What's Your English Level?
Dear teachers, use this test at the start of your trial lesson to identify your student’s grammar level and spot specific areas to work on in future lessons. Good luck, and may the subjunctive be ever in your favour! Check the answers and the very end.
A1 — Beginner
1. name is Carlos. am from Mexico.
a) My / I
b) My / He
c) He / I
2. She a doctor. She at a big hospital.
a) is / work
b) is / works
c) are / works
3. you a student? — Yes, I .
a) Are / am
b) Is / am
c) Do / do
4. I have dog. dog's name is Rex.
a) a / A
b) a / The
c) the / The
5. They from Japan. Their English very good.
a) are / are
b) is / is
c) are / is
A2 — Elementary
1. I TV when my friend me last night.
a) watched / called
b) was watching / called
c) watch / was calling
2. She to Paris last summer. She the Eiffel Tower.
a) went / saw
b) has gone / saw
c) go / seen
3. any supermarkets near your house?
a) Is there
b) Are there
c) Have there
4. My new apartment is my old one. It has more space.
a) more big than
b) smaller than
c) bigger than
5. Look! It . We should take an umbrella.
a) rains
b) is raining
c) rained
B1 — Intermediate
1. I sushi before. I'd love to try it!
a) never tried
b) have never tried
c) never try
2. If she hard enough, she the exam easily.
a) studies / will pass
b) studied / will pass
c) study / would pass
3. If I a million euros, I travel the world.
a) have / will
b) had / would
c) have / would
4. She told me that she tired and to leave early.
a) is / wants
b) was / wanted
c) is / wanted
5. The new bridge last year by a local company.
a) built
b) was built
c) has built
B2 — Upper-Intermediate
1. By the time we arrived at the theatre, the show .
a) has already finished
b) had already finished
c) was already finishing
2. If she had studied medicine, she a doctor now.
a) would be
b) would have been
c) had been
3. The documents before the deadline. Nobody knows who did it.
a) must destroy
b) must have been destroyed
c) should destroy
4. Not only late, but he also forgot to bring the report.
a) he arrived
b) did he arrive
c) had he arrived
5. She the job if she hadn’t moved abroad.
a) would get
b) got
c) would have gotten
C1 — Advanced
1. It is essential that every participant the form before the session.
a) completes
b) complete
c) completed
2. I known about the problem earlier, we could have fixed it in time.
a) If
b) Should
c) Had
3. It was only after the meeting she realised what had gone wrong.
a) when
b) that
c) which
4. He have submitted the report — it's not on the system at all.
a) can't
b) mustn't
c) needn't
5. Rarely such a dramatic change in policy in such a short time.
a) we have seen
b) have we seen
c) we had seen
🔑 Answer Key
A1 — a, b, a, b, c
A2 — b, a, b, c, b
B1 — b, a, b, b, b
B2 — b, a, b, b, c
C1 — b, c, b, a, b