English placement text

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English Placement Test

This placement test is designed to give students and teachers of English a quick way of assessing the approximate level of a student's knowledge of English grammar and usage. The test should take around 45 minutes to complete. At the end of the test you will see your test result and be given a percentage. You will also be able tofollow a link to a page which will estimate your level compared to several international English exams (PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, IELTS, TOEFL); and the Council of Europe language assessment scale. For a more accurate assessment of your English language skills, your listening, speaking and writing skills would also have to be assessed.

1) Did you ……… anywhere interesting last weekend?
[pic]a) go[pic]b) going
[pic]c) was
[pic]d) went

2) I work as a teacher and my wife ………, too.
[pic]a) do
[pic]b) is
[pic]c) work
[pic]d) does

3) I think ……… taxi driver
[pic]a) her job is
[pic]b) she's a
[pic]c) her job is an
[pic]d) she's

4) What is your home town ……… ?
[pic]a) situated
[pic]b) age
[pic]c) like
[pic]d) located

5) I’m afraid I ……… here for your birthday party.[pic]a) have not to be
[pic]b) am not being
[pic]c) will be not
[pic]d) can't be

6) How ……… are you?
[pic]a) high
[pic]b) wide
[pic]c) long
[pic]d) heavy

7) How long ……… married?
[pic]a) have you been
[pic]b) are you
[pic]c) have you
[pic]d) been

8) Would you like ……… help?
[pic]a) a
[pic]b) some
[pic]c) me
[pic]d) I

9) They ……… go to the cinema
[pic]a) tomorrow
[pic]b) much[pic]c) rare
[pic]d) seldom

10) He hasn’t played since he ……… the accident.
[pic]a) had
[pic]b) has had
[pic]c) has
[pic]c) had had

11) This is the best tea I’ve ……… tasted.
[pic]a) never
[pic]b) ever
[pic]c) already
[pic]d) still

12) I’m looking ……… the summer holidays.
[pic]a) before
[pic]b) forward
[pic]c) for
[pic]d) forward to

13) My girlfriend ……… born on the 2ndof September 1974.
[pic]a) is
[pic]b) was
[pic]c) had
[pic]d) has been

14) This beer tastes ……… .
[pic]a) badly
[pic]b) lovely
[pic]c) well
[pic]d) normally

15) In life ……… can make a mistake; we’re all human.
[pic]a) anyone
[pic]b) some people
[pic]c) not anybody
[pic]d) someone

16) She knows that she ……… to pay now.
[pic]a) had better
[pic]b) needn't
[pic]c) should[pic]d) ought

17) If he ……… about it, I’m sure he’d help.
[pic]a) had know
[pic]b) knew
[pic]c) has known
[pic]d) knows

18) I'll return the newspaper when I ……… through it.
[pic]a) will have looked
[pic]b) looked
[pic]c) have looked
[pic]d) look

19) They said they ……… come, but they didn’t.
[pic]a) can
[pic]b) will
[pic]c) may
[pic]d) might

20) They were ……… hard questions that Ihad no chance.
[pic]a) so
[pic]b) some
[pic]c) such
[pic]d) quite

21) I don't have a cent to give you. I ...... bought a new computer.
[pic]a) just buy
[pic]b) had just bought
[pic]c) 've just
[pic]d) soon will

22) Mum gave ……… her job when I was born.
[pic]a) in
[pic]b) up
[pic]c) off
[pic]d) away

23) It's all right, we ……… hurry. We have plenty of time.
[pic]a) mustn't[pic]b) shouldn't
[pic]c) can't
[pic]d) needn't

24) You have a terrible fever! ……… call a doctor?
[pic]a) Shall I
[pic]b) Do I
[pic]c) Must I
[pic]d) Will I

25) Joanna looks ……… in her new dress.
[pic]a) nice
[pic]b) nicely
[pic]c) like nice
[pic]d) such nice

26) Mr Haines wants ……… to his office.
[pic]a) that you come
[pic]b) you come to
[pic]c) you come
[pic]d) you to come27) There are ……… around to start a cricket team
[pic]a) enough young boys
[pic]b) boys enough young
[pic]c) young boys enough
[pic]d) enough youngest boys

28) These bottles ……… of plastic.
[pic]a) are making
[pic]b) are make
[pic]c) are made
[pic]d) made are

29) Do you know where ……… ?
[pic]a) did I put the keys
[pic]b) put I the keys
[pic]c) I put the keys
[pic]d) I the...