EmSAT English Achieve (Global Version)

By Dr Sinclair Steele

This eBook is the Global Edition of our EmSAT English Achieve hard copy text and includes the first two chapters of that book; EmSAT English Achieve is an EFL/ESL examination for students intending to apply to UAE Colleges or Universities. The reader will be able to practise completing two mock exams with questions in the style and of the standard of the national UAE exam. This eBook is part of our series of EmSAT Achieve texts designed to assist students in exam preparation.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Academic Medical Press
• Release date: May 6, 2022
• ISBN: 9781739852238

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EmSAT English

Achieve

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First edition

EmSAT English

Achieve

Dr Sinclair Steele

AMp

Academic Medical Press

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Published by Academic Medical Press, Preston, UK.

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Test One - Grammar Questions

1. Ahmed rested and listened to ________ music in the afternoon.

A. a

B. few

C. some

D. an

2. Doaa is very tired. She _______ been working very hard.

A. is

B. has

C. was

D. will

3. ______ restaurants are very good.

A. Both

B. That

C. This

D. Each

4. If it ______ raining, I will wear a coat.

A. has

B. was

C. are

D. is

5. Do you have ______ money with you?

A. these

B. many

C. some

D. any

6. My neighbour, ______ is very pessimistic, says that there will be an increase in bad weather this year.

A. that

B. whom

C. who

D. which

7. My personal computer is ________- just when I need it most. I will not be able to submit my essay to my teacher.

A. acting up

B. adding up

C. carrying on

D. catching up on

8. You are lucky because your father’s business produces much more money _______ my father’s company.

A. as

B. than

C. after

D. like

9. New York is the city ______ I want to work.

A. how

B. where

C. when

D. who

10. Nurses ______ after sick people in hospitals.

A. look

B. looks

C. looking

D. looker

11. The politician said that this was an unstable part of the globe. Every year new political and military _______ arise.

A. crisis

B. crises

C. medium

D. media

12. I enjoy ______ Italian food more than French food.

A. to eat

B. eating

C. ate

D. eaten

13. Are you ______ watch the big summer movie which comes out next week?

A. going to

B. willing

C. going

D. will

14. I'm busy at the moment, could I _______ to you later?

A. get back

B. get by

C. get down

D. get away with

15. She will be busy working that evening so she _______ come to the party.

A. can’t

B. hasn’t

C. don’t

D. has

16. I have known Mohammed since we were ten years old and he is my closest friend. Mohammed is my ________ friend.

A. older

B. better

C. longest

D. best

17. We cannot afford ________ the Ferrari because we do not have enough money, so we will have to settle for the Mercedes-Benz.

A. buying

B. selling

C. to sell

D. to buy

18. Fatima is a very intelligent student. She __________ all the questions and answered them all correctly.

A. made a meal of

B. made for each other

C. made short work of

D. made to measure

19. Thousands of people enter the bank lottery each year but only _______ win.

A. a few

B. few

C. fewer

D. less

20. Written communication with him is very difficult because he can neither read _____ write.

A. and

B. either

C. or

D. nor

21. I need to know at what time you will arrive so that I can meet you at the airport. ______ will you arrive?

when

why

how

where

22. If there were world peace there _______ no need for weapons of war.

A. will be

B. would be

C. would have

D. will

23. She was born _______ the 3rd of December 2007.

A. from

B. in

C. on

D. at

24. I bought myself a new ring yesterday which I love. I am so happy that it is _____.

A. yours

B. mine

C. hers

D. his

25. He hadn’t eaten for two days so he was _______ hungry.

A. amazingly

B. absolutely

C. utterly

D. at all

26. Mohammed doesn’t drive, _______ he?

A. does

B. did

C. will

D. doesn’t

27. She said that she had bought everything on the list. This means the same as:

A. He said, I have bought everything on the list.

B. She said, I have bought everything on the list.

C. He said, I will buy everything on the list.

D. She said, I will buy everything on the list.

28. What _______ of students pass their EmSAT exam at the first attempt? Roughly 75 per cent.

A. rate

B. percent

C. per cent

D. percentage

29. The plane will be taking off at 7.15pm. The time will be:

A. Eleven fifteen in the evening.

B. Eleven fifteen in the morning.

C. Seven fifteen in the evening.

D. Seven fifteen in the morning.

30. The king, together with his family, _____ visiting this small town.

A. is

B. are

C. have

D. has

31. If you had bought Apple shares in 1999 you _______ be a millionaire now.

A. would have

B. had

C. will

D. would

32. During the Olympic 100m sprint final, was the German runner the ________?

A. faster

B. fast

C. most faster

D. fastest

33. After the experiment the physicist noted down all the ________.

A. datum

B. data

C. medium

D. media

34. She speaks very good English. Everything she says is very ________.

A. clearest

B. clearer

C. clearly

D. clear

35. The translation of these English books into Arabic _______ not accurate.

A. being

B. will be

C. is

D. are

36. Next year we will go on holiday to _______ Netherlands.

A. a

B. the

C. some

D. an

37. The plane flew over ______ Atlantic Ocean to reach New York.

A. the

B. these

C. a

D. an

38. I wanted to _______ driving but I ran out of petrol.