Placement Test

1 ) My name ____ Robert.

a) Are
b) Called
c) Is
d) Says

2 ) He ____ 25 years old.

a) Have
b) Am
c) Is
d) Has

3 ) I ____ a newspaper yesterday.

a) Read
b) Rode
c) Run
d) Red

4 ) Mary ____ breakfast every day.

a) Eat
b) Ate
c) Eats
d) Eating

5 ) The time is 16:40. How would you normally say this?

a) Seventeen less twenty

b) Twelve to five
c) Forty minutes past sixteen
d) Forty minutes past

6 ) I have ____ all my life.

a) Live
b) Lives
c) Living
d) Lived

7 ) She has _____ this movie twice.

a) Seen
b) Saw
c) See
 d) Been seen
8 ) When did it start raining?

a) It started an hour ago.

b) For an hour.
c) It rained for an hour.
d) It rained an hour ago.

9 ) How long has it being snowing?

a) It snowed an hour ago.

b) It has been snowing all morning.
c) It snowed for an hour.
d) It will snow for an hour.

10 )What does he do for a living?

a) He lives in London.
b) He has lived in London for years.
c) He works for a bank.
d) He banks with work.

11 ) Where do you ____?

a) Working
b) Work
c) Works
d) Have worked

12 ) Do you know where he ____ now?

a) Study
b) Studied
c) Studies
d) Studying

13 ) I´m ____ very hard.

a) Try
b) Trying
c) Tries
d) Tried

14 ) On holiday, I like to sit ____the beach.

a) In
b) Under
c) On
d) With

15 ) I ____ like golf.

a) No
b) Not
 c) Don´t
d) Doesn´t

16 ) He ____ eat cheese.

a) Don´t
b) No
c) Not
d) Doesn´t

17 ) They ____ like travelling.

a) Don´t
b) Not
c) Doesn´t
d) Do

18 ) Nobody ____ rats!

a) Like
b) Likely
c) Likes
d) Liking

19 ) What time did you ____up this morning?

a) Stand
b) Get
c) Rise
d) Grow

20 ) They arrived ____ 4 o´clock.

a) On
b) With
c) At
d) When

21 ) They arrived ____ Wednesday.

a) On
b) With
c) At
d) When

22 ) You´ve been travelling all day. You ____be tired.

a) Are
b) Should
c) Can´t
d) Must

23 ) They ____ usually drink water.

 a) Would
b) Did
c) Must
d) Can´t

24 ) This fish is rotten. It´s ____!

a) Disgusting
b) Discussing
c) Distorted
d) Discerning

25 ) ____ phone this?

a) Whose
b) His
c) Who
d) Who´s

26 ) Don’t ____, it´s no problem.

a) Concern
b) Worry
c) Trouble
d) Difficult

27 ) Have you ____ dinner?

a) Ate
b) Took
c) Had
d) Eat

28 ) The woman ____ lives next door is vegetarian.

a) What
b) Who
c) She
d) Is

29 ) Neither of them wanted to ____.

a) Go
b) Been
c) Goes
d) Went

30 ) None of the people who applied for the job was ____ for the position.

a) Supreme
b) Subtle
c) Supple
d) Suitable
31 ) ____ probably be late for the meeting.

a) I´ll
b) I´m
c) I´ve
d) I won´t

32 ) _____ the problem?

a) Did
b) Have
c) Who
d) What´s

33 ) Sort it ____!

a) In
b) Out
c) Up
d) On

34 ) Ben doesn´t have a job. He´s ____.

a) Unworking
b) Unbusy
c) Unemployed
d) Uninterested

35 ) Phil and Sharon would like to ____ their own house.

a) Have
b) Take
c) Live
d) Want

36 ) Most ____ would agree.

a) Person
b) Peer
c) People
d) Peoples

37 ) She _____ travels around the world.

a) Has
b) Often
c) Does
d) Has

38 ) Who ____ you to drive?

a) Taught
b) Teach
c) Learned
 d) Teaching

39 ) With whom did you ____ to speak English?

a) Toughed
b) Learned
c) Learn
d) Teaching

40 ) Far is the opposite of ____.

a) By
b) With
c) Near
d) Adjust

41 ) ____ going on?

a) What´s
b) What´ve
c) What´re
d) What´ll

42 ) ____ you saying?

a) What have
b) What are
c) What
d) What´s

43 ) _____ he do next?

a) What have
b) What are
c) What will
d) What´s

44 ) Why ____ you do that?

a) Have
b) Had
c) Does
d) Did

45 ) The phone is ____.

a) Calling
b) Phoning
c) Sounding
d) Ringing

46 ) The trouble ____ computers is that they often break.

a) With
 b) At
c) Of
d) And

47 ) The author ____ a fantastic book.

a) Written
b) Wrote
c) Rights
d) Write

48 ) I would ____ you yesterday, but I didn´t have your number.

a) Call
b) Called
c) Have called
d) Had called

49 ) This building is quite old. It ____ in 1855.

a) Build
b) Built
c) Was built
d) Has built

50 ) The council ____this library in 1876.

a) Build
b) Built
c) Has built
d) Was built

51 ) He doesn´t like _____ what to do.

a) Told
b) Being told
c) Telling
d) Talking

52 ) He likes giving presents but he also likes ____ given them.

a) Been
b) Having
c) To
d) Being

53 ) You were ____ to go to the bank.

a) Suppose
b) Have
c) Supposed
d) Should

54 ) Which sentence is correct?

 a) He afraid of dogs.
b) Dogs he is afraid of.
c) He is afraid of dogs.
d) He is made afraid of dogs.

55 ) You could ____ come back later.

a) Always
b) Should
c) Can
d) Are able

56 ) They live ____ mountain.

a) Near a
b) Nearby
c) Close
d) Closed

57 ) They live ____ the sea.

a) Near
b) Near the
c) Close
d) Closed

58 ) I like to go ____.

a) Swim
b) Swam
c) Swimming
d) Swims

59 ) _____ a train to Birmingham this evening.

a) There is
b) There
c) Is there
d) Is

60 ) Would you _____ a cup of tea?

a) Share
b) Want
c) Care
d) Mind

61 ) Don´t ____ me, I´ll be back later.

a) Wait
b) Wait for
c) Wait on
d) Waiting on
62 ) We can´t ____ making this decision.

a) Put up
b) Put by
c) Put off
d) Put down

63 ) How can you ____ with this noise?

a) Put off
b) Put up
c) Put by
d) Put down

64 ) It´s silly to get angry ____ small things.

a) About
b) On
c) Of
d) Because

65 ) He´ll get ____ his ex-wife soon, then he can get on with his life.

a) On
b) Under
c) Over
d) By

66 ) James isn´t enjoying his work. He says he´s annoyed _____ his workmates.

a) By
b) At
c) For
d) To

67 ) I feel sorry ____ Jenny. She´s had a lot of bad luck.

a) At
b) For
c) With
d) About

68 ) William ____ them what was wrong with the idea.

a) Explain
b) Explain to
c) Explained to
d) Explained

69 ) Lots of accidents are caused by people ____ too fast.

a) Drive
b) Drove
c) Driving
 d) Drives

70 ) Finishing a test is always ____.

a) Satisfied
b) Satisfaction
c) Satisfies
d) Satisfying

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