Placement test Language Hub Beginner to Advanced  

Complete the dialogues below by choosing the correct option (A–D). An example (0) has been done for you.

0 Emily: What do you do at the weekends, Yara? 8 Alex: I’d like to make a cake. eggs have we got?
Yara: My sister and I A going to the cinema. Andrea: Three, I think. Let me check.
A like  A  How big 
B  like to  B  How much 
C want  C  How many 
D  want to D  How long

1 Manager: Where’s Mr Davidson? 9 Ifrah: Which bus goes to the hospital?

Assistant: Oh, he’s London today. Antonia: the 236. It stops outside.
A in  A Get 
B on  B Got 
C to  C Gets 
D at D Getting

2 Amirah: Do you like cats? 10 Father: Are we ready to go?

Chris: No, but there lots of other animals I like. Daughter: No, Mum can’t find hat.
A is  A  its  
B be  B  his  
C are  C her  
D was D their

3 Andrew: Where Alicia come from? 11 Shop Assistant: Can I help you?
Martin: I think she’s from the United States. Customer: Yes, I’d like to buy trousers.
A is  A a 
B do  B an 
C are  C this 
D does D these

4 Teacher: Tell me something about your parents, Lucas. 12 Mother: Where’s that fish I bought? It was on the table.
Student: My mother and father both very tall. Daughter: Oh no! The cat it.
A is  A eat 
B isn’t  B eats 
C are  C  is eating 
D aren’t D  are eating

5 Ayla: That’s a nice table, Sophie! Is it new? 13 Amanda: I like your new sofa.
Sophie: Oh no, it’s my old dining table. Fahima: Thanks. It’s comfortable than the other one we had.
A mother  A too 
B mothers  B very 
C mother’s  C much 
D mothers’ D more

6 Emma: What do you do after school? 14 Alicia: I’m going to the supermarket. Do you want anything?
Chloe: I see my friends. Do you visit people, too? Peter: Could you get milk, please?
Emma: No, I go out. A a 
A often  B any 
B never  C some 
C always  D every
D sometimes
15 Karina: When do you want to play football?
7  Katie: Is Charlotte at school today? Aniqa: I to play tomorrow, because I don’t need to go
Laura: No, she . She’s not well today. to work.
A isn’t  A like 
B aren’t  B likes 
C doesn’t  C liked 
D hasn’t D  ‘d like

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16 Manisha: What did you do at the weekend? 24 Sophie: How long married?
Nicola: I tennis with my friend on Saturday. Ying Yue: Two years. I met my husband when I was working
A play  in New York.
B played  A  had you got 
C plays  B  did you get 
D playing C  have you been 
D  are you being
17 Wife: Have we got any cheese in the fridge?
Husband: No, we haven’t. I’m buy some this afternoon. 25 David: Have you that new film yet?
A go  Susanna: No, I haven’t. We could go on Thursday if you like?
B  go to  A see 
C going  B saw 
D  going to C seen 
D seeing
18 Laura: Where you last Tuesday? I tried to phone you.
Beatriz: Oh, I was visiting my grandmother. I didn’t have my 26 Shop Assistant: Excuse me, please. Could I get past?
phone with me. Customer: Oh, I’m sorry. I’m getting in the way, I?
A were  A don’t 
B was  B aren’t 
C are  C can’t 
D is D haven’t

19 Miriam: Are you coming to my party on Tuesday? 27 Wife: Advertising is a big business for musicians.
Brian: I’m really sorry, but I to take my daughter to Husband: Yes, musicians a lot of money for writing short
the airport. pieces of music.
A has  A pay 
B had  B paid 
C have  C are paid 
D having D  are paying

