This document contains an answer key for an English language proficiency test. It provides the correct answers to multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank questions testing grammar concepts like verb tenses, modals, conditionals, and relative clauses. The answer key is organized into 10 files with exercises on different grammar points and includes the answers to check students' work.

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FILE 1
1A
a 1 spend
2 are, having
3 book
4 Does, take
5 ’m learning
6 don’t buy
7 Are, enjoying
8 ’m trying
9 don’t eat
10 want
b 1 I need
2 Are you expecting
3 I don’t like
4 goes
5 are building
6 I’m sending
7 Are they coming
8 doesn’t believe
9 I’m trying
10 seems
1B
a 1 Will your
2 ✓
3 will expect
4 ✓
5 will be
6 ✓
7 will look
8 Shall we
9 ✓
b 1 won’t be
2 ’re going (to go)
3 ’ll buy
4 ’s going to snow
5 shall, bring
6 ’ll send
7 Shall, lend
8 ’ll come
FILE 2
2A
a 1 ’ve never been
2 ’ve already bought /
’ve just bought
3 Have, ever tried
4 ’ve never seen
5 ’ve just sent / ’ve already sent
6 haven’t finished, yet
7 ’ve already booked /
’ve just booked
8 Have, ever met
b 1 ✓
2 ✗ When did Peter buy the
tickets?
3 ✗ Make sure you’ve written
your name on the paper.
4 ✓
5 ✗ My sister has never been to
France.
6 ✓
7 ✗ Did you go swimming on
Monday?
8 ✗ When did you have your
hair cut?
9 ✓
10 ✗ The rent on our flat has
gone up.
2B
a 1 How long has she been
working at the supermarket?
2 Marisa and Helen have been
living in Italy for two years.
3 I haven’t had my hair cut since
last year.
4 Serena learnt Spanish for
three years before she went to
live in Chile.
5 I’ve been living / I’ve lived in
the UK for five years.
6 Chris has had his car for eight
years.
7 How long has it been raining?
8 I haven’t gone on holiday for
ten years.
9 They’ve been working really
hard for hours.
10 The birds have been singing
in the cherry tree all morning.
b 1 I haven’t known her for very
long.
2 Has your aunt always grown
pink flowers?
3 We’ve all been waiting to
meet you.
4 Sally has been living next
door for two years.
5 The Beatles’ music has been
popular since the 1960s.
6 Hannah has been trying to
find her brother for many
years.
7 Our friends have been
working abroad since 2011.
8 Humans have been living in
this area for several centuries.
9 You’ve been sleeping for
hours!
10 How long have you been
collecting old glass?
FILE 3
3A
a 1 the biggest
2 the best
3 sooner than
4 tallest
5 the fastest
6 more sensible
7 finest
8 more / less fashionable than
9 more cheaply
b 1 more
2 as
3 ever
4 longer
5 the
6 my
7 most
8 than
9 better
10 in
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3B
a 1 next week, a lovely house
2 bad news, the hospital
3 apples, a healthy
4 the pool, once a week
5 a good gardener, beautiful
flowers
6 The phone, bed
7 the exam, revising
8 a horse, a ride
9 the gym, the exercise bikes
10 work experience, good exam
results
b 1 a, a, the
2 the, a, the
3 –, the
4 the, the, the
5 the, the
6 –, an, the
7 a, –
8 –, the, the
9 a, a, the
FILE 4
4A
a 1 Are, able to / Would, be able to
2 wasn’t able to
3 had been able to
4 Are, able to / Would, be able to
5 won’t be able to
6 are able to
7 will be able to
8 won’t be able to
9 won’t be able to
10 ’m not able to
b 1 ✓
2 can’t
3 can
4 ✓
5 ✓
6 are able to
7 would be able to
8 be able to
9 ✓
10 can’t
4B
a 1 have to
2 has to
3 Did, have to
4 won’t have to / don’t have to
5 Have, had to
6 ’ll have to
7 didn’t have to / doesn’t have to
8 ’ll have to
9 Do, have to
10 didn’t have to
b 1 must
2 shouldn’t
3 mustn’t
4 ✓
5 have to
6 ✓
FILE 5
5A
a 1 Did you understand
2 had already started
3 were playing
4 I’ve been waiting
5 lived
6 went
7 was stroking
8 didn’t eat
9 had cooked
b 1 didn’t let, didn’t have
2 were shining, approached
3 arrived, had, left
4 was carrying, felt
5 clapped, stepped
6 couldn’t, hadn’t finished
7 gave, had disappeared
8 opened, had owned
5B
a 1 Did, use to send
2 didn’t use to buy
3 did, use to do
4 used to ride
5 Did, use to catch
6 used to think
7 didn’t use to believe
8 used to, miss
9 didn’t use to stay
10 used to travel
b 1 ✓
2 ✓
3 ✗ used to make
4 ✗ Didn’t he use to be
5 ✗ used to suggest
6 ✓
7 ✗ used to go
8 ✗ get used to waking up
9 ✓
FILE 6
6A
a 1 is being shown
2 be taken
3 were bought
4 are amazed
5 plays
6 is taken
7 been taught
8 open
9 had already bought
10 had been stolen
b 1 need to be booked well in
advance
2 is being built at the end of the
road
3 was written by William
Shakespeare
4 was being chased by a group
of reporters
5 was designed by the drama
teacher
6 was sent some beautiful
flowers as a thank you
7 is always held in the village at
Easter
8 is considered to be one of the
world’s greatest footballers
9 ever been interviewed on TV
10 is being accessed by more
people every day
6B
a 1 H
2 A
3 J
4 G
5 B
6 C
7 D
8 E
9 I
c 1 must
2 must
3 can’t
4 must
5 might not
6 might
7 can’t
8 can’t
9 might not
10 might

