Pre-Intermediate Test
Level test · Pre-Intermediate · A2 → B1
The level where conversation already works, yet tenses still get mixed up. Sixteen questions will help you see whether you are ready to move towards B1
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Jake always ___ tennis on Saturdays.Correct: plays Always shows Jake does it regularly. After he / she / Jake we add -s: Jake plays
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Claire ___ some money when she was cleaning the house.Correct: found She found it in the past and the action is over. The past form of find is found
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You eat ___ fast food – you really should cut down.Correct: too much Fast food is not counted in separate pieces, so “too much” is too much. Too many goes with things you can count
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We ___ take a taxi.Correct: should This is advice: “you should…”. For that we use should: should take
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Cameras aren't allowed here – you ___ take photos.Correct: mustn't Mustn’t means “you are not allowed to”. Don’t have to would mean something else: “you don’t need to”
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That's the school ___ we used to study.Correct: where We are talking about a place, a school. That is why we use where: “the school where…”
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You ___ the new nightclub. The music is terrible.Correct: won't like This is a prediction about the future: “I think you won’t like it”. Hence won’t like
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___ dinner with my friends tonight.Correct: I'm having The evening is already arranged, so I’m having
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It ___ when we left.Correct: was raining When we left, it was already raining. Hence was raining: one action was in progress when another happened
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She didn't get ___ very well with her colleagues.Correct: on In English “to get along with someone” is get on with someone. Here on is part of a fixed phrase
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My aunt ___ be a teacher.Correct: used to It was so before but not any more. For that we say used to
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It's important ___ too many mistakes.Correct: not to make To say “it is important not to do”, put not before to: it’s important not to make too many mistakes
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___ in this city since 1999.Correct: I've lived The person has lived there since 1999 and still does, so we need a form that links past and present: I’ve lived
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If you think hard enough, ___ the problem.Correct: you'll solve A real possibility in the future: after if we use the present form, and the result takes will
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If I had the time, I ___ walk to the cinema.Correct: could Here we imagine a situation rather than state a fact. Hence could. There is no would can in English
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When I got to work I remembered that ___ my mobile at home.Correct: I'd left First the person left it, and only then remembered. So the earlier action takes I’d left
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