Beginner and Elementary Placement test

TheBeginner and Elementary Placement test has been designed to help you decide whether the Beginner course would be suitable for your students.

The Test has 50 questions, each worth one point. The first 40 are grammar questions and the final 10 are vocabulary questions. The conversion chart below has been designed to assist you in making your decision but please note, however, that these bandings are a guide.

Total score / Level
0 – 35 / Beginner
36 – 50 / Elementary

This test can also be used to diagnose the grammar of the Beginner level that your students need clarification on.

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Grammar

1____'s your name? Thomas

aHow

bWho

cWhat

dWhere

2This is Lucy and her brother, Dan. ____ my friends.

aWe're

bI'm

cYou're

dThey're

3____? I'm from Italy.

aWhere are you from?

bWhere you are from?

cWhere from you are?

dFrom where you are?

4I'm from Milan. ____ is in Italy.

aThey

bIt

cHe

dShe

5Excuse me, how ____ your last name? R-I-L-E-Y

aspell

byou spell

cdo you spell

dspell you

6Oh, ____ are my keys!

aThis

bThese

cThat

dIt

7I'd like ____ omelette, please.

aa

b

can

dtwo

8And here is your ____.

adesk

bdesks.

ca desk

dan desk

9My name's Pete and this is Sylvia. ____ doctors from France.

aI'm

bWe're

cShe's

dThey're

10Sorry, ____ Paul. My name's Eric.

aI isn't

bI is not

cI aren't

dI'm not

11____? No, he isn't.

aAre they teachers?

bAre you from Italy?

cIs Mr Banning a teacher?

dIs this your phone?

12____ is the school? It's 50 years old.

aHow many years

bHow much years

cWhat years

dHow old

13What is ____?

ajob Mary

bMary job

cMary's job

djob's Mary

14Your bag is next ____ the table.

aon

bto

cin

dof

15____ are the keys? On the table.

aWhat

bWhen

cWhere

dWho

16I go to work ____ train.

awith

bby

cfor

din

17She ____ a dog.

anot have

bdon't have

cdon't has

ddoesn't have

18Stephen ____ in our company.

awork

bworks

cis work

dworking

19____ they live in London?

aAre

bIs

cDo

dDoes

20____ to the cinema.

aWe not often go

bWe don't go often

cWe don't often go

dOften we don't go

21When do you play tennis? ____ Mondays.

aOn

bIn

cAt

dBy

22What time ____ work?

astarts he

bdo he starts

cdoes he starts

ddoes he start

23____ two airports in the city.

aIt is

bThere is

cThere are

dThis is

24There aren't ____ here.

aa restaurants

bany restaurants

cany restaurant

da restaurant

25I'm afraid it's ____.

aa hotel expensive

bexpensive hotel

cexpensive a hotel

dan expensive hotel

26They ____ popular TV programmes in the 1980s.

aare

bwere

cwas

dis

27____ at school last week?

aDo you were

bWas you

cWere you

dYou were

28Brad Pitt is a popular actor but I don't like ____.

ahim

bhis

cher

dthem

29We ____ the film last week.

asee

bsaw

csees

dwere see

30He ____ tennis with me yesterday.

adoesn't played

bdidn't played

cnot played

ddidn't play

31She was born ____ May 6th, 1979.

ain

bat

con

dfrom

32Where ____ last summer?

ayou went

bdid you went

cdo you went

ddid you go

33Were you at the shops at 5 p.m. yesterday?No, I ____

adidn't

bam not

cwasn't

dweren't

34Excuse me, ____ is the T-shirt? It's ₤25.99.

awhat expensive

bhow much

chow many

dhow price

35She's only four but she ____.

acan read

bcans read

ccan reads

dcans reads

36This party is boring. We ____ a good time.

adon't have

baren't having

cdon't having

daren't ha

37Sorry, I ____ you at the moment.

acan't help

bdon't can help

ccan't helping

dcan't helps

38I ____ my computer very often.

aam not using

bdon't use

cdoesn't use

dam not use

39It's my mum's birthday next week. I ____ her a present.

abuy

bbuys

cam going to buy

dbuying

40What ____ do after school today?

aare you going to

bare you

cdo you

dyou

Vocabulary

41Gina is married to John. He's her ____

auncle

bhusband

cwife

dparent

42We usually ____ the shopping in a supermarket.

amake

bdo

chave

dgo

43I love this watch! It's ____.

acheap

bsmall

cbeautiful

dugly

44He doesn't have a car so he often uses public ____.

ataxi

btransport

ccar

dbus

45I don't go to ____ on Sundays.

ajob

boffice

cfactory

dwork

46Do you like Chinese ____?

akitchen

bmeal

cfood

dcook

47They hardly ____ visit us.

aever

bsometimes

cnever

dusually

48I'm Jeff Caine. Nice to ____ you, Mr Caine.

aspeak

btalk

cmeet

dwatch

49Can I help you? Thanks, but I'm just ____.

awatching

blooking

cseeing

dshopping

50Mandy is over there. She's ____ a blue T-shirt and jeans.

ahaving

bwearing

cdoing

dwalking

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