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:
- PROFITABLE (Rentable): Beneficial or useful.
- SLIPPER: Comfortable shoes to wear in the house.
- SLOT: Place or position, as in a sequence or series.
- BOTH: One and the other.
- SENSIBLE: A person with a lot of intelligence (or common sense).
- ACCOUNTANT: A person who works with figures and numbers.
- LAWYER: A person who works with law.
- COURIER: A service which picks up and delivers documents.
- OVERWORK: Doing too much work.
- 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.
The economic grow is important for a country.
Correction: The economic growth is important for a country. (Error: Noun vs. Verb)
He has worked since two years.
Correction: He has worked for two years. (Error: Preposition of duration)
A mouse is dangerous than a lion.
Correction: A mouse is less dangerous than a lion. (Error: Comparative structure)
Could you tell me where is the airport?
Correction: Could you tell me where the airport is? (Error: Indirect question word order)
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)