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Advanced Level Quizzes - English Learning Quizzes for Advanced ESL

Grammar, vocabulary, listening comprehension, and reading comprehension quizzes for advanced level students. These quizzes test basic English learning objectives.
Advanced English Grammar Review Quiz
This quiz provides questions that cover each of the most important Grammar points that advanced level English students need to know. Correct answers are provided after each question and a total score is given with feedback at the end of the test.
Adjective + Preposition Combinations - Quiz # 1
Check your understanding of the use of these common expressions using adjective and preposition combinations.
Adjective + Preposition Combinations - Quiz # 2
Check your understanding of the use of these common expressions using adjective and preposition combinations.
Adjective Placement Quiz
Test your knowledge of using more than one adjective to describe a noun (i.e., an interesting old English book).
Adverb Usage Quiz
Intermediate to advanced English learning quiz using a wide variety of adverbs to fill in the blanks to complete a short tale about someone who wanted to learn Russian.
Animal Expressions Quiz
Upper level animal expression quiz focusing on animal expressions and words used with animals such as cub, scales, etc.
Australia: Missing Word Quiz
Fill in the missing word in this reading excerpt about Australia. This type of examination exercise is common to upper level English examinations such as Cambridge Examinations' First Certificate, CAE and Proficiency exams, as well as for the vocabulary section of the TOEFL examination.
Canada: Missing Word Quiz
Fill in the missing word in this reading excerpt about Canada. This type of examination exercise is common to upper level English examinations such as Cambridge Examinations' First Certificate, CAE and Proficiency exams, as well as for the vocabulary section of the TOEFL examination.
Common Idiomatic Phrase Quizzes
Each question tests common idiomatic phrases in context and provides immediate feedback on correct and incorrect answers with a follow-up score at the end of each quiz.
Commonly Confused Words
This list of word pairs focuses on similar word pairs that are commonly confused by ESL learners. Each word pair provides an explaination and examples providing context for each word.
English Article Useage Quiz #1
Quiz focusing on article useage in English. Choose a, an, the or nothing to complete the gaps.
English Tense Review - Conjugating Verbs
Tense Review and conjugation exercise to help advanced level English ESL EFL TESL or TOEFL classes and students review all major tenses
English Tenses Review - Naming Tenses
Tense Review and conjugation exercise to help advanced level English ESL EFL TESL or TOEFL classes and students review all major tenses
Everyday Expressions Quiz II
Everyday Expressions Quiz for Advanced ESL Classes focusing on common idiomatic expressions in a difficult, but common context.
Everyday Expressions Quiz
Everyday Expressions Quiz for Advanced ESL Classes focusing on common idiomatic expressions in a difficult, but common context.
Financial Terminology Quizzes
A variety of quizzes designed to improve your vocabulary skills when talking about finances and business.
Fixed Expressions Quiz
English uses a number of fixed expressions in everyday conversations and writing, this quiz tests your understanding of fixed expressions in English.
Future Tense Forms Review Quiz
This review quiz touches on a wide variety of future tenses forms and is ideal for upper intermediate to advanced level review.
Homophone Quizzes
Homonyms and homophones are one of two or more words that have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning (i.e. to, too, two). Test your knowledge of homophones with these quizzes.
Idiom Quiz - Animal Idioms
Idiom quiz match up quiz focusing on idioms related to animals. This quiz is ideally suited for upper level learners and requires students to match up idioms and then find the appropriate definition.
Idiom Quiz - Body Idioms
Idiom quiz match up quiz focusing on idioms related to the body. This quiz is ideally suited for upper level learners and requires students to match up idioms and then find the appropriate definition.
Idiom Quiz - Clothing
Idiom quiz match up quiz focusing on idioms related to clothing. This quiz is ideally suited for upper level learners and requires students to match up idioms and then find the appropriate definition.
Idioms and Expressions with 'Come'
Quiz focusing on idioms and expressions with 'come'.
Idioms and Expressions with All
Quiz focusing on idioms and expressions with 'all'.
Idioms and Expressions with Around
Quiz focusing on idioms and expressions with 'around'.
Idioms and Expressions with Get
Quiz focusing on idioms and expressions with 'get'.
Idioms and Expressions with Put
Quiz focusing on idioms and expressions with 'put'.
Idioms and Expressions with Work
Quiz focusing on idioms and expressions with 'work'.
Intensifying Adjectives: Quiz
Take this intensifying adjectives quiz now that you have studied proper collocations and intensifying adjectives for non-physical nouns.
Ireland: Missing Word Quiz
Fill in the missing word in this reading excerpt about Ireland. This type of examination exercise is common to upper level English examinations such as Cambridge Examinations' First Certificate, CAE and Proficiency exams, as well as for the vocabulary section of the TOEFL examination.
Jack London: Listening Comprehension
Listen twice to this short excerpt from "Nothing That Ever Came To Anything" by Jack London and then answer comprehension questions.
