English as a Second Language Written Evaluation
Level 2 (of 3): Low Intermediate, Mid Intermediate
This written evaluation is intended as a supplement to the Spoken evaluation; it is not a comprehensive measure of language
level on its own. Its purpose is to provide a brief sample of the language student’s reading and writing ability and grammar
knowledge.
Section One – GRAMMAR: Verbs
Fill in each blank with the appropriate form of the verb given in parentheses. Where no verb is given, supply your
own.
1.
Every morning I ___________________________ at 5.
2.
At the moment she ____________________________ for her presentation.
3.
“I have such a headache.” “Don’t worry. I __________________________ (give) you some aspirin.”
4.
I can’t work late tonight; I _____________________ my fiancee for dinner at 6:00.
5.
______________________________ (you / come) to the company picnic on Saturday?
6.
She _________________________ (live) here since January.
7.
Peter _____________ (fly) to Florida last Friday. Then he ___________ (drive) a rental car to Atlanta. When
he __________ there, he ___________ (walk) to the station and __________ (take) a bus home.
8.
Marion _____________ already ____________ (sign) the papers by the time we arrived.
9.
The phone rang while Christine ____________________ (read) the newspaper.
10. I __________________________ (take) it more seriously if she hadn’t made such a joke out of it.
11. Good news! The criminal ____________________ by the police last night.
12. You knew that, __________________ you?
13. If anyone __________________ (call) while I’m out, please take a message.
14. Marcia _______________ (never / travel) outside the country in her life, but she plans to ___________ a trip to
Italy this fall, and she’s hoping to _________ a tour and ____________ lots of pictures.
15. In the US, you ____________ be 21 to buy alcohol. You usually don’t _____________ show any ID if you are
over 30. But in any case, you _______________ never drink and drive.
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Section Two – GRAMMAR: Various
Correct any mistakes you find.
1.
She has always to stay late at the office, but she still likes very much her job.
2.
I would like to take more computer training, but I don’t will do it while I am so busy.
3.
I don’t have many money. In fact, there is too less for me to pay my rent.
Section Three – WRITING
Write in complete sentences
1.
You are taking your family on vacation, and you need to write a note to your son’s teacher to explain why he
will not be in class next week. What would you write in the note?
2.
Write a few sentences describing what specific things you want to learn in your English lessons.
Section Four – READING
Read the paragraph and answer the questions.
A Lucky Day?
It was Saturday afternoon, and all George wanted to do was to play a game of tennis. He hadn’t played in a long
time, so even though he looked all around the house for an hour, he couldn’t find his racket. He jumped in his car
and started driving to the store to buy a new one, and noticed he was almost out of gas. Just then he saw flashing
lights in his rearview mirror. The cop pulled him over, told him he was going 80 miles per hour in a 55 mph zone,
and wrote him a ticket. George was so mad that when he started driving again, he forgot to stop for gas. After a few
minutes, the car stalled. He pulled off the road, and after kicking the tires and yelling for a while, he walked to the
nearest gas station, bought a can of gas, walked back to his car, and filled the tank. As he was about to get back in
the car, a huge truck drove by and splashed dirty road water all over him. Finally he got to the store, soaking wet,
and as he walked in, whistles blew and bells rang, and everyone in the store started clapping. “Congratulations!”
said the store manager, “It’s your lucky day!” “It is?” said George. “Yes!” the manger replied, “You are the 500th
customer today, and you just won a brand new set of tennis rackets!”
1.
How often does George play tennis?
2.
Why did he drive to the store?
3.
Why was he wet when he got to the store?
4.
Why did the car stall?
5.
Explain the title of the story.
6.
List 4 bad things that happened to George.
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