I am here to challenge your English are
you ready let's see how many questions
you can answer
hello my name is Maddie from POC English
and in this video I have 30 questions
that I am going to ask you and I want to
see how many of them you can answer
correctly I have divided this test into
three parts of beginner A1 A2
intermediate B1 B2 and advanced C1 C2
for each question you will have 5
seconds but don't worry if you need more
time just pause
the video that's okay in addition I will
explain every question so it's not just
a test but you will also learn a lot of
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summaries alright ready let's begin the
test and we'll start with the beginner
A1 level question one I spoke to she he
her
I spoke to her let's talk about pronouns
pronouns replace nouns in a sentence we
can have four different kinds of
pronouns subject pronouns object
pronouns reflexive pronouns and
possessive pronouns in this case let's
talk about subject and object pronouns
if the noun you are trying to substitute
with a pronoun is the subject of a
sentence you should use a subject
pronoun if the noun is the object of the
sentence you should use object pronoun
now what is a subject pronoun and what
is an object pronoun subject pronouns
are I you he she it we they object
pronouns are me you him her it us and
them now the question is how do you
understand whether the noun you are
trying to replace is the subject or the
object of the sentence pay attention to
the verb of the sentence if the noun is
after the verb it is the object of the
sentence if it is before the verb it's
the subject now look at the sentence
again I spoke to the verb is a Spoke the
Gap is after the verb so it's object now
out of the three options she and he are
subject pronounced only her is an object
pronoun let's move on to question number
two
what time does she up get getting or got
the answer is get but why because this
is a present simple sentence but what is
a present simple sentence a present
simple is a subject plus verb I play you
play we play they play but remember for
the third person singular he she and it
we need to add an S to the verb he plays
she plays it plays if you want to make a
question you can do it with do do you
play do I play do they play do we play
but for he she and it we start the
question with does does he play does she
play does it play and remember when we
have does the verb is simple without s
now look at the sentence what time does
she we need a simple form of the verb
get that is get what time does she get
up now let's move on to question number
three I have a class
three o'clock in on or at
three o'clock but why whenever we talk
about time we use the preposition at
at three o'clock at five o'clock at 12
o'clock at last time let's go to
question number four
I was born
January 25 1995.
in on or at
this is quite interesting pay attention
if we want to talk about a year we use
the preposition in I was born in 1995.
if you want to talk about a month use
the preposition in again I was born in
January if you want to talk about one
day use the preposition on I was born on
25th now look at the question again
I was born January 25 1995. we have all
the three of them there is a day there
is a year and there is a month so what
do we use well pay attention January 25
1995 is one day so we say on because it
is one day it's not a year it's not a
month it's one day
let's move on to question five the last
question of A1
girlfriend left him his he or him
again let's talk about pronouns subject
pronouns where I you he she it's weak
day object pronouns were me you him her
it's us and them right now in this case
do we need an object pronoun or a
subject pronoun
none of them even though the sentence
begins with this pronoun it is not the
subject it is neither the object of the
sentence why because after the Gap we
have girlfriend whose girlfriend we're
talking about possession so this should
be something related to possession and
in this case we need to use possessive
adjectives but what are possessive
adjectives
my your his her it's our and there now
look at the answers we have he is a
subject pronoun we don't need it him is
an object pronoun we don't need it but
his is a possessive adjective this is
what we want
that was the end of beginner A1 level
let's move on to beginner A2 level and
let's continue with question six he is
arriving
London at five and he will arrive the
meeting by six
in at at in in
after arrive we can use both
prepositions in and at but it depends on
where we are going to arrive to
if you want to talk about the city or a
country say arrive in arrive in London
arrive in England but if you are talking
about a place say at arrive at the
cinema arrive at the meeting now in this
case the first one talks about London
which is in the second one talks about a
meeting which is at so in at moving on
to question number seven
is it
who's
whose and house
the answer is whose but why let's talk
about possessive adjectives this is a
phone
but this is my phone okay if you want to
say something belongs to someone you can
use possessive adjectives before that
object my phone your phone his phone her
phone it's phone our phone their phone
but if you want to ask a question about
possession for example you find the
phone and you say excuse me uh what
should you ask you can use the word
whose whose phone is this
now pay attention this is sometimes very
confusing for students because whose and
whose are pronounced in the same way but
the second one with an apostrophe stands
for who is so that is not correct let's
move on to question number eight we
don't have
to bake a cake enough milk milk enough
milk but why pay attention we can use
