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Placement Test (Examen de Ubicación)

1. Basic Tenses
Answer each question with your own information (please try to give long and
complete answers)
What is your complete name and occupation?
My name is Estela Guadalupe Magaña Hernández, I´m a high school teacher.

What do you do on the weekends? Do you go out with your friends or family?
On weekends, I usually go running at the forest with my three pets.
Before the quarantine my family and I used to eat out, but nowdays we try to stay at home.

Are you currently studying or working? Where?

Currently I do both. I’m studying to finish my degree but also I work like a high school
instructor in a government program.

What career did you study in college? Did you enjoy it?
I don’t finish my degree yet, I’m studying Social Anthropology.
Of course, I enjoy it.

What are your plans for the future?

I would like to do a Master degree in other country, as well I would like to visit India and
climb the Everest.

What will you be doing five years from now?

I will be living in China; also I will be speaking fluent English.

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2. Countable and uncountable nouns

Look at the sentences, and rewrite correctly the ones that have a mistake in
them:

How much time do you spend working per week?

How many time do you spend working per week?

Do you know how many money I need to buy that?

Do you know how much money I need to buy that?

I don’t know how many scary things I’ve lived.

I don’t know how much scary things I’ve lived.

You don’t need much apples for an apple pie.

You don´t need many apples for an apple pie.

3. Complete with the correct form of “be” (use contractions if possible):

A: Where’re ____________ you from, Riko?

B: I’m_______ from Tokyo. How about you?

A:Is _____________ Jacob in your class this semester?

B: Yes. We’re_____ in the same English class

A: What’s _____________ your math class like?

B: It’s_______ really interesting, and the teacher_____is_____ great!
A: _______Are______ Emma and Betty from Canada?

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B: No, they___are_____ from England

4. Modals
Write one sentence with each modal verb. They can be either affirmative or
negative:
Can: I can swim since I was a baby.
May: I may work in house this month because we can’t go back to the office yet.
Should: If you have fever you should visit the doctor.
Would: I would like visit to my parents but is dangerous for them, they’re old persons.
Will: I will give you next Monday.
Could: Could you help me?

5. Perfect tenses
Answer each question with your own information (please try to give long and
complete answers)
Have you ever been to another country? If so, where have you been to? If not, where have
you been to in Mexico?
No, I never have been in another country but I have been in some Mexico’s cities, for
example Oaxaca, San Cristobal and Guerrero.

What have you been doing the past few weeks?

I have been traying to do yoga and meditation, I heard is good for the ansiety.

Had you ever taken an English class before this one?

Yes, I have taken anothers English classes but I have had some bad experiences with
them.
How had you been improving before you stopped taking that class?

I have had a little improve with my grammar.

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6. Prepositions

Circle or underline the word that best completes the sentence

e.g. It’s hot in here. I’ll take ( over / off / down ) my jacket.

I enjoy looking ( over / at / for ) the birds and the sky.

The music is too loud. Would you mind turning it ( down / off / up ) a little bit?
I’m not friends with my classmates. We don’t really get ( well / along / together ).
I’m so impatient. I can’t put ( on / out / up ) with annoying people.
He wishes he had some days ( off / out of / along ) from work.

7. Connectors
Complete the sentences with your own ideas
I enjoy traveling by plane, but it’s so expensive.
I’ve never been to Australia, because I guess it’s very far to Mexico.
Luxury Cruises are expensive, yet they’re and amazing experience.
Winter is very cold, so I going to buy a hot jacket.

8. Conditionals
Complete the conditional with your own ideas
If it rains, I wet me.
If it rains today, I will out tomorrow.
If it rained, I would be at my home.
If it had rained yesterday,-----------

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9. Comparisons
Rewrite the comparisons using as…as
e.g. My father is older than me  I’m not as old as my father

Mike is taller than David  David isn’t as tall as Mike.

John has more cars than Susan does  Susan hasn’t as a lot cars as John.
Mike and John have the same amount of time  John have as amount of time as Mike.
Ian speaks a lot more loudly than I do  I don´t speak as a lot loudly as Ian.

10. Passive voice

Rewrite the sentences in the correct passive form
e.g. Engineers make buildings  Buildings are made by engineers

Moons orbit some planets  Some planets are orbited by moons.

A tornado attacked Texas  Texas is attacked by a tornado.
People think sports are more important than arts  -----¿?

David has painted the most amazing paintings ever  The most amazing painted
ever is painted by David.

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11. Reading

1. Ricardo is David’s ________:

a) best friend.
b) new friend
c) classmate.

2. David is a ___________:

a) full-time student.
b) part-time teacher.
c) part-time chef.

3. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, David ________:

a) works out at the gym.
b) doesn’t study at the library.
c) works with Michael

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12. Comparatives
Write 3 sentences using comparatives:

 My brother is older than me, he’s 27 and I’m 25.

 The weather is colder in Mexico City than in Veracruz.

 My dog is faster than my friend’s dog.

13. Superlatives
Write 3 sentences using superlatives:
* I´m the best in the class.
* My boyfriend is the worst at the kitchen.
* Russia is the biggest country in the world.