Listening Comprehension: Conclusions #1
Choose the correct conclusion based on what you hear.
Listening Comprehension: Conclusions #2
Choose the correct conclusion based on what you hear.
Modal Verb Basics - Quiz 1
Quiz on the basics of modal verbs with explanation of basic modal verb concepts for English learners.
More Sentence Transformation Exercises
Sentence transformation exercises for advanced level English learning classes. These exercises are especially useful for preparing for tests such as the TOEFL, FCE, CAE and Proficency Cambridge Exams.
Paired Conjunctions - both - and, not only - but also, etc.
Paired conjunctions are especially useful for formal written English. Use this quiz to check your understanding of how these forms are used.
Passives Quiz - Active to Passive Voice
Check your understanding of the use of passive voice with this quiz asking for transformations from active to passive voice.
Passives Quiz - Passive to Active
Check your understanding of the use of passive voice with this quiz asking for transformations from passive to active voice.
Past Tense Forms Review Quiz
This review quiz touches on a wide variety of past tenses forms and is ideal for upper intermediate to advanced level review.
Personal Pronouns, Adjectives, Reflexive Forms: Quiz 1
Cloze quiz focusing on personal pronouns, posessive adjectives, possessive pronouns and reflexive forms.
Personal Pronouns, Adjectives, Reflexive Forms: Quiz 2
Cloze quiz focusing on personal pronouns, posessive adjectives, possessive pronouns and reflexive forms.
Prepositional Phrases Quiz 3
Test your knowledge of the some of the most common prepositional phrases in English. Complete the 15 sentences with the prepositional phrases provided.
Prepositional Phrases Quiz 4
Test your knowledge of the some of the most common prepositional phrases in English. Complete the 15 sentences with the prepositional phrases provided.
Prepositional Phrases Quiz 5
Test your knowledge of the some of the most common prepositional phrases in English. Complete the 15 sentences with the prepositional phrases provided.
Prepostion Combinations Quiz - 1
Improve your knowledge of some of the most important and common combinations of prepositions used in English. These combinations are used to connect, explain and show the relationship between ideas and things.
Prepostion Combinations Quiz - 2
Improve your knowledge of some of the most important and common combinations of prepositions used in English. These combinations are used to connect, explain and show the relationship between ideas and things.
Reading Comprehension: John F. Kennedy
Reading comprehension based on John F. Kennedy's 1961 inaugural speech.
Sentence Transformation Exercises
Sentence transformation exercises help you expand your usage skills through testing various ways of stating the same idea. For example, the sentence 'I've lived here since 2002.' can also be expressed: 'I moved here in 2002'. Complete the following sentences so that they mean the same as the original sentence. Answers can be checked on the following page.
Sentence Transformation Exercises
The ability to rewrite sentences so that they have the same meaning as the original is often required for many English ESL EFL Exams such as Cambridge's First Certificate, CAE and Proficiency. This skill can also help you prepare for the TOEFL examination (Test of English as a Foreign Language). There are five of these exercises in this series.
TOEFL Structure Practice
Interactive structure quiz similar to those of the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language). There are five interactive exercises in this series.
UK: Missing Word Quiz
Fill in the missing word in this reading excerpt about the UK. This type of examination exercise is common to upper level English examinations such as Cambridge Examinations' First Certificate, CAE and Proficiency exams, as well as for the vocabulary section of the TOEFL examination.
USA: Missing Word Quiz
Fill in the missing word in this reading excerpt about the USA. This type of examination exercise is common to upper level English examinations such as Cambridge Examinations' First Certificate, CAE and Proficiency exams, as well as for the vocabulary section of the TOEFL examination.
Verb Followed by Preposition - Quizzes
Certain verbs are followed by certain prepositions. Minor mistakes made in the choice of these prepositions is quite common, even among advanced level students. Check your accuracy with these advanced level quizzes.
Verb Form Quizzes - Gerund or Infinitive?
Take these quizzes to test your understanding of when to use the gerund (playing) and the infinitive (to play) when following other verbs.
What's Wrong - Improper Vocabulary Quiz
These four exercises focus on intensive reading. Read one sentence at a time and find the inappropriate vocabulary mistake or contradiction. All errors are in the choice of vocabulary NOT in grammar. After you have finished, go to the corrections page for the answers and explanations.
Word Form Gap Fill Quizzes
Use the word at the end of each gap to form a new word with which to fill the gap. While doing this exercise, look for clues which tell you what kind of word is missing (adjective, noun, verb, adverb). Make sure to take into consideration forms using various prefixes and suffixes, as well as negative forms.
Word Form Gap Fill Quizzes
Use the word at the end of each gap to form a new word with which to fill the gap. While doing this exercise, look for clues which tell you what kind of word is missing (adjective, noun, verb, adverb). Make sure to take into consideration forms using various prefixes and suffixes, as well as negative forms.
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