the word enough in three different ways
enough plus a noun for example enough
money or enough milk
adjective plus enough for example strong
enough I am strong enough to do this
verb plus enough
you have studied enough go and have fun
so in the case of this question we have
the word milk which is a noun so enough
goes before the noun enough milk let's
move on to question nine he is his
brother but his brother is
taller more intelligent Mortal
intelligenter Mortal more intelligent
and the answer is taller more
intelligent but why these are
comparative adjectives comparative
adjectives are used to make a comparison
between two things A and B now if your
adjective is short the comparative
adjective would be adjective plus ER
then for example short shorter than
small smaller than tall taller than long
longer than however if the adjective is
long the comparative adjective is more
adjective than for example more
intelligent than more dangerous than
more expensive than now in the case of
this question the first adjective is
tall it's short right it's a small
adjective so we say taller the second
one is intelligent it's a long adjective
so we say more intelligent and let's get
to question number 10 the last question
question of A2 and the final question of
the beginner level let's see I hope you
do and your test
good awesome well
I hope you do well but why
after verbs we use adverbs all right the
three options we have are good awesome
and well
good and awesome are adjectives only
well is an adverb but why do we need to
use an adverb because the verb do is
before the Gap so the Gap needs to be an
adverb well well well well this is the
end of the beginner level test how many
correct answers do you have if you have
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the intermediate level of this test the
first part is intermediate B1 level
let's get to the first question whenever
I see her I said
feel will feel or felt
I feel sad but why let's talk about
conditional sentences a conditional
sentence is a sentence that has two
Clauses the if clause and the main
clause now depending on the type of the
conditional sentence the chances of the
two Clauses can differ let's talk about
zero conditional a zero conditional
sentence is a sentence that we use when
we want to talk about something that is
always true or that happens all the time
in that case we use zero conditional
which is f plus present and the main
Clause is again present for example if
you heat water it boils you see the two
Clauses if clause and the main Clause
are in present tense now a very
important point in zero conditional
sentences you can replace if with when
or whenever so you can say when you heat
water it boils or whenever you heat
water it boils now look at the question
whenever I see her so the second part of
this question should be present I feel
sad moving on to question number two if
you free tonight we will go to the
movies
or will be where
if you are free tonight again this is a
conditional sentence what type of a
conditional sentence this is first
conditional we use first conditional to
talk about the result or consequence of
our action now in the future how do you
make a first conditional sentence if
plus present and then the main Clause is
future usually with will now if you look
at the question the second part of the
sentence which is the main Clause is we
will go we have a will so the first part
should be simple present if you are free
tonight
question number three
hundreds of people in this Factory every
year
are employed employ or where employed
are employed but why this is a passive
sentence let's talk about passive voice
what is a passive sentence a passive
sentence is a sentence in which we do
not know the agent of the sentence the
agent is the subject of the sentence we
don't know who did it for example look
at this question hundreds of people are
employed who employs them we don't know
and we don't care this is passive but
how do you form a passive sentence if
you want to form a present simple
passive or a past simple passive this is
the formula to be Plus past participle
now to be can be m is r or was where
depending on the chance present or past
now look at the question again at the
end of the question we have every year
so it's not passed it's present in the
Gap we need to use am is or R we're
talking about hundreds of people it's
plural so r employee right moving on to
question number four sometimes nothing
is better than doing something stupid
doing to do do
ing but why pay attention whenever the
subject of a sentence is a verb the verb
needs to be gerund what is gerund gerund
is a verb with Ing
the subject of the sentence is do so we
need to use the gerund form doing
sometimes doing nothing is better than
doing something stupid question number
five the last question of be one level
that's the boy father is Rich who who's
or whose
that's the boy whose father is Rich but
why let's talk about relative clauses
what is a relative Clause a relative
Clause is a clause or a sentence that
gives more information about a noun in
another sentence a relative class can
give extra information about a person
place a thing or object or even about
possession a relative Clause begins with
a relative pronoun now if a relative
Clause wants to describe a person the
relative pronoun is who if it wants to
describe a place the pronoun is where if
it wants to describe an object the
pronoun is which and if it wants to talk
about possession the pronoun is whose
now look at the question that's the boy
father is Rich we're talking about two
people the father and the boy the father
belongs to the boy so we are talking
about possession and we should use the
pronoun whose that was the end of B1
