What's Your ENGLISH LEVEL? Take This Test! — Transcript

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1. 0:00What is your current level of English?
2. 0:02Let's find out. I'm going to ask you 30
3. 0:04questions. Keep track of how many you
4. 0:06get right, and at the end of this video,
5. 0:08you'll know your English CFR level.
6. 0:11Let's get started. The first 10
7. 0:13questions are beginner level. You'll see
8. 0:15three sentences, and you should choose
9. 0:17the one that uses English correctly.
10. 0:19Ready? Question one. He have a new car.
11. 0:24He has a new car. He has new car.
12. 0:34He has a new car is correct. In the
13. 0:37simple present tense, we use has with
14. 0:40he, she, and it, and have with I, you,
15. 0:45we, and, they. He has a new car.
16. 0:49Question two. Emily lives in New York.
17. 0:53Emily lives at New York. Emily lives on
18. 0:58New York.
19. 1:03Emily lives in New York is correct. When
20. 1:07talking about where someone lives, we
21. 1:09use in for cities, states, and
22. 1:12countries, and on for streets, or
23. 1:15floors. Emily lives in New York, but she
24. 1:19lives on Third Street. Question three. I
25. 1:23doesn't like boring books. I not like
26. 1:27boring books. I don't like boring books.
27. 1:36I don't like boring books is correct. To
28. 1:40make a sentence negative in the simple
29. 1:42present tense, we use don't for I, you,
30. 1:46we, and they, and doesn't for he, she,
31. 1:49and it. I don't like boring books.
32. 1:54Question four. The man sings very loud.
33. 1:58The man sings very loudly. The man sings
34. 2:03very louding.
35. 2:09The man sings very loudly is correct. In
36. 2:13this sentence, the word loudly describes
37. 2:16how the man sings. That means it's an
38. 2:19adverb. And to make an adjective into an
39. 2:22adverb, we add the ending ly. Slowly,
40. 2:26carefully,
41. 2:28loudly. Question five. Are you going to
42. 2:32call her tomorrow? Are you going calling
43. 2:35her tomorrow? Are you going call her
44. 2:38tomorrow?
45. 2:44Are you going to call her tomorrow is
46. 2:47correct. When talking about future plans
47. 2:50in English, we use going to followed by
48. 2:53the base form of the verb as in going to
49. 2:56see, going to meet, or going to call her
50. 3:01tomorrow. Question six, where is the
51. 3:05most closer subway station? Where is the
52. 3:08most close subway station? Where is the
53. 3:12closest subway station?
54. 3:18Where is the closest subway station is
55. 3:21correct. In this sentence, we're using
56. 3:24the superlative form of an adjective.
57. 3:26So, we add the ending est, oldest,
58. 3:30newest, closest. For superlatives, we
59. 3:33only use the word most when an adjective
60. 3:36has three or more syllables. most
61. 3:39different, most important, most
62. 3:43unbelievable. For that reason, option
63. 3:46two is incorrect. Question seven, did
64. 3:49you work yesterday? Did you worked
65. 3:52yesterday? Do you work yesterday?
66. 4:00Did you work yesterday is correct. In
67. 4:04this sentence, we have a past marker
68. 4:06word yesterday, which means we should
69. 4:09use the past simple tense. And to ask a
70. 4:12question in the past simple, we use did.
71. 4:15Did she eat? Did they go? Did you work
72. 4:19yesterday? Question eight. James can to
73. 4:23speak English. James can speaks English.
74. 4:27James can speak English.
75. 4:34James can speak English is correct. Can
76. 4:38is a modal verb along with could, may,
77. 4:42might, should, will, would, and must.
78. 4:46When a modal verb is followed by another
79. 4:49verb, we don't use the infinitive form.
80. 4:52Instead, we use the base form. I should
81. 4:55go. You might eat. James can speak
82. 5:00English. Question nine. I started
83. 5:03learning French before 7 years. I
84. 5:06started learning French seven years ago.
85. 5:09I started learning French the last seven
86. 5:12years.
87. 5:18I started learning French 7 years ago is
88. 5:20correct. When talking about a moment in
89. 5:23the past when something began, changed,
90. 5:26or ended, we use the word ago. She
91. 5:30finished her homework an hour ago. He
92. 5:33died a month ago. I started learning
93. 5:36French 7 years ago. Question 10. There
94. 5:41is some coffee in my cup. There are some
95. 5:44coffees in my cup. There is many coffee
96. 5:48in my cup.
