Quick Placement Test

Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill each blank.

(1) Roberta _____ from The United (11) I wish I _____ more money! (21) Harry can _____ English.
States. a) have a) to speak
a) are b) had b) speaking
b) is c) would have c) speak
c) am d) was having d) speaks
d) be (22) I’m not interested _____ sports.
(2) What’s _____ name? a) for
(12) _____ be famous one day?
a) - b) about
a) Would you like
b) his c) in
b) Would you like to
c) him d) to
c) Do you like
d) he
d) Do you like to
(23)She likes _____ expensive clothes.
(13) It’s my birthday _____ Friday.
3) My friend _____ in London. a) wearing
a) living a) on
b) to wearing
b) live b) in
c) at c) wear
c) lives d) is wearing
d) is live d) by
(24) Harry _____ his father’s car when
(4) Where _____? (14) I _____ eighteen years old.
the accident happened.
a) works Tom a) am a) was driving
b) Tom b) have
b) drove
works c) have got c) had driven
c) Tom does work a) - d) has been driving
d) does Tom work
(15) I _____ a headache. (25) I was wondering _____ tell me when the
(5) I _____ coffee. a) am next plane from Chicago arrives?
a) no like b) do a) could you
b) not like c) have b) can you
c) like don’t d) got c) if you could
d) don’t like d) if could you
(16) Do you _____ a uniform at
your school? (26) If I _____ him, I would have spoken
(6) ‘_____ to Australia,
Ginny?’ ‘Yes, two years ago.”
a) carry to him, wouldn’t I?

a) Did you ever go b) wear a) saw

c) use b) had seen
b) Do you ever go d) hold
c) Have you ever been c) have seen
d) would have seen
d) Are you ever going (17) ‘What time is it?’‘I have no _____.’
a) idea (27) I like your hair. Where _____?
(7) Tokyo is _____ city I’ve ever
b) opinion a) do you have cut
lived in.
a) the most big c) answer b) have you cut it
d) time c) do you have cut it
b) the bigger
c) the biggest d) do you have it cut
(18) The meal was very expensive.
d) the more big Look at the _____! (28) I think Joey must _____ late tonight.
(8)A vegetarian is someone _____
a) ticket His office light is still on.
doesn’t eat meat. b) receipt a) have worked
a) who c) invoice b) work
b) what d) bill c) be working
c) which d) to work
d) whose (19) How many _____ of trousers
have you got? (29) John tells me Jack’s going out with
a) items Helen, _____ I find hard to believe.
(9) _____ these days.
b) pairs a) which
a) I never a newspaper buy c) sets b) who
b) I never buy a newspaper d) times c) whose
c) I buy never a newspaper d) that
d) Never I buy a newspaper (20) Joel came back from his
holiday in Brazil looking really _____. (30)What _____ this weekend, Lance?
(10) I _____ watch TV a) tanned a) will you do
tonight. b) sunned b) are you doing
a) am c) coloured c) will you have done
b) go to d) darkened d) do you do
c) going to (41) Who _____ in that house? (51) I’d rather I _____ next weekend, but
a) am going to a) does live I do!
(31) The weather has been b) lives a) don’t have to work
awful. We’ve had very _____ c) does he live b) didn’t have to work
sunshine this summer. d) he lives c) wouldn’t work
a) little d) wasn’t working
b) a little (42) I’ll call you when I _____
c) few home. (52) Harriet is so knowledgeable. She can
d) a few a) get talk about _____ subject that comes up.
b) ’ll get a) whatever
(32) Did you hear what happened to c) ’ll have got b) whenever
Kate? She _____.
d) ’m getting c) wherever
a) is arrested
d) whoever
b) arrested (43) If you _____ me, what would you do? (53) I always _____ milk in my coffee.
c) has been arrested a) was a) have
d) is being arrested b) would be b) drink
(33) I usually _____ up at about 7.30.
c) were c) mix
a) go
d) have been d) make
b) be (54) I _____ TV every evening.
c) do (44) I don’t know where _____ last night. a) watch
d) get a) did he go b) look at
(34)I _____ football every week.
b) he did go c) see
a) play
c) went he d) hear
b) go
d) he went
c) do
(55) Can you give me a _____ with my bag.
d) have
(45) John and Betty are coming to a) leg
visit us tomorrow but I wish _____. b) back
(35) My sister _____ the
a) they won’t c) hand
cooking in our house.
a) does b) they hadn’t d) head
b) makes c) they didn’t
d) they weren’t (56) Before you enter the triathlon, please bear
c) cooks in _____ that you’re not as young as you used to
d) takes be!
(46) I’m so hungry! If only Bill
_____ all the food in the fridge! a) thought
(36) Don’t forget to _____ the b) question
light when you leave the room.
a) wasn’t eating
b) didn’t eat c) mind
a) turn up d) opinion
b) turn in c) hadn’t eaten
d) hasn’t eaten
c) turn off (57) The breath test showed he had consumed
(47) I regret _____ harder in
d) turn over more than three times the legal limit of alcohol,
school.
so the police arrested him for _____.
a) not studying
(37) She was in _____ when
b) not to study a) trespassing
she heard the tragic news. b) mugging
a) crying c) to not study
d) not have studied c) speeding
b) tears d) drunk driving
c) cries
(48) Surely Sue _____ you if she
d) tearful was unhappy with your work.
(58) The meeting was _____ and not very
interesting.
a) will tell a) time-wasting
(38) He _____ that he hadn’t
stolen the computer, but no one
b) would have told b) time-consuming
believed him. c) must have told
c) time-using
a) reassured d) had told d) out of time
b) informed
c) insisted (49) Our neighbours aren’t very (59) After the movie was released, the main
polite, and _____ particularly quiet! _____ point was its excessive use of violence.
d) persuaded
a) discussion
(39) Could you _____ me that
a) neither they aren’t b) speaking
book for a couple of days, please? b) either they aren’t c) conversation
a) lend c) nor are they d) talking
b) owe d) neither did they be
c) borrow (60) There have been several big _____
d) rent (50) We had expected that they against the use of GM foods recently.
_____ fluent English, but in fact they a) campaigns
(40) Greg is _____ a lot of
didn’t.
time at Yvonne’s house these days! b) issues
a) taking a) were speaking c) boycotts
b) spending b) would speak d) strikes
c) had spoken
c) having
d) doing d) spoke

QUICK PLACEMENT TEST ANSWERS

Each answer is worth one point.

(1) b (31) a
(2) b (32) c
(3) c (33) d
(4) d (34) a
(5) d (35) a
(6) c (36) c
(7) c (37) b
(8) a (38) c
(9) b (39) a
(10) d (40) b
(11) b
(12) b (41) b
(42) a
(13) a (43) c
(14) a (44) d
(15) c (45) d
(16) b (46) c
(17) a (47) a
(18) d (48) b
(19) b (49) c
(20) a (50) b
(51) b
(21) c (52) a
(22) c
(23) a (53) a
(24) a (54) a
(25) c (55) c
(26) b (56) c
(27) d (57) d
(28) c (58) b
(29) a (59) d
(30) b (60) a

Total Score Level

0-14 Beginner
15–24 Elementary
25–34 Pre-intermediate
35–44 Intermediate
45–54 Upper-intermediate
55–60 Advanced