English Placement Test

5) I’m afraid I ……… here for your birthday party.

The test should take around 45 minutes to
complete. At the end of the test you will a) have not to be
see your English level. b) am not being
1) Did you ……… anywhere interesting last c) will be not
weekend?
d) can't be
a) go

b) going
6) How ……… are you?
c) was
a) high
d) went
b) wide

c) long
2) I work as a teacher and my wife ………, too.
d) heavy
a) do

b) is
7) How long ……… married?
c) work
a) have you been
d) does
b) are you

c) have you
3) I think ……… taxi driver
d) been
a) her job is

b) she's a
8) Would you like ……… help?
c) her job is an
a) a
d) she's
b) some

c) me
4) What is your home town ……… ?
d) I
a) situated

b) age
9) They ……… go to the cinema
c) like
a) tomorrow
d) located
b) much
c) rare

d) seldom 14) This beer tastes ……… .

a) badly

10) He hasn’t played since he ……… the b) lovely

accident.
c) well
a) had
d) normally
b) has had

c) has
15) In life ……… can make a mistake; we’re all
c) had had human.

a) anyone

11) This is the best tea I’ve ……… tasted. b) some people

a) never c) not anybody

b) ever d) someone

c) already

d) still 16) She knows that she ……… to pay now.

a) had better

12) I’m looking ……… the summer holidays. b) needn't

a) before c) should

b) forward d) ought

c) for

d) forward to 17) If he ……… about it, I’m sure he’d help.

a) had know

13) My girlfriend ……… born on the 2nd of b) knew

September 1974.
c) has known
a) is
d) knows
b) was

c) had
18) I'll return the newspaper when I ………
d) has been through it.
a) will have looked c) off

b) looked d) away

c) have looked

d) look 23) It's all right, we ……… hurry. We have plenty

of time.

a) mustn't
19) They said they ……… come, but they didn’t.
b) shouldn't
a) can
c) can't
b) will
d) needn't
c) may

d) might
24) You have a terrible fever! ……… call a
doctor?
20) They were ……… hard questions that I had
a) Shall I
no chance.
b) Do I
a) so
c) Must I
b) some
d) Will I
c) such

d) quite
25) Joanna looks ……… in her new dress.

a) nice
21) I don't have a cent to give you. I ...... bought
a new computer. b) nicely

a) just buy c) like nice

b) had just bought d) such nice

c) 've just

d) soon will 26) Mr Haines wants ……… to his office.

a) that you come

22) Mum gave ……… her job when I was born. b) you come to

a) in c) you come

b) up d) you to come
 a) three times a

27) There are ……… around to start a cricket b) once

team
c) three every
a) enough young boys
d) every couple
b) boys enough young

c) young boys enough

32) The loudspeakers won't work unless you
d) enough youngest boys ……… those cables.

a) connected

28) These bottles ……… of plastic. b) connect

a) are making c) don't connect

b) are make d) can't connect

c) are made

d) made are 33) You should give ……… .

a) to your mother this letter

29) Do you know where ……… ? b) this letter your mother

a) did I put the keys c) letter this to your mother

b) put I the keys d) this letter to your mother

c) I put the keys

d) I the keys put 34) Marian has ……… old books.

a) very much

30) Magda knows a lot about badgers, but she b) a lot of

……… a live one.
c) lots
a) doesn't ever see
d) a very lot
b) hasn't ever seen

c) hasn't ever saw

35) Hania has got two children, ....... ?
d) didn't ever see
a) hasn't she

b) has she got

31) We wash the curtains ……… year.
c) has she
d) haven't she b) I going

c) going

36) Let's think ……… something nice. d) go

a) after

b) about 41) I made one or two mistakes, but ……… of my

answers were correct.
c) for
a) much
d) to
b) most

c) more
37) A Jaguar is ……… than a Fiat.
d) few
a) more expensive

b) expensiver
42) You can't cross the road when the light
c) much expensive
……… red.
d) expensive
a) 'll be

b) was
38) The TV's too loud. Please, ……… .
c) were
a) it turn down
d) is
b) turn it up

c) turn it down
43) I have a problem. ……… help me please?
d) turn down it
a) Could you

b) Should you
39) It's a pity you ……… here last night.
c) Were you able to
a) weren't
d) Will you able to
b) aren't

c) 'll not be
44) Our neighbour is ……… to Ireland.
d) 'd not be
a) going travel

b) going to travelling
40) What about ……… for a walk?
c) go
a) to go
d) going to travel 49) We haven't got ……… Polish friends.

a) no

45) Do penguins fly? No, they ……… . b) any

a) aren't c) none

b) haven't d) some

c) don't

d) won't 50) Simon can't ……… to you now. He's busy.