let's move on to intermediate B2 and
continue with question number six if I
didn't know you I you were crazy
thought would think will think
would think but why let's get to second
conditional sentences we use the second
conditional sentence to talk about
hypothetical situations now or imaginary
situations now or unreal situations now
how do you make a second conditional
sentence if plus simple past comma would
plus the base form of the verb now look
at the question if I didn't know you so
if plus simple past the second part
should be wood plus base form I would
think that you were crazy let's move on
to question seven you so easily if you
had trained more
wouldn't have lost wouldn't lose or
won't lose
wouldn't have lost but why let's talk
about third conditional sentences we use
the third conditional sentence to talk
about a hypothetical imaginary or unreal
situation in the past and its result in
the past how do you form a third
conditional sentence if Plus past
perfect comma would have Plus past
participle of the verb now pay attention
past perfect is had Plus past participle
now look at the if clause in the
question if you had trained this is past
perfect so the other Clause should be
would have Plus past participle of the
verb but pay attention to the meaning of
the sentence the meaning of the sentence
requires a negative verb here wouldn't
have lost
moving on to question number eight don't
worry the building is destroyed but
everyone
has been saved have been saved or have
saved
has been saved but why this is a very
interesting question again this question
is a passive sentence but what kind of
passive this is present perfect passive
look at this sentence they have
delivered the newspapers this is a
present perfect sentence right and we
know who did this they did this so this
is active it's not passive how do you
make it passive remove the subject they
use the object at the beginning of the
sentence the newspapers use the formula
for the present perfect passive but what
is the formula it's have has plus been
Plus past participle of the verb the
newspapers have been delivered why have
because newspapers plural noun right now
look at the question again don't worry
the building is destroyed but everyone
so we need to use passive of the present
perfect everyone have has been saved
right now have been saved or has been
saved this is another interesting point
in English
everyone someone anyone and no one these
are all singular words so you need to
say everyone has anyone has no one has
someone has therefore the correct answer
this question is has been saved now
let's move on to the next question
question number nine I was tired of
driving so I stopped
to smoke
smoking for smoke
I stopped to smoke but why this is very
interesting after the verb stop you can
use both gerund or infinitive stop to do
something stop doing something but be
careful the meaning is totally different
if you stop to do something you stop you
do it and then you get back to whatever
you were doing before but if you stop
doing something you stop it you won't do
it anymore that's it you have stopped
doing it now if you stop to smoke it
means you stop
you'll light up a cigarette you smoke
and then you keep going but if you stop
smoking it means you will never smoke
again now pay attention to the question
again I was tired of driving so I
stopped he was tired he was driving then
he got tired so he stopped why did he
stop did he stop to make a decision for
his life and quit smoking or no he
stopped he lit up a cigarette and he
starts smoking that's the second one so
I stopped to smoke and question number
10 the last question of B2 and the final
question of the intermediate test when
we were at school we wear a uniform must
should have had to
the answer is had to but why imagine
this if there is a rule at school saying
no one can come without a uniform what
does it mean can you go without a
uniform no that's a rule that's a strong
obligation they won't let you in
when you want to talk about strong
obligations now in the present time you
use must you must come with a uniform
you must wear a uniform but the past of
must is had to had to be careful the
past of must is had to and had to is
used to talk about strong obligations
and rules in the past you must wear a
uniform you had to wear a uniform that's
the end of the intermediate test B1 B2
so how many correct answers do you have
if you have more than eight correct
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about to get real serious Advanced
students are you ready let's challenge
your English and let's see how many of
the next 10 questions you can answer
correctly let's begin with question
number one this is C1 level
the burglary took place in daylight
white broad or clear
broad daylight but why all the three
options make sense right a daylight can
be brought it can be white because white
and Broad are synonymous right and it
can also be clear but why only broad
because it is a collocation what is a
collocation collocations are the way in
which words sit together in a natural
way so if you say broad daylight it
makes complete sense and it sounds
natural but if you say white daylight
it's weird it sounds Incorrect and it is
incorrect because it is not the right
collocation broad daylight moving on to
the second question
investing your money
stocks is better than spending it
luxuries
and on on in on on
this was quite simple right you invest
in something you spend on something so
the answer is in on question three we
might be late we are in traffic jam
blocked stuck or stopped
we're stuck in traffic jam but why stuck
why not blocked why not stopped they all
make sense right again this is a
collocation to be stuck in traffic
