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1. 0:00What is your English level? Beginner,
2. 0:02Intermediate or Advanced? Let’s find out!  Today I am going to test your English level.
3. 0:09Hello, guys! My name is Kate and in this  lesson we are going to have an English
4. 0:16level test to understand your level  of English. I will give you questions
5. 0:21divided in three different levels –  beginner, intermediate and advanced.
6. 0:27I will show you the question, then you will  have five seconds to come up with the answer.
7. 0:34If you need more time you can pause the video,  think about your answer and play it again.
8. 0:40And please don’t forget to count the  number of correct answers you have.
9. 0:46Also I’m gonna explain the grammar and  vocabulary in every question so that you know
10. 0:53why your answer was wrong (if it  was.) Now let's start the test.
11. 0:58The first five questions are for  the beginner level the A level
12. 1:04Which sentence is correct?  Sara have a very big house.
13. 1:10Sara has a very big house.  Sara has very big house.
14. 1:15Sara has a very big house.
15. 1:21When we use the verb “have” in present simple  tense we should use has for he, she, it,
16. 1:29and have with they, you and we. The correct  answer is B. Sara has a very big house.But
17. 1:38why do we say – a big house ? For singular  nouns we use an article A, an or the. In this
18. 1:46case. We have a noun “house” so we must say a  house, not just ‘house” that’s why B is correct
19. 1:55Question two. Which sentence is  correct? I doesn't like cheese.
20. 2:00I not like cheese. I don't like cheese
21. 2:11The correct answer is I don't like cheese  but why? Again, this is present simple tense,
22. 2:19but it’s a negative form. To make a simple  present sentence negative we use don't for I,
23. 2:27you, we and they and doesn't for he, she, it.  So I don't, you don't, he doesn't, she doesn't,
24. 2:36it doesn't, you don't, they don't, and we don't. Question three. Which sentence is correct?
25. 2:45She goes to the office in taxinShe goes to the  office by taxi She goes to the office by a taxi
26. 2:59She goes to the office by taxi. When we are talking about the means
27. 3:04of transport – a taxi, a bus, a car, a train,  we use by - by bus, by train, by taxi. Another
28. 3:13important thing is we never use the article  “the” before means of transport, so please
29. 3:21remember - we never say I go by the taxi unless we  know which taxi or which car we are talking about.
30. 3:31The next question. Which one is correct? She live in France,
31. 3:37She lives in France or She is live in France
32. 3:47She lives in France but why? because this is  present simple tense. In present simple we
33. 3:55have a subject plus a verb when the subject  is the third person singular which is he
34. 4:03she or it the verb takes an S so I live,  you live, he lives, she lives, it lives
35. 4:12Let's move on to the next  question. Which one is correct?
36. 4:17He not can swim. He doesn’t  can swim. He can’t swim
37. 4:27The correct answer is he can’t swim. But  why? The verb can is a modal verb. We don’t
38. 4:36need to use an auxiliary verb here,  and we never use NOT before the verb.
39. 4:42The next question. Which sentence is  correct? Are you going to London next week?
40. 4:49Do you going to London next week?  Are you going in London next week?
41. 5:01Are you going to London next week?  In this case we are talking about
42. 5:06next week and we are asking about  future plans. When we are talking
43. 5:13about future plans in English we use “be  going to” and be stands for am, is, are.
44. 5:23Are you going to London next week? But why we say  to London instead of in London? Because to is the
45. 5:25preposition of direction. When we are moving  from one place to another we always use “to”.
46. 5:25The next question. Which one is  correct? Do you work yesterday?
47. 5:32Are you worked yesterday? Did you work yesterday?
48. 5:42The right answer is C. Did you work yesterday?  Why? There is a marker word – yesterday,
49. 5:50which is used in Past simple, so in  Past simple questions we use did + verb.
50. 5:59The next question. Which sentence is correct?
51. 6:03How she makes an apple cake? Does she make an  apple cake how? How does she make an apple cake?
52. 6:17The answer is how does she make an apple  cake? The question form in English is
53. 6:24always like this. We have a question word,  an auxiliary verb, a subject and a main verb.
54. 6:35In this case the question word is  how, the auxiliary verb is does,
55. 6:41the subject is she, and the verb is make so  how does she make is the correct word order.
56. 6:50Let’s move on to the next one.  Which sentence is correct?
57. 6:55I enjoy to watch Netflix. I enjoy  watching Netflix. I enjoy watch Netflix.
58. 7:08The correct answer is I enjoy  watching Netflix. After verbs enjoy,
59. 7:14mind and suggest we always use verb + ing form.