a) talked

46) ……… train are you taking, the express to b) to talk

Poznan or to Skwierzyna?
c) talking
a) Which
d) talk
b) How

c) Whose
51) Have they finished working yet? I don't
d) Who think ……… .

a) it

47) This is ……… story. b) this

a) a very interesting c) so

b) very an interesting d) that

c) very interesting

d) very interested 52) Somebody stole his wallet so he ………

money from a friend.

a) lent
48) Marta takes the dog for a walk ……… the
evening. b) earned

a) in c) borrowed

b) at d) lended

c) on

d) to 53) We must go now. Call the waitress and ask

for the ……… .

a) bill
b) invoice 58) Is ……… than his father?

c) price a) Matt taller

d) cost b) taller Matt

c) Matt more tall

54) He's a friend of ……… . d) Matt as tall as

a) them

b) theres 59) She was 29 on her birthday, ……… she?

c) theirs a) didn't

d) their b) hadn't

c) hasn't

55) Have you had ……… to eat? d) wasn't

a) too many

b) some more 60) ……… is it from here to Berlin?

c) to many a) How long way

d) enough b) How long

c) How far

56) I ……… my boyfriend since Christmas. d) How many

a) didn't see

b) haven't seen 61) Good ……… ! I hope you get the job.

c) don't see a) chance

d) hasn't seen b) fortune

c) luck

57) Who was the woman ……… ? d) wish

a) spoke to you

b) that you were speaking to 62) The doctor has told her that she must give
……… drinking.
c) that you spoke
a) from
d) that you were speaked to
b) to
c) off

d) up 67) She didn't want the job, ……… .

a) however well paid was it

63) There was a lot of noise so I didn't b) however well paid it was
understand what she was ……… .
c) for how good pay might it be
a) saying
d) however good pay it was
b) telling

c) speaking
68) He has been ……… for armed robbery.
d) talking
a) blamed

b) accused
64) I ……… drink beer than wine.
c) charged
a) would like more
d) arrested
b) prefer

c) had better
69) The financial director ……… for almost an
d) would rather hour.

a) kept us to wait

65) I gave her ……… earrings for Christmas. b) kept us waiting

a) a pair of c) made us to wait

b) a set of d) made us waiting

c) two

d) a 70) I've often ……… at the Wiejce Palace Hotel.

a) stayed

66) Would you like some more tea? There's still b) sleeped
……… left.
c) remained
a) few
d) rested
b) a few

c) a little
71) I didn't realise that the coffee shop was
d) little ……… the other side of the road.
a) by b) do I

b) for c) I do

c) on d) am I

d) in

76) They ……… him of scratching the car.

72) We have ……… for a receptionist but haven't a) blamed

appointed anyone yet.
b) accused
a) advertised
c) punished
b) announced
d) arrested
c) advised

d) noticed
77) They had to leave the flat because they
couldn't pay the ……… .

73) She's very beautiful but that kind of woman a) fare

doesn't ……… to me.
b) hire
a) fancy
c) rent
b) appeal
d) salary
c) attract

d) turn on
78) She ……… at me and then turned away.

a) viewed
74) The language school that I attend is 20
b) regarded
kilometres ……… .
c) responded
a) far
d) glanced
b) away

c) distance
79) The book shop rang ……… that the dictionary
d) long
you ordered has arrived.

a) to say
75) "I'm going to the cinema on Saturday." "So
b) to tell
……… ."
c) for saying
a) I am
d) for telling 84) George goes to ……… by car.

a) a work

80) If he hadn't drunk so much, he ……… sick. b) the work

a) didn't feel c) an work

b) wouldn't feel d) work

c) hadn't felt

d) hasn't felt 85) Have you found a job ………..?

a) soon

81) Maria has two sisters, but she doesn't speak b) still
to ……… of them.
c) longer
a) both
d) yet
b) any

c) either
86) My boots are dirty. I'd better take them
d) neither ……… before I come in.

a) off

82) Hubert is an uncle of ……… . b) away

a) Kim c) on

b) Kims d) up

c) Kim's

d) Kims' 87) What did the man say ……… ?

a) at you

83) We discussed the house plans ……… our way b) to you

to the shops.
c) for you
a) by
d) you
b) on

c) in
88) Do you think I should move to Ireland? You
d) to shouldn't do anything ……… you think it's the
right thing to do.

a) when
b) unless

c) in case

d) if

89) We can finish the rest of the eggs for ……… .

a) a breakfast

b) the breakfast

c) breakfast

d) a breakfasts

90) If she doesn't ……… my sight at once, I'll

scream!

a) go out from

b) go off

c) get away from

d) get out of