her husband Gianni is the accountant and works at the Company head office, which is just outside the town.

31. What Bianca dislikes about working in the garage is that

32. Which of the following statements about Bianca is true?

33. Most of her fellow-workers think that Bianca

34. Which of these statements about Gianni is true?

35. Which of these think that Bianca cannot be a good mechanic?

Part:-D: Phonology

In three of the four words, one is pronounced differently.

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