Quiz Lingua inglese per i concorsi pubblici (livello B1)

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1. Choose the correct form: “She ___ in the accounting office since 2019.”

   • works
   • is working
   • ✅ has worked
   • worked

   Con since/for e un’azione iniziata nel passato che continua nel presente si usa il present perfect: “has worked” (o “has been working”).

   📚 Grammatica: present perfect

2. Choose the correct form: “Yesterday the mayor ___ the new library.”

   • opens
   • ✅ opened
   • has opened
   • is opening

   Con un riferimento temporale passato concluso (yesterday) si usa il simple past.

   📚 Grammatica: simple past

3. Choose the correct form: “If I ___ the exam, I will apply for the job.”

   • ✅ pass
   • will pass
   • passed
   • would pass

   Nel periodo ipotetico di primo tipo: if + present simple, will + verbo base.

   📚 Grammatica: first conditional

4. Choose the correct form: “If I ___ more time, I would study Spanish.”

   • have
   • ✅ had
   • will have
   • would have

   Periodo ipotetico di secondo tipo (ipotesi improbabile nel presente): if + past simple, would + verbo base.

   📚 Grammatica: second conditional

5. Choose the correct form: “The documents ___ by the clerk every morning.”

   • check
   • ✅ are checked
   • checks
   • are checking

   Forma passiva al presente: am/is/are + participio passato.

   📚 Grammatica: forma passiva

6. Choose the correct form: “The new law ___ last year.”

   • ✅ was approved
   • approved
   • is approved
   • has approve

   Passivo al passato: was/were + participio passato.

   📚 Grammatica: forma passiva

7. Choose the correct form: “There aren’t ___ chairs in the meeting room.”

   • some
   • ✅ any
   • much
   • a

   Nelle frasi negative e interrogative si usa any; some nelle affermative.

   📚 Grammatica: some/any

8. Choose the correct form: “How ___ money do we need for the project?”

   • many
   • ✅ much
   • more
   • lot

   Much con i sostantivi non numerabili (money, time, information); many con i numerabili.

   📚 Grammatica: much/many

9. Choose the correct form: “This report is ___ than the previous one.”

   • more long
   • ✅ longer
   • longest
   • most long

   Gli aggettivi corti formano il comparativo con -er (long → longer).

   📚 Grammatica: comparativi

10. Choose the correct form: “This is the ___ important meeting of the year.”

    • more
    • ✅ most
    • much
    • very

    Gli aggettivi lunghi formano il superlativo con the most.

    📚 Grammatica: superlativi

11. Choose the correct form: “I ___ to the office by bus every day.”

    • ✅ go
    • goes
    • am go
    • going

    Present simple per abitudini; alla prima persona singolare il verbo non prende -s.

    📚 Grammatica: present simple

12. Choose the correct form: “Look! The manager ___ with a citizen right now.”

    • speaks
    • ✅ is speaking
    • spoke
    • has spoken

    Present continuous per un’azione in corso nel momento in cui si parla.

    📚 Grammatica: present continuous

13. Choose the correct form: “We ___ the results next week.”

    • publish
    • ✅ will publish
    • published
    • have published

    Futuro con will per decisioni e previsioni; per piani già fissati si usa anche be going to.

    📚 Grammatica: futuro

14. Choose the correct form: “You ___ wear a helmet on a construction site: it is compulsory.”

    • can
    • might
    • ✅ must
    • would

    Must esprime obbligo; mustn’t un divieto; don’t have to l’assenza di obbligo.

    📚 Grammatica: modali

15. Choose the correct form: “You ___ smoke in public offices.”

    • must
    • ✅ mustn’t
    • don’t have to
    • should

    Mustn’t esprime un divieto.

    📚 Grammatica: modali

16. Choose the correct relative pronoun: “The employee ___ helped me was very kind.”

    • which
    • ✅ who
    • whose
    • where

    Who per le persone, which per le cose, whose per il possesso, where per i luoghi.

    📚 Grammatica: pronomi relativi

17. Choose the correct form: “She asked me where ___.”

    • did I work
    • ✅ I worked
    • do I work
    • I am work

    Nel discorso indiretto la domanda diventa affermativa e i tempi “retrocedono”.

    📚 Grammatica: discorso indiretto

18. Choose the correct form: “I’m looking forward to ___ from you.”

    • hear
    • ✅ hearing
    • heard
    • to hear

    Dopo look forward to si usa la forma in -ing. È una formula tipica di chiusura delle email formali.

    📚 Grammatica: gerundio

19. Choose the correct form: “He has worked here ___ ten years.”

    • since
    • ✅ for
    • from
    • during

    For + durata (ten years); since + punto di partenza (since 2015).

    📚 Grammatica: for/since

20. What is the past participle of “write”?

    • wrote
    • writed
    • ✅ written
    • writing

    Verbo irregolare: write – wrote – written.

