IELTS Entry Test
Grammar and Vocabulary
Full name: Time allowance: 10 minutes
Date:
Choose the correct answer, A, B or C, for each question:
1. Most university students_______ on the campus in their first year.
A. lives B. live C. are living
2. From the graph we can see that the economy ________ at the moment.
A. improves B. improve C. is improving
3. They ________ personal computers when my father was a student.
A. hadn’t B. didn’t have C. weren’t having
4. The teacher ________ us how to do the experiment when the fire bell rang.
A. showed B. shown C. was showing
5. I finished my essay yesterday but ________ it into the tutor yet.
A. I’ve given B. I haven’t given C. I didn’t give
6. ________ the experiment three times now with different results each time!
A. We’ve done B. We did C. We’ve been doing
7. When I arrived, the lecture _______ so I didn’t find it easy to follow.
A. started B. had started C. had been starting
8. ________ the doctor at 2.00 this afternoon so I can’t go to the lecture.
A. I’m seeing B. I see C. I will see
9. My sister ________ economics and politics when she goes to university.
A. is going to study B. studies C. will be studying
10. While we’re working on the project, our boss ________ on a beach in Greece!
A. will sit B. will have sat C. will be sitting
11. If the trend continues, the average income ________ by 107% by 2020.
A. will increase B. will have increased C. will be increasing
12. You can base your geography assignment on ________ country – it doesn’t matter which.
A. a B. some C. any
13. There aren’t _______ places left on the course, so you’d better apply soon.
A. much B. many C. lots of
14. I don’t know whether to accept the job offer. It’s _________.
A. a difficult decision B. the difficult decision C. difficult decision
15. The manager interviewed _______ candidates in turn.
A. each of the B. each C. every
16. _______ people live in the countryside than 100 years ago.
A. Less B. Fewer C. Few
17. The bookshop ________ the end of the road is excellent.
A. at B. on C. in
18. There are millions of people around the world ________ the football matches on television.
A. watched B. watching C. are watching
19. Scientists finally __________ find a cure for the disease after years of research.
A. managed to B. can C. could
20. When you write your essays you ________ copy ideas from books without referencing
them properly.
A. mustn’t B. don’t have to C. have to
21. Doctors have ________ us to cut down on salt in our diets if we want to reduce the risk of
getting heart disease.
A. insisted B. suggested C. advised
22. __________ this newspaper report, more women smoke than men nowadays.
A. Apparently B. According to C. Supposedly
23. Learning a foreign language is important because it helps you understand other cultures better.
_______it can be a useful skill in many areas of work.
A. However, B. Despite this, C. In addition,
24. I’m aiming _______ a band 7 in IELTS.
A. on B. for C. to
25. What will you do if you _________ a good IELTS score?
A. get B. got C. will get
