Answers - Use of English Test – A2

 

Use of English Test – A2

For the following questions (1 to 15), choose a, b, c or d.

1A: "_____ did you live in New York?" B: "I lived there for almost five years."

• a. When
• b. How much
• c. How longcorrect

➪ We use how long to ask about the duration of an activity or situation.
➪ To review question words, go to » Grammar points » A2 » Asking questions in English – Question forms

2When ____?

• a. did you arrived
• b. did you arrivecorrect
• c. were you arrived

➪ We use did to ask questions in past simple.
➪ The order of the words is: Auxiliary verb (did) + Subject (you) + Infinitive (find)
➪ To review the past simple, go to » Grammar points » A2 » Past simple – Form and use

3They threw a rock _____ the window and broke the glass.

• a. throughcorrect
• b. across
• c. into

➪ We use through to talk about movement from one side to the other side of something, and in and out of something.
➪ In this case, the stone went from one side to the other side of the window, and in and out of the glass.
➪ To review prepositions of movement, go to » Grammar points » A2 » Prepositions of movement – along, across, over, etc.

4He didn't speak English, _____ it was difficult to make him understand what he had to do.

• a. although
• b. because
• c. socorrect

➪ We use so to introduce result or consequence, and in this sentence, the communication difficulties were the consequence of not speaking English.
➪ To review connectors, go to » Grammar points » A2 » however, although, because, so, and time connectors

5A: "Why did you turn off the TV?" B: "Because I _____. I'm very tired."

• a. go to sleep
• b. will go to sleep
• c. 'm going to sleepcorrect

➪ We use will for decisions that you take at the moment of speaking (instant decisions), and we use be going to for decisions that you have already taken at the moment of speaking (intentions or plans).
➪ To review will and be going to, go to » Grammar points » A2 » will vs be going to – future

6This is the famous wine _____ is produced in this region.

• a. where
• b. whichcorrect
• c. that it

➪ We use which for things or animals.
➪ We could also use that, but we can’t use an expressions like *what or *that he/she/it etc. in this type of relative clauses.
➪ To review relative clauses, go to » Grammar points » A2 » Defining relative clauses – who, which, that, where

7We _____ last Tuesday. We _____ here for over a week.

• a. arrived / 've beencorrect
• b. 've arrived / 've been
• c. 've arrived / were

➪ In the first gap, we use the past simple because we are talking about a completed past action and we say when it happened: last Tuesday.
➪ In the second gap, we use the present perfect because we use this verb tense with how long, for, since to talk about actions or situations that started in the past and still continue now.
➪ To review present perfect and past simple, go to » Grammar points » A2 » Present perfect or past simple?

8I didn't see _____ strange when I went into the room.

• a. nothing
• b. anythingcorrect
• c. something

➪ We use anything, anybody/anyone, anywhere in negative sentences and questions.
➪ To review this grammar topic, go to » Grammar points » A2 » something, anything, nothing, etc.

9This is _____ the UK.

• a. the oldest man incorrect
• b. the oldest man of
• c. the most old man in

➪ After the superlative we use in before names of places or before singular words referring to groups of people (class, school, team, family, etc.)
➪ To review superlative adjectives, go to » Grammar points » A2 » Comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs

10There weren't _____ tourists in the streets the day we went.

• a. too manycorrect
• b. too much
• c. too many of

➪ We use many before plural (countable) nouns and much before uncountable nouns.
➪ To review quantifiers, go to » Grammar points » A2 » much, many, little, few, some, any – quantifiers

11I loved the chocolates. _____ were delicious.

• a. Theycorrect
• b. It
• c. Them

➪ We use subject pronouns a subject of the verb (before the verb).
➪ We use it for things in singular and they for people or things in plural. They= chocolates.
➪ To review subject and object pronouns, go to » Grammar points » A2 » Subject pronouns, object pronouns, possessive pronouns, possessive adjectives

12I'd buy a car if I _____ a driving license.

• a. have
• b. would have
• c. hadcorrect

➪ This is a second conditional sentence. We use past in the if clause and would + infinitive in the main clause .
➪ To review the second conditional, go to » Grammar points » A2 » Second conditional

13Tomorrow, I'll text you as soon as I _____.

• a. will wake up
• b. wake upcorrect
• c. 'm waking up

➪ This is a future time clause.
➪ When we use a verb after when, as soon as, before, after or until to talk about the future, we have to use this verb in present tense (NOT future). We use the future in the other part of the sentence.
➪ To review future time clauses, go to » Grammar points » A2 » First conditional and future time clauses

14The concert _____ because of the bad weather.

• a. was cancelledcorrect
• b. cancelled
• c. did cancel

➪ This verb is passive because the subject is the 'receiver' (NOT the 'doer') of the action.
➪ The past simple passive consists of the verb be (was) and the past participle of the verb (cancelled).
➪ Somebody cancelled the concert.
➪ To review the passive, go to » Grammar points » A2 » Present and past simple passive: be + past participle

15He was upset because her son _____ her computer.

• a. broke
• b. was broken
• c. had brokencorrect

➪ We use the past perfect when we are talking about the past and then we want to talk about something that happened earlier in the past.
➪  We make the past perfect with had/hadn’t + past participle: -ed for regular verbs and the 3rd column form for irregular verbs.
➪ To review the past perfect, go to » Grammar points » A2 » Past perfect