Beyond Placement Test With Answer Key

Grammar and Vocabulary
41 C
1A 21 B
42 B
2C 22 A
43 A
3A 23 B
44 B
4B 24 A
45 D
5C 25 C
46 C
6A 26 B
47 A
7C 27 C
48 D
8B 28 C
49 B
9B 29 B
50 A
10 C 30 C
51 B
11 B 31 B
52 D
12 A 32 B
53 C
13 B 33 C
54 D
14 A 34 B
55 B
15 C 35 A
56 D
16 B 36 B
57 A
17 C 37 C
58 C
18 C 38 A
59 B
19 A 39 C
60 A
20 C 40 A
Reading
1C 8A 15 B
2A 9B 16 B
3C 10 A 17 D
4B 11 C 18 A
5C 12 D 19 B
6C 13 C 20 C
7D 14 A
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The Beyond Placement Test has been designed to be used for placing students into groups corresponding
to the six levels of the Beyond series (A1+, A2, A2+, B1, B1+ and B2).
Please note: both the shorter Grammar and Vocabulary Placement Test, and the more extensive
Grammar, Vocabulary and Skills Placement Test are graded to test items that are progressively
more difficult as students work through the questions.
1 Beyond Grammar and Vocabulary Placement Test
Contents
The Beyond Grammar and Vocabulary Placement Test consists of 60 multiple-choice items (36 grammar,
and 24 vocabulary) that are worth one mark each.
Marking
Check answers against the Beyond Grammar and Vocabulary Placement Test answer sheet.
Give one mark for every correct answer.
Placing students
Use the Grammar and Vocabulary Placement Test Conversion Table below to decide which level your
students are ready for.
Placement according to the scores in this test is based on the assumption that your students attempt to
answer all the questions.
Beyond Grammar and Vocabulary Placement Test Conversion Table
Total Score Recommended Level
0–9 A1+
10–19 A2
20–29 A2+
30–39 B1
40–49 B1+
50–60 B2
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2 Beyond Grammar, Vocabulary and Skills Placement Test
Contents
The Beyond Grammar, Vocabulary and Skills Placement Test includes grammar, vocabulary, reading and
writing. It has a maximum score of 100. There are 80 multiple-choice items (the same 36 grammar and 24
vocabulary questions as in the Grammar and Vocabulary Placement Test, plus 20 reading items). Each of
these items are worth one mark. There are also an additional 20 marks available for the two writing tasks
in the Test (10 marks each).
Marking
Check answers against the Beyond Grammar, Vocabulary and Skills Placement Test answer sheet.
Give one mark for every correct answer.
Marking the WRITING items

Use the marking criteria below to give a score out of 10. The same scale is used to assess the students’
performance for both writing tasks.
WRITING – marking criteria

9–10 Complete, mainly accurate and appropriate.
7–8 No more than one omission, mainly accurate, rarely inappropriate.
5–6 No more than one omission, minor inaccuracies, sometimes inappropriate.
3–4 Several omissions, noticeable inaccuracies, often inappropriate.
1–2 Many omissions, mainly inaccurate, mostly inappropriate.
0 Too little or too incomprehensible to mark.
Placing students
Use the Grammar, Vocabulary and Skills Placement Test Conversion Table below to decide which level your
students are ready for.
Placement according to the scores in this test is based on the assumption that your students attempt to
answer all the questions.
Beyond Grammar, Vocabulary and Skills Placement Test Conversion Table
Total Score Recommended Level
0–12 A1+
13–29 A2
30–44 A2+
45–63 B1
64–80 B1+
81–100 B2
For questions 1–40, choose the best word or phrase (A, B or C).
1 ‘What’s phone number?’ 8 ‘What’s the time?’

‘It’s 554 3874.’ ‘It’s twenty eight.’
A your A from
B you B to
C yours C and
2 ‘I got a computer but I’ve 9 I usually up at eight

got an iPad.’ o’clock. Then I have breakfast.
A don’t A have
B ‘ve B get
C haven’t C go
3 ‘I love Rita Ora! her?’ 10 ‘Do you like maths?’

