Excellence Académie
5 Min
Les questions 1-20 évaluent vos connaissances en grammaire. Complétez les phrases avec la forme correcte parmi les quatre propositions.
1) _______ you like to join us ? We‘re going to a concert tonight.
a) Will
b) Can
c) Could
d) Would
2) I‘m afraid I _______ come to the party this weekend. I‘ll need to cram for an exam.
a) wouldn‘t
b) will
c) won‘t able to
d) can‘t
3) It takes much _______ by public transport than I thought.
a) too long
b) the longest
c) longest
d) longer
4) I‘m flying to Sydney on Sunday and I‘m very _______ about it.
a) excite
b) excitement
c) exciting
d) excited
5) You‘d better ask somebody else to do the translation. I would certainly do a _______ job.
a) bad
b) badly
c) worst
d) worsen
6) The boom of Italy‘s fashion industry _______ in the 1950s.
a) has begun
b) began
c) had beginning
d) was begun
7) Since the crisis, _______ graduates have applied for jobs in the financial field.
a) none
b) fewer
c) less
d) much
8) I‘ve made a decision. I‘m going to _______. Otherwise I‘d ruin my health.
a) stop to smoke
b) give up smoking
c) quit the smoking
d) drop to smoke
9) Congratulations _______ a city break holiday to Lisbon.
a) you have winned
b) on winning
c) to win
d) for to win26
10) She _______ a lot when she was at school. But now she doesn‘t find the time.
a) used to swimming
b) was used to swim
c) used to swim
d) was used swimming
11) All assignments will have to be _______ the end of the month.
a) handed in by
b) finish before
c) due until
d) given in
12) The summer break will _______ take up a job and make a bit of money before the new semester starts.
a) allow me to
b) permit I
c) need me
d) have to
13) _______ before Christmas last year. I really like the Christmas markets there.
a) I went to Germany
b) I‘ve been to Germany
c) I would like I spent time in Germany
d) I could only go in Germany
14) I‘m _______, but I‘ll feel better after a good night‘s sleep.
a) a jet lag
b) having some jetlagged
c) suffering a jet lag
d) a bit jet-lagged
15) _______ in charge of safety on this boat?
a) Who
b) Whom
c) Whose
d) Who‘s
16) Not only _______ late at the airport; he also went to the wrong counter to check in.
a) showed he up
b) did he show up
c) he showed up
d) shown up27
17) No wonder he can afford a car like this. They pay him _______ .
a) a salary attractive enough
b) an attractive salary enough
c) an attractive enough salary
d) enough attractive salary
18) You _______ me so much about the film. Now I don‘t want to go and see it anymore.
a) ought to not told
b) shouldn‘t have told
c) must not having told
d) couldn‘t be telling
19) This club is _______ places in the whole town. You must go there one night.
a) one of lively
b) one of the liveliest
c) one of the most lively
d) one of most lively
20) The trade fair is _______ in the city centre this year. The new exhibition centre in the suburbs will not be ready until next year.
a) holding
b) being held
c) held back
d) been holding
Les questions 21-40 évaluent votre maîtrise du vocabulaire. Complétez les phrases et choisissez la bonne réponse parmi les quatre propositions.
21) New York is full of great places to visit. The _______ from the top of the Empire State Building is one of the best in New York.
a) see
b) view
c) site
d) vision
22) Hundreds of years ago, people used to _______ high heels and platform shoes, because the streets were full of rubbish.
a) porter
b) carry
c) wear
d) walk
23) A number of _______ in the automotive industry today are done by robots.
a) machines
b) places
c) trends
d) jobs
24) When the sun beats down it can get extremely _______ here in the greenhouse.
a) hot
b) cold
c) dark
d) loud
25) Mobile phones can do so much more than make and receive _______.
a) phones
b) smart
c) numbers
d) calls
26) In some countries it is considered _______ to eat when you are walking down a street.
a) rude
b) rule
c) ruse
d) root
27) _______ for a job requires good preparation.
a) Acclaiming
b) Affecting
c) Assuring
d) Applying
28) The brain and the other organs need a continuous _______ of blood.
a) supply
b) offer
c) furniture
d) tap
29) They only served _______ drinks at the party, so nobody could get drunk.
a) short
b) long
c) soft
d) hard29
30) The _______ in this room is so spacious that I can keep all my clothes in there.
a) clothes hanger
b) clothes horse
c) closet
d) close-down
31) People in a number of Asian cultures _______ when they say hello.
a) boo
b) bow
c) bond
d) boost
32) It is very _______ that some of the extreme weather conditions in this area are due to climate change.
a) alike
b) likely
c) likewise
d) likeable
33) The scientists involved in the project have made a major _______ in the treatment of AIDS.
a) breakdown
b) breakthrough
c) breakup
d) breakaway
34) _______-produced furniture is much cheaper, but it doesn‘t have the same quality.
a) Mate
b) Mass
c) Mess
d) Miss
35) ―Slow travel‖ is a good way to discover areas off the _______ tracks.
a) spelled
b) paid
c) beaten
d) hidden
36) I heard that she‘s seriously ill. I just hope she will _______ through.
a) stay
b) stand
c) pull
d) put30
37) This ticket _______ you to a free seat at any of the shows this week.
a) envisages
b) entangles
c) entitles
d) entails
38) He finally realised that he had _______ the joke too far.
a) carried
b) deferred
c) elicited
d) frowned
39) A company‘s success is _______ by its people.
a) cycled
b) driven
c) run
d) walked
40) She looked a bit _______ when she heard the news.
a) checkered
b) jigsawn
c) puzzled
d) pokered