English Placement Test

1. This man has dark 5. He is sitting at his ..................................

.......................
A) chair
A) heads B) desk
B) head C) office
C) hairs D) room
D) hair

6. - perhaps he is .....................................
2. and a .................................
A) work
A) beard B) at work
B) barber C) business
C) moustaches D) on job
D) facehair

7. You arrive at a party at 8 p.m. What do you say?

3. He is.....................................a jacket
A) Goodnight
A) wearing B) Good-bye
B) carrying C) Good evening
C) having D) Good afternoon
D) holding

8. Someone offers you a drink. You don’t want it.

4. and he is....................................a piece of paper. What do you say?

A) wearing A) Thank you

B) holding B) Please
C) having C) No, thank you
D) getting D) No, please

9. Henderson...................................going to work.

A) likes not
B) don’t like
C) doesn’t like
D) not like
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10................................................................. early in the morning?

A) Does he get up
B) Gets he up 16......................................................................................................... TV last night.
C) Do he get up
A) Did he watch
D) Get he up
B) Watched he
C) Did he watched
D) Does he watch

11. He.......................................to drive a car.

A) am learning
B) learning 17. I spoke slowly, but he ..................................
C) is learning understand me.
D) are learning
A) canned not
B) didn’t can
C) didn’t could
D) could not
12. A train is....................................a bus.

A) more quickly
B) quickly
C) quicker than 18. He made..............................................last year.
D) more quick
A) many money
B) much money
C) a lot of money
D) lots money
13. He.........................................swim very well.

A) not can
B) cannot
C) doesn’t can 19. I asked him ..........................................
D) don’t can
A) to not go away
B) to go not away
C) not to go away
D) go not away
14............................................................................ the bus to work.

A) Always Roberts catches

B) Roberts always catches
C) Roberts catches always 20. He used to live............................London.
D) Roberts does always catches
A) on
B) in
C) to
D) at
15. Peter works in London.
..................................................................

A) He goes there by train

B) He there goes by train
C) He goes by traint here
D) There goes he by train
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21. James.................................to him on the phone.

26. He has a..................................experience in
A) spoked marketing in Europe.
B) speaked A) grand
C) spoke B) wide
D) spoken C) large
D) great

22. “ Quiet, please – I

........................................................”
27. I remember...............................him in London.
A) am doing a test! A) of meeting
B) do a test! B) to meet
C) doing a test! C) to meeting
D) does a test! D) meeting

23. I won’t go to Cambridge if it .......................................

tomorrow. 28. But I saw him in Frankfurt ........................................

A) 3 years ago
A) rain
B) for 3 years
B) would rain
C) before 3 years
C) rains
D) since 3 years
D) raining

29. Could you look.................the blackboard and read

24. While he....................................to London he saw an what is on it?
accident.
A) to
A) was driving
B) on
B) drives
C) for
C) drove
D) at
D) had driven

30. Smith went abroad last year.

25. Millions of cigarettes ............................................ ..............................................abroad before.
every year.
A) He had never been
A) is smoke
B) He had been never
B) are smoking
C) He never went
C) are smoked
D) He went never
D) are smoke
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31. The last Olympic Games.......................................in 36. Would you mind..............................the door?
Athens.
A) open
A) were helded
B) to open
B) was holded
C) opening
C) were held
D) to opening
D) were hold

37. In August he.......................................for us for 25

32. He took...........................cheese. years.
A) all of A) will have worked
B) all B) will work
C) the all C) is going to work
D) all of the D) will be working

33. The committee held a..................................last week.

38............................................................................................... since I came back to
the office?
A) meeting
A) Did Robinson telephone
B) gathering
B) Was Robinson telephoning
C) session
C) telephoned Robinson
D) sitting
D) Has Robinson telephoned

34. I...............................the Prime Minister’s speech very

carefully. 39. He speaks English very well.........................he’s only
12.
A) heard to
A) whereas
B) heard
B) despite
C) listened to
C) in spite
D) overheard
D) although

35. He would have known that, if he

.....................................the meeting. 40. “Don’t do that,” I said. I..................................him not
to do that.
A) had attended
A) talked
B) would have attended
B) told
C) has attended
C) spoke
D) would attend
D) said
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41. He never takes risks. He’s a very
46. He hasn’t come again today. If he doesn’t come,
..................................man. ................................what to do tomorrow.
A) mindful A) he wouldn’t know
B) anxious B) he didn’t know
C) attentive C) he will not have known
D) cautious D) he won’t know

42. I’d like to put...............................a suggestion, if I 47. CONVERSATION (questions 47 – 64): Mr and Mrs
may. Wallace want to buy a house, so they go to the
office of an estate agent. Agent: Good morning. Mr
A) forward and Mrs Wallace? Mrs Wallace: Mr Hogan? Agent:
B) over How do you do. Mrs Wallace: I spoke to you on the
C) across phone.......................is my husband.
D) through
A) This
B) It
C) He
D) That
43. I....................................this test for at least half an
hour now.

