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Diagnostic Placement Test

Please mark the answers you think are correct on the answer sheet. For most of the
questions only one answer is correct – only sometimes are there a maximum of two
correct answers. You can use a dictionary if necessary, but please don’t guess.

Part 1

1. Hello, my name’s Robert Carpenter. I am ________ computer programmer.

a) the b) one c) a d) an

2. Where are you from?

– We _________ from Brno, in the Czech Republic.
a) are b) is c) am d) do

3. Jiri and Stepan are from my department. _______________ mechanical engineers.

a) They b) They are c) She d) She are

4. Our company _________ famous for its high quality chemicals.

a) - b) am c) are d) is

5. John is our sales manager. ________ often gives presentations.

a) You b) She c) He d) We

6. I like ________ short presentations.

a) the b) - c) every d) all

7. Who are ________ women over there?

a) those b) that c) this d) these

8. _________ is your name?

a) Who b) How c) Which d) What

9. This is Arkady Koshenko and his assistant, Natalya Markova – we need __________
help to set up a subsidiary in Saransk.
a) his b) their c) your d) her

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10. Is this _________ briefcase?

a) your b) yours c) the yours d) you

11. Do you smoke?

– No, I ___________ .
a) smoke not b) not c) don’t d) not smoke

12. After work I often ___________ television.

a) look b) see c) look at d) watch

Part 2

13. Lara is _______________________.

a) a colleague of me b) a my colleague c) a colleague of mine
d) a colleague from me

14. Is this key _________?

a) your b) yours c) the yours d) you

15. ___________________ a cup of coffee?

a) Want you b) Do you like c) Want d) Would you like

16. _____________ like travelling.

a) Most of people b) The most people c) Most of the people
d) Most people

17. What _________________?

a) wants she b) does she want c) does she wants d) she wants

18. _______________ help me?

a) Can you to b) Can you c) Do you can d) You can

19. Could I have _________ coffee?

a) another b) other c) an other d) one other

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20. Why _________________?
a) those men are shouting
d) are those men shouting
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b) are shouting those men c) shout those men

21. We are going _________ the plant this afternoon.

a) at b) - c) in d) to

22. Who ____________ this letter?

a) writes b) wrote c) did wrote d) is writing

23. What time did you arrive _______ the airport?

a) on b) - c) at d) to

24. We’ll meet here again _______ Wednesday morning.

a) at b) on c) in d) –

Part 3

25. ____________ a canteen near the workshop?

a) Is there b) Is it c) Gives it d) Is

26. He is _____________ young to get the job.

a) too much b) too many c) very too d) too

27. It’s ____________ weather.

a) terribly b) terrible c) a terrible d) the terrible

28. This is ____________ winter for 20 years.

a) the worst b) worse c) the most bad d) the worse

29. They have a much bigger office building ___________ our company.
a) like b) than c) as d) that

30. He works in the same office __________ me.

a) that b) like c) as d) than

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31. It ____________ again. It ___________ all the time here in the winter.
a) ’s raining/’s raining b) rains/rains c) rains/’s raining d) ’s raining/rains

32. I ________ he _________ the new product.

a) think/likes b) am thinking/is liking c) think/is liking
d) am thinking/likes

33. I didn’t ________ that it was a big problem.

a) to think b) think c) thinking d) thought

34. The two sales representatives phone ____________ every day.

a) them b) herself c) each other d) themselves

35. It’s an old house and I ______________________ .

a) not want there live b) want not there live c) don’t want to live there
d) will not to live there

36. There isn’t __________ petrol in my car.

a) no b) any c) some d) –

Part 4

37. We’ve got __________ money to spend on training this year.

a) much b) many c) a lot of d) lots of

38. It is ____________ to fill out export documentation ___________ .

a) important/carefully b) importantly/carefully c) importantly/careful
d) important/careful

39. You look ___________ a teacher!

a) like b) as c) the same as d) the same like

40. How many agents ____________ in Asia?

a) have you b) do you have c) do you have got d) have you
got

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41. Good! I ___________ work next week.

a) mustn’t b) don’t must c) needn’t d) don’t need

42. The Schlumberger company____________ us an engineer tomorrow.

a) is sending b) sends c) will send d) will sending

43. _________________ your boss last week?

a) Have you seen b) Did you see c) Were you seeing d) Saw you

44. We have a good contact in South America – we _______________ him __________

years.
a) have known/for b) know/for c) have known/since d) know/since

45. I went to the conference _______________ a presentation.

a) for give b) for to give c) for giving d) to give

46. I ________ another supplier if you __________the goods late again.

a) find/deliver b) ’ll find/’ll deliver c) find/’ll deliver d) ’ll find/deliver

47. It would be better if we _____________ another computer terminal in this office.

a) would have b) had c) have d) would had

48. If I _____________ better English, I ________________ this test!

a) spoke/wouldn’t be doing b) would speak/wouldn’t be doing
c) would speak/wouldn’t do d) speak/wouldn’t do

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