PLACEMENTTEST

Name _______________________________________ Date _____________________

SECTION 1
(7) Tokyo is _____ city I’ve ever
lived in.
Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c
a) the most big
or d) to fill each blank. b) the bigger
(1) Roberta _____ from The United c) the biggest
States. d) the more big
a) are
b) is (8) A vegetarian is someone _____
doesn’t eat meat.
c) am
a) who
d) be
b) what
(2) What’s _____ name? c) which
a) - d) whose
b) his
(9) _____ these days.
c) him
a) I never a newspaper buy
d) he

(3) My friend _____ in London. b) I never buy a newspaper

a) living
b) live c) I buy never a newspaper
c) lives
d) is live d) Never I buy a newspaper

(4) Where _____?

a) works Tom (10) I _____ watch TV tonight.
b) Tom works a) am
c) Tom does work b) go to
d) does Tom work c) going to
d) am going to
(5) I _____ coffee.
a) no like (11) I wish I _____ more money!
b) not like a) have
c) like don’t b) had
d) don’t like c) would have
(6) ‘_____ to Australia, Ginny?’ ‘Yes, d) was having
two years
(12) _____ be famous one day?
ago.”
a) Would you like
a) Did you ever go
b) Would you like to
b) Do you ever go
c) Do you like
c) Have you ever been
d) Do you like to
d) Are you ever going
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(20) Joel came back from his holiday in b) speaking

Brazil looking really _____. c) speak
a) tanned d) speaks
b) sunned
c) coloured I’m not interested
d) darkened _____ sports. a) for
SECTION 2
SECTION 3
Choose the best word or phrase
Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill
(a, b, c or d) to fill each blank. each blank.
(13) It’s my birthday _____ Friday. b) about
(21) c) in
a) on d) to
b) in
c) at She likes _____
d) by expensive clothes.
a) wearing
(14) I _____ eighteen years old. b) to wearing
(22) c) wear
a) am d) is wearing
b) have
c) have got
a) -

(15) I _____ a headache.

(23)
a) am
b) do
c) have
d) got

(16) Do you _____ a uniform at your

school?
(24)

b) wear happened.
c) use a) was driving
d) hold b) drove
c) had driven
(17) ‘What time is it?’ ‘I have no _____.’ d) has been driving
a) carry
Harry can _____
English. a) to speak
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Harry _____ his father’s car when the b) who

accident c) whose
(26) If I _____ him, I would have d) that
spoken to him, wouldn’t I?
a) saw (30) What _____ this weekend,
b) had seen Lance?
a) idea
b) opinion
(25) I was wondering _____ tell me when the next c)
answer plane from Chicago arrives? d) time
a) could
you
b) can you
(18) The meal was very expensive. Look at the ___!
c) if you
could a) ticket
d) if could
you b) receipt
c) invoice
d) bill

(19) How many _____ of trousers have you got?

a) items
b) pairs
c) sets
d) times
c) have seen a) will you do
d) would have seen b) are you doing
c) will you have
(27) I like your hair. Where _____? done
a) do you have cut d) do you do
b) have you cut it
c) do you have cut it (31) The weather has been awful.
d) do you have it cut We’ve had very _____
sunshine this summer.
(28) I think Joey must _____ late a) little
tonight. His office light is still on. b) a little
a) have worked c) few
b) work d) a few
c) be working
d) to work (32) Did you hear what happened to
Kate? She __.
(29) John tells me Jack’s going out with a) is arrested
Helen, _____ I find hard to believe. b) arrested
a) which c) has been arrested
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d) is being arrested e)
SECTION 4 (39) Could you _____ me that book
for a couple of days, please?
Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c
a) lend
or d) to fill each blank. b) owe
(33) I usually _____ up at about 7.30. c) borrow
a) go d) rent
b) be
(40) Greg is _____ a lot of time at
c) do
Yvonne’s house these days!
d) get
a) taking
(34) I _____ football every week. b) spending
a) play c) having
b) go d) doing
c) do
SECTION 5
d) have
Choose the best word or phrase (a, b,
(35) My sister _____ the cooking in our
c or d) to fill each blank.
house.
a) does (41) Who _____ in that house?
b) makes a) does live
c) cooks b) lives
d) takes c) does he live
d) he lives
(36) Don’t forget to _____ the light
when you leave the room. (42) I’ll call you when I _____ home.
a) turn up a) get
b) turn in b) ’ll get
c) turn off c) ’ll have got
d) turn over d) ’m getting

(37) She was in _____ when she heard (43) If you _____ me, what would
the tragic news. you do?
a) crying a) was
b) tears b) would be
c) cries c) were
d) tearful d) have been

(38) He _____ that he hadn’t stolen the (44) I don’t know where _____ last
computer, but no one believed him. night.
a) reassured a) did he go
b) informed b) he did go
c) insisted c) went he
d) Persuaded d) he went
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(45) John and Betty are coming to visit b) didn’t have to work
us tomorrow but I wish _____. c) wouldn’t work
a) they won’t d) wasn’t working
b) they hadn’t (52) Harriet is so knowledgeable. She
c) they didn’t can talk about _____ subject that
d) they weren’t comes up.
a) whatever
(46) I’m so hungry! If only Bill _____ b) whenever
all the food in the fridge! c) wherever
a) wasn’t eating d) whoever
b) didn’t eat
c) hadn’t eaten SECTION 6
d) hasn’t eaten
Choose the best word or phrase (a, b,
(47) I regret _____ harder in school.
a) not studying c or d) to fill each blank.
b) not to study (53) I always _____ milk in my
c) to not study coffee.
d) not have studied a) have
b) drink
(48) Surely Sue _____ you if she was c) mix
unhappy with your work. d) make
a) will tell
b) would have told (54) I _____ TV every evening.
c) must have told a) watch
d) had told b) look at
c) see
(49) Our neighbours aren’t very polite, d) hear
and _____ particularly quiet!
a) neither they aren’t (55) Can you give me a _____ with
b) either they aren’t my bag.
c) nor are they a) leg
d) neither did they be b) back
c) hand
(50) We had expected that they _____ d) head
fluent English, but in fact they
didn’t. (56) Before you enter the triathlon,
a) were speaking please bear in _____ that you’re
b) would speak not as young as you used to be!
c) had spoken a) thought
d) spoke b) question
c) mind
(51) I’d rather I _____ next weekend, d) opinion
but I do! (57) The breath test showed he had
a) don’t have to work consumed more than three times
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the legal limit of alcohol, so the

police arrested him for _____. a)
trespassing
b) mugging
c) speeding
d) drunk driving

(58) The meeting was _____ and not

very interesting.
a) time-wasting
b) time-consuming
c) time-using
d) out of time

(59) After the movie was released, the

main _____ point was its excessive
use of violence. a) discussion
b) speaking
c) conversation
d) talking

(60) There have been several big _____

against the use of GM foods
recently.
a) campaigns
b) issues
c) boycotts
d) strikes