ENGLISH PLACEMENT TEST N.
Choose the correct answer. Only one answer is correct.
JULIA: Hello, Kevin. 1_______ you for ages. How are you?
KEVIN: I’m fine. How about you? 2_________ well.
JULIA: Yes, I’m very well, thanks.
KEVIN: So, 3___________ somewhere or 4__________ somebody off a train?
JULIA: 5___________ to London for a business meeting. And you? Where 6__________?
KEVIN: Nowhere. 7__________ a friend. Unfortunately, her train 8___________. I
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__________ here for nearly an hour.
JULIA: Oh, I’m sorry.
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___________ at the moment? When I last 11__________ to you, you 12__________
in a travel agency.
KEVIN: That’s right. Unfortunately, the firm 13________ out of business a couple of months
after I 14________ there, and I 15_________ my job.
JULIA: And you 16__________ a job since then?
KEVIN: Not a permanent job. 17___________ a few temporary jobs. By the way,
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_________ Joe recently?
JULIA: Joe? He’s in Canada. He 19________ there about a year now. I 20__________ him a
few days before 21________. He 22________ unemployed for months, so he
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__________ to try his luck somewhere else.
Oh. Look, that’s my train.
KEVIN: It’s been really nice to see you again.
JULIA: You too. Bye.
KEVIN: Bye.
1 a. I didn’t see 2 a. Do you look 3 a. you’re going
b. I haven’t seen b. Are you looking b. Are you going
c. I haven’t been c. you’re looking c. do you go
seeing d. You look d. have you gone
d. I have seen
4 a. are you waiting for 5 a. I went 6 a. you’re going
b. do you waiting for b. I’ll go b. are you going
c. do you wait for c. I am c. do you go
d. are you waiting d. I’m going d. will you go
7 a. I’m waiting 8 a. was delayed 9 a. have waited
b. I wait for b. has been delayed b. was waiting
c. I’m waiting for c. has delayed c. am waiting
d. I have been d. delayed d. have been waiting
waiting
10 a. do you work 11 a. spoke 12 a. was working
b. are you working b. was speaking b. worked
c. have you worked c. could speak c. were working
d. were you working d. have spoken d. have worked
13 a. went 14 a. started working 15 a. lose
b. has gone b. have started to work b. losed
c. has been c. had started working c. lost
d. was d. worked d. have lost
16 a. have had 17 a. I had 18 a. did you see
b. haven’t had b. I’ve had b. have you seen
c. had c. I’ve been having c. you see
d. didn’t have d. I had had d. will you see
19 a. has lived 20 a. meet 21 a. he left
b. has been living b. have met b. he leaves
c. lived c. met c. he has left
d. lives d. didn’t meet d. he had left
22 a. was 23 a. has decided
b. has been b. had decided
c. had been c. decided
d. would be d. decides
24. I called Jane this morning, but she didn’t answer the phone. She _______ in the shower.
a. must be b. could be
c. must have been d. couldn’t have been
25. You haven’t done your homework, _________?
a. have you? b. did you?
c. didn’t you? d. would you?
26. If you want to be successful, you _________ work very hard.
a. must b. should
c. have to d. has to
27. Jane told me she ___________ her plane. That’s why she was late for the meeting.
a. had missed b. has missed
c. missed d. has been missing
28. Anna asked John if _________ painting the kitchen.
a. he can give her a hand b. he could lend her a hand
c. could he lend her a hand d. will he help her
29. If I didn’t work so much, I ______ time to go to the gym.
a. will have b. would have had
c. would have d. had
30. A: Sean is very happy today.
B: He __________ his exam.
a. must have passed b. can’t pass
c. can’t have passed d. should have passed
31. I don’t think we’ve met before. You’re confusing me with __________
a. some other b. someone else
c. other person d. one other
32. He works _______ engineer.
a. like b. as
c. the same as d. as an
33. I’ve ________ answered that question.
a. already b. still
c. yet d. no longer
34. You’d like that, ___________?
a. don’t you b. didn’t you
c. hadn’t you d. wouldn’t you
35. I ___________ it again
a. would like you to read b. would like that you read
c. would like you reading d. would like you read
36. What ________ if your boss _______ you a pay rise?
a. would you do / offered b. did you do / offered
c. you would do / would offer d. you would do / has offered
37. We ________ to smoke at school
a. wouldn’t be allowed b. can’t
c. aren’t allowed d. should
38. She told me she _______ a new car the previous week.
a. bought b. buys
c. has bought d. had bought
39. _________ open the door for you?
a. would you like that I b. Do you want that I
c. Will I d. Shall I
40. There’s not much to do here ____ Sundays.
a. at b. on
c. in d. for
41. He was a good runner so he _______ escape from the police.
a. succeeded to b. might
c. was able to d. could
42. I’m very tired. I ________ in the garden all afternoon.
a. have worked b. have been working
c. worked d. was working
43. Jack is excited, because he __________ a promotion.
a. was given b. has been given
c. gave d. receives
44. It has been raining for ages! I wish the weather _______ better.
a. is b. will be
c. was d. were
45. _________, I wouldn’t spend so much money on clothes.
a. If I were you b. If I was you
c. If I am you d. If I was in you
46. I’m not sure what to do this weekend. I _________ stay home, or go to the country.
a. could b. might
c. should d. perhaps
47. A: My house is near the motorway.
B: It _______ very noisy
a. must be b. must have been
c. must be being d. could be
48. I ran ten kilometres __________
a. without stopping b. without stop
c. no stopping d. out of stopping
49. Jane to Mike: “Why don’t you come and stay with us for a few days?”
a. she told him not to go
b. she invited him to their house
c. she asked him to leave
d. she invited him to move to their house
50. Clare wanted to know _______________
a. what time did the bank close
b. what time closed the bank
c. what time the bank closes
d. what time the bank closed