‘No. I prefer Ed Sheeran.’ ‘No, I don’t. It’s really !’
A Do you like A interesting
B Are you like B easy
C You like C difficult
4 ‘Messi’s the footballer in 11 He usually meets his friends

the world.’ on Saturdays but today
‘No, he isn’t. Ronaldo is!’ he with his sister.
A good A goes out
B best B ’s going out
C better C going out
5 That’s Jana. She’s to her
friend. 12 ‘What are you doing tonight?’
A talks ‘I basketball with Michael.
Do you want to come?’
B talk
A ’m playing
C talking
B will play
6 ‘Where you yesterday?’ C play
‘I was at my grandmother’s
house.’ 13 What time leave for
A were school?
B did A have you to
C are B do you have to
C you have to
7 I to the radio every day.
A read
B watch
C listen
14 ‘ a good time at 20 She’s very . She talks
the party?’ to everyone.
‘Not really. I was bored!’ A shy
A Did you have B rude
B Have you C friendly
C Had you
21 While we to school, it
15 ‘Have you got good started snowing. It was beautiful!
DVDs?’ A was walking
‘No, I haven’t. I watch everything B were walking
online.’ C walked
A an
Ba 22 ‘ water do you drink
C any every day?’
‘I usually drink one or two litres.’
16 ‘Do you think they the A How much
match?’
B How many
‘I don’t think so. They’re playing
C How often
very badly.’
A going to win 23 If to the concert later,
B ‘ll win with you.
C won’t win A you’ll go / I come
B you go / I’ll come
17 ‘Excuse me, how do I get to the
C you go / I come
sports centre?’
‘Go straight on, then the 24 ‘ the new Taylor Swift
second left. It’s opposite the song?’
school.’
‘Yes. It was on the radio this
A turn morning.’
B go A Have you heard
C take B Do you hear
C Are you hearing
18 Can you your shoes,
please? We can’t wear them in
the house. 25 You tell anyone – it’s a
secret.
A put on
A don’t have to
B put off
B must
C take off
C mustn’t
19 ‘Can I help you?’
26 More than 6,000 languages
‘Yes. I a packet of crisps,
in the world today.
please.’
A speak
A ’d like
B are spoken
B ’d want
C were spoken
C ’d have
27 He never his bed in the 34 I’ve got a terrible cold. I’m staying
morning. at home I can get better.
A does A in order to
B lays B so that
C makes C so to
28 ‘I’d like a of orange juice, 35 ‘Look! There’s Hans.’

please.’ ‘It Hans. He’s on holiday
‘Of course. Here you are.’ at the moment.’
A packet A can’t be
B loaf B mustn’t be
C carton C can be
29 He’s a . He writes articles 36 Did you invent games

for the newspaper. when you were young?
A dentist A use
B journalist B use to
C secretary C used to
30 They’re scared the dark. 37 He said he me last night

They always sleep with the light but he didn’t.
on. A calls
A for B will call
B at C would call
C of
38 I’m ! I missed the bus
31 I forgot my homework and I had to walk here!
last night. A exhausted
A do B awful
B to do C terrified
C doing
39 I always have to the
32 No-one can play the guitar washing-up after dinner.
him. A make
A as better as B take
B as well as C do
C well as
40 ‘Do you that you stole
33 ‘What if you €100 the money?’
in the street?’ ‘Yes! I never steal because I know
‘I’d give it to the police.’ it's wrong.'
A will you do / found A deny
B would you do / would find B claim
C would you do / found C admit
For questions 41–60, choose the best word or phrase (A, B, C or D).
41 ‘Where are you? here for 46 I wish I as well as her.

