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LCLE TEST OF LEGAL ENGLISH

Before we begin:

ABOUT YOU

Please fill in this information. It will help us to complete your personal report.

Your name
An email contact address
Where you are from (UK or another country)
Your current job
Your level of English
(Please enter a number from 1 (experience difficulties) to 5 (reasonably fluent)

YOUR SKILLS

Which skills are you reasonably confident in and which skills do you think are quite challenging? But a cross in the boxes 1-4 below. If a topic is not applicable please leave it blank.

SKILL / 1 (very easy) / 2 (easy) / 3 (challenging) / 4 (very challenging)
1. Legal English
2. Contract drafting
3. Legislative
drafting
4. Advocacy
5 Dispute
resolution
6 Arbitration
7 Legal research
8 Taking witness statements
9 Understanding the English legal system

Thank you. Now for the test. There are 50 questions. There are three answers after each question. Choose the right answer: A), B, or C).

SENTENCE / a. / b. / c.
  1. ‘What does she do?’ ‘She’s …’
  1. lawyer; b. a lawyer, c. study law

2. ‘What’s happening?’
‘Right now . . . at Lincolns Inn.’
  1. I working’ b. I am work; c. I’m working

3.‘What does Cora do?’
‘. . . in a solicitor’s office.’
a.she work; b. she works;c. she working
4. ‘Do you need a pen?’
‘I’ve got . . ., thanks.’
  1. one; b. a one; c.ones

5. ‘How much do you charge?’
‘£150 . . . hour.’
  1. a; b. an; c. one

6. ‘Have you got enough cash for coffee?’
‘I’ve got . . . but not enough.’
  1. no; b. any; c. some

7. ‘Do you want some lunch?’
‘No thanks, I don’t want . . . I’ve had lunch.’
  1. a; b. any; c. no

8. I’ll do . . . I like.
a. anywhere; b. whatever; c. however
9. Julia is a better lawyer . . . the judge!
a. than; b. as; c.of
10. How long . . . for Clifford Chance?
a. do you work; b. you work; c. have you worked
11. I prefer to travel . . . plane.
a. on; b. by; c.with
12. If I miss the bus I go to work . . .
a. by foot; b. by walk; c. on foot
13. She . . . to the High Court.
a. has never been; b. has never go;
c. have never been
14. John. . . two years.
  1. has worked here for; b. have worked here for
  1. has worked here since.

15. He’s been here . . . 2015
  1. for; b. since; c. in

16. ‘Could I speak to the Clerk of the Chambers, please?’
‘I’m afraid he left . . .’
  1. three weeks; b. since three weeks;
c; three weeks ago
17. ‘ . . . are you referring to?’
‘Mrs Wilkes, QC.’
  1. To whom; b. Who; c. Whose

18. I found this wallet in Lincoln’s Inn. Does anybody
know. . .it is?
  1. whose; b. to whom; c. who

19. ‘ . . . is this case called?’
‘Wilkes vs. Booth.’
  1. How; b. What; c. Which

20. I left the case notes in the taxi, . . . was extremely
annoying.
  1. what; b. that; c. which

21. Would you mind . . . the window?
a. closing; b. close; c.to close
22. We expect . . . at your desk by 9.am in the morning.
a. you are; b. you to be; c. you being
23. I suggest . . . to my colleague and getting some legal
advice.
  1. you will talk; b. to talk; c. talking

24. I wonder, could you tell me .....?
a. what does this word mean;
b. what this word means;
c. what means this word;
25. I wonder if ..... to stay.
a. are they going; b. they going; c. they’re going;
26. My flat-mate seems to be very popular, but .....
a. I never get any letters; b. never I get any letters;
c. I get never any letters;
27. She will be down in a minute. She ..... dressed.
a. is get; b. gets; c. is getting;
28. This is Maria. She's a new student in our class. She
. . . from Italy.
a. is coming; b. comes; c. come;
29. ‘Why are you looking so tired and dirty?’
‘I ..... in the garden all day.
a. am working; b. have been working;
c. have worked
30. Last week we ..... to a meeting every evening!
a. were; b. have been; c. went
31. ‘Do you feel like seeing that new German film?
‘No, ..... it.
a. I saw; b. I've seen; c. I see
32. ‘I think I can hear the phone ringing.
Don't worry, ..... answer it.
a. I’ll; b. I; c. I'm going
33. She didn't answer the door because she ..... a rest.
a. has; b. was having; c. had
34. I was shocked to find my wallet ..... stolen.
a. is; b. had been; d. has been
35. Stay here until the ambulance ..... here!
a. gets; b. will get; c. is getting
36. My grandfather ..... in that house since 1935!
a. lives; b. is living; c. has lived
37. Let's go out for a coffee when ..... my bath!
a. I have; b. I'll have; c. I've had
38. I had to go back home because ..... to turn off the
cooker.
a. I'd forget; b. I'd forgotten; c. I forget
39. When my hair gets too long, I ..... at the hairdresser's.
a. have cut it; b. make it cut; c. have it cut
40. I wish I ..... the answer to question 40!
a. knew; b. would know; c. know
41. I wish you ..... me before I went out this morning.
a. rang; b. would have rung; c. had rung
42. I'll certainly go and visit him if he ..... me.
a. is inviting me; b. invites; c. will invite
43. If I'd told them anything about it, ..... been shot.
a. I had; b. I'd have; c. I would
44. I ..... come if I'd known what it would be like.
a. won't; b. wouldn't; c. wouldn't have
45. No sooner ..... the phone down than there was a knock
on the door.
a. I put I; b. I had put; c. had I put;
46. ‘I want to be a high court judge.’
‘You? I don't believe you! You ..... be serious!’
a. mustn't; b. can't; c. couldn’t
47. You ..... got that job if you'd applied in time!
a. could have; b. could; c. were able to
48. He can't concentrate in his afternoon class as he .....
having a rest after lunch.
a. used to; b. uses; c. is used to
49. He won't stay there long, ....?
a. isn’t it; b. will he; c. no
50. I think we need to talk about this, .....
a. don't we? b. do we? c. needn't we?

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