97. 5:54There is some coffee in my cup is
98. 5:56correct. Coffee is an uncountable noun
99. 6:00like water, milk or gas. So when talking
100. 6:03about quantities of coffee, we can't use
101. 6:06articles like a or the because they
102. 6:09refer to a single item. Likewise, we
103. 6:12can't use many because it refers to
104. 6:15multiple items. The following questions
105. 6:17are intermediate level. Select a
106. 6:19sentence that uses English correctly.
107. 6:22Ready? Question one. Have you finished
108. 6:24your homework? Did you homework? Do you
109. 6:29finished your homework?
110. 6:35Have you finished your homework is
111. 6:37correct in this sentence? We're talking
112. 6:40about the past, but there's no specific
113. 6:42time mentioned, so we need the present
114. 6:45perfect tense. Have you finished your
115. 6:48homework? Question two. My father takes
116. 6:51a three-mile walk every day. My father
117. 6:54takes a three miles walk every day. My
118. 6:58father takes three miles walks every
119. 7:00day.
120. 7:06My father takes a three-mile walk every
121. 7:09day is correct. In English, we can
122. 7:12connect two words with a hyphen to
123. 7:14create a compound adjective, a
124. 7:17well-dressed man, a part-time job, a
125. 7:21first class ticket. But remember that
126. 7:24English adjectives are always singular.
127. 7:26So, a threemile walk is correct.
128. 7:30Question three. Eric asked his boss to
129. 7:33get a raise. Eric asked his boss to have
130. 7:37a raise. Eric asked his boss for a
131. 7:40raise.
132. 7:46Eric asked his boss for a raise is
133. 7:49correct. In this sentence, we're dealing
134. 7:51with a collocation, words that often go
135. 7:54together in English. And the collocation
136. 7:56for a raise is to ask for. Eric asked
137. 8:01his boss for a raise. Question four. If
138. 8:05I eat too much, I'd be sick. If I eat
139. 8:09too much, I'll be sick. If I eat too
140. 8:12much, I'd have been sick.
141. 8:19If I eat too much, I'll be sick is
142. 8:22correct. In this sentence, we're talking
143. 8:24about a condition that might actually
144. 8:26happen. So, we need to use the first
145. 8:29conditional structure, which is if plus
146. 8:32present simple tense followed by an
147. 8:34outcome in the future tense. If Sarah
148. 8:38misses the bus, she'll be late. If you
149. 8:41study for the quiz, you'll get an A. If
150. 8:44I eat too much, I'll be sick. Question
151. 8:47five. My brother hasn't gone skydiving,
152. 8:51and so have I. My brother hasn't gone
153. 8:54skydiving and so haven't I. My brother
154. 8:59hasn't gone skydiving and neither have
155. 9:01I.
156. 9:07My brother hasn't gone skydiving and
157. 9:10neither have I is correct. We use so and
158. 9:14neither when restating a phrase with a
159. 9:16new subject. We use so for positive
160. 9:19phrases and neither for negative phrases
161. 9:23as in my sister likes sushi and so do I.
162. 9:27My brother hasn't gone skydiving and
163. 9:30neither have I. Question six. The car
164. 9:34broke off while we were driving. The car
165. 9:37broke out while we were driving. The car
166. 9:40broke down while we were driving.
167. 9:47The car broke down while we were driving
168. 9:50is correct. To break down is a phrasal
169. 9:53verb meaning to stop functioning or
170. 9:55working and is often used when talking
171. 9:58about cars. To break off describes a
172. 10:01piece of something becoming detached
173. 10:03from the hole, as in he broke off a
174. 10:06piece of his candy bar. And to break out
175. 10:09means to escape, as in the inmates broke
176. 10:13out of prison. Question seven. The new
177. 10:16neighbors moved in another day. The new
178. 10:20neighbors moved in the other day. The
179. 10:23new neighbors moved in some other day.
180. 10:30The new neighbors moved in the other day
181. 10:33is correct. In English, we use the
182. 10:35phrase the other day to describe an
183. 10:38event that happened at a general time in
184. 10:40the recent past. I met her for the first
185. 10:44time the other day. He lost his keys the
186. 10:47other day. The new neighbors moved in
187. 10:50the other day. Question eight. If I were
188. 10:54you, I wouldn't worry too much about it.
