ENGLISH PLACEMENT TEST

1) Did you ……… anywhere interesting last weekend?

a) go 12) I’m looking ……… the summer holidays.
b) going a) before
c) was b) forward
d) went c) for
d) forward to
2) I work as a teacher and my wife ………, too.
a) do 13) My girlfriend ……… born on the 2nd of September
b) is 1974.
c) work a) is
d) does b) was
c) had
3) I think ……… taxi driver d) has been
a) her job is
b) she's a 14) This beer tastes ……… .
c) her job is an a) badly
d) she's b) lovely
c) well
4) What is your home town ……… ? d) normally
a) situated
b) age 15) In life ……… can make a mistake; we’re all human.
c) like a) anyone
d) located b) some people
c) not anybody
5) I’m afraid I ……… here for your birthday party. d) someone
a) have not to be
b) am not being 16) She knows that she ……… to pay now.
c) will be not a) had better
d) can't be b) needn't
c) should
6) How ……… are you? d) ought
a) high
b) wide 17) If he ……… about it, I’m sure he’d help.
c) long a) had know
d) heavy b) knew
c) has known
7) How long ……… married? d) knows
a) have you been
b) are you 18) I'll return the newspaper when I ……… through it.
c) have you a) will have looked
d) been b) looked
c) have looked
8) Would you like ……… help? d) look
a) a
b) some 19) They said they ……… come, but they didn’t.
c) me a) can
d) I b) will
c) may
9) They ……… go to the cinema d) might
a) tomorrow
b) much 20) They were ……… hard questions that I had no chance.
c) rare a) so
d) seldom b) some
c) such
10) He hasn’t played since he ……… the accident. d) quite
a) had
b) has had 21) I don't have a cent to give you. I ...... bought a new
c) has computer.
c) had had a) just buy
b) had just bought
11) This is the best tea I’ve ……… tasted. c) 've just
a) never d) soon will
b) ever
c) already 22) Mum gave ……… her job when I was born.
d) still a) in
b) up
c) off
d) away
23) It's all right, we ……… hurry. We have plenty of time. 34) Marian has ……… old books.
a) mustn't a) very much
b) shouldn't b) a lot of
c) can't c) lots
d) needn't d) a very lot

24) You have a terrible fever! ……… call a doctor? 35) Hania has got two children, ....... ?
a) Shall I a) hasn't she
b) Do I b) has she got
c) Must I c) has she
d) Will I d) haven't she

25) Joanna looks ……… in her new dress. 36) Let's think ……… something nice.
a) nice a) after
b) nicely b) about
c) like nice c) for
d) such nice d) to

26) Mr Haines wants ……… to his office. 37) A Jaguar is ……… than a Fiat.
a) that you come a) more expensive
b) you come to b) expensiver
c) you come c) much expensive
d) you to come d) expensive

27) There are ……… around to start a cricket team 38) The TV's too loud. Please, ……… .
a) enough young boys a) it turn down
b) boys enough young b) turn it up
c) young boys enough c) turn it down
d) enough youngest boys d) turn down it

28) These bottles ……… of plastic. 39) It's a pity you ……… here last night.
a) are making a) weren't
b) are make b) aren't
c) are made c) 'll not be
d) made are d) 'd not be

29) Do you know where ……… ? 40) What about ……… for a walk?
a) did I put the keys a) to go
b) put I the keys b) I going
c) I put the keys c) going
d) I the keys put d) go

30) Magda knows a lot about badgers, but she ……… a 41) I made one or two mistakes, but ……… of my answers
live one. were correct.
a) doesn't ever see a) much
b) hasn't ever seen b) most
c) hasn't ever saw c) more
d) didn't ever see d) few

31) We wash the curtains ……… year. 42) You can't cross the road when the light ……… red.
a) three times a a) 'll be
b) once b) was
c) three every c) were
d) every couple d) is

32) The loudspeakers won't work unless you ……… those 43) I have a problem. ……… help me please?
cables. a) Could you
a) connected b) Should you
b) connect c) Were you able to
c) don't connect d) Will you able to
d) can't connect
44) Our neighbour is ……… to Ireland.
33) You should give ……… . a) going travel
a) to your mother this letter b) going to travelling
b) this letter your mother c) go
c) letter this to your mother d) going to travel
d) this letter to your mother
45) Do penguins fly? No, they ……… . 56) I ……… my boyfriend since Christmas.
a) aren't a) didn't see
b) haven't b) haven't seen
c) don't c) don't see
d) won't d) hasn't seen

