Pre-employment English Practice Test

Pronouns If you happen to see your parents this weekend, give ___ my best regards.

• Her

• Him

• Them

• They

PronounsThe Manager told ....... not to leave.

• Our

• We

• They

• Us

Reading Comprehension  A dog is bigger than a mouse, but smaller than an elephant.

• A dog is smaller than a mouse.

• A dog is very big.

• A dog is the biggest.

• An elephant is bigger than a dog.

PronounsHere's Hamad and .........   brother.

• Him

• He

• His

• They

Verb Forms We usually ______ dinner at 8:00 p.m.

• Eat

• Eating

• Never have eaten

• I don't know

Verb Forms Yesterday, we ______ a very interesting conference call about the new ERP project. 

• Are having

• Have

• Had

• Were had

Context Clues The thought of eating a rat is abhorrent to most people.

• Fun, lively

• Horrible, repugnant

• Delicious, tasty

• Sweet, sugary

Prepositions She always gets up early ______ the morning, so she can make it to class ______ time.

• By ---- in

• In ---- in

• On ---- on

• In ---- on

Verb The plane _____ at New York's Kennedy Airport . 

• Took off

• Took down

• Landed

• Drove

Context Clues You can trust the salesmen at that store because they always conduct business in an aboveboard manner.

• Honestly, openly

• Sneaky, dishonest

• Horrible, repugnant

• Strange, unusual

Prepositions The computer printer is _______ the table ______ the computer.

• On ---- at

• On ---- next to

• On ---- on

• On ---- under

VocabularyWash

• You do this when you are hungry

• To move in water like a fish

• You do this every morning in the bathroom

• You do this when you find something funny

• To take yourself on foot from one place to another

PrepositionsThe professor said ________ the first day of the course that there would be a big final test _______ the end of the semester.

• At ---- on

• At ---- at

• On ---- at

• On ---- in

Reading Comprehension The "taint of melancholy" which Edgar Allan Poe throughout his life associated with the more "soulful" aspects of beauty was, of course, one of the familiar moods of romantics everywhere. But it is somewhat unusual that this particular mood should be so favoured by Southern poets. From the defiant anguish reminiscent of Byron to the delicate sadness characteristic of female poets like Mrs. Felicia Hemans, the whole range of melancholy feeling could be found in the pages of The Messenger during the 1930's. This is not to say that the magazine published only the poems of the Southern poetasters who invoked melancholy. The significant point is that the Southern poets whom The Messenger did publish were prone to exploit melancholy. Poems on Poe's favorite subject, the death of a beautiful woman, were numerous enough in The Messenger to make us feel some retroactive concern about the durability of Southern belles. Q2: Poe had a preference for poems that dealt with:

• The death of a child

• Byronic despair

• Southern belles

• The death of a beautiful woman

Subject-Verb AgreementChoose the sentence in which the subjects and verbs have been correctly identified and in which the subjects and verbs agree.

• At the end of the story, they was living happily ever after. Subject - they; Verb - was living

• At the end of the story, they were living happily ever after. Subject - they; Verb - were living

• At the end of the story, they were living happily ever after. Subject - they; Verb - were living happily ever after

• At the end of the story, they was living happily ever after. Subject - they; Verb - was

Reading Comprehension The "taint of melancholy" which Edgar Allan Poe throughout his life associated with the more "soulful" aspects of beauty was, of course, one of the familiar moods of romantics everywhere. But it is somewhat unusual that this particular mood should be so favoured by Southern poets. From the defiant anguish reminiscent of Byron to the delicate sadness characteristic of female poets like Mrs. Felicia Hemans, the whole range of melancholy feeling could be found in the pages of The Messenger during the 1930's. This is not to say that the magazine published only the poems of the Southern poetasters who invoked melancholy. The significant point is that the Southern poets whom The Messager did publish were prone to exploit melancholy. Poems on Poe's favorite subject, the death of a beautiful woman, were numerous enough in The Messanger to make us feel some retroactive concern about the durability of Southern belles. Q5: The words "reminiscent of" mean most nearly

• Prominent in

• Recalling

• Absent in

• Favoured by

PrepositionThere is no doubt that Adam is very good .......... working individually.

• At

• Over

• Of

• With

Verb Tenses Usually, I (work) ______________ as a secretary at ABT, but this summer I (study) ______________ French at a language school in Paris. That is why I am in Paris.

