Grammar: twenty questions

A2 test

Start the lesson steps: 4 · optional: +1

Twenty questions on the grammar of the level, a dictation, reading aloud and writing. The pass mark for moving on to B1 is 80% in grammar (16 out of 20). The dictation is checked word by word, but it does not count towards the pass mark; reading aloud and writing are not marked.

Grammar: twenty questions

1–5. Gap fill: tenses.

  1. you (see) that film yesterday?
  2. I (read) when the phone rang
  3. I (already / finish) my work
  4. I (live) here for five years
  5. you ever (be) to Italy?
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Did … see; was reading; have already finished; have lived; Have … been.

6–9. Gap fill: the perfect or the Past Simple.

  1. I (work) in a hotel in 2019
  2. I (work) for three companies — experience
  3. He (move) to London in 1990
  4. She (write) four books — she is alive
Show the answers
worked; have worked; moved; has written.

10–13. Gap fill: modal verbs and politeness.

  1. You smoke here — it is not allowed
  2. You come tomorrow — it is not necessary
  3. you help me, please? — polite
  4. You look tired. You rest
Show the answers
mustn't; don't have to; Could; should.

14–16. Gap fill: comparison and quantity.

  1. This bag is (cheap) than that one
  2. São Paulo is (big) city in Brazil
  3. I have work today — a lot
Show the answers
cheaper; the biggest; a lot of.

17–20. Error correction.

  1. If it will rain, I'll stay at home.
  2. The man which works here is my brother.
  3. He said me that he was busy.
  4. Did you used to live here?
Show the answers
If it rains, I'll stay at home; The man who works here is my brother / The man that works here is my brother; He told me that he was busy / He said that he was busy; Did you use to live here?
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Dictation

Six sentences to write down from listening:

Did you have a good weekend? / I was reading when the phone rang. / I've lived here for five years. / If it rains, I'll stay at home. / I used to live near the sea. / He told me that he was busy.

Reading aloud

I was born in a small town near the sea and I used to go to the beach every evening. I moved to Rio de Janeiro in 2014, so I have lived here for twelve years. I have worked for two companies. I worked in a hotel from 2018 to 2020 and left when it closed. If I have time next summer, I'll go back to my town for a week.

What A2 has covered

The past tense in full with did, the Past Continuous, the Present Perfect with four markers, experience and length of time, a first look at the contrast with the Past Simple, comparatives and superlatives, three ways to talk about the future, must / have to / should, quantity, compounds with some/any/no, adverbs, the article with places, polite requests with could, the passive in fixed forms, the gerund and the infinitive, phrasal verbs, It takes, relative clauses, the zero and first conditionals, used to, reported speech to recognise, writing in two registers. Ninety irregular verbs.

Next — B1 #1: telling what happened before something else, where the Past Perfect and the rest of the irregular verbs appear.

End of the core

The lesson counts as done once the exercises are done. Everything after this is optional.

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Writing

A letter to a friend of 10–12 sentences: what is new with you, what happened last weekend, what your plans are, and an invitation.

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Practise this lesson in the other sections

Dictationbased on this lesson Write down what you hear. The check shows every word that differs, and how. Write the dictation Reading aloudbased on this lesson Read the lesson text aloud — speech recognition highlights the words it did not catch. Read the text aloud Reading and listeningA1–C1 Texts at every level with comprehension questions; the transcript opens after you answer. Try it

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