BASIC PLACEMENT TEST

NAME:________________________________ DATE.________________________

1) Complete with AM/IS/ARE (BE: present)

I

happy. She

happy.

2) Complete with A / An:

I've just seen

mouse and

elephant.

4) Use the correct possessive adjective (my/his/your...):

This car belongs to me. It's

car.

My brother has just bought this motorbike. It's

motorbike.

5) Write the plural form:

church ->

study ->

6) Complete with THERE IS or THERE ARE

At home,

a big computer and

two huge armchairs.

7) Use the correct relative pronoun (WHO or WHICH):

Do you know the girl

Our dog,

is sitting there?

is over there, is very strong.

8) Use the present simple:

She

(catch). He

(try).

10) What time is it? (example du format accept: it's three past six):
10:20 = It's

7:50 = It's

11) Write down these numbers:

253 =

2,300 =

12) Write down these ordinal numbers:

9th = THE

| 12th = THE

13) Write down these dates:

In 1993 = IN

| In the 80s = IN

14) Write down these fractions:

1/2 =

| 3/4 =

15) Use the present continuous:

she

(write) |

they

(stop)

16) Use the present simple OR the present continuous:

Listen! Peter

On Sundays, he

(play) music!

(play) football.

17) Choose the correct modal: CAN or MUST.

I

speak English.

do my homework.

18) Choose the correct pronoun: me/him/her/them...

Please send

your essay. I will phone you as soon as I receive it.

Where is your brother? I can't see

19) Use the past tense BE

She

. They

20) Use the past tense

I

(dance). He

(study).

21) Irregular verbs

to write

to sleep

22) Use comparatives: (+) OR (-):

Tom is

Tom is

(+ big) than Sandra.

(- intelligent) than Peter.

23) Use the pluperfect (past perfect).

I

(to take) an umbrella.

She

(sleep) a lot.

24) Use the preterite continuous: BE + ING:

I

They

(to sleep) when the phone rang.

(to listen) to music when they heard a big noise.

25) Complete with SOME or ANY.

I want

fruit. Is there

left?

26) Use superlatives:

I'm

Sandra is

(intelligent) man in the town.

(rich) woman.

27) What is the passive voice?:

Shakespeare wrote Hamlet. >

That man is stealing my car! >

28) Use the present perfect (do not use contracted forms):
We

She

(to finish)

( to eat)

29) Countable or Uncountable? Write C if the word is a countable noun. Write U if the
word is an Uncountable noun:

table ->

water ->