English placement test

1. I'm German. ......... English?

1. Are you
2. You
3. Are
4. You're

2. I speak Spanish. She ......... French.

1. does speak
2. speaking
3. speaks
4. are speaking

3. I'm a pop singer. What ......... ?

1. do you
2. do you do
3. you
4. you do

4. Where ......... now?

1. he living
2. lives he
3. is he living
4. is living

5. That isn't your hat. It’s ......... hat.

1. me
2. him
3. my
4. he

6. ......... a radio in your room?

1. Are there
2. Is
3. There is
4. Is there

7. She was born ......... 10th June 1975.

1. at
2. in
3. on
4. by

8. ......... I speak to Sally, please?

1. Do
2. Would
3. Could
4. Am

9. I ......... play the guitar.

1. like
2. can
3. know
4. not

10. Where ......... yesterday ? I was in Palencia.

1. you
2. you was
3. are you
4. were you

11. Last Saturday she ......... a new skirt.

1. buys
2. has bought
3. bought
4. buy

12. He is ......... me.

1. bigger than
2. biggest than
3. bigger
4. bigger that

13. No, thanks. I don't want ......... bread.

1. a
2. any
3. no
4. some

14. How ......... people are there in the classroom?

1. much
2. lot of
3. some
4. many

15. We're good at playing football. We play football .........

1. well
2. good
3. very
4. bad

16. My mother ......... for my birthday.

1. me gave a book
2. gave me a book
3. gave to me a book
4. gave the book me

17. The teacher will help if you .........

1. asked
2. ask
3. will ask him
4. asks

18. ......... tennis.

1. I usually play
2. I play usually
3. Usually I play
4. Play usually

19. These are my bottles of paint. ......... the room.

1. I'm going to paint
2. I paint
3. I will paint
4. I paint will

20. Which sentence is correct?

1. I likes chocolates
2. I like eating chocolates
3. Chocolates like me
4. I chocolates like

21. Can I park here?

1. Sorry, I did that
2. It's the same place
3. Only for half an hour
4. Yes, you will have

22. The woman ......... came yesterday is very beautiful.

1. which
2. whom
3. who
4. she

23. I ......... to Athens.

1. have never been
2. never been
3. have never
4. been have never

24. Jim ......... since he left school.

1. works
2. has been working
3. was working
4. will be working

25. "Please sit down". He told me .........

1. that I sit down
2. sit down
3. to sit down
4. that sit down

26. When I lived in Madrid I ......... underground.

1. go by
2. use go by
3. am used to go by
4. used to go by

27. If I were you ......... it the other way round.

1. I'd turned
2. I'd turn
3. I turned
4. I'll turn

28. ......... is bad for your health.

1. Smoked
2. Smoking
3. Smokes
4. To smoke

29. If he'd studied Literature, he ......... a journalist.

1. would have become
2. would become
3. had become
4. will become

30. They ......... this problem for a long time.

1. have had
2. had
3. have got
4. have

31. I'm your friend, ......... ?

1. aren't I
2. do I
3. am not I
4. don't I

32. The meeting has been ......... until Sarah comes back.

1. put back
2. put off
3. put out
4. put on

33. He ......... drinking, and now he feels better.

1. gave up
2. gave in
3. gave off
4. gave out

34. It depends ......... the weather.

1. -
2. in
3. on
4. of

35. I won't go ......... he invites me.

1. nevertheless
2. unless
3. despite
4. despite or nevertheless

36. The house is ......... but not .........

1. too big/enough good
2. too big/good enough
3. too much big/good enough
4. enough good/too big

37. Which sentence is correct?

1. Mary asked her boss for a raise
2. Mary asked her boss to get a raise
3. Mary asked her boss to have a raise
4. Mary asking her boss to get a raise

38. I'm sorry - I didn't ......... to disturb you.

1. hope
2. think
3. mean
4. suppose

39. My father's too old to paint his house himself, so he .........

1. has painted his house
2. is having it painted
3. is going to paint his house
4. is having painted his house

40. "Can we meet at 6.00?" No, I ......... then.

1. will have eaten
2. will be eating
3. will eat
4. would eat

41. "I'm happy". She told me that ......... happy.

1. she were
2. I am
3. she was
4. I was

42. Paper ......... by the Chinese.

1. is invented
2. invented
3. have been invented
4. was invented

43. There's likely ......... a meeting on Tuesday.

1. be
2. going to be
3. he
4. to be

44. They want ......... them some water.

1. him to give
2. him give
3. he to give
4. that he gives

45. He wanted to know who .........

1. was I talking to
2. I was talking to
3. I was talking
4. was I talking about

46. I'd rather you ......... later. I'm busy now.

1. phoned back
2. would phone back
3. will phone back
4. had phoned back

47. I wish I ......... a lot of money.

1. have
2. had
3. would have
4. will have

48. He's rather dirty. He ......... a shower before he came here.

1. had had
2. should have
3. could have
4. should have had

49. Kim was ......... by her aunt.

1. brought up
2. brought over
3. brought about
4. brought in

50. He looks angry. Something .........

1. would have happened
2. can have happened
3. must have happened
4. had to happened

51. The early bird catches the .........

1. time
2. fly
3. worm
4. train

52. I am used to ......... early.

1. get up
2. getting up
3. got up
4. up get

53. I lost the train. When I arrived, the train .........

1. had already left
2. left before
3. has already left
4. left

54. The car ......... while we were driving.

1. broke off
2. broke out
3. broke down
4. broke up

55. Creative people need to think .........

1. outside the box
2. in someone else’s shoes
3. under pressure
4. beyond the pale

56. After their trip to Spain, they ......... over 20 countries.

1. have visited
2. will have visited
3. will have been visiting
4. are going to have visited

57. They have broken up, but he’s still not ......... her.

1. under
2. past
3. over
4. upon

58. If you ......... a bit sooner, you would have arrived on time.

1. had left
2. left
3. had been leaving
4. have left

59. ......... had the employee left when the boss arrived.

1. No sooner
2. Hardly
3. Sooner
4. Not only

60. No sooner had they left the house ......... it started raining.

1. when
2. that
3. than
4. -