that is the collocation and you have to
use it that way let's move on to
question number four I live in London so
I'm used to on the right side of the
road
drive driving having driven
driving but why pay attention we have
used to we have B used to and get used
to these are different
if you used to do something you did it
in the past you're not doing it anymore
after you used to we use the base form
of the verb I used to smoke I don't
anymore after B used to and get used to
which talk about something becoming your
habits or you getting accustomed to
something we use gerund be used to doing
something and get used to doing
something now look at the question again
I lived in London so I am used to
driving
question number five the last question
of C1 level
rarely here in August
it rains does it rain it is raining
rarely does it rain here in August but
why what kind of a sentence is this this
is inversion what is inversion inversion
is the act of changing the structure of
a sentence now there are many different
kinds of inversions but a very common
one is an adverb inversion but how do
you do it look at this sentence it
rarely rains here if you want to make an
adverb inversion to this sentence put
the adverb at the beginning of the
sentence so you start the next sentence
with rarely now what are you left with
it rains here right make a yes no
question out of it it rains here does it
rain here but instead of the question
mark put a full stop what do you have
rarely does it rain here this is an
inverted sentence but here's a question
why on Earth would you do this to a
sentence why would you make it more
difficult well that is the beauty of
English
by inverting a sentence you make it more
formal more advanced and more polite but
pay attention and be careful don't
overuse it because it will sound
unnatural okay that was the end of C1
level in my opinion it was quite an easy
test for C1 right so for the next five
questions which are C2 I'm going to
raise the bar for the next five
questions which are C2 level we are
going to do a use of English test but
what does it mean I will give you a
sentence with a gap and I will give you
a word you have to use the correct form
of the word and the gap let me give you
an example before we start the test this
is an example it's not part of the test
look at this they couldn't solve the
issue they handled it
and the word is effect
now what is the correct form of effect
to be used in this Gap well let's see
what we need in this Gap
before the Gap we have a verb handle
after the verb we need an adverb what is
the adverb of effect it's effectively
right
but that is not the correct answer why
look at the beginning of the sentence
they couldn't solve it if they couldn't
solve it then it couldn't have been
effective right what is the negative of
effectively and effectively that is the
correct answer that was an example of
use of English now let's get to question
six the first question of C2
she showed her deep
by slamming the door in our faces and
the word is approve
okay what do we need in the gap before
the Gap we have her which is a
possessive adjective so after her we
expect a noun what is the noun of a
proof a proof is a verb what is the noun
approval but that's not the answer why
look at the sentence she showed her deep
by slamming the door in our faces by
slamming the door in our faces is she
showing her approval no quite the
opposite what is the opposite of
approval disapproval that's the answer
question seven the police tried to evict
the three
from the building and the word is occupy
all right before the Gap we have the
which means in the Gap we need a noun
occupy is a verb what is the noun
occupant but that's not the answer why
because we have the three so it should
be plural the three occupants occupant
means resident somebody who lives
somewhere okay moving on to question
eight
there have been a number of female in
the field of aircraft design and the
word is innovate
what do we need in this gap before the
Gap we have an adjective female so we
need a noun now innovate is a verb what
is the noun Innovation right but there
is also another noun a person who
innovates is an innovator so Innovation
and innovator both of them are nouns but
which one do we need here
well Innovation is not gender specific
Innovation does not have male or female
but innovator which means the person who
innovates can be male or female
therefore we need innovator but that's
not the answer why because we have a
number of female so we need a plural
noun innovators that is the correct
answer let's move on to question nine
it was rapidly becoming
that we would have to make changes to
our plans and the word is appear
this is quite simple after the verbs
become or get we can use an adjective
like become angry or become sad or get
angry or get sad right now here we have
becoming and after that we need an
adjective what is the adjective of a
peer because appear is a verb the
adjective is apparent
apparent so it was rapidly becoming
apparent that we would have to make
changes to our plans
and moving on to question number 10 the
last question of C2 and the final
question of the advanced test pay close
attention to this one
Jack is a really
person and the word is opinion
clearly we need an adjective to describe
Jack what is the adjective of opinion
opinionated opinionated but what does it
mean an opinionated person is someone
who is certain about their beliefs and
often expresses them so Jack is a really
opinionated person that was the end of
the advanced test now tell me how many
correct answers have you had if you have
more than eight correct answers your
level is Advanced you don't need to do
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