YDS (Yabancı Dil Bilgisi Seviye Tespit Sınavı) — English
Practice content for ÖSYM's YDS English-language proficiency exam, used for Turkish civil-service appointment/promotion and academic staff qualification. Covers all 10 real question-type categories at authentic exam weighting: vocabulary, grammar, cloze test, sentence completion, translation, dialogue completion, nearest-meaning sentences, paragraph completion, paragraph coherence, and reading comprehension.
Sections
- Vocabulary — 6 questions
- Grammar — 10 questions
- Cloze Test — 10 questions
- Sentence Completion — 10 questions
- Translation — 6 questions
- Dialogue Completion — 5 questions
- Restatement (Nearest Meaning) — 4 questions
- Paragraph Completion — 4 questions
- Paragraph Coherence — 5 questions
- Reading Comprehension — 20 questions
Sample questions
- Vocabulary: Despite the committee's repeated warnings, the factory continued to ignore safety regulations, resulting in a serious ______ that injured several workers.
- Grammar: By the time the research team published their findings, several other laboratories ______ similar experiments independently.
- Cloze Test: Urban environments were once thought to be hostile to wildlife, but a growing body of research suggests that many species are (1) ______ remarkably well to city life. Pigeons, foxes, and even certain birds of prey have learned to exploit the abundant food sources that human settlements (2) ______, from discarded food to rodent populations drawn to garbage. (3) ______ these adaptations, however, urban wildlife still faces serious challenges, including traffic collisions, pollution, and the loss of natural habitat as cities continue to expand. Researchers argue that thoughtful urban planning (4) ______ green corridors and reduced light pollution could help reconcile the needs of growing human populations with those of the species that share their cities. Without such measures, they warn, urban biodiversity (5) ______ to decline steadily in the coming decades. Blank (1):