U.S English Basic Skills Test
Test Syllabus
Conjunctions
Pronouns
Articles, quantifiers and count/noncount nouns
Prepositions
Adjectives and adverbs
Verbs and tenses
Conditional
Gerunds and infinitives
Vocabulary
Questions
Punctuation
Who Should Take This Test:
The U.S. Basic English Test evaluates your grammar, punctuation, and spelling at the intermediate level.
What the Test Is About:
Topics covered on this multiple-choice test include the parts of speech, verbs and verb tenses, prepositional phrases, punctuation, word order and syntax, indirect speech, and sentence structure.
Duration
40 minutes
Questions
40 multiple choice questions.
Instructions
Each question has between 2 and 8 options; one or more may be correct.
There is no penalty for guessing if you don't know the answer; therefore, make sure you attempt all of the questions.
In order to pass, you will need to answer at least 70% of the questions correctly.
The clock timing of your test is located at the top of the test window.
This test is best viewed using Internet Explorer version 11.0 or higher or Mozilla Firefox 45.0 or higher or Google Chrome 48 or higher.
Questions will be displayed one at a time. A next button is provided at the bottom of the test page for navigating to the next question. Do not press the next button if you have not answered the question.
Once you have answered a question, you cannot go back and change your answer.
Do not use the shortcut menu options (mouse right-click) or the keyboard for navigating backwards or forwards within the test.
There is a 1 day waiting period between test retakes. You can only take a test twice in a three months time window.