46) ……… train are you taking, the express to Poznan or 57) Who was the woman ……… ?
to Skwierzyna? a) spoke to you
a) Which b) that you were speaking to
b) How c) that you spoke
c) Whose d) that you were speaked to
d) Who
58) Is ……… than his father?
47) This is ……… story. a) Matt taller
a) a very interesting b) taller Matt
b) very an interesting c) Matt more tall
c) very interesting d) Matt as tall as
d) very interested
59) She was 29 on her birthday, ……… she?
48) Marta takes the dog for a walk ……… the evening. a) didn't
a) in b) hadn't
b) at c) hasn't
c) on d) wasn't
d) to
60) ……… is it from here to Berlin?
49) We haven't got ……… Polish friends. a) How long way
a) no b) How long
b) any c) How far
c) none d) How many
d) some
61) Good ……… ! I hope you get the job.
50) Simon can't ……… to you now. He's busy. a) chance
a) talked b) fortune
b) to talk c) luck
c) talking d) wish
d) talk
62) The doctor has told her that she must give ………
51) Have they finished working yet? I don't think ……… . drinking.
a) it a) from
b) this b) to
c) so c) off
d) that d) up

52) Somebody stole his wallet so he ……… money from a 63) There was a lot of noise so I didn't understand what
friend. she was ……… .
a) lent a) saying
b) earned b) telling
c) borrowed c) speaking
d) lended d) talking

53) We must go now. Call the waitress and ask for the 64) I ……… drink beer than wine.
……… . a) would like more
a) bill b) prefer
b) invoice c) had better
c) price d) would rather
d) cost
65) I gave her ……… earrings for Christmas.
54) He's a friend of ……… . a) a pair of
a) them b) a set of
b) theres c) two
c) theirs d) a
d) their
66) Would you like some more tea? There's still ……… left.
55) Have you had ……… to eat? a) few
a) too many b) a few
b) some more c) a little
c) to many d) little
d) enough
67) She didn't want the job, ……… . 78) She ……… at me and then turned away.
a) however well paid was it a) viewed
b) however well paid it was b) regarded
c) for how good pay might it be c) responded
d) however good pay it was d) glanced

68) He has been ……… for armed robbery. 79) The book shop rang ……… that the dictionary you
a) blamed ordered has arrived.
b) accused a) to say
c) charged b) to tell
d) arrested c) for saying
d) for telling
69) The financial director ……… for almost an hour.
a) kept us to wait 80) If he hadn't drunk so much, he ……… sick.
b) kept us waiting a) didn't feel
c) made us to wait b) wouldn't feel
d) made us waiting c) hadn't felt
d) hasn't felt
70) I've often ……… at the Wiejce Palace Hotel.
a) stayed 81) Maria has two sisters, but she doesn't speak to ………
b) sleeped of them.
c) remained a) both
d) rested b) any
c) either
71) I didn't realise that the coffee shop was ……… the d) neither
other side of the road.
a) by 82) Hubert is an uncle of ……… .
b) for a) Kim
c) on b) Kims
d) in c) Kim's
d) Kims'
72) We have ……… for a receptionist but haven't
appointed anyone yet. 83) We discussed the house plans ……… our way to the
a) advertised shops.
b) announced a) by
c) advised b) on
d) noticed c) in
d) to
73) She's very beautiful but that kind of woman doesn't
……… to me. 84) George goes to ……… by car.
a) fancy a) a work
b) appeal b) the work
c) attract c) an work
d) turn on d) work

74) The language school that I attend is 20 kilometres 85) Have you found a job ……… ?
……… . a) soon
a) far b) still
b) away c) longer
c) distance d) yet
d) long
86) My boots are dirty. I'd beter take them ……… before I
75) "I'm going to the cinema on Saturday." "So ……… ." come in.
a) I am a) off
b) do I b) away
c) I do c) on
d) am I d) up

76) They ……… him of scratching the car. 87) What did the man say ……… ?
a) blamed a) at you
b) accused b) to you
c) punished c) for you
d) arrested d) you

77) They had to leave the flat because they couldn't pay 88) Do you think I should move to Ireland? You shouldn't
the ……… . do anything ……… you think it's the right thing to do.
a) fare a) when
b) hire b) unless
c) rent c) in case
d) salary 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
Solution to Quiz Question 70=a
Question 71=c
Question 1=a Question 72=a
Question 2=d Question 73=b
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Question 4=c Question 75=d
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