60. 7:20Now the last question of the beginner  level. Which sentence is correct?
61. 7:26There is a water in the glass. There is many water  in the glass. There is some water in the glass.
62. 7:41There is some water in the glass. It’s correct  because water is an uncountable noun. We don’t
63. 7:49need to use an article, we can’t say "a water".  When we are talking about the uncountable nouns
64. 7:57like milk, oil, water, coffee, we say “some”  or “any” in questions and negative sentences.
65. 8:07Great job, guys! Now we have finished  questions of the beginner level.
66. 8:13How many correct answers do you have? If you  have eight or more correct answers your level
67. 8:21is not beginner, you should go on answering the  questions of the test to see what your level is.
68. 8:27But if you have less than eight correct  answers your level is beginner. And that’s
69. 8:33not bad. You can practice more and  more and improve your English level.
70. 8:42Now we're going to get to the intermediate  level B. Let's start. Which sentence is correct?
71. 8:51I haven’t seen Mary last night. I didn’t see  Mary last night. I don’t saw Mary last night.
72. 9:05There are two tenses that students often  confuse, past simple or present perfect.
73. 9:13They both are used to talk about something that  happened in the past, however if we know exactly
74. 9:21when something happened we use past simple,  so in this case we know exactly when this
75. 9:29happened right? last night. So the correct  answer is - I didn’t see Mary last night.
76. 9:37The next question. Which one is correct? Did you  bought the tickets? Have you bought the tickets?
77. 9:45You have bought the tickets?
78. 9:52This is a question where we use the  present perfect because we don’t know
79. 9:57the exact time when the person bought the  tickets. So we use the present perfect.
80. 10:03The next question. Which sentence is correct?
81. 10:08She’s never been to Australia. She's never  gone to Australia. She never went to Australia.
82. 10:21She’s never been to Australia. But  what's the difference between been
83. 10:27and gone? Been means that you were in some  place in the past and then you came back,
84. 10:35you have the memories and you have the experience.  Gone means you went there and you are still there.
85. 10:44So if I say she has gone to Australia, that means  she went there and she still hasn't come back.
86. 10:53In this case because we are talking about  never so she has never been there IS right.
87. 11:01The next question. He made  many mistakes in his test.
88. 11:06He did many mistakes in his test. He  has done many mistakes in his test.
89. 11:19He made many mistakes in his test. Why?
90. 11:23To make mistakes is a collocation. We always say  – to make mistakes, to do mistakes is not correct.
91. 11:32The next one. Which one is correct?  A)Your progress in English depends on
92. 11:40different factors. B) depends of different  factors. C) depends by different factors.
93. 11:53The answer is A. Your progress in English depends
94. 11:58ON different factors. After the  verb depend we always use ON.
95. 12:05The next question. If I see Mary  tomorrow, I will tell her about it.
96. 12:12If I will see Mary tomorrow, I tell her about it.  If I saw Mary tomorrow, I would told her about it.
97. 12:28This is a conditional sentence. Here we have  the first conditional. The first Clause is
98. 12:35present and the second clause is future  with the verb will. If I see Mary tomorrow,
99. 12:43I will tell her about it. That’s correct.
100. 12:47The next question. Which one is correct?  If I was you, I would learn English better.
101. 12:55If I were you, I learned English better. If  I were you, I would learn English better.
102. 13:09Again this is a conditional sentence. We  use the second conditional when we are
103. 13:15talking about an imaginary situation, if I  were you. This is an unreal situation. In
104. 13:23second conditional sentences the first clause  is the past simple and the second clause is
105. 13:31would + verb infinitive. If I were you, I would  learn English better. This is the correct answer.
106. 13:40The next question. A)They called out  the trip because Mike was sick. B)They
107. 13:48called off the trip or C) They called for the trip
108. 14:00So these are sentences with phrasal  verbs. To call off means to cancel,
109. 14:07so They called off the  trip, the answer B is right.
110. 14:12The next question. A) When he was  a child he used to play chess. B)
111. 14:20he got used to playing chess and  C) he was used to playing chess
112. 14:33We use the structure “used to” when we want to
113. 14:37talk about something we did in the  past, but we don't do that anymore.
114. 14:43I used to drink coffee. I don’t drink coffee any  more. There is another structure “be used to”.
115. 14:52Am, is, are, was,were + used to which is used  to talk about habits for example I am used to
116. 15:02jogging in the morning which means this is  my habit. In this case we use the verb with
117. 15:09-ing I am used to jogging in the morning. Finally, the structure “get used to” also
118. 15:18means to make something a habit and again the  structure is get used to + a verb + ing. When
119. 15:28he was a child he used to play chess. He did  that in the past but he doesn’t do that anymore.