189. 10:56If I were you, I won't worry too much
190. 10:59about it. If I were you, I wasn't
191. 11:02worrying too much about it.
192. 11:08If I were you, I wouldn't worry too much
193. 11:10about it is correct. This is another
194. 11:13conditional phrase, but this time the
195. 11:16condition is imaginary or unreal. So, we
196. 11:19need the second conditional, which is if
197. 11:22plus past tense followed by would plus
198. 11:26the base form of the verb. If he were a
199. 11:29billionaire, he would buy a yacht. If
200. 11:31she wanted a dog, she would get one. If
201. 11:35I were you, I wouldn't worry too much
202. 11:38about it. Question nine. When Bridget
203. 11:41was a kid, she was used to play soccer.
204. 11:44When Bridget was a kid, she used to play
205. 11:47soccer. When Bridget was a kid, she was
206. 11:50used to playing soccer.
207. 11:57When Bridget was a kid, she used to play
208. 11:59soccer is correct. We use the phrase
209. 12:02used to plus the base form of a verb to
210. 12:05describe something that happened
211. 12:07regularly in the past. I used to work in
212. 12:10an office. They used to live upstairs.
213. 12:14She used to play soccer. But be careful
214. 12:17not to confuse this with two similar
215. 12:19phrases. one to be used to something
216. 12:23which describes habits as in I'm used to
217. 12:26getting up at 5:00 a.m. and two to get
218. 12:30used to something which expresses that
219. 12:32someone has learned to tolerate
220. 12:34something unpleasant over time as in the
221. 12:38water here tastes a bit strange but
222. 12:40you'll get used to it after a while.
223. 12:43Question 10. The manager was tired
224. 12:46because he was working all day. The
225. 12:49manager was tired because he had been
226. 12:52working all day. The manager was tired
227. 12:55because he worked all day.
228. 13:02The manager was tired because he had
229. 13:05been working all day is correct. The
230. 13:08manager was tired is a simple past
231. 13:10clause and we're referring to an action
232. 13:13that happened over a period of time
233. 13:15before that. So, we need the past
234. 13:18perfect continuous. The manager was
235. 13:21tired because he had been working all
236. 13:23day. Congratulations. You've now
237. 13:26finished the intermediate portion of the
238. 13:28test. Did you answer six or more
239. 13:30questions correctly? Then your English
240. 13:31is likely at a B1 level or above. And if
241. 13:34you answered nine or more questions
242. 13:36correctly, your English is likely at a
243. 13:38B2 level. Great work. Now, let's move on
244. 13:41to the advanced section of the test.
245. 13:43Some of these questions are quite
246. 13:45challenging, so don't be discouraged if
247. 13:47you don't know all the answers. Just
248. 13:49keep going and do your best. Let's
249. 13:50begin. Question one, fill in the blank.
250. 13:54It's a good idea, but it's very
251. 13:56impractical, unpractical, non-practical.
252. 14:05Impractical meaning unrealistic or
253. 14:08difficult to achieve is the correct
254. 14:10answer. Question two. Creative people
255. 14:13need to think beyond the pale. Creative
256. 14:16people need to think in someone else's
257. 14:19shoes. Creative people need to think
258. 14:22outside the box.
259. 14:28Creative people need to think outside
260. 14:30the box is correct. To think outside the
261. 14:33box is an English idiom that means to be
262. 14:36original or to come up with fresh ideas.
263. 14:39Beyond the pale describes something
264. 14:41that's offensive or unacceptable. And to
265. 14:44put yourself in someone else's shoes
266. 14:46means to try to understand another
267. 14:48person's point of view. Question three,
268. 14:51fill in the blank. After her trip to
269. 14:54Germany, she will have visited more than
270. 14:5635 countries. She has visited more than
271. 15:0035 countries. She will have been
272. 15:02visiting more than 35 countries.
273. 15:06After
274. 15:10her trip to Germany, she will have
275. 15:12visited more than 35 countries is
276. 15:15correct. In this sentence, we're talking
277. 15:18about an event that will be completed or
278. 15:20finished at a given time in the future.
