TOUCHSTONE

PLACEMENT TEST

Please cross the correct letter for each question on the answer sheet provided.

Example:

0. A: Am I in your English class?

B: Yes, are.

a. I
b. we
c. you
d. them

0 a b cX d
1. Hi. My name is Mary. What name?

a. you
b. your
c. ‘s your
d. yours

2. Is this your bag? Yes, .

a. it is
b. it’s my
c. is
d. this

3. Where dictionary?

a. Juan’s
b. is Juan
c. ‘s Juan’s
d. Juan is

4. How your mother?

a. many years is
b. is from
c. is like
d. old
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 5. My sister and I ___ very early.

a. getting up
b. gets up
c. don’t get up
d. doesn’t get up

6. Do you ___ to class in the mornings?

a. to be
b. are
c. have
d. go

7. _____ do you rent movies?

a. Who
b. What
c. How often
d. Whose

8. In my town, there’s ___ shopping mall.

a. not
b. don’t
c. no
d. isn’t

9. A: My best friend’s from France.

B: France? ___? That’s interesting.

a. Actually
b. Cool
c. You know
d. Really

10. A: I love this neighborhood.

B: ___.

a. Me too
b. So I do
c. Me neither
d. I am too

11. It ___ right now.

a. ‘s raining
b. ‘s rain
c. raining
d. rain
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12. I ___ karate twice a week.

a. am
b. do
c. go
d. play

13. I need ___ new shoes.

a. buy
b. buying
c. to buy
d. buys

14. I like this watch! How much ___?

a. it costs
b. costs
c. does cost
d. does it cost

15. If you go to New York, you can ___ a ferry to the Statue of Liberty.

a. to take
b. take
c. taking
d. takes

16. I ___ for the math exam last night.

a. to study
b. study
c. studied
d. studying

17. What ___ last weekend?

a. did you do
b. you did
c. do you do
d. you do

18. ___ you like to go out tonight?

a. Would
b. Do
c. Are
d. Did

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19. A: So, you’re here for a week on vacation. That’s fantastic!
B: ___! I’m having a great time.

a. Yeah
b. Oh, good
c. Really well
d. Anyway

20. A: I passed my driver’s test!

B: ___.

a. Well, anyway
b. Oh, that’s too bad
c. Um, well
d. You did? Cool

21. A: Do your parents live nearby?

B: Yes, they ___.

a. are
b. do
c. live
d. is

22. I’m good ___.

a. for dance
b. to dance
c. a dancer
d. at dancing

23. I sneeze all the time. I have ___ .

a. a stomachache
b. allergies
c. a cough
d. sick

24. I know! Let’s give Mom some flowers for ___ birthday!

a. hers
b. she
c. her
d. she’s

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25. What ___ for Christmas this year?

a. do you do
b. are you going to do
c. you’re doing
d. do you go

26. Where ___ born?

a. did you
b. were
c. you did
d. were you

27. A: Are there any cash machines near here?

B: Yes, ___ over there.

a. is one
b. there are
c. there’s one
d. it

28. ___ you give me directions, please?

a. May
b. Do
c. Could
d. Are

29. Do you like carnivals and ___ like that?

a. stuff
b. thing
c. festival
d. tradition

30. A: The aerobics class starts at 7.00.

B: ___? It starts at what time?

a. Excuse
b. I’m sorry
c. How
d. Did you say

31. Is it easy ___ around your town?

a. get
b. to get
c. for getting
d. got
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32. Maybe you ___ learn some French before you go to Paris.

a. have
b. need
c. want
d. should

33. ___ books are these? Are they yours?

a. Whose
b. Who
c. Who’s
d. Whose is

34. I ___ my homework when you called.

a. do
b. did
c. ‘m doing
d. was doing

35. I hurt ___ at the gym yesterday. I sprained my ankle.

a. me
b. myself
c. mine
d. my

36. I think e-mail is ___ than regular mail.

a. more fun
b. funny
c. as fun
d. fun

37. My best friend is the guy ___ by the door.

a. standing
b. who stand
c. stands
d. is standing

38. I’m not sure yet, but I ___ study for a master’s degree.

a. probably
b. will
c. might
d. maybe

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39. A: Would you mind turning on the light?
B: ___.

a. Sure, go ahead.
b. No, not at all.
c. No, go on then.
d. No problems.