    📚 Verbi irregolari

21. What is the past simple of “bring”?

    • bringed
    • brang
    • ✅ brought
    • brung

    Verbo irregolare: bring – brought – brought.

    📚 Verbi irregolari

22. Choose the correct preposition: “The meeting is ___ Monday ___ 10 a.m.”

    • in / at
    • ✅ on / at
    • at / on
    • on / in

    On con i giorni della settimana e le date, at con le ore, in con mesi, anni e stagioni.

    📚 Preposizioni di tempo

23. Choose the correct preposition: “The office is ___ the second floor.”

    • in
    • at
    • ✅ on
    • over

    Si dice on the first/second floor.

    📚 Preposizioni di luogo

24. Which word expresses a contrast? “The office is small; ___, it is very efficient.”

    • therefore
    • ✅ however
    • because
    • moreover

    However introduce un contrasto; therefore una conseguenza; moreover un’aggiunta.

    📚 Connettivi

25. Which word expresses a consequence? “The deadline has expired; ___, your application cannot be accepted.”

    • although
    • however
    • ✅ therefore
    • unless

    Therefore significa “quindi, pertanto”.

    📚 Connettivi

26. Choose the correct word: “___ it was raining, the staff arrived on time.”

    • Because
    • ✅ Although
    • So
    • Unless

    Although significa “sebbene, anche se”.

    📚 Connettivi

27. What is the Italian for “deadline”?

    • Linea di arrivo
    • ✅ Scadenza
    • Ritardo
    • Morte improvvisa

    Deadline = termine ultimo, scadenza.

    📚 Lessico d’ufficio

28. What is the English for “bando di concorso”?

    • Competition ban
    • ✅ Call for applications / public competition notice
    • Job fired
    • Exam result

    Per le selezioni pubbliche si usano anche “public competition” o “recruitment notice”.

    📚 Lessico della PA

29. What is the English for “domanda di partecipazione”?

    • Question
    • ✅ Application form
    • Request for payment
    • Complaint

    To apply = candidarsi; applicant = candidato.

    📚 Lessico della PA

30. What does “to fill in a form” mean?

    • Firmare un contratto
    • ✅ Compilare un modulo
    • Stampare un documento
    • Archiviare una pratica

    Si dice anche “to fill out a form”.

    📚 Lessico d’ufficio

31. What is the Italian for “town hall”?

    • Palestra comunale
    • ✅ Municipio / sede del comune
    • Teatro
    • Tribunale

    Mayor = sindaco; city council = consiglio comunale.

    📚 Lessico della PA

32. What is the English for “ricevuta”?

    • Recipe
    • ✅ Receipt
    • Receiver
    • Reception

    Attenzione ai falsi amici: recipe = ricetta di cucina; reception = accoglienza/reception.

    📚 Falsi amici

33. What does the English word “actually” mean?

    • Attualmente
    • ✅ In realtà, effettivamente
    • Attivamente
    • Subito

    È un falso amico: “attualmente” si traduce currently o at present.

    📚 Falsi amici

34. What does the English word “eventually” mean?

    • Eventualmente
    • ✅ Alla fine, infine
    • Per caso
    • Raramente

    È un falso amico: “eventualmente” si traduce if necessary o possibly.

    📚 Falsi amici

35. What is the English for “ufficio anagrafe”?

    • ✅ Registry office
    • Post office
    • Tax office
    • Box office

    Registry office indica l’ufficio dello stato civile/anagrafe; tax office l’ufficio delle imposte.

    📚 Lessico della PA

36. What is the English for “il dipendente pubblico”?

    • Public employer
    • ✅ Civil servant / public employee
    • Private worker
    • Public house

    Employer = datore di lavoro; employee = dipendente.

    📚 Lessico della PA

37. Which is the most appropriate opening of a formal email to an unknown person?

    • Hi guys,
    • ✅ Dear Sir or Madam,
    • Hey!
    • What’s up?

    Se il destinatario non è noto si usa “Dear Sir or Madam” e si chiude con “Yours faithfully”.

    📚 Corrispondenza formale

38. What is the English for “allegato” (in an email)?

    • ✅ Attachment
    • Allegation
    • Alleged
    • Annex fee

    “Please find attached…” = “In allegato trovate…”.

    📚 Corrispondenza formale

39. Complete the sentence: “Could you please ___ me know if the documents are complete?”

    • make
    • ✅ let
    • do
    • give

    Let me know = fammi sapere.

    📚 Espressioni comuni

40. What is the Italian for “budget” in public administration?

    • Debito
    • ✅ Bilancio / stanziamento
    • Tassa
    • Stipendio

    Budget law = legge di bilancio; financial statement = rendiconto.

    📚 Lessico della PA

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