279. 15:23The event is visited more than 35
280. 15:26countries. And what's the time? After
281. 15:28her trip to Germany. For that reason, we
282. 15:31need the future perfect tense. After her
283. 15:34trip to Germany, she will have visited
284. 15:37more than 35 countries. Question four.
285. 15:41She's going to quit her job. She's
286. 15:43completely under it. Over it, past it.
287. 15:52She's completely over it is correct. To
288. 15:55be over something is a phrasal verb
289. 15:57meaning to have lost interest. as in
290. 16:00Jack and Lisa broke up last month, but
291. 16:03he's definitely still not over her.
292. 16:06Question five, fill in the blank. Blank.
293. 16:09A team of researchers for a decade,
294. 16:12Amanda felt confident in her leadership
295. 16:14abilities. Is it leading, having led, or
296. 16:19having to lead?
297. 16:26Having led is the correct answer. When a
298. 16:29sentence begins with a verb, we need to
299. 16:31use the jarn form, the ing form as in
300. 16:36swimming is good for you. Smoking is bad
301. 16:39for you. But this gerand refers to the
302. 16:42past. So we use the perfect gerant form
303. 16:46having lead. Question six. I don't mean
304. 16:50to be precocious, presumptuous,
305. 16:53perilous, but I'm not sure that color
306. 16:56looks right on you. Presumptuous
307. 17:03is the correct answer and means to be
308. 17:06too bold or outspoken. Question seven.
309. 17:09The contract was ready to be signed, but
310. 17:12then the client backed up. Backed down.
311. 17:16Backed out.
312. 17:22Backed out is correct and is a phrasal
313. 17:25verb that means to withdraw from an
314. 17:27agreement. To back up is used when
315. 17:30describing a car that's moving in
316. 17:31reverse. And to back down means to yield
317. 17:35in a struggle or conflict. Question
318. 17:37eight, fill in the blank. If Paul blank
319. 17:41a bit sooner, he would have arrived on
320. 17:44time. Is it had been leaving, had left,
321. 17:49or left?
322. 17:55If Paul had left a bit sooner, he would
323. 17:59have arrived on time is correct. In this
324. 18:02sentence, we're imagining the possible
325. 18:04outcome of an unreal situation in the
326. 18:07past. For that reason, we know this is
327. 18:10the third conditional form. So, we use
328. 18:13if plus past perfect to describe our
329. 18:15unreal condition and would have plus a
330. 18:19past participle to describe our unreal
331. 18:21outcome. If they had offered me the job,
332. 18:25I would have taken it. If she had run
333. 18:29faster, she would have won the race. If
334. 18:33Paul had left a bit sooner, he would
335. 18:36have arrived on time. Question nine. The
336. 18:40new associate didn't really get in
337. 18:42trouble. They just gave him a pat on the
338. 18:44back, a slap on the wrist, a chip on the
339. 18:48shoulder.
340. 18:53A slap on the wrist is correct and is an
341. 18:56idiom that means a light punishment. A
342. 18:58pat on the back describes a small show
343. 19:01of praise or approval. And to have a
344. 19:04chip on one's shoulder means to believe
345. 19:06that one has been treated unfairly in
346. 19:08the past. Question 10, fill in the
347. 19:11blank. The professor asked that her
348. 19:13students responses be blank than 500
349. 19:17words. Is it no shorter, not shorter, or
350. 19:22no more short?
351. 19:29No shorter than 500 words is correct.
352. 19:32When negating a comparative adjective
353. 19:35like shorter, bigger, or faster, we use
354. 19:38no as in the sentence, "There must be no
355. 19:41more and no less than five players on
356. 19:45the court at all times."
357. 19:47Congratulations, you've now finished the
358. 19:49advanced section of the test. If you
359. 19:51answered six or more questions
360. 19:52correctly, your English is likely at a
361. 19:54C1 level. And if you answered nine or
362. 19:56more questions correctly, your English
363. 19:58is probably at a C2 level, close to
364. 20:00native fluency. Fantastic work. And if
365. 20:03you're not there yet, don't worry. It
366. 20:05takes most students years of dedicated
367. 20:07practice to reach a C2 level in English.
368. 20:09So, just stick with it and keep
369. 20:10practicing. I'm Brian Wilds. Thanks for
370. 20:13watching and good luck with your
371. 20:14studies.