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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