This document contains an English test with multiple choice questions testing grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, and phobias. It includes 20 grammar questions, 10 vocabulary questions, 10 pronunciation questions, and 10 additional questions about animals and phobias. The test covers topics such as parts of speech, tenses, syllable stress, animals, and common phobias.

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English File Pre-intermediate Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2012
NAME CLASS
9 Quick Test
ENGLISH FILE
Pre-intermediate
18 _____ you stop working if you were rich?
A Would ■ B Will ■ C Do ■
19 My mum was a teacher _____ 25 years before retiring.
A for ■ B since ■ C during ■
20 We’ve lived here _____ I was a young child.
A for ■ B since ■ C when ■
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VOCABULARY
a Tick (✓) A, B, or C to complete the sentences in
the biography.
Example: She was _____ in 1922.
A birth ■ B born ■
✓ C die ■
1 She went to _____ school when she was five.
A primary ■ B secondary ■
C university ■
2 She _____ secondary school when she was eighteen.
A left ■ B went to ■ C retired ■
3 She started _____ in a hospital.
A a work ■ B the work ■ C working ■
4 She _____ in love when she was twenty-four.
A jumped ■ B caught ■ C fell ■
5 She _____ when she was twenty-seven.
A got married ■ B was marry ■
C got marry ■
6 They _____ their first child when she was thirty.
A got ■ B had ■ C became ■
7 She and her husband_____ in 1964.
A have separated ■ B were separate ■
C separated ■
8 They _____ two years later.
A divorce ■ B got divorced ■
C get divorced ■
9 She _____ when she was sixty.
A retired ■ B dead ■ C left ■
10 She _____ when she was seventy-eight.
A leave ■ B died ■ C retire ■
GRAMMAR
Tick (✓) A, B, or C to complete the sentences.
Example: My sister _____ Italian.
A speak ■ B speaks ■
✓ C do speak ■
1 If I _____ English better, I’d travel around the USA.
A speak ■ B will speak ■ C spoke ■
2 She _____ in this town since she was five.
A lives ■ B has lived ■ C is living ■
3 A Have you ever climbed a mountain?
B Yes, I have. It _____ in 2007.
A was ■ B has been ■ C been ■
4 If I _____ you, I wouldn’t take that job. You won’t
enjoy it.
A were ■ B have been ■ C could be ■
5 We would travel more if we didn’t _____ pets.
A had ■ B to have ■ C have ■
6 How long _____ here?
A are you work ■ B do you work ■
C have you worked ■
7 I’ve been a language student _____.
A for two years ■ B since two years ■
C two years ago ■
8 I _____ be so tired if I slept more.
A won’t ■ B wouldn’t ■ C didn’t ■
9 When _____ university?
A did you leave ■ B have you left ■
C did you left ■
10 My grandfather, who died in 1980, _____ an
interesting life.
A has had ■ B had ■ C has ■
11 How _____ have you known my sister?
A many time ■ B much time ■ C long ■
12 We’ve been in this flat _____ last year.
A since ■ B for ■ C in ■
13 I have always _____ afraid of spiders.
A be ■ B been ■ C gone ■
14 How many films _____ Johnny Depp made?
A did ■ B have ■ C has ■
15 When _____ your parents meet?
A have ■ B has ■ C did ■
16 What _____ she do if she lost her job?
A will ■ B would ■ C did ■
17 If we _____ work tomorrow, we’d stay longer at the
party.
A have to ■ B didn’t have to ■
C don’t have ■

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English File Pre-intermediate Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2012
NAME CLASS
9 Quick Test
ENGLISH FILE
Pre-intermediate
PRONUNCIATION
a Which word is NOT stressed in the sentence? Tick
(✓) A, B, or C. (All the unstressed words have the
/ə/ vowel sound.)
Example: I have had a phobia since I was young.
A was ■
✓ B phobia ■ C young ■
1 We lived there for ten years.
A years ■ B lived ■ C for ■
2 Have you seen this film?
A film ■ B have ■ C seen ■
3 I don’t like mosquitoes and spiders.
A don’t ■ B like ■ C and ■
4 I can look at water, but I can’t swim in it.
A can ■ B can’t ■ C swim ■
5 He hasn’t known us for long.
A hasn’t ■ B known ■ C us ■
b Which is the stressed syllable? Tick (✓) A, B, or C.
Example: A afternoon ■
✓ B afternoon ■
C afternoon ■
6 A phobia ■ B phobia ■ C phobia ■
7 A terrified ■ B terrified ■ C terrified ■
8 A exposure ■ B exposure ■
C exposure ■
9 A overcome ■ B overcome ■
C overcome ■
10 A remember ■ B remember ■
C remember ■
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b Tick (✓) A, B, or C to complete the sentences with
the correct animal.
Example: A _____ bit me last night when I was
sleeping.
A dolphin ■ B mosquito ■
✓
C butterfly ■
11 Be careful! There’s a _____ on that flower.
A butterfly ■ B bee ■ C duck ■
12 _____ have very long necks.
A Giraffes ■ B Lions ■ C Bears ■
13 Mickey _____ is a famous Disney character.
A Cow ■ B Kangaroo ■ C Mouse ■
14 The _____ is the king of the jungle.
A bear ■ B lion ■ C whale ■
15 A _____ is a very dangerous fish.
A dolphin ■ B shark ■ C whale ■
c Tick (✓) A, B, or C to complete the sentences
about phobias.
Example: Many people are afraid _____ spiders.
A for ■ B by ■ C of ■
✓
16 My sister has a terrible _____ of heights.
A afraid ■ B scared ■ C fear ■
17 Some children are _____ of school.
A frightened ■ B frightening ■
C frighten ■
18 Not many people suffer _____ this phobia.
A of ■ B from ■ C for ■
19 When the lift stopped, Lisa started to _____ panic.
A feel ■ B be ■ C get ■
20 My baby son is _____ of the dark.
A terrible ■ B terror ■ C terrified ■
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