• Am working ---- was studying

• Worked ---- studied

• Work ---- am studying

• Am working ---- am studying

He's ....

• Chinese

• Russian

• British

• Australian

His address is ...

• Spring Avenue, Leicester

• Spring Avenue, Lester

• Spring Avenue, Lemster

• Spring Avenue, Lobster

Tag Questions You'll be leaving for Los Angeles soon, __________ ? 

• Won't you?

• Don't you?

• Aren't you?

• Shouldn't you?

VocabularyWear

• The opposite of win and find

• To 'carry' clothes on your body

• You do this every morning in the bathroom

• To take yourself on foot from one place to another

• If you want good grades you must do this

He goes to ...

• Newtown Secondary School

• Newtown Secondary Collage

• Newton Secondary Collage

• Newton Secondary School

The student’s name is ...

• Abdul Surimani.

• Ahmad Saeed.

• Ashraf Suri

• Mohammad Ali

Reading Comprehension The "taint of melancholy" which Edgar Allan Poe throughout his life associated with the more "soulful" aspects of beauty was, of course, one of the familiar moods of romantics everywhere. But it is somewhat unusual that this particular mood should be so favoured by Southern poets. From the defiant anguish reminiscent of Byron to the delicate sadness characteristic of female poets like Mrs. Felicia Hemans, the whole range of melancholy feeling could be found in the pages of The Messenger during the 1930's. This is not to say that the magazine published only the poems of the Southern poetasters who invoked melancholy. The significant point is that the Southern poets whom The Messenger did publish were prone to exploit melancholy. Poems on Poe's favorite subject, the death of a beautiful woman, were numerous enough in The Messenger to make us feel some retroactive concern about the durability of Southern belles. Q4: The Messenger published:

• Only melancholy poems

• Only female poets

• Only Southern poets who wrote melancholy poems

• Many poems about death

He's ...

• 14

• 15

• 16

• 17

Compound Nouns Thomas White, who orchestrated ___________ rescue packages, will address the group.

• Multibillion-dollars

• Multibillions dollars

• Multibillion-dollar

• Multibillion dollar

His date of birth is ...

• 2nd July 1997

• 2nd June 1998

• 22nd June 1998

• 2nd July 1998

Reading Comprehension The "taint of melancholy" which Edgar Allan Poe throughout his life associated with the more "soulful" aspects of beauty was, of course, one of the familiar moods of romantics everywhere. But it is somewhat unusual that this particular mood should be so favoured by Southern poets. From the defiant anguish reminiscent of Byron to the delicate sadness characteristic of female poets like Mrs. Felicia Hemans, the whole range of melancholy feeling could be found in the pages of The Messenger during the 1930's. This is not to say that the magazine published only the poems of the Southern poetasters who invoked melancholy. The significant point is that the Southern poets whom The Messenger did publish were prone to exploit melancholy. Poems on Poe's favorite subject, the death of a beautiful woman, were numerous enough in The Messenger to make us feel some retroactive concern about the durability of Southern belles. Q3: The author implies that Southern belles:

• May often have been delicately sad

• May often have died young

• May have written many poems

• May have lived very melancholy lives

The next 6 questions are related to one paragraph, stated below. Each of the 6 questions will contain the same paragraph so you can refer to it.Reading ComprehensionThe "taint of melancholy" which Edgar Allan Poe throughout his life associated with the more "soulful" aspects of beauty was, of course, one of the familiar moods of romantics everywhere. But it is somewhat unusual that this particular mood should be so favoured by Southern poets.From the defiant anguish reminiscent of Byron to the delicate sadness characteristic of female poets like Mrs. Felicia Hemans, the whole range of melancholy feeling could be found in the pages of The Messenger during the 1930's. This is not to say that the magazine published only the poems of the Southern poetasters who invoked melancholy. The significant point is that the Southern poets whom The Messenger did publish were prone to exploit melancholy. Poems on Poe's favorite subject, the death of a beautiful woman, were numerous enough in The Messenger to make us feel some retroactive concern about the durability of Southern belles.Q1: Most poetry published in the South:

• Was cheerful in mood

• Was melancholic

• Did not reflect one of the familiar moods of the romantics

• Was written by Edgar Allan Poe

PronounsCan you hear ....... ?

• I

• Me

• My

• They

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