Grammar Test

Questions 1 – 5

For questions 1 to 5, choose one letter – A, B or C
Where can you see these notices?

Questions 6 – 10

In this section you must choose the word which best fits each space in the text below.
For questions 6 to 10, choose one letter A, B or C.

THE STARS

There are millions of stars in the sky. If you look (6)………. the sky on a clear night, it is possible to see about 3000 stars. They look small, but they are really (7)………. big hot balls of burning gas. Some of them are huge, but others are much smaller, like our planet Earth. The biggest stars are very bright, but they only live for a short time. Every day new stars (8)………. born and old stars die. All the stars are very far away. The light from the nearest star takes more (9)………. four years to reach Earth. Hundreds of years ago, people (10)………. stars, like the North Star, to know which direction to travel in. Today you can still see that star.

Questions 11 – 15

In this section you must choose the word which best fits each space in the texts.
For questions 11 to 15, choose one from A, B, C or D

Good smiles ahead for young teeth

Older Britons are the worst in Europe when it comes to keeping their teeth. But British youngsters (11)…….. more to smile about because (12)…….. teeth are among the best. Alomst 80% of Britons over 65 have lost all or some (13)…….. their teeth according to a World Health Organisation survey. Eating too (14)…….. sugar is part of the problem. Among (15)…….., 12-year-olds have on average only three missing, decayed or filled teeth.

Questions 16 – 20

In this section you must choose the word which best fits each space in the texts.
For questions 16 to 20, choose one from A, B, C or D

Christopher Columbus and the New World

On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain to find a new rout to India, China and Japan. At this time most people thought you would fall off the edge of the world if you sailed too far. Yet sailors such as Columbus had seen how a ship appeared to get lower and lower on the horizon as it sailed away. For Columbus this (16)………… that the world was round. He (17)………… to his men about the distance travelled each day. He did not want them to think that he did not (18)………… exactly where they were going. (19)…………, on October 12, 1492, Columbus and his men landed on a small island he named San Salvador. Columbus believed he was in Asia, (20)………… he was actually in the Caribbean.

Questions 21 – 40

In this section you must choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
For questions 21 to 40, chose one letter A, B, C or D.

Questions 41 – 45

In this section you must choose the word or phrase which best fits each space in the texts.
For questions 41 to 45, choose one letter A, B, C or D

Clocks

The clock was the first complex mechanical machinery to enter the home, (41) ………… it was too expensive for the (42) ………… person until the 19th century, when (43) ………… production techniques lowered the price. Watches were also developed, but they (44) ………… luxury items until 1868, when the first cheap pocket watch was designed in Switzerland. Watches later became (45) ………… available, and Switzerland became the world’s leading watch manufacturing centre for the next 100 years.

Questions 46 – 50

In this section you must choose the word or phrase which best fits each space in the texts.
For questions 46 to 50, choose one letter A, B, C or D

Dublin City Walks

What better way of getting to know a new city than by walking around it? Whether you choose the Medieval Walk, which will (46) ………… you to the Dublin of 1000 years ago, find out about the more (47) ………… history of the city on the Eighteenth Century Walk, or meet the ghosts of Dublin’s many writers on the Literary Walk, we know you will enjoy the experience.

Dublin City Walks (48) ………… twice daily. Meet your guide at 10.30 a.m. or 2.30 p.m. at the Tourist Information Office. No advance (49) ………… is necessary. Special (50) ………… are available for families, children and parties of more than ten people.

Questions 51 – 60

In this section you must choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
For questions 51 to 60, choose one from A, B, C or D