EAP: Writing Proficiency Test

Choose the right tense-

While I was reading, the phone …………………..

• rang

• was ringing

• rung

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They will read the report fully before they …………………..

• will vote

• would vote

• vote

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I’m tired. I ………………….. for 3 hours!

• have studied

• have been studying

• had been studying

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My family ………………….. in Australia for a year when I was a child.

• lived

• lives

• had been living

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I almost always________ by car when I_______ on a vacation.

• am travelling, am

• travel, am going on

• travel, am

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You ________ my brother, have you?

• didn't saw

• didn't see

• haven't seen

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I ____________ the tickets yet. I ___________ them this afternoon, actually.

• didn't get, going to get

• haven't got, am going to get

• haven't got, will get

Choose the right modal verb-

I think I _________ have failed the test, but I'm not sure.

• ought to

• might

• shall

Choose the right modal verb-

We have to rush. We __________ miss the last bus home.

• needn't

• couldn't

• mustn't

Choose the right modal verb-

If you had let me know earlier, I __________ have been able to come.

• would

• will

• shall