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FILE 7
7A
a 1 find
2 doesn’t register
3 arrive
4 will miss
5 ’ll, get
6 ’ll have
7 achieve
8 drive
9 ’ll give
10 won’t go
b 1 after
2 if
3 as soon as
4 unless
5 when
6 Unless
7 before
8 until
9 if
10 unless
7B
a 1 I wouldn’t want to live in the
city centre if I had young
children.
2 Would you come to the dance
next Wednesday if we went
together?
3 If I intended to go out this
evening, I wouldn’t have
bought the ingredients for
cooking dinner.
4 If I was your sister, I would
stop going out with that boy
immediately.
5 I would love to live in
Australia for a year if I
thought I could get a job
there.
6 When he was younger, my
brother wouldn’t get into the
water unless I swam along
with him.
7 If something bad ever
happened, Marion would
cope very well.
8 I think your friend would
enjoy that article if she took
the time to read it carefully.
9 I would spend more time at
home if I felt more welcome
there.
10 Even if it didn’t work last
time, I would try acupuncture
again.
b 1 ’ll wish
2 would pay
3 didn’t live
4 climb
5 would, choose
6 didn’t have to
7 would go
8 won’t grow
9 rains
10 ’ll buy
FILE 8
8A
a 1 (that) I could hardly expect
him to drive back tonight
2 (that) she was sorry they
wouldn’t be able to come to
the wedding
3 (that) he wouldn’t be buying a
new car after all
4 (that) she wasn’t sure she
wanted to go to Spain this
summer
5 (that) she hoped I wouldn’t
break her expensive vase
6 (that) Istanbul was his / her
favourite city
7 (that) I should get more
exercise
8 (that) he / she had seen wild
bears in the mountains
b 1 when they would receive their
grades
2 if / whether I had found the
spices I needed
3 if / whether she had
remembered her passport
4 what I thought of the band
5 which newspaper he wanted
6 if / whether I had bought
clothes online before
7 if / whether they enjoyed
performing live
8 how long she would be
travelling for
8B
a 1 to work out
2 not to trip
3 making
4 sending
5 walking
6 not to water
7 Running
8 to wear
9 not having
10 to set up
b 1 send
2 to be
3 to call
4 typing
5 not to wait
6 saying
7 to investigate
8 hiding
9 not to continue
FILE 9
9A
a 1 H
2 J
3 C
4 I
5 B
6 A
7 D
8 E
9 G
c 1 hadn’t compared, ’d have
spent
2 ’d have learnt, ’d read
3 ’d understood, wouldn’t have
attempted
4 wouldn’t have assumed,
’d asked
5 had explained, wouldn’t have
agreed
6 hadn’t seen, ’d have gone
7 ’d left, wouldn’t have been
able
8 ’d have known, ’d checked
9 hadn’t helped, wouldn’t have
finished
10 had owned, would have been
9B
a 1 very few
2 ✓
3 much too
4 much
5 ✓
6 Too much
7 a few
8 enough
9 ✓
10 Too many

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b 1 ✓
2 ✗ many eggs
3 ✓
4 ✗ any books
5 ✗ many people
6 ✓
7 ✓
8 ✗ any
9 ✓
10 ✗ wait long enough
FILE 10
10A
a & b
1 which
2 where
3 which ✓
4 where
5 which ✓
6 whose
7 where
8 which ✓
9 whose
10 who
11 which ✓
12 who ✓
c 1 –
2 The school, which is situated
in the middle of the village,
has only 100 children.
3 We’re going to Scotland,
where my parents were born.
4 –
5 Christ Church college, which
is in Oxford, was used as one
of the locations in the Harry
Potter films.
6 –
10B
a 1 D
2 F
3 E
4 B
5 A
6 I
7 J
8 K
9 H
10 G
b 1 isn’t there?
2 doesn’t he?
3 aren’t they?
4 is it?
5 were you?
6 isn’t she?
7 will they?
8 weren’t you?
9 isn’t it?
10 haven’t they?
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