English Language Practice: Comprehensive Exercises for Proficiency

June 2019

Silicon Valley

Reading Comprehension: True/False

• T: "Silicon Valley Parents... Children"
• T: "These Particular... These Devices"
• F: "Ms. Zimmerman Likes... Play Outside"
• T: "Typically... Use"

Sentence Completion and Correction

1. Their nannies must hide any technological devices from their children.
2. About parents who do not follow the same rules.

Grammar and Sentence Transformation

1. In Spain, alcoholic drinks must not be sold to anyone who is under 18.
2. He wanted to know whether I was the straight-A student who had received a scholarship to study at MIT.
3. If she had invited me to Hong Kong when she lived there, I would have visited her.

Stop Wasting Food

Multiple Choice Answers

• 1. A
• 2. B
• 3. A
• 4. A

Sentence Completion and Correction

1. Different types of products related to food can be bought in a sharehouse.
2. People buy food at a sharehouse because they can decide what they want to pay for the things they are buying.

Grammar and Sentence Transformation

1. London weather is not as hot and dry as California's.
2. We had to wear a uniform when we were at school.
3. The event organizer announced that there were no tickets left for the concert.

Section 2: Multiple Choice

• 1. B
• 2. A
• 3. A
• 4. A
• 5. A
• 6. C
• 7. B
• 8. A
• 9. B
• 10. C
• 11. A
• 12. A
• 13. C
• 14. A
• 15. A

September 2019

Influencers

Reading Comprehension: True/False

• T: "According to a... population"
• T: "With the last category... micro-influencers"
• T: "Influencer marketing... endorsement"
• T: "The problem... influencer campaign"

Sentence Completion and Correction

1. Influencers know a lot about a specific issue and talk about it on the internet.
2. Celebrity support for a specific item may depend on his or her previous experience with it.

Grammar and Sentence Transformation

1. If you hadn't arrived late at the airport, you wouldn't have missed your plane to London.
2. Nobody... The harder you study, the better your results will be.
3. Joan told... that he wasn't going to the movies that night because he had to study.

How to Use

Multiple Choice Answers

• 1. B
• 2. B
• 3. A
• 4. B

Sentence Completion and Correction

1. University life consists of studies and leisure time, since you need both of them to enjoy it.
2. It is likely that you will need some extra income to pay all the costs.

Grammar and Sentence Transformation

1. His mother wanted to know if he had done his homework and the house chores she had assigned him.
2. If you hadn't been eating a lot of sugary food lately, you wouldn't have put on so much weight.
3. Five men were arrested after the incident at the pub last night.

Section 2: Multiple Choice

• 1. B
• 2. A
• 3. A
• 4. B
• 5. A
• 6. A
• 7. B
• 8. A
• 9. A
• 10. B
• 11. A
• 12. C
• 13. B
• 14. A
• 15. A

June 2018

The Average

Reading Comprehension: True/False

• F: "Anything else... is extra"
• F: "Wedding ceremonies... private rooms"
• F: "30 elegant... bathrooms"
• F: "A week in Kenya... person"

Sentence Completion and Correction

1. In order to save money, many British couples choose foreign settings to celebrate.
2. £787 per person to spend three nights at Hotel Bristol in Vienna.

Grammar and Sentence Transformation

1. If I were you, I would learn a musical instrument.
2. He wanted to know my name.
3. The ancient tree was blown down in the city center last night.

The Disease

Multiple Choice Answers

• 1. A
• 2. A
• 3. B
• 4. B

Sentence Completion and Correction

1. ...are killed by fire from cigarettes every year.
2. ...are a serious problem because they cost between 12 and 35 million pounds a year.

Grammar and Sentence Transformation

1. It was such good food that we had to leave a tip at Morocco's.
2. ...wasn't written by Steve.
3. If I hadn't met you, I wouldn't have been so happy.

Section 2: Multiple Choice

• 1. B
• 2. A
• 3. C
• 4. A
• 5. B
• 6. B
• 7. C
• 8. B
• 9. B
• 10. C
• 11. A
• 12. C
• 13. B
• 14. C
• 15. B

September 2018

Conversation

Reading Comprehension: True/False

• T: "Unless I am... all the time"
• F: "I've known... a smile"
• F: "After a few... a minute"
• T: "I just... Joe said"

Sentence Completion and Correction

1. Joe asked if Bill had seen his last shot.
2. ...felt comfortable while he was playing basketball and people were watching him.

Grammar and Sentence Transformation

1. Have you ever driven a Porsche?
2. I wish I spoke Arabic.
3. ...me for being the reason that our parents...

The Elephants

Multiple Choice Answers

• 1. B
• 2. C
• 3. A
• 4. C

Sentence Completion and Correction

1. ...was moved his trunk to show the suspicious smell in the wind.
2. Before, I had seen so many details about elephants.

Grammar and Sentence Transformation

1. I was surprised to drive on the left.
2. ...is too expensive to buy.
3. ...have told you if I had known you weren't interested.

Section 2: Multiple Choice

• 1. B
• 2. A
• 3. C
• 4. A
• 5. C
• 6. B
• 7. A
• 8. B
• 9. B
• 10. A
• 11. C
• 12. A
• 13. C
• 14. B
• 15. A