120. 15:37The next question. A) I was angry  because I had waited for him all
121. 15:43day B) I was waiting for him all day  C) I had been waiting for him all day
122. 15:56had been waiting for him all day! The first part  of the sentence is the past simple. I was angry.
123. 16:05When we are talking about something that  happened before another action in the past we
124. 16:11use Past Perfect continuous, if that action  was continuous. Subject+had+been+verb+ing
125. 16:23This is the end of the intermediate  section. Now let me know how many
126. 16:29correct answers do you have? If you have  eight or more than eight correct answers,
127. 16:35then your level is more than  intermediate! So that’s amazing!
128. 16:40Keep going with the rest of the video  and find out your level of English!
129. 16:45Now it’s time to move on to the advanced  section. In this part I'm going to give
130. 16:50you 10 challenging questions , so get ready Let's start with the first question. Fill in the
131. 16:56missing word. I ___ get in through the window. A) managed to B) could to or C) was able to
132. 17:14Manage to is a verb that means to do something  successfully, to deal with something difficult.
133. 17:23The next question. Your
134. 17:25papers are on the floor. Why don't you ___? A) pick up them. B) pick them up. C) pick them.
135. 17:41The right answer is pick them up. Them is a pronoun and up is a particle.
136. 17:49When the direct object is a pronoun, it’s  usually placed between the verb and the particle.
137. 17:59The next one. We were really ___ with the weather. A) disappoint. B) disappointed. C) disappointing.
138. 18:17The correct answer is disappointed. But
139. 18:21what is the difference between  disappointed and disappointing?
140. 18:25Disappointing is an adjective which  means something that disappoints,
141. 18:31something that makes you feel bad or unhappy.  For example, the movie was disappointing.
142. 18:38And disappointed is a state of mind when  you feel unhappy because your hopes about
143. 18:45something were not satisfied. I was  disappointed to see my exam results.
144. 18:52The next one. Which answer is correct? Do  you think we will finish our project in time?
145. 19:00I don’t suppose not. I suppose  not. I don’t so suppose
146. 19:11I suppose not is the right answer. We can’t use
147. 19:17double negatives. We can’t  say – I don’t suppose not.
148. 19:23The next question. Which sentence correctly  reports the question? Where have you been?
149. 19:30A) He asked me where I have been B) He asked  me where I was C) He asked me where I had been
150. 19:47Here we have the topic - reported speech.  When we change from direct to indirect speech,
151. 19:55you need to change the grammar. We have  a question in the Present Perfect Tense,
152. 20:00so we need to change it to the Past  Perfect. He asked me where I had been.
153. 20:09The next question. Which sentence is correct?  A. The painting sold for three thousand dollars
154. 20:16B. The painting was sold  for three thousand dollars
155. 20:22C. The painting was being sold  for three thousand dollars
156. 20:32The painting was sold for three thousand  dollars is correct. The passive voice is
157. 20:40used when we want to emphasize the action and  the subject is not important. was being sold is
158. 20:48a Passive continuous form but we don’t have  any marker words here, so the answer is B.
159. 20:56The next question. He's had his car...  A. when he passed his driving test B.
160. 21:05since he passed his driving test  C. as he passed his driving test
161. 21:17He's had his car since he passed his driving test.
162. 21:21Since is an adverb of time. Here we  have the situation where he had his
163. 21:27car from a particular time in the past  until now, that’s why the answer is B.
164. 21:33The next one. The directions  my friend gave us were ___ ,
165. 21:40so we were able to find his house easily. a)  straightforward b) coordinated c) essential
166. 21:55Straightforward is the correct answer because in  this case this means easy to understand or simple.
167. 22:03The next question. One of Mike's  ___ is his writing skill. He writes
168. 22:10very clearly and professionally. a)  drawbacks b) assets с) acquaintances
169. 22:26An asset means a useful or valuable quality  or skill, so the correct answer is B. Assets
170. 22:34An the last question for the advanced level.  I heard a ___ outside so I went to the window.
171. 22:42I saw four men in the street arguing.  a) burial b) coincidence c) commotion
172. 22:56A commotion is a sudden, short  period of noise, confusion,
173. 23:01or excited movement. So the correct answer is C.
174. 23:07Well done! I hope you've enjoyed this lesson.  Don't forget to let me know your level and
175. 23:12how many correct answers you've had in the  comments below ! Thank you for watching! Bye!