40. A: We didn’t get any homework last night.

B: I ___ you were happy!

a. sure
b. think
c. bet
d. mean

41. I’m not going to go out tonight. I have to study really ___ for an exam tomorrow.

a. hardly
b. hard
c. too hard
d. harder

42. I’ve never ___ to Europe.

a. been
b. being
c. be
d. to be

43. What’s the ___ restaurant in your town?

a. nice
b. nicer
c. nicely
d. nicest

44. I can’t spend ____ money on clothes as my friends can.

a. as much
b. as many
c. less than
d. fewer than

45. When I was a kid, my parents never let me ___ up late during the week.

a. to stay
b. staying
c. stay
d. stayed
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46. I didn’t ___ to like jazz music, but now I think it’s OK.

a. used
b. use
c. usually
d. using

47. Are you interested in ____ poetry?

a. to write
b. write
c. wrote
d. writing

48. If you have toothache, you’d ___ go to the dentist.

a. rather
b. better
c. ought
d. might

49. A: My friend is always borrowing my CDs.

B: Well, at ___ he returns them to you.

a. finally
b. least
c. final
d. less

50. A: I can’t believe it! I’ve won a prize!

B: You___?

a. have
b. winning
c. do
d. can

51. I found a Web site ___ helps you find your old school friends.

a. where
b. what
c. who
d. which

52. After you break ___ with someone, you should try and stay friends.

a. in
b. out
c. up
d. away
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53. I wish I ___ more free time.

a. have
b. ‘ll have
c. ‘m having
d. had

54. What ___ you do if you found a wallet on the sidewalk?

a. are
b. did
c. would
d. have

55. I have no idea what time ___.

a. is it
b. it is
c. is
d. its

56. I haven’t seen that new movie ___.

a. already
b. still
c. yet
d. ever

57. You ___ be really hungry after all that exercise!

a. ought
b. must
c. can
d. may

58. The airport ___ yesterday because of fog.

a. was closed
b. has closed
c. closed
d. is closing

59. A: I go out with my friends almost every night.

B: It’s good to spend some time at home, ___.

a. though
b. although
c. even though
d. thoroughly
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60. I usually ____ for work. I often sleep too late.

a. cancel plans
b. find it hard to be on time
c. keep a low profile
d. lend someone

61. How did you end up ___ here?

a. study
b. to study
c. studied
d. studying

62. I don’t look as scruffy ___ I did when I was a teenager.

a. than
b. like
c. so
d. as

63. ___ with your mouth full is considered bad manners.

a. Talk
b. To talk
c. Talking
d. Talked

64. This new CD ___ to be excellent.

a. supposes
b. is supposed
c. supposed
d. supposing

65. A: Did you buy a gift?

B: No, I never got ___.

a. around to it
b. around
c. it’s around
d. around it

66. Something should ___ about global warming.

a. be done
b. doing
c. to do
d. do
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67. Don’t speed! You’ll ___.

a. arrested
b. being arrested
c. get arrested
d. have arrested

68. Before you studied here, ___ English in another school?

a. are you studying

b. have you studied
c. would you study
d. had you studied

69. I think smoking ___ in restaurants.

a. ought to be banned
b. ought to ban
c. ought to be banning
d. ought to

70. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to be rude. I guess I ___ had a bad day, that’s all.

a. even
b. precise
c. just
d. often

71. I always ___ at the hairdresser’s.

a. cut my hair
b. have cut my hair
c. am cutting my hair
d. have my hair cut

72. The TV needs ___.

a. fix
b. to fix
c. fixing
d. fixed

73. No wonder she’s angry. You ___ have shouted at her like that.

a. mustn’t
b. shouldn’t
c. wouldn’t
d. couldn’t

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74. The teacher asked us whether ___ our homework last week.

a. we had done
b. had we done
c. were we doing
d. we have done

75. If I’d studied languages, I ___ a translator.

a. ‘m going to be
b. have been
c. will be
d. would have been

76. This DVD’s amazing, ___ ?

a. doesn’t it
b. does it
c. isn’t it
d. is it

77. ___ it would be quicker to drive to work, I usually walk.

a. In spite
b. Although
c. Despite
d. However

78. Ten years from now, more people ___ working at home.

a. are
b. will be
c. would be
d. might

79. I ___ get a promotion soon. My manager is moving to another city, and I’ll
probably get her job.

a. offer to
b. expect to
c. happen to
d. need

80. I don’t ___ if you’ve heard, but there’s a concert next weekend.

a. know
b. suppose
c. guess
d. think
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PLACEMENT TEST ANSWER SHEET 80

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