20 Saif: Why do you like running? 28 Son: Mum, I’d really like a guitar. Can I have one?
Isabella: Because it’s way to keep fit. Mother: OK, but if we buy one you have to practise
A best  playing it.
B better  A will 
C  the best  B can 
D  the better C could 
D must
21 Anna: Have you lived here a long time?
Stefan: Yes, over 40 years. I know of people in this town. 29 Juliana: Do you like Brazilian coffee?
A any  Miriodere: No I don’t, because it’s strong.
B lots  A too
C more  B such
D most C much
D enough
22 Josef: Why didn’t you come to the cinema last week?
Chloe: I wanted to but I couldn’t. I studying for that test 30 Matthew: Would you like anything from the shop?
we had on Monday. Alicia: Yes, I’d like one of celebrity magazines, please.
A was  A  most recent
B were  B  more recent
C am  C the most recent
D been D  the more recent

23 Anna: That bird’s on the garden table again. I think it’s hungry.
Juliana: Yes, look! It eat the bread we put there.
A is 
B will 
C  goes to 
D  is going to

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31 Daughter: Mum, my computer is broken again. I really need 38 Victor: I’d love to go back in history to see how people lived
a new one. hundreds of years ago.
Mother: I buy one if we had the money, but it’s not Simon: Me too! If I choose, I’d probably travel to
possible right now. ancient Rome.
A will A can
B may B will
C should C could
D would D would

32 Mother:  you packed your suitcase yet? We’re leaving 39 Stephen: The concert was fantastic yesterday. You
early tomorrow morning. have come.
Son: I’ll do it later. It won’t take long. Yuuto: I know. I wanted to, but I had to work late.
A Did A must
B Have B could
C Will C ought
D Are D should

33 Lucas: Do you play the piano, Natasha? 40 Katie: Would you like to go sightseeing or to the beach this
Natasha: Well, I play when I was younger, but I’m not afternoon?
sure I remember now. Matthew: I don’t mind, I’ll let you decide.
A can Katie: OK, let’s go sightseeing, we?
B can’t A should
C could B shall
D couldn’t C might
D would
34 Martina: What did the doctor say about your stomach pains?
Padma: He asked me what I for the last two days. 41 Amanda: It said on the news that the president also owns all
A eat the national newspapers.
B  had eaten Andrew: That be right! I don’t think that’s true.
C was eating A must
D  would eat B can’t
C won’t
35 Daughter: Everyone has arrived apart from Pamela. D would
Mother: Don’t worry, she phoned me this morning and said
she be a bit late. 42 Assistant: That meeting was really difficult. What would you
A can have done if you in my position?
B must Manager: Oh, I think you managed it very well.
C should A are
D would B were
C  had been
36 Vincent: Did you see the weather forecast? It’s going to be D  would be
extremely hot this weekend.
Pauline: I know, I can’t believe it! It since Monday. 43 Natalia: My new smartphone doesn’t seem to work.
A rains Katie: Oh dear! Perhaps you should take it and ask for
B  has been raining a refund.
C  is raining A up
D  was raining B out
C away
37 Ameena: What colour are you going to paint the living D back
room?
Charlotte: I probably choose something bright, 44 Chris: I wish I could be with our cousins …
like yellow. Alison: Me too! By this time tomorrow they on a Greek
A will beach while we’re revising for our history test.
B may A sunbathe
C can B  will sunbathe
D might C will be sunbathing
D  will have sunbathed

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45 Son: Are you OK, Mum? You don’t seem very relaxed. 52 Rachel: This would be a lovely place to sit on a dry day.
Mother: I just wish I an aisle seat so that I could get up Natasha: Yes, I know. I just wish the rain .
and walk around more easily. A  would stop  
A  had chosen B  has stopped  
B  have chosen C will have stopped  
C  would choose D  would be stopping
D  should choose
53 Student: What’s today’s lesson going to be about?
46 Nicola: I love this picture, but won’t it cost a fortune? Teacher: Today we’re going to learn about a tribe
Victor: No, it’s just a copy. The original, is a portrait of the descendants live in Lima, the capital of Peru.
artist’s friend, sold for €4 million! A who
A whose B which
B which C whose
C whom D whom
D that
54 Andrea: Did your town have a good market?
47 Laura: I can’t believe how talented this artist was. Katie: Yes. When I was young we there every Saturday
Emily: I know, it’s amazing. he was almost 90 when he looking for bargains.
did them, his paintings are beautiful. A  had gone
A Since B  would go
B Besides C  were going
C Although D  had been going
D Therefore
55 Daughter: Joanna has been really supportive. I’m so lucky to
48 Andrea: I want to buy some new shoes for the winter. have her as a friend.
Shan: Well, I looking for a new pair of boots for weeks, Mother: Yes. Just think – if you hadn’t sat next to her in class
but I can’t find anything I like. at school, you so close now.
A am A  won’t be
B was B  wouldn’t be
C had been C  wouldn’t have been
D  have been D aren’t

