Quick Placement Test

Lingua-Centrum

QUICK PLACEMENT TEST

Note that this Quick Placement Test provides an assessment of level in terms of grammar and vocabulary. Complex tests of English language skills include also speaking, listening and reading.

(1) My name is Anna and I _____ from Slovakia.

a) is

b) be

c) are

d) am

(2) Where _____?

a) does she live

b) she lives

c) she does live

d) lives she

(3) Ialways visit my parents _____ Sunday afternoon.

a) on

b) in

c) at

d) by

(4) Could you _____ slowly, please?

a) tell

b) speak

c) call

d) say

(5) I often _____ football with my friends.

a) have

b) go

c) do

d) play

(6) Iseldom _____ TV.

a) watch

b) look

c) see

d) hear

(7) Who _____ English?

a) does teach you

b) teaches you

c) you teaches

d) teach you

(8) Who did _____ at the party?

a) you met

b) you meet

c) met you

d) meet

(9) Where _____ tonight?

a) will you go

b) are you going to go

c) are you going

d) do you go

(10) This is _____ film I’ve ever seen.

a) the most good

b) the goodest

c) the more better

d) the best

(11) ‘_____ to Canada ‘No, he hasn’t.’

a) Did he ever go

b) Have he ever gone

c) Has he ever gone

d) Has he ever been

(12) We have ahousekeeper, who _____ all the work in our house.

a) does

b) makes

c) works

d) takes

(13) Is this the girl _____ father is your boss?

a) which

b) that

c) who

d) whose

(14) Don’t worry. He’ll give us a call as soon as he _____ .

a) will arrive

b) arrive

c) arrives

d) arrived

(15) My boss is very _____ . Idon’t like him very much.

a) unpredictable

b) interesting

c) charming.

d) interested

(16) Ihope you will _____ your English exam.

a) do

b) make

c) pass

d) fail

(17) I’m not interested _____ these gossips.

a) on

b) in

c) about

d) for

(18) My husband hates _____ in queues.

a) to waiting

b) waiting

c) wait

d) to wait

(19) I was wondering if _____ help me.

a) could you

b) can you

c) you could

d) you can

(20) Lisa did not tell me where _____ yesterday.

a) she went

b) she did go

c) went she

d) did she go

(21) Peter denies knowing them, _____ I find hard to believe.

a) that

b) but

c) who

d) which

(22) This is one of the worst droughts. We’ve had very _____ rain this summer.

a) little

b) a little

c) few

d) afew

(23) He always forgets to _____ the lights when he leaves.

a) turn up

b) turn in

c) turn off

d) turn over

(24) Could you _____ me five pound please?

a) lease

b) lend

c) borrow

d) rent

(25) Please call me when _____ ready.

a) you are

b) you will be

c) you are going

d) are you

(26) We _____ a lot of time in our cottage during summer.

a) take

b) spend

c) have

d) waste

(27) I _____ an essay when the phone rang.

a) have written

b) was written

c) wrote

d) was writing

(28) While Iwas having dinner, my mobile phone _____ stolen from my hotel room.

a) is

b) was

c) has

d) did

(29) The exam starts exactly at 8 a.m. We _____ be late.

a) couldn’t

b) wouldn’t

c) mustn’t

d) don’t have to

(30) Ifeel sick. I wish I _____ so much chocolate!

a) didn’t eat

b) haven’t eaten

c) hadn’t eaten

d) don’t eat

(31) _____ acamel is an unforgettable experience.

a) Riding

b) Travelling

c) Driving

d) Going

(32) Ihave got asore throat. Ihave to go to the doctor’s and ask for a _____!

a) receipt

b) recipe

c) prescription

d) reception

(33) Inever go out without _____my make-up on.

a) doing

b) putting

c) having

d) getting

(34) I am really _____ with all these soap operas.

a) eager

b) enthusiastic

c) fed up

d) keen

(35) Where _____ ?

a) can Ihave my car repaired

b) Ican repair my car

c) my car has been repaired

d) Ihave repaired my car

(36) Have you heard about the tourist who _____ yesterday?

a) is kidnapped

b) was kidnapping

c) has been kidnapped

d) was kidnapped

(37) Teachers should _____ in mind that not all students are at the same level.

a) take

b) bear

c) put

d) think

(38) We _____ when we heard the joke.

a) burst into laughter

b) felt into laughter

c) took into laughter

d) made into laughter

(39) Iam afraid they must _____ the plane. They could not make it to the airport in time.

a) to miss

b) miss

c) be missing

d) have missed

(40) What would you do if you _____ a millionaire?

a) are

b) would be

c) were

d) have been

(41) Hopefully we _____ our apartment by the end of holiday.

a) will have redecorated

b) will be redecorating

c) will redecorate

d) shall redecorate

(42) Can I _____ on you to keep this information confidential?

a) trust

b) rely

c) believe

d) ensure

(43) If I _____ Jane and Paul, I wouldn’t have learned about their wedding.

a) hadn’t met

b) didn’t meet

c) wouldn’t have met

d) haven’t met

(44) If I _____ about it I wouldn’t have come!

a) knew

b) have known

c) had known

d) know

(45) Hurry up – by the time we get to the restaurant the party _____.

a) will already start

b) is going to start already

c) will already have started

d) has already started

(46) Suppose you _____ that job. Would you have been happy?

a) have been given

b) had been given

c) were given

d) have given

(47) Iremember _____ you that book along time ago.

a) giving

b) to give

c) give

d) gave

(48) The tutor _____ you if he was unhappy with your results.

a) would tell

b) would have told

c) must have told

d) had told

(49) I _____ from you soon.

a) look forward to hear

b) am looking forwards to hearing

c) look forward to hearing

d) look forwards for hearing

(50) She knows everything about us. I’d rather you _____ her that.

a) shouldn’t tell

b) didn’t tell

c) haven’t told

d) hadn’t told