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Quick placement test

Choose the answer (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence.

Example:

Where

A do you go

B have you gone

B rather

C sooner

B having

C doing

B who

C whose

B some

Ca

B monotonous
B how

D whom
D
D wobbly
D which

B puerile

C infant

D youthful

B how

C that

D for

B stand

C allow

D agree

C fulfilled

D overcome

Sorry Im late, I stopped _____ the shopping on the way home.

B to do

C to doing

D out to do

Jennifer _____ advantage of all the opportunities she was given and has done very well.
A achieved

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D chatting

Unfortunately, hes never _____ his potential, which is a great shame.

A doing
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C deep
C where

A encountered B gained
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D earlier

He cant _____ hearing people arguing with each other.

A beat

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D didnt think

I hate _____ when you keep interrupting me.

A it

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C havent thought

His _____ good looks are what have made his fortune.
A juvenile

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B arent thinking

Was that the building _____ the factory used to be?

A when

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D have been staying

You could tell that the speaker was nervous from her _____ voice.
A husky

C were staying

Its important to create _____ good relationship with work colleagues as teamwork is so important.
A the

B will be staying

The person to _____ we were speaking seemed to have all the information we needed.
A which

D came

Julia hated _____ small talk with the professors as she never knew what to talk about.
A making

C were coming

No _____ had I said it than I realised it was the wrong thing to say.
A quicker

B have been coming

We _____ its a good idea to take too much time off work.
A dont think

D go you

My parents are coming this weekend but I dont know how long they _____ .
A stay

C are you going

Weve been living in Brighton since we _____ to England three years ago.
A have come

C for your next holiday?

B had

C gained

D took

He wasnt _____ in getting the job he wanted but he was offered another job in the same company.
A succeeding

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C succeeded

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D successive

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He _____ to New Zealand to work but he decided to go to America instead.

A should go

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B must have gone

C supposed to go

You _____ that it wasnt going to be easy to become a doctor everyone warned you.
A might realise B can have realised

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C fancy

B doesnt go
B as
B far

C great

B common

D close

B seriously

C exceptionally

D bitterly

B somewhere

C nowhere

D virtually

C routines

D customs

B affiliation

C association

D membership

B incompetent

C incapable

D inexpert

B occasion

C event

D exception

You should leave now, _____ youll be late for the meeting.
B until

C otherwise

D except

Well offer you the job _____ as you realise that its only on a temporary basis.
A providing

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C distant

In the _____ of a fire, leave the building immediately.

A unless
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D deal

Some people just seem to be _____ of reading instructions correctly.

A case
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D alike

In business its important to build up a good _____ with your customers.

A inefficient
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D not going

Theres a training course next week for staff to improve their sales _____ .

A rapport
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C wasnt going
C similar

A technologies B techniques
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D rather

The new factory is _____ near finished. Itll take another two months at least.
A hardly

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B wish

She was _____ disappointed when she realised that she couldnt go on holiday with her friends.
A amazingly

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D hadnt

Alan Grintley is a _____ relative of mine. He was my great-great-great-grandfather.

A far

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C wouldnt

This lesson is _____ more interesting than the last one.

A so

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B doesnt

I dont think he looks at all _____ his father, do you?

A like

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D pity

He often regrets _____ abroad when he was younger.

A not to go

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C point

Many people would _____ spend their money than save it at the moment.
A prefer

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B place

I wish she _____ always criticise what everyone else is wearing.

A wont

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C should have realised D must have realised

The TV company is looking for people to take _____ in a new reality show.
A part

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D could have gone

B as long

C unless

D in case

Weve got to _____ in mind that we have a very limited budget for the refurbishment.
A consider

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C carry

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D bear

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They _____ several tests on the new equipment to check for safety.
A carried out

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B by

C for

B about to
B effect
B concern
B Concerning
B shuffled

B plus

D mind

C Regarding

D Nevertheless

C buzzed

D creaked

C were going to think

D were thinking
D further

B denying

C ignoring

D rejecting

I loved the film, _____ the scenes of violence, which were too graphic for me.
B instead of

C rather than

D as opposed to

She wished she _____ some warm clothes with her as the weather was unseasonably cool
and she was frozen.
C could bring

D brought

Jo _____ some interesting proposals at the meeting this morning.

A put back

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C matter

C more

A was bringing B had brought

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D influence

Theres no _____ that the global climate is changing but how much of that change is
due to human activity is debatable.

A apart from
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D due

The company won an award this year and, whats _____ , it also had its best sales figures ever.

A refusing
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D of

We _____ of taking the train to London but we took the car instead.

A moreover
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C just to
C sequel

A are thinking B would think

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D Which

The old door _____ noisily as she tried to shut it.

A croaked

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C What

_____ of what other people think, its important to follow your heart in these matters.
A Regardless

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B It

It doesnt _____ what you say, Im not going to change my mind about this.
A care

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D ideas

The _____ of the research into the use of painkillers was to prove that many of them are addictive.
A outcome

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C brain

We were _____ leave for the airport when the phone rang.
A going

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B thoughts

Jean was terrified _____ making a mistake.

A with

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D enacted

_____ concerned me about the trip was the lack of security.

A That

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C achieved

Ive been racking my _____ to remember that mans name but it still wont come.
A mind

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B fulfilled

B put away

C put up

D put forward

Have you taken all the factors into _____ in your calculations?
A issue

B account

C advantage

D allowance
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