Quick Placement & Diagnostic Test: Grammar
Quick Placement & Diagnostic Test: Grammar
Quick Placement & Diagnostic Test: Grammar
This test can also be used to diagnose grammar that you need clarification on. Please consult
the relevant level and unit of the course for more information.
Grammar
1. I ________________ from France. Beginner Unit 1
a) is
b) are
c) am
d) be
a) Her
b) Our
c) Yours
d) His
a) my sister’s friend
b) friend my sister
c) friend from my sister
d) my sister friend’s
a) the
b) an
c) a
d)
a) This is
b) There is
c) They are
d) There are
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6. Paul ________________ romantic films. Beginner Unit 5
a) likes not
b) don’t like
c) doesn’t like
d) isn’t likes
a) driving
b) ‘m driving
c) drives
d) drive
a) didn't be
b) weren’t
c) wasn’t
d) isn’t
a) like
b) likes
c) liking
d) liked
a) Do you like
b) Would you like
c) Want you
d) Are you like
11. The living room is ___________________ than the bedroom. Elementary Unit 10 /
Pre-int Unit 6
a) more big
b) more bigger
c) biggest
d) bigger
12. The car is very old. We’re going ____________________ a new car soon. Beginner Unit 12 /
Elementary Unit 11
a) to buy
b) buying
c) to will buy
d) buy
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13. Jane is a vegetarian. She ____________________ meat. Beginner Unit 6 /
Elementary Unit 4
a) sometimes eats
b) never eats
c) often eats
d) usually eats
14. There aren’t ________________ buses late in the evening. Elementary Unit 3 / Pre-int
Unit 3
a) some
b) any
c) no
d) a
a) next
b) opposite
c) behind
d) in front
a) is going
b) go
c) going
d) goes
17. They _________________ in the park when it started to rain heavily. Intermediate Unit 4
a) walked
b) were walking
c) were walk
d) are walking
a) since
b) from
c) during
d) for
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20. You _________________ pay for the tickets. They’re free. Intermediate Unit 3
a) have to
b) don’t have
c) don’t need to
d) doesn’t have to
21. Jeff was ill last week and he _________________ go out. Pre-intermediate Unit 11
a) needn't
b) can’t
c) mustn’t
d) couldn’t
22. These are the photos ________________ I took on holiday. Pre-intermediate Unit 12
a) which
b) who
c) what
d) where
a) raining
b) rains
c) will rain
d) rain
24. He doesn’t smoke now, but he __________________ a lot when he was young.
Pre-intermediate Unit 2
a) has smoked
b) smokes
c) used to smoke
d) was smoked
a) will help
b) am helping
c) going to help
d) have helped
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27. This town ___________________ by lots of tourists during the summer.
Pre-intermediate Unit 9 / Intermediate Unit 11
a) visits
b) visited
c) is visiting
d) is visited
28. He said that his friends ____________ to speak to him after they lost the football match.
Intermediate Unit 12 / Upper-intermediate Unit 10
a) not want
b) weren’t
c) didn’t want
d) aren’t wanting
30. Excuse me, can you ___________________ me the way to the station, please?
Pre-intermediate Unit 3
a) give
b) take
c) tell
d) say
a) I didn’t, too.
b) Neither was I.
c) Nor I did.
d) So I wasn’t.
32. Take a warm coat, _______________ you might get very cold outside.
Upper Intermediate Unit 4
a) otherwise
b) in case
c) so that
d) in order to
33. __________________ this great book and I can’t wait to see how it ends.
Intermediate Unit 7 / Upper Intermediate Unit 4
a) I don’t read
b) I’ve read
c) I’ve been reading
d) I read
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34. What I like more than anything else ___________________ at weekends.
Upper Intermediate Unit 1
a) playing golf
b) to play golf
c) is playing golf
d) is play golf
35. She ________________ for her cat for two days when she finally found it in the garage.
Upper Intermediate Unit 5
a) looked
b) had been looked
c) had been looking
d) were looking
36. We won’t catch the plane _________________ we leave home now! Please hurry up!
Upper Intermediate Unit 6
a) if
b) providing that
c) except
d) unless
37. If I hadn’t replied to your email, I___________________ here with you now.
Upper Intermediate Unit 6
a) can’t be
b) wouldn’t be
c) won’t be
d) haven’t been
38. Do you think you ___________________ with my mobile phone soon? I need to make a
call. Upper Intermediate Unit 7
a) finish
b) are finishing
c) will have finished
d) are finished
a) go for
b) you going to
c) to go for
d) going for
40. Was it Captain Cook ______________ New Zealand? Upper Intermediate Unit 12
a) who discovered
b) discovered
c) that discover
d) who was discovering
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Vocabulary
41. You may not like the cold weather here, but you’ll have to ________________, I’m afraid.
a) tell it off
b) sort itself out
c) put up with it
d) put it off
42. It’s cold so you should __________________ on a warm jacket.
a) put
b) wear
c) dress
d) take
43. Paul will look ______________ our dogs while we’re on holiday.
a) at
b) for
c) into
d) after
44. She ___________________ a lot of her free time reading.
a) does
b) spends
c) has
d) makes
45. Hello, this is Simon. Could I ___________________ to Jane, please?
a) say
b) tell
c) call
d) speak
46. They’re coming to our house ___________________ Saturday.
a) in
b) at
c) on
d) with
47. I think it’s very easy to ___________ debt these days.
a) go into
b) become
c) go down to
d) get into
48. Come on! Quick! Let’s get _____________!
a) highlight
b) cracking
c) massive
d) with immediate effect
49. I phoned her ____________ I heard the news.
a) minute
b) during
c) by the time
d) the moment
50. I feel very ____________. I’m going to go to bed!
a) nap
b) asleep
c) sleepy
d) sleeper
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