ALCPT Form 114

The sentence means Ms. Pim needed to look at or verify the expiration date on her passport.
After needed, the correct form here is to check.
Grammar note:
We often use:
need + to + base verb
Examples:
• I need to study.
• She needs to check her passport.

This is the only sentence with correct English word order and natural expression.
“Go for a walk” is a common phrase in English.
Grammar note:
The pattern is:
Let’s + base verb
So:
• Let’s go.
• Let’s study.
• Let’s go for a walk.

This gives the correct question form:
What radio programs does he like to listen to?
Grammar note:
In present simple questions with does, the pattern is:
Wh-word + does + subject + base verb
Examples:
• What books does he read?
• What radio programs does he like to listen to?

If uniforms are stained, they need to be cleaned.
A cleaners is the place where clothes are professionally cleaned.

Pleasure here means happiness or enjoyment.
So enjoyment is the closest meaning.

If Brown is your sister, the correct title is Mrs. Brown.
The other choices do not fit a sister.
Grammar note:
Common titles:
• Mr. = man
• Mrs. = married woman
• Ms. = woman
• Jr. = junior
• Inc. = company

The elephant is the largest land animal among these choices.

The sentence uses than, so we need a comparative form.
“More expensive than” is the correct comparison.
Grammar note:
Use:
comparative + than
Examples:
• bigger than
• cheaper than
• more expensive than
Note: The scan around this question was slightly blurred, but the correct grammar makes more expensive the clear answer.

After about, we use a noun or gerund (-ing form).
So about working is correct.
Grammar note:
After a preposition, use verb + ing.
Examples:
• about working
• in learning
• for studying

Might and may both express possibility.
So may is the closest meaning.

A waiting room is a room where people wait.
The other choices are not correct English expressions.

The word They refers to Tickets.
The sentence says: “Tickets ... They are available ...” so “They” means tickets.
Grammar note:
A pronoun usually refers to the nearest suitable noun before it.
Here, They refers to Tickets.

Took off means the aircraft left the ground and departed.

To give someone a glass of water, you usually pour the water into the glass.

To clear up problems means to solve or explain them.
So after that, we understood our work better.
Grammar note:
clear up can mean:
• explain
• solve
It does not mean physically clean the office here.

Camouflage is used to hide people or objects so they are not easily seen.

Piano is singular, so we need a singular determiner.
This piano is correct.
Grammar note:
Use:
• this for singular
• these for plural
• that for singular far
• those for plural far

This is a tag question.
The main clause is positive with will, so the tag must be negative: won’t she?
Grammar note:
Positive statement → negative tag
• She will come, won’t she?
• He is ready, isn’t he?

The natural phrase is play in the rain.

The sentence shows contrast between Tina and Robert.
However is used to show contrast.

The meaning is: you may have anything that you choose.
So the base verb choose is correct.
Grammar note:
After whatever you, we need a normal verb form that matches you:
• whatever you choose
• whatever you want
• whatever you need
Note: The first option was blurred in the scan, but the correct answer is clearly choose.

Dreamed up means thought up or invented an idea.
Grammar note:
Common phrasal verbs:
• dream up = think up / invent
• follow up = continue after something

The paragraph says truffle production has dropped greatly.
That means truffles are becoming more and more rare.

To research a problem means to study or investigate it carefully.

The paragraph explains where the word pothole originally came from.
So the topic is the source of the word.

The correct question is:
What is his estimated time of arrival?
Grammar note:
Use what to ask about information or identity of a thing:
• What is your name?
• What is the time?
• What is his estimated time of arrival?

Worried means concerned.

The correct phrase is comment on something.
Grammar note:
Use:
• comment on an article
• comment on a law
• comment on the issue

The sentence describes smoke that was blowing and irritating their eyes.
So blowing smoke fits the meaning.
Grammar note:
A present participle (blowing) can describe a noun:
• blowing wind
• falling leaves
• running water

Even though miles is plural, the whole distance is treated as one amount here.
So we use singular is.
Grammar note:
Amounts, distances, and sums can take singular verbs:
• Ten dollars is enough.
• Five miles is far.
• Twelve hundred miles is a long distance.

If names are classified so they can be found easily, they are arranged in order.

To distinguish between two things means to tell them apart.
Since the boys are twins, it may be difficult to distinguish between them.
Grammar note:
Use:
distinguish between A and B

A pager is an electronic device.

Farmers spray their fields, usually with water, chemicals, or pesticides.
Grammar note:
After begun to, we use the base verb:
• begun to spray
• begun to work
• begun to plant