Advanced English Language Practice Test: Grammar and Vocabulary Review

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This mock examination covers key areas of English language proficiency, including verb forms, vocabulary definitions, translation skills, and advanced sentence structure correction.

1. Verb Forms: Write the Past Participle

Provide the Past Participle form for each irregular verb listed below:

  • Bring: brought
  • Wear: worn (Original input was 'wore', which is Past Simple)
  • Go: gone
  • Send: sent
  • Buy: bought
  • Freeze: frozen
  • Know: known
  • Sit: sat
  • Meet: met
  • Fall: fallen
  • Win: won
  • Fight: fought
  • Steal: stolen
  • Get: got / gotten

2. Vocabulary Matching: Terms and Definitions

Match the term (A-J) with its correct definition:

  1. PROFITABLE (Rentable): Beneficial or useful.
  2. SLIPPER: Comfortable shoes to wear in the house.
  3. SLOT: Place or position, as in a sequence or series.
  4. BOTH: One and the other.
  5. SENSIBLE: A person with a lot of intelligence (or common sense).
  6. ACCOUNTANT: A person who works with figures and numbers.
  7. LAWYER: A person who works with law.
  8. COURIER: A service which picks up and delivers documents.
  9. OVERWORK: Doing too much work.
  10. WORKAHOLIC: A person who is addicted to work.

3. Translation Practice: English and Spanish Terms

Translate the following terms between English and Spanish:

  • Excess baggage: Exceso de equipaje
  • Pasaporte: Passport
  • Long queue: Cola larga
  • Una maleta: A suitcase
  • Look it up: Consultar
  • Compañero de asiento: Seatmate
  • Queue up: Hacer cola
  • Facturación: Check-in
  • Main desk: Mostrador principal
  • Directo, delante: Straight to the front

4. Identifying and Correcting Grammatical Errors

Some of the following sentences contain mistakes. Indicate if the sentence is correct (✓) or provide the necessary correction.

Incorrect Sentence:
How long have you live there? I am since in Madrid 2016.
Correction:
How long have you lived there? I have been in Madrid since 2016.
Incorrect Sentence:
The department manayer leaves usually early on friaday.
Correction:
The department manager usually leaves early on Friday.
Incorrect Sentence:
By 5.30 Sally always is up and at her laptop.
Correction:
By 5:30 Sally is always up and at her laptop.
Incorrect Sentence:
Interest rates has fallen in the last six months.
Correction:
Interest rates have fallen in the last six months.
Correct Sentence:
I am doing a course this month, but it is not very interesting. (✓)

5. Specific Sentence Error Correction

Identify and correct the specific grammatical or lexical mistake in each sentence.

  1. The economic grow is important for a country.

    Correction: The economic growth is important for a country. (Error: Noun vs. Verb)

  2. He has worked since two years.

    Correction: He has worked for two years. (Error: Preposition of duration)

  3. A mouse is dangerous than a lion.

    Correction: A mouse is less dangerous than a lion. (Error: Comparative structure)

  4. Could you tell me where is the airport?

    Correction: Could you tell me where the airport is? (Error: Indirect question word order)

  5. Mary was having a shower, I watched TV.

    Correction: Mary was having a shower, while I was watching TV. (Error: Tense consistency and conjunction for simultaneous actions)

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