ESL A2 Level MCQ Test With Answers PRE-INTERMEDIATE TEST 1

A2 – MOCK EXAMINATION SECTION I

Choose the correct alternatives to complete the sentences.

He ……… to his parents.

Jill: “Is Sam ready to go out?”

Carol: “Yes. He ……… on his coat .”

Greg: “Did you get anything in town yesterday?”

Tom: “Yes, I ……… the CD I wanted.”

They’re old friends. He ……… her for years. They went to the same school.

Joe: “Where’s Terry? He’s late .”

Bob: “Don’t worry. I expect ……… here soon.”

Section 2

Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentence.

He’s not a vegetarian but he doesn’t eat ……. meat.

(On the phone)

Woman: “Can I speak to John, please?”

Girl: “……. on, I’ll call him.”

Sue: “……. do you see her?”

Mark: “Twice a week.”

If you’re ……. with watching TV, why don’t you go out for a walk?

Jack remembered to post the letter, …….?

Section 4

Choose the correct answer.

Would you like to go out after dinner?

(In a shop)

This is enormous! Haven’t you got a smaller size?

How long does it take him to get to work?

When are you leaving for the USA?

Have you ever eaten Japanese food?

Shall I help you with those heavy shopping bags?

What’s your new boss like?

What did Tom say when he heard the bad news?

Section 5

Complete the questions.

Woman: “……… before the train leaves?”

Man: “About twenty minutes. Plenty of time for a coffee.”

Man: “………. me yesterday?”

Woman: “I did! But you didn’t answer.”

Policeman: “………. at about nine o’clock last night?”

Suspect: “Watching the football match on TV.”

Woman: “Excuse me. ……….. the way to St George Avenue?”

Man: “Go straight on and turn right at the end of the road.”

Bob: “………... at the concert last Saturday?”

Dave: “Thousands!”

Carol: “………. here in London?”

Paul: “Since last May.”

Man: “I hear you’ve got a new job. ……….?”

Woman: “At the beginning of next month.”

Section 6

(Please note: The following questions are part of a cloze test. They are interrelated, meaning that the information provided in each question is connected to the others.)

Complete the conversation with the words below.

Harry: How _______ coming to the cinema with me this evening?

Sally: Yes, I’d like to go out. Our new boss is making us work hard and I’m beginning to feel _______ out.

Harry: _____?

Sally: Not bad, but he’s got a few _______ habits.

Harry: Oh? What kind of habits?

Sally: Well, if you talk _______ for more than five minutes, he starts looking at his watch. Then he stands behind me while I am working on my computer. It makes me nervous. I didn’t ask you, which film are we going to see?

Harry: There’s a film on at the Planet. It looks _______.

Sally: Wait a minute! The Planet always shows films in the original language – what language is the film in?

Harry: French. You studied it at school, didn’t you?

Sally: Yes, but I was always _______ languages! No, I don’t want to see a film in French.

Harry: But you’ll enjoy it, I’m sure. It’s a _______.

Sally: No, don’t insist. I don’t want to see a film I won’t understand.

Harry: Well, if you change your _______, give me a ring and I’ll come and _______.

Harry: Well, if you change your _______, give me a ring and I’ll come and _______.

Section 7

(Please note: The following questions are related to a specific reading passage, which is available solely before the first question. Remember, it may be helpful to refer back to the reading text while answering the questions to ensure accuracy.)

Read the text and answer the questions.

THE PILOT WHO WAS NEVER PAID

One of the most famous life-savers in history saved thousands of lives and many ships. This swimmer and navigator first appeared at the end of the nineteenth century. For more than twenty years he guided ships through dangerous waters. The incredible life-saver could not read or write, had no training and worked for nothing. The sailors called him Jack, and he was a dolphin.

Near the coast of New Zealand, there is a very dangerous passage through the D’Urville Islands called French Pass. French Pass had a bad reputation until Jack arrived. Then for over twenty years, it was safe.

For all those years, twenty-four hours a day, Jack met passing ships. He swam along at the side of the ship for miles, playing and jumping into the air, then diving under the ship and appearing on the other side. But when the ship reached the entrance to French Pass, Jack swam in front of the ship and stayed there, indicating the only safe channel through the Pass, until the ship was on the other side.

In 1903, a passenger on board the Penguin drank too much and fired a gun at Jack. The sailors were angry and wanted to throw him into the sea, but the captain stopped them. Jack wasn’t seen for two weeks and everybody thought he was dead. Then, one morning, he appeared again. After he was shot at by a passenger on the Penguin, Jack never met that ship again – the only ship he refused to accompany. With only a human pilot to guide it, the Penguin hit some underwater rocks in the Pass a few years later and was lost. Jack probably died of old age in 1912, but he wasn’t forgotten. The story of his life-saving ability is recorded on a statue erected to his memory on the beach of Wellington.

This story is about a dolphin that helped ships many years ago.

Jack was trained to guide ships through French Pass.

Before Jack’s arrival, many ships did not go through French Pass because it was too dangerous.

The sailors on the Penguin wanted to kill the passenger who shot at Jack.

People forgot about Jack when he died.

Jack is famous because _____.

Which is correct?

The sailors on board the Penguin _____.

Which is correct?

Jack _____.