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Employability Skills: Essential English Language Skills Practice Test
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Employability Skills: Essential English Language Skills Practice Test
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1. The chemist's was open, so luckily I ____________buy some aspirin.
2. The total number of speech sounds in English is__________.
3. I'm busy at the moment ____________ on the computer.
4. When I looked round the door, the baby ____________ quietly.
5. Fall in
6. The word content, when used as an adjective, is stressed on the _______ syllable.
7. Access
8. What is the function of the sentence “Are you sure you can’t achieve that target?”
9. ____________ a party next Saturday. We've sent out the invitations.
10. The new foreign policy of the ruling party, experts say, have caused harm to the economy.
11. I think I'll buy these shoes. ____________ really well.
12. Our friends ____________ meet us at the airport tonight.
13. When Paul saw how harshly the poor were treated by the wealthy landowners he felt a surge of__________________
14. When Martin ____________ the car, he took it out for a drive.
15. Swelling with___________ , Dan watched his daughter pick up her violin and play.
16. Janet is out of breath because ____________
17. Don't worry. I ____________ be here to help you.
18. You haven't eaten your pudding ____________ it?
19. The silent letter in the word depot is_________ .
20. Pure vowels are also called__________________
21. At nine o'clock yesterday morning we ____________ for the bus.
22. I'll tell Anna all the news when ____________ her.
23. The first sound in the word age is a __________ .
24. Consonants are produced with ________________ of the air.
25. On the third day of the strike, the protesters started to lose enthusiasm.