Section 4

QUICK PLACEMENT TEST

Section 1

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

(1) Roberta _____ from The United States.

a) are

b) is

c) am

d) be

(2) What’s _____ name?

a) -

b) his

c) him

d) he

(3) My friend _____ in London.

a) living

b) live

c) lives

d) is live

(4) Where _____?

a) works Tom

b) Tom works

c) Tom does work

d) does Tom work

(5) I ­_____ coffee.

a) no like

b) not like

c) like don’t

d) don’t like

(6) ‘_____ to Australia, Ginny?’ ‘Yes, two years ago.”

a) Did you ever go

b) Do you ever go

c) Have you ever been

d) Are you ever going

(7) Tokyo is _____ city I’ve ever lived in.

a) the most big

b) the bigger

c) the biggest

d) the more big

(8)A vegetarian is someone _____ doesn’t eat meat.

a) who

b) what

c) which

d) whose

(9) _____ these days.

a) I never a newspaper buy

b) I never buy a newspaper

c) I buy never a newspaper

d) Never I buy a newspaper

(10) I _____ watch TV tonight.

a) am

b) go to

c) going to

d) am going to

(11)I wish I _____ more money!

a) have

b) had

c) would have

d) was having

(12) _____ be famous one day?

a) Would you like

b) Would you like to

c) Do you like

d) Do you like to

Section 2

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

(13) It’s my birthday _____ Friday.

a) on

b) in

c) at

d) by

(14) I _____ eighteen years old.

a) am

b) have

c) have got

a) -

(15) I _____ a headache.

a) am

b) do

c) have

d) got

(16) Do you _____ a uniform at your school?

a) carry

b) wear

c) use

d) hold

(17) ‘What time is it?’ ‘I have no _____.’

a) idea

b) opinion

c) answer

d) time

(18)The meal was very expensive. Look at the _____!

a) ticket

b) receipt

c) invoice

d) bill

(19) How many _____ of trousers have you got?

a) items

b) pairs

c) sets

d) times

(20) Joel came back from his holiday in Brazil looking really _____.

a) tanned

b) sunned

c) coloured

d) darkened

Section 3

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

(21) Harry can _____ English.

a) to speak

b) speaking

c) speak

d) speaks

(22) I’m not interested _____ sports.

a) for

b) about

c) in

d) to

(23) She likes _____ expensive clothes.

a) wearing

b) to wearing

c) wear

d) is wearing

(24) Harry _____ his father’s car when the accident happened.

a) was driving

b) drove

c) had driven

d) has been driving

(25) I was wondering _____ tell me when the next plane from Chicago arrives?

a) could you

b) can you

c) if you could

d) if could you

(26) If I _____ him, I would have spoken to him, wouldn’t I?

a) saw

b) had seen

c) have seen

d) would have seen

(27)I like your hair. Where _____?

a) do you have cut

b) have you cut it

c) do you have cut it

d) do you have it cut

(28) I think Joey must _____ late tonight. His office light is still on.

a) have worked

b) work

c) be working

d) to work

(29) John tells me Jack’s going out with Helen, _____ I find hard to believe.

a) which

b) who

c) whose

d) that

(30) What _____ this weekend, Lance?

a) will you do

b) are you doing

c) will you have done

d) do you do

(31) The weather has been awful. We’ve had very _____ sunshine this summer.

a) little

b) a little

c) few

d) a few

(32) Did you hear what happened to Kate? She _____.

a) is arrested

b) arrested

c) has been arrested

d) is being arrested

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