Oxford Placement Grammar Test

Look at these examples the correct answer is ticked. a. In warm climates people b. If it is very hot, they sit like at in likes are liking under sitting outside the sun.

the shades.

Now the test will begin. Tick the correct answer. 1. Water be freezing is freezing there is is freezes it is at a temperature of 0C. dark all the time in the winter. to keep for to keep cool.

2. In some countries

3. In hot countries people wear light clothes 4. In Madeira they have the good

for keeping a good

good more warm some there is

weather all year. warmer in October than in April.

5. Most Mediterranean countries are 6. Parts of Australia dont have 7. In the Artic and Anartic it is the

the warm any it has

rain for long periods. a lot of snow.

8. Climates are very important in 9. Even now there is 10. In the future little

most of few

most less

the most

peoples lives.

we can do to control the weather. we can need to get a lot of power from the sun and the wind.

well need most is

we are needing the most was

11. Pele is till perhaps 12. He had been

the more born in 1940.

famous footballer in the world.

13. His mother 14. But he used

not want

wasnt wanting

didnt want

him to be a footballer.

15. His father

ought has used o made him to made him

to watch his father play. would make him to practice every day.

The history of the World Cup is Football above has been over

quite a was

a quite

quite player for

short one.

is being

more that was not

hundred years, but the first World Cup was not being had won being a little when held until the Olympic football world champions for the third time. little success.

competition did not be 1930. Uruguay could win

were winning be

final in 1924 and 1928 and wanted

to be few

Four teams entered from Europe, but with It was the first time are playing which that

professional teams for a world title

would play

had played more

It wasnt until four years later European team succeeded for the a to win its the which

further

that a at winning

in winning

first time. The 1934 World Cup was one home team,

again won by a what this

has been the case several times since between against which two that who

then. The 1934 final was

among

European teams, Czechoslovakia and Italy, Italy went on to win in winning

to have won the 1938 final. Winning was not it has not been achieved

successive final is something that is not again until Brazil did would have won these them

in 1958 and 1962. It Brazil in 1966 the authorities

would win

had won

Would have needed to

have

let to get

make getting

the original World Cup replaced get a third successive win. An England player, by his own on himself by himself

But England stopped the Brazilians

Geoff Hurst, scored three goals in the final and won it almost 1966 proved would being will as being did get

the last year that England

even qualify for the till 1982, thou gh they got in as winners in 1970.

Look at the following examples of question tags in English. The correct fo rm of the tag is ticked. a. Hes getting the 9.15 train. isnt he hasnt he doesnt she didnt he didnt one wasnt he doesnt he did he ?. ? ? havent they ?

b. She works in a library, c. Tom, didnt tell you,

isnt she hasnt he

d. Someones forgotten to switch off the gas,

didnt they

Now tick the correct tag in the following 10 items Steves off to China, has he hasnt he wont it isnt he wont we dont I are I shouldnt hasnt he will he did he should we has he did we did you ? shant it hasnt he arent I wouldnt you has he do you ? ? ? isnt it ? ? ? hadnt you ? ? ?

Itll be a year before we see him again, I believe hes given up smoking, Im next on the list to go out there,

inst he am not I

No doubt youd rather he didnt stay abroad too long, Hes rarely been away for this long before, So you think hell be back November, is he

shall he

Nobodys disagreed with the latest proposals, Wed better not delay reading this any longer,

have they had we is it

Nows hardly the time to tell me you didn t need a test at all,

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