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Practice level

B1. Try this level if you can follow the instructions and understand most of the language; choose an earlier level if you need more support.

Question formats

Single choice

How to approach this practice

Read the complete context. Check both the meaning and the grammar, including word forms, collocations and links between sentences.

1. Question 1 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. The new community centre … last weekend.

   1. was opened
   2. has opening
   3. is open yesterday
   4. opened it
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   was opened

   The centre receives the action at a finished past time.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. The woman … organised the event lives on our street.

   1. who
   2. which
   3. where
   4. whose of
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   who

   Who is a subject relative pronoun for a person.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. More than fifty residents took … in the clean-up.

   1. notice of
   2. place
   3. part
   4. care
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   part

   Take part in means participate in.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. The library will stay open … the repairs are finished.

   1. during
   2. until
   3. for to
   4. while of
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   until

   Until marks the endpoint of the temporary arrangement.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. The council has made a … to repair the playground.

   1. decide
   2. deciding
   3. decision
   4. decisive
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   decision

   Make a decision is the noun collocation.

6. Question 6 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. The park, … is near the river, is popular with families.

   1. which
   2. who
   3. whose of
   4. what
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   which

   A non-defining relative about a place as subject takes which.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. Volunteers are looking … donations of warm clothes.

   1. for
   2. from
   3. at to
   4. after of
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   for

   Look for means seek.

8. Question 8 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. The road is closed because a new bridge ….

   1. was build
   2. is being built
   3. has building
   4. is building it
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   is being built

   The passive present continuous describes ongoing construction.

9. Question 9 · Single choice

   Choose one answer.

   Choose the best completion or reply. We were pleased … so many neighbours at the meeting.

   1. seeing
   2. to see
   3. seen
   4. see
   Check answers and explanations

   Answer

   to see

   Pleased takes a to-infinitive describing the cause of pleasure.

10. Question 10 · Single choice

    Choose one answer.

    Choose the best completion or reply. A local shop has offered to … the cost of the prizes.

    1. close
    2. hide
    3. cover
    4. blanket
    Check answers and explanations

    Answer

    cover

    Cover the cost means pay the expense.

What to review next

Explain why each answer fits the meaning and structure. Record useful phrases and write a new example using each pattern you found difficult.

A focused practice result shows how you did on these tasks. Use several activities across skills to decide what to study next; one practice score does not certify an overall CEFR level.