Pre-intermediate and Intermediate Placement test
Choose the best alternative for each sentence.
Grammar
1 ________ at school yesterday.
a Was you
b Were you
c Did you
d Is you
2 Is your family large? ________
a Yes, it is.
b Yes, they are.
c No, it not.
d No, they isn’t.
3 What ____ he want?
a does
b do
c have
d was
4 ____ do you have dinner?
a When time
b What time
c What kind of
d What for
5 He ____ to go home.
a want
b did
c didn’t want
d didn’t wanted
6 Where ____ to school?
a did you go
b went you
c did you went
d did go
7 Latin ____ compulsory in Irish schools.
a used to be
b would be
c has
d has been
8 The boy ____ cake when his mother came into the room.
a was eat
b eats
c was eating
d has eating
.
9 There ____ milk for my breakfast.
a isn’t some
b isn’t any
c any
d ─
10 ____ people from Poland went to Scotland in the 20th century.
a Many of
b Many
c Some of
d ─
11 There are __________ French speakers in Montreal.
a too much
b a lot of
c a little
d not much
12 She ____ with her friends on Facebook™ everyday
a is communicating
b communicates
c will communicating
d ─
13 More and more people ____ divorced every year.
a are wanting
b wanting
c getting
d are getting
14 Many, but not all, people ____ get married in a church. .
a want to
b are wanting to
c wanting to
d used to want
15 Would you like ____ to the theatre tonight?
a go
b to go
c going
d to going
16 I ____ to Peru on holiday next month.
a am flying
b flying
c am go flying
d will flying
17 Oh! It ____. I’ll take an umbrella with me.
a raining
b will raining
c rains
d ’s raining
18 Do you have any plans for tonight? Yes, we ____ to the cinema.
a will go
b going
c go
d are going
.
19 I plan to ____ two weeks by the beach.
a bring
b spend
c spending
d making
20 The fast food restaurant was _____ dirty. We didn’t eat there.
a extreme
b extremely
c bit
d very much
21 This restaurant is ____ the one over there. Unit 6B
a traditional
b traditionaler
c more traditional than
d traditionaler than
22 My coffee was ____ yours. I almost burned by mouth.
a hotter than
b more hot than
c hotter as
d as hot
23 The ____ coffee in the world comes from indonesia.
a expensive
b expensivest
c more expensive
d most expensive
24 I ____ sushi.
a eaten
b have eat
c have ever eaten
d have never eaten
25 She has ____ finished this week’s report. .
a yet
b already
c ever
d never
26 I don’t think you ____ them.
a should to email
b should email
c should emailing
d ─
27 In the future there ____ cures to the world’s worst diseases.
a might be
b is going to being
c will being
d might have
28 The space tourists ___ certainly need to be very fit.
a won’t
b will
c ─
d going to
.
29 If my new company is successful, I ____ employ people to help me.
a will
b be able to
c will be able to
d will able to
30 The first reality TV show ____ in Sweden in 1997.
a showed
b shown
c is shown
d was shown
31 The film Avatar was directed ____ James Cameron.
a by
b from
c for
d with
32 I’ve had my cat ____ 4 years.
a since
b for
c with
d it
33 Her horse is lovely. She _____ it since she was a teenager.
a had
b has had
c had
d is had
34 I’ve received 33 emails ____ .
a on Friday
b yesterday
c two days ago
d this week
35 How often have you been to the doctor ______
a one year ago?
b in the last twelve months?
c yesterday?
d last week?
36 I was saving up ____ a new computer.
a for buying
b to buy
c to buying
d ─
37 You ____ wear a suit to work, but you can if you want.
a must
b mustn’t
c could
d don’t have to
38 I had to ____ a uniform to school when I was younger.
a have
b wearing
c wear
d having
.
39 Cecilia knows someone ____ went to the carnival in Rio de Janeiro.
a who
b which
c she
d where
40 Oxfam is a charity ____ tries to find lasting solutions to poverty.
a who
b which
c it
d ─
Vocabulary
41 A lot of ____ came to Ireland in the 1990s.
a immigrants
b emigrants
c invaders
d colonies
42 There was a nice meal and a band at the wedding ____
a ceremony
b reception
c speech
d group
43 I mostly ____ my friends via email.
a get on well with
b have in commn
c keep in touch with
d see each other
44 Bob has had a very interesting ___ . He has had jobs in many countries and industries.
a carrier
b job
c career
d work
45 She’s very successful. Her ___ has risen a lot in the past few years.
a money
b salary
c job
d earnings
46 I am very ___ in old cars.
a keen
b interesting
c interested
d fond
47 He ___ his exam because he didn’t study.
a failed
b passed
c missed
d fell
48 The house will look cleaner when you have finished the ____.
a home
b housewife
c housework
d homework
.
49 Stress is not an illness, but it can ___ to many illnesses.
a get
b celebrate
c contribute
d affect
50 He ____ off his holiday until after the winter.
a took
b put
c called
d logged
WRITING TEST
Write an email to a friend from another part of the world who wants to know more about your
country. You can use your own ideas, and/or you can describe some of these things:
- how big the country is, where it is and what the land is like
(forests, mountains, etc)
- main cities, famous landmarks and tourist attractions
- the local language(s) and culture
- what the people are like
- traditional food, music, dances, etc of your country
You should finish your email by inviting your friend to visit your country some time so that they
can see what it is like.
EVALUATE YOUR CONVERSATION SKILLS
1) Consigo me apresentar para alguém e entender perguntas básicas.
2) Consigo ler e entender uma conversa, mas tenho dificuldades de falar.
3) Consigo contar uma história em inglês
4) Consigo falar sobre qualquer tópico com vocabulário familiar.
