PLACEMENT TEST

NAME : _____________________________________________

SE C TI O N 1 – GRAMMAR & V OCABULARY (60%)

Read the questions and circle the correct answer.

1. Where _____ you come from?

A. are
B. do
C. were

2. I _____ in Yemen.

A. born
B. was born.
C. were born.

3. Where _____ your parents born?

A. was
B. did
C. were

4. Is this _____ pen?

A. yours
B. you
C. your

5. What _____ you do?

A. are
B. do
C. does

6. What are you doing?

A. I’ m clean my room.
B. I cleaning my room.
C. I’ m cleaning my room.
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7. Whose car is that?

A. Its my car.
1. It’s me car.
2. It’s my car.

8. Does she enjoy _____ movies?

A. watch
B. watching
C. watches

9. _____ you busy at the moment?

A. Do
B. Are
C. Were

10. Where did you _________ up?

A. grew
B. grow
C. grown

11. What _____ you doing tonight?

A. is
B. will
C. are

12. What do you enjoy _____ on holiday?

A. to do
B. doing
C. to doing

13. I’ m tired _____ sitting down.

A. from
B. of
C. at

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14. How many siblings _____ she have?

A. do
B. does
C. did

15. How much did you _____ for your shoes?

A. pay
B. pays
C. paid

16. Can you _____ a bicycle?

A. ride
B. riding
C. rides

17. You’re sick. You _____ rest.

A. should to
B. shouldn’t
C. should

18. Where’s the bus station?

A. Around the street

B. Across the street
C. Opposite the street

19. What’s the weather _____ in your city?

A. likes
B. like
C. looks like

20. What does your brother look like?

A. He is hungry.
B. He is fit.
C. He’s tall.

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21. Would you like to _____ me for lunch?

A. i nvite
B. request
C. join

22. What did you _____ last night?

A. do
B. went
C. ate

23. I _____ with my friends in the morning.

A. go shopping
B. shopped
C. went shopping

24. Where _____ your father work now?

A. do
B. did
C. does

25. Why are you on a diet?

A. I try to lost weight.

B. I’ m trying losing weight.
C. I’ m trying to lose weight.

26. What’s you _____ fruit?

A. best
B. delicious
C. favorite

27. How do you _____ him?

A. known
B. know
C. knows

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28. Do you _____ a lot of money?

A. get
B. take
C. earn

29. What _____ you _____ last night?

A. did/doing
B. was/doing
C. were/doing

30. How long did you _____ there?

A. stayed
B. stay
C. staying

31. Were you _____ all day yesterday?

A. study
B. studying
C. studies

32. Have you ever _____ to Singapore?

A. be
B. went
C. been

33. Has she ever _____ Chinese food?

A. eating
B. ate
C. eaten

34. Where have you visited in Malaysia?

A. I didn’t visit Malaysia.

B. I have visited the temples.
C. I haven’t visited any places already.

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35. Have you completed your studies yet?

A. Yes, I did already complete my studies.

B. Yes, I have already completed my studies.
C. Yes, I do have completed my studies.

36. Has she ever flown?

A. Yes, she had.

B. Yes, she did.
C. Yes, she has.

37. Have you finished _____ the dishes yet?

A. wash
B. washing
C. washed

38. What _____ before she entered the room?

A. did you do
B. were you did
C. were you doing

39. I _____ a zoo before last week.

A. hadn’t visit
B. hadn’t visiting
C. hadn’t visited

40. She _____ in love before she met him.

A. hasn’t been
B. hadn’t being
C. hadn’t been

41. I will cancel the party if _____.

A. it will rain
B. it rains
C. it raining

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42. She _____ buy a house if she _____ enough money.

A. will/ has
B. would/had
C. can/has

43. What would you _____ if she had told you about the accident?

A. have done
B. had done
C. has done

44. What time does the plane _____?

A. take off
B. take on
C. take out

45. Malaysia is _____ than Singapore.

A. more expensive
B. much expensive
C. a lot expensive

46. Which do you like _____?

A. most
B. best
C. better

47. I love extreme sports because they are _____.

A. exciting
B. excited
C. exhausted

48. I don’t like walking because it makes me _____.

A. boring
B. bored
C. exciting

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49. We had an _____ holiday last week.

A. amazed
B. amazing
C. amused

50. We can’t travel because _____ of problems.

A. financial
B. finances
C. monetary

51. I love Sarah because she makes me _____.

A. laugh
B. laughing
C. humorous

52. The weather is _____ cold. Wear a jacket.

A. horrible
B. exactly
C. absolutely

53. We should hurry or we _____ miss the bus.

A. will
B. going to
C. going

54. He is very _____. He never helps the poor.

A. greedy
B. obnoxious
C. stingy

55. I need food. I’ m _____. .

A. thirsty
B. parched
C. starving

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56. That was the _____ movie I’d ever seen.

A. more action
B. most exciting
C. most scary

57. You are so _____. Clean your room!

A. messy
B. fussy
C. tidy

58. He is very _____. He only thinks about himself.

A. lonely
B. selfish
C. selfless

59. Don’t listen to him. He _____ a lot.

A. rumors
B. gossips
C. explains

60. I’ m not interested _____ reading.

A. on
B. in
C. a

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SECTION B : READING (15%)

PART 1 – 10 Marks
Read the text. Are the sentences TRUE (T), FALSE (F) or is there not enough
information to decide (N). Write T / F / N

MY JOB PROFILE

Mario Contadini

I’m a chef on a cruise ship. A cruise ship is a very big boat. People go on
holiday on the ship. The ship goes to different countries, so I travel a lot with my job
– I’m not at home very often! I go to places like Italy, Canada and Mexico every year.

My job isn’t easy. We usually have about 6,000 people on the ship – 4,000
people on holiday and 2,000 workers. We make a lot of food every day. We make
breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner for the people on the ship. In the
morning, I usually get up early, at six o’clock. I have a shower and get dressed, and
then I go to the restaurant. I make some coffee and eat breakfast. Then I start work!

We have 300 chefs on the ship. Some chefs make bread and cakes, some chefs
prepare fruit, vegetables and salads and some chefs just make food from one country,
for example, Japanese food. All the chefs are good at their job and they’re friendly
too! When you work on a cruise ship, you know people from a lot of different
countries. The job isn’t boring, because all the workers are nice.

The ship goes to a lot of interesting towns and cities. When you start this job,
you want to leave the ship and see the places. The young chefs always want to eat
some food from the towns and cities, too! I don’t do that – I don’t leave the ship. I
spend time with my leisure activities. After work, I go to my room and read a book or
I go to bed. I’m a father and sometimes I’m sad, because I don’t see my family when
I’m on the ship. But I think I have a good job!

1. Mario works on a boat. __________

2. Mario goes to different countries with his job. __________

3. Mario’s favourite countries are Canada and Mexico. __________

4. Mario thinks he has a difficult job. __________

5. 4,000 people work on Mario’s ship. __________

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6. Mario gets up at 6.00 a.m. __________

7. Mario makes Japanese food in the restaurant. __________

8. Mario thinks the chefs on the ship are nice. __________

9. Mario leaves the ship when it goes to a town or a city. __________

10. Mario has a daughter. __________

PART 2 – 5 Marks
Based on the reading passage above, find another word that has the same meaning
with the word given below.

11. someone who works as a cook

12. going from one place to another place

13. a place where we go and eat

14. something that is not interesting

15. something that you do when you are free

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SECTION C : WRITING (25%)

Describe a place that you have visited recently. You should include descriptive
adjectives and reason why you like / don’t like this place.

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