49 Client: I don’t have much money – just enough to . 56 David: Did you see the headline this evening?
Accountant: Well, let me suggest a way of helping you Nicola: Yes – the Prime Minister was to resign today.
save more. A charged
A  get by B argued
B  pay off C  struggled
C do with D forced
D  make up
57 Student: I’m concerned about the chemical test results I’ve
50 Pablo: In April next year I here for ten years exactly. just had from the river.
Alison: Wow! It really doesn’t seem that long. Professor: It be a good idea to check the acid levels as
A  will live well then.
B  will be living A must
C am going to live B should
D  will have been living C  might
D ought
51 Student: Is it true that it took Bell and Watson ages to invent
the telephone? 58 Aamir: They’ve just announced that our train has
Teacher: Yes. When they finally succeeded, they on it for been delayed.
about 30 years. Laura: That’s annoying. We have rushed to get here
A  must work after all.
B  had been working A needn’t
C have worked B could
D  would be working C  should
D mustn’t

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59 Liam: So, your Dad’s got a laptop! 66 Pauline: I hear you got soaked on the golf course
Cian: Yes, I bought it for him last year – until then he this morning.
a typewriter! Chris: Yes. I wish I listened to the weather forecast.
A used A had
B  has used B have
C  has been using C  would have
D  had been using D  should have

60 Isabella: The flight is fully booked, so I won’t be able to go to 67 Laura: How was the meeting?
Barbados next week. Ricardo: It finished late because Victor didn’t arrive until
Safia: If you the ticket sooner, you’d have found a seat. 5 pm. He told me he been given the
A  had booked wrong directions.
B  were booking A has
C  booked B had
D  would have booked C  should have
D  would have
61 Receptionist: You taken a taxi to the hotel since you
arrived so late. 68 Andrew: I picked up some of that cat food you wanted.
Customer: It was OK, actually. There was a direct bus service Pedro: Oh good. Once to these new cat biscuits, they
from the airport. won’t want to go back to the other stuff.
A  will have A  we’ve switched
B  should have B  we’ll be switching
C  might have C  we’ll have switched
D  would have D  we’ve been switched

62 Sophie: Have they finished interviewing for the manager’s 69 Antonia: Has your son done well in his exams?
position yet? Phillip: Yes. Only once he wasn’t sufficiently prepared,
Rafi: No, but they all the candidates by next Friday. but he can take that one again.
A  won’t see A  he found
B  would see B  he has found
C  haven’t seen C  did he find
D  will have seen D  could he find

63 Athlete: hard I try, I can’t run any faster. 70 Son: I had a bit of a stomach ache this morning.
Coach: You’ve improved a lot. I wouldn’t worry about it. Mother: Oh dear! Well, I did say you eaten that chicken
A Though last night.
B Whereas A  wouldn’t have
C  However B  couldn’t have
D Considering C  mustn’t have
D  shouldn’t have
64 Laura: That’s a really beautiful painting. The colours are
so vivid.
Jeremy: Yes, it’s amazing to think it was lost for years and .
A  must be restored
B  had to be restored
C  has been restoring
D  would be restoring

65 Charlotte: I saw the photos from the film festival. Was that
you with the actor from The Hobbit?
Niall: Yes, it was! did I imagine I would ever actually
meet him.
A Not
B Much
C  Hardly
D Little

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