British Council Test your English Level

1. Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
The baby boy saw himself in the mirror and started to cry.
2. A lot of trains ... late today due to the heavy storms.
are run/run/are running.
3. ... was a strong wind last night.
There/here/this.
4. Firstly, I want to congratulate you all. Secondly, I would like to wish you good luck and ... hope
you have enjoyed the coures.
In the end/ at last / finally.
5. You ... clean your teeth twice a day to avoid having problems.
Can/should/will.
6. The children thought they were ... when they saw the bull.
In a danger/ in danger/ in the danger.
7. Jack: I think it’s going to rain.
Jill: I ..., the clouds are clearing.
Jack: We’ll soon see.
Disagree/complain/argue.
8. I really don’t like this meal. ... money in the world wouldn’t get me to eat it.
Whatever/enough/all the.
9. Last year, Joanna bought two ... coats in New York.
Long, black, leather/black, long, leather/ leather, black, long.
10. I must report to the meeting that Cyrus completed his first piece of work well ahead of schedule.
... however, his work has been handed in late.
Sequentially/subsequently/consequently.
Something that is sequential follows a fixed order.
You use subsequent to describe something that happened or existed after the time or event that
has just been referred to.
Consequently means as a result.
11. That’s very good of you but you ... have paid me back until tomorrow.
Needn’t/wouldn’t/couldn’t.
12. I ... intending to stop smoking even before I got this bad cough.

Would have been/had been/have been
13. Anne: Oh! I watched the new TV show last night.
Jo: Was it any good?
Anne: Yes, ... the TV set is so old I could see very little.
Mind you/still/by the way.
14. Consider = think about/seem well/go for.


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Talk = stroll/point out/ converse.
Complete = finish/go through/full.
Return = account/go back/reverse.
Report = go after/account/respect.
She hit her ... while she was playing football.

Motor/ tail/ shoulder.
20. The ... went to the police.
Crime/solicitor/shoulder.
In Britain, a solicitor is a lawyer who gives legal advice, prepares legal documents and cases, and
represents clients in the lower courts of law. Compare barrister.
21. It was bad but it was not a ...
Gate/magazine/crime.
A crime is an illegal action or activity for which a person can be punished by law.
22. Concrete + builder/thrill/proposal.
You use concrete to indicate that something is definite and specific.

A builder is a person whose job is to build or repair houses and other buildings.
If something gives you a thrill, it gives you a sudden feeling of great excitement, pleasure, or fear.
A proposal is a plan or an idea, often a formal or written one, which is suggested for people to
think about and decide upon.
23. Tender + diet/words/beast.
24. Sophisticated + dress/purse/ship.
25. Blunt + movement/proposition/instrument.