Aptis Advanced core test

(grammar and vocabulary)

Test 1
Grammar
1. The woman _______ sold me those flowers spent twenty minutes wrapping
them.
A. what
B. that
C. which

2. A: I’ve just seen Mark.

B: You ________ have seen him. He’s on holiday at the moment.

A. can’t
B. shouldn’t
C. needn’t

3. He emphasised in his speech that________he received when younger had been

excellent.
A. education
B. an education
C. the education

4. She takes the bus to work ____________ day.

A. early
B. many
C. every

5. I’ll call you when I ____________ home.

A. get
B. will get
C. getting

6. We ate dinner and ____________ we watched a film

A. then
B. since
C. so

7. We’re ____________ in a beautiful holiday home at the moment

A. stay
B. staying
C. stayed

8. When I got home, Jenny ____________ on the telephone.

A. was speaking
 B. speaking
C. speak

9. Coffee ____________ to be much cheaper a few years ago.

A. would
B. has
C. used

10. I’m not sure about my future. ____________ I will start a business.
A. Perhaps
B. Absolutely
C. Clearly

11. They ate their lunch while they ____________ coming home from school.
A. were
B. was
C. are

12. She bought it herself, ____________ she?

A. hasn’t
B. didn’t
C. shouldn’t

13. If the dress ____________ been so expensive, she would have bought it.
A. hadn’t
B. weren’t
C. aren’t

14. I ________ a great book this morning – I really want to finish it.
A. was reading
B. read
C. have read

15. Excuse me? Can I try ____________ this jacket to make sure it fits?
A. under
B. with
C. on
16. I saw Wi Joo this morning and she ____________ if you were free tomorrow.
A. told
B. asked
C. said

17. When I go to university, I may ____________ history.

A. study
B. to study
 C. studying

18. It ____________ be meat free – it tastes just like chicken!

A. could
B. can
C. can’t

19. It was a dark, moonlit night when the traveller ____________ at the inn.
A. arrived
B. was arriving
C. had arrived

20. If I hadn’t gone out last night, I ____________ be so tired now.

A. won’t
B. wouldn’t
C. hadn’t

21. I ____________ like mushrooms, but I can’t stop eating them now.
A. wouldn’t
B. didn’t use to
C. couldn’t

22. The newspaper China Today ____________ published for over 60 years.
A. is being
B. has been
C. was being

23. They said they ____________ studying for ages.

A. will have
B. are
C. had been
They said “we have been studying for ages”.
=> They said they had been studying for ages.

24. My father, ____________ is a dentist, told me not to drink sugary drinks.

A. who
B. which
C. that

25. ____________ memory of the day I met the president is very special to me.
A. The
B. A
 C. (-)

Vocabulary
1. Choose the word that is most similar in meaning to a word on the left (1 – 5).
Use each word once only.

1. choose A. train
2. close B. look after
3. improve C. make
4. care D. decide
5. practise E. take
F. shut
G. propose
H. believe
J. develop
K. worry

2. Finish each sentence (6 – 10) using a word from the list (A – K). Use each
word once only.

6. to oppose is to A. concern
B. challenge
7. to teach is to C. instruct
D. appear
8. to accept is to E. worry
F. obtain
9. to get is to G. wish
H. compensate
10. to pay is to J. assume
K. approve

3. Write the letter of the word on the right (A –K ) that matches the definition
on the left (11 – 15). Use each word once only.
11. wanting to know or learn something. A. artificial
12. not natural or real B. brave
13. not clear and difficult to understand or see C. crucial
14. having a flat, even surface D. curious
15. having a lot of strong feelings E. fierce
F. lazy
G. obscure
H. peculiar
J. smooth
K. emotional

4. Finish each sentence (16 – 20) using a word from the list (A – K). Use each
word once only.
16. He had to walk down a long dark ____________to get to A atmosphere
his room. B canteen
C ceiling
17. The teacher should maintain ____________in the D corridor
classroom to make the lesson effective. E discipline
F envelope
18. She opened the ________ and took a coat out of it. G fringe
H hedge
19. You should cut your ________ regularly, otherwise your J museum
hair will get in your eyes. K wardrobe

20. The local __________has an exhibit about the history of

this area

5. Write the letter of the word on the right (A – K) that is with a word on the
left (21 – 25).
look, look for
21. abstract A clean
22. athletics B club
23. congested C efforts
24. frantic D food
25. household E friends
F painting
G roads
H speed
J status
K tasks