an hour.’ She’s got such a lovely voice.
‘Sorry. I missed the bus.’ A sing
A I wait B can sing
B I’m waiting C could sing
C I’ve been waiting D ‘ve sung
D I’d been waiting
47 You should always your
42 I wasn’t stay out late computer when you finish using it.
when I was young. I had to be at A log out of
home by 7.30pm. B log on to
A made to C set up
B allowed to D turn on
C let
D prohibited from 48 Joni her life in order to
save her little brother.
43 This film, won three A fulfilled
Oscars, stars Johnny Depp and is B overcame
directed by Tim Burton. C attempted
A which D risked
B where
C who 49 That’s ! They’ve got more
D that dessert than me!
A unwell
44 You’ve just won a prize for your B unfair
paintings, ? C immoral
A you haven’t D incapable
B haven’t you
C didn’t you 50 They were friends for a long time
D don’t you before they started .
A going out
45 I go home now. It’s nearly B asking out
dinner time. C breaking up
A should to D getting over
B ought
C would
D ’d better
51 ‘Have any of you studied German 56 It was bad day that we
before?’ decided to stay at home.
‘No, of us have.’ A so
A all B too
B none C such
C any D such a
D both
57 ‘Who would like to be in charge
52 By this time next week, we cooking the dinner?’
our exams and we’ll ‘I will. I don’t mind doing that.’
be on holiday! A of
A ‘ll be finishing B with
B ‘re going to finish C for
C ‘ve finished D to
D ‘ll have finished 58 The film didn’t our
expectations. In fact, it was
53 from the city, I didn’t terrible.
know where anything was. A get away with
A Not been B grow out of
B Been C live up to
C Not being D look up to
D Being
59 If you’re angry, just tell him. You
54 I thought you here earlier. should get it off your .
A been A head
B have been B chest
C will have been C back
D would have been D foot
55 ‘I can’t find my phone.’ 60 By the end of this course, you

‘ left it on the bus?’ should be able to in
English in most situations.
A Must you
A get by
B Could you have
B try out
C Must you have
C pick up
D Could you
D catch on
Read the text below. For questions 1–5, choose the best answer (A, B or C).
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey is one of the most famous black women in the world. She is also one of the richest
women in the United States. People say she is one of the world’s most powerful women because she
has friends like Barrack Obama. But her life was not always like this.
Oprah’s parents were separated and her family was very poor. Oprah lived with her grandmother on
a farm until she was six. Then she went to live with her mother but she had a difficult time. After that
she lived with her father. He was strict but he wanted Oprah to be successful, so she studied hard
and she went to university. She also won a beauty competition.
After university, Oprah became a news reporter. Then she was a presenter on a television talk show.
This programme was called The Oprah Winfrey Show and it became very popular all around the
world. Oprah also starred in the film The Colour Purple and started her own production company
making films and TV shows.
The Oprah Winfrey Show finished in 2011 but Oprah still presents television and radio shows. She is
important for many people and they listen to her opinions on health, books and exercise. She has got
a lot of money but she is also generous and she gives millions of dollars to educational charities
every year.
1 Why is Oprah Winfrey one 4 What was Oprah’s first job when she
of the most powerful women left university?
in the world? A film-maker
A Because she’s famous. B news reporter
B Because she has lots C talk show presenter
of money.
C Because she has 5 What does Oprah do now?
important friends.
A She presents The Oprah
2 Where did Oprah live until she Winfrey Show.
was six years old? B She works in education.
A on her grandmother’s farm C She works in television
B with her mother and radio.
C with her father
3 What did Oprah’s father want

her to do?
A win a beauty competition
B be strict
C do well in life
Read the text below. For questions 6–10, choose the best answer (A, B, C or D).
The Electric Car

