This English evaluation quiz can help you notice which kinds of questions you find easy and which deserve more practice. It contains twelve questions across grammar, vocabulary and reading, followed by short writing and speaking tasks. Treat the result as a study guide for this small sample, not a certified English level.
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How to use the quiz
Answer without a dictionary on your first attempt, and mark any answers you guessed. You can spend about fifteen minutes on the twelve questions, but the timing is only a suggested practice limit. Read the explanations afterwards and record why an answer was difficult.
Give yourself one point for each correct answer, including a reasonable equivalent for a written response. Keep three separate totals out of four: grammar, vocabulary and reading. This is more useful than assuming a total out of twelve measures every language skill.
Questions 1–4: grammar
- She ______ here every Saturday. (A. work; B. works; C. working)
- We ______ dinner when the lights went out. (A. were having; B. have; C. are having)
- If it rains tomorrow, we ______ indoors. (A. stayed; B. would stayed; C. will stay)
- Correct the question: “Where you bought this book?”
Questions 5–8: vocabulary and appropriate language
- Can I ______ your pen? I’ll give it back in a minute. (A. lend; B. borrow; C. owe)
- The team needs to ______ a decision today. (A. do; B. take out; C. make)
- The instructions are ambiguous. Are they A. open to more than one interpretation, B. very detailed, or C. impossible to read?
- Rewrite politely for an unfamiliar colleague: “Send me the file now.”
Read the notice for questions 9–12
The photography workshop originally planned for Tuesday will now take place on Thursday at 6 p.m. in room 12. Please arrive ten minutes early to collect your materials. If you have already registered, you do not need to fill in another form. If you cannot attend on the new date, email the organiser by Monday.
- On which day will the workshop take place?
- Why should participants arrive ten minutes early?
- Does everyone need to send another registration form?
- What should an existing participant do if the new date is unsuitable?
Answers and explanations
| Question | Answer and explanation |
|---|---|
| 1 | B. works. A present simple verb takes -s with she. |
| 2 | A. were having. The past continuous describes the activity in progress. |
| 3 | C. will stay. This is a likely future condition with if + present simple. |
| 4 | Where did you buy this book? Use did before the subject and the base form buy. |
| 5 | B. borrow. You borrow from someone; the other person lends to you. |
| 6 | C. make. Make a decision is a natural collocation; take a decision also occurs, but take out does not fit. |
| 7 | A. Ambiguous concerns meaning, not necessarily detail or legibility. |
| 8 | Could you send me the file, please? Other clear, polite requests are acceptable; politeness depends on context as well as grammar. |
| 9 | Thursday. The notice changes the original Tuesday date. |
| 10 | To collect their materials. This is the purpose stated in the notice. |
| 11 | No. Existing registrations remain valid. |
| 12 | Email the organiser by Monday. The notice gives a specific action and deadline. |
What your results can tell you
A low grammar subtotal suggests reviewing the particular forms you missed, such as auxiliary verbs in questions or the past continuous. A low vocabulary subtotal may point to collocations, word direction or register. For reading, check whether you confused an original arrangement with an updated one, or overlooked a condition.
A high score means you handled these items well. It does not establish a CEFR level, prove fluency or show how accurately you understand speech. Someone may recognise an answer here but find it difficult to produce the same language in a conversation.
| If you missed… | A focused next activity |
|---|---|
| Question 4 | Write three past questions using did + subject + base verb. |
| Question 5 | Write one sentence with borrow and one with lend, showing who gives the item. |
| Question 6 | Collect five everyday combinations such as make a plan or do homework. |
| Questions 9–12 | Read another short notice and highlight the current date, required action and deadline. |
Try a short writing task
Write an email of about 60–80 words to the workshop organiser. Explain that you cannot attend on Thursday, ask whether another session is available and thank them for their help. Include a greeting and a closing that fit an unfamiliar reader.
Check whether the message achieves all three tasks before counting language mistakes. Then review verb forms, sentence endings and the clarity of the request. A teacher or proficient reader can provide more useful feedback than awarding yourself an unexplained numerical score.
Add speaking and listening practice
Record a one-minute explanation of a recent change to your plans. Listen for whether another person could understand what changed, why it changed and what you did next. If you repeatedly stop at the same phrase, practise that phrase in a shorter sentence first.
For listening, use a short recording with a transcript and answer questions before reading the text. This page itself has no listening recording, so its twelve-point result does not assess listening. Choose your next activity from an observed difficulty rather than studying every topic again at once.