A) do
B) am doing 48. Agent: How do you do................................sit down.
C) have done
A) You
D) have been doing
B) Please
C) Now
D) Let

44. I’ll speak to him when he .................................... .

A) will arrive
B) is arriving 49. Agent: I understand from our telephone conversation
that you’re ....................................
C) arrives
D) would arrive A) intending
B) interesting
C) intended
D) interested
45. “Can you come tomorrow?” He asked
............................................tomorrow.

A) if I come
B) that i come 50. in buying a property for about £85,000, is that
C) if I could come ...............................?
D) that I can come A) true
B) possible
C) not
D) right
51. Mrs Wallace: No. Well the price is right, but – er
– well, we...................a problem. 56. Mrs Wallace: And I am really keen to live in
.................country.
A) make
A) the
B) have
B) a
C) are
C) some
D) seem
D) -

52. Mr Wallace: Longer...................that.

57. I want a big garden. I want a new view. I want to be
A) than ...................to go for walks.
B) that
A) able
C) as
B) possible
D) to
C) can
D) allow

53. Mrs Wallace: Yes, I suppose it is – and we want

to settle back here ............................
58. Mr Wallace: Well, I’m sure you....................teach in
A) because London, in town, just as easily.
B) and
C) but A) would
D) so B) might
C) should
D) could

54. we have very different ideas of the...........................of

place we’d like to live in.
59. Mrs Wallace: Yes,....................I think the chances of
A) kind
B) piece
A) and
C) shape
B) but
D) area
C) so
D) then

55. Mr Wallace: Yes, you see.......................prefer to live

in town, in a centrally located flat.
60. getting a job............................probably much greater
A) I in a village school
B) I’d
A) is
C) we
B) are
D) we’d
C) will
D) would
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61. and I.....................like to be part of the community 66. Hotel Clerk: Well, I think your room is correct,
again, darling. sir. Room 118.................?

A) would A) don’t you

B) do B) isn’t it
C) will C) doesn’t it
D) shall D) can you

62. Mr Wallace: And I want to live in a flat 67. Mr Graham.........................., could I have a bath,
.................... maintenance included.
please?
A) for A) Thus
B) with B) Well
C) and C) In spite
D) by D) Thank you

63. You know – you pay for all the..................I mean, I’m
68. Hotel Clerk: Er – I’m afraid we don’t...................a
not a do-it-yourself man. room with a bath and –
A) services A) reserve
B) servants B) get
C) assistance C) have
D) assistants D) retain

64. I don’t like to mend leaky..........................., and that

69. Mr Graham: Look, I’m very tired. I don’t want to
sort of thing. ....................but my firm always book a room with a
bath.
A) walls
B) floors A) shout
C) roofs B) denounce
D) ceilings C) anger
D) argue

65. Mr Graham has just checked into a hotel, but he is

not happy with his room. He goes down to the
reception desk. Mr Graham: I’m....................there’s 70. Hotel Clerk: Er – I’ll check the .......................
been a mistake. My room doesn’t have a bath.
A) correspondence
A) sorry B) mailing
B) afraid C) communicate
C) anxious D) lettering
D) regret
71. but I don’t think you were........................into a room
with a bath. There we are, it is Mr Graham, isn’t it?
Mr Graham: It is, yes. The clerk shows Mr Graham a
letter 75. Mr Graham: I’ve just flown a very long ....................
and I’m very tired and all I want is a bath and a
A) reserved sleep.
B) checked
C) booked A) distance
D) registered B) airline
C) period
D) timing

72. Hotel Clerk: Yes, one......................room.

A) alone
B) single 76. Hotel Clerk: Well, as I’ve said, sir, there’s
.......................nothing for tonight. But let’s see.
C) bathless
You’re here for five days, aren’t you? Mr Graham: Oh
D) only dear!

A) extremely
B) perfectly
C) absolutely
73. Mr Graham: I’ll see them when I get back. Well, I
...................that it’s our mistake, D) especially

A) appreciate
B) deprecate
C) respect
77. Hotel Clerk: I’ll just have a....................with the
D) expect manager.

A) word
B) sentence
C) phrase
74. but are you sure there’s...........................with a bath?
Hotel Clerk: Well, ............. D) dialogue

A) not
B) something
C) anything
D) nothing
78. Mr Graham: I would...........................it.
80. Hotel Clerk: Don’t worry, sir!..............................it
A) value
with me.
B) appreciate
C) thank A) Let
D) reward B) Leave
C) Give
D) Stop

79. I’m...................................to have a long hot bath!

A) despaired
B) worried
C) desperate
D) overwhelmed