There are more than a billion vehicles in the world today and many of them are cars. People say
they can’t live without their cars but the problem is that most of them use petrol. They’re noisy and
bad for the environment, so it’s not surprising that people are talking about electric cars. They are
becoming more popular. Young people in the future may be learning to drive in electric cars.
line 5 Electric cars aren’t new. In fact, inventors were designing them more than 100 years ago. They
were slow and expensive but by the beginning of the twentieth century they were very popular. This
changed with the invention of the Model T Ford in 1908. It was a petrol-powered car which wasn’t
as expensive as electric cars. People could also travel further and faster. When petrol became
cheaper, nobody wanted electric cars.
But in the 1990s people started to worry about the environment and they said that cars were a
problem. Car companies used new technologies to develop hybrid cars that used electricity and
petrol. They were cheaper to use and they weren’t as bad for the environment as petrol cars. The
most famous hybrid car is the Toyota Prius. Toyota have sold millions of them and it’s driven by
celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio and Natalie Portman.
Nowadays, more and more companies are making electric cars and they’re getting better all the
time. For example, a company called Tesla makes an electric sports car that goes faster than a lot
of petrol cars. Electric cars are here to stay this time and the future will be quieter and cleaner.
6 What does the writer say about cars in 8 What does them (line 5) refer to?
the first paragraph? A electric cars
A People aren’t interested in B inventors
electric cars.
C Model T cars
B Petrol cars are very expensive.
D people
C Petrol cars aren’t good for the
environment. 9 What’s the topic of paragraph 3?
D There aren’t very many petrol cars. A the history of the electric car
7 What was the problem with the first B a new type of electric car
electric cars? C people who drive electric cars
A People didn’t like them. D the future of the electric car
B They were cheaper than petrol cars.
10 How does the writer feel about
C They appeared more than 100 electric cars?
years ago.
A They have a good future.
D They couldn’t go as fast as petrol
cars. B Petrol cars are better.
C They could be quieter.
D People won’t buy them.
Democratic School
I’ve just started university and I’ve been meeting lots of new people from all sorts of backgrounds.
Although they’re from different countries, they all went to the same type of school as me. Schools with
line 3 lots of rules, lots of sitting quietly, listening to the lesson, and never-ending tests. However, there was
one student who told me he’d gone to a democratic school. I didn’t know what he meant, so I asked
him to tell me more.
He explained that democratic schools are very different from typical schools where the teachers
decide what the rules are. In democratic schools, things like equality and freedom are more important
than getting good grades. Students are encouraged to take responsibility for their own actions. He
said that there were student meetings at his school where students decided on the rules. They also
decided what to do if someone broke the rules.
This surprised me so I asked him what the lessons were like. He said that students made their own
timetables at the beginning of each term. They could choose from a range of traditional subjects like
geography, maths and woodwork, and they had to go to classes. However, if they didn’t want to
participate in the lesson, they could do something else in the classroom, like reading or drawing. They
could also prepare for exams in order to go to university and in fact many of the students took those
exams.
If I’d gone to a democratic school, I wouldn’t have studied anything and I’d have spent all my time
playing games. Even now, I need someone to tell me what to do and organise my life for me. But
maybe that’s the point of democratic schools. Perhaps if young people were allowed to make more
decisions themselves, they would be better prepared for life at university and beyond.
11 What’s the writer doing in the text? 14 What does ‘never-ending tests’
A Talking about his school experiences. (line 3) mean?
B Recommending a school. A lots of tests
C Discussing a type of school. B very long tests
D Telling a funny story about school. C boring tests
D no tests
12 How are democratic schools different
from more typical schools? 15 How does the writer feel about
A There aren’t any lessons. democratic schools?
B There aren’t any rules. A Students won’t learn anything
C Students are allowed to break rules. useful.
D Students are given more freedom. B They might be good for young
people.
13 What does the writer say about classes C He wishes he’d gone to one.
in the democratic school? D They don’t prepare young people
A Students didn’t have to attend them. for university.
B There weren’t any timetables.
C Students didn’t have to take part in
the lessons.
D They had to prepare for exams.
According to a recent newspaper article, more and more young people are learning to play an instrument,
the most popular being the piano, drums and guitar. Nevertheless, it also said that electric keyboards and
guitars are increasing in popularity, suggesting that we’ll see a shift away from more traditional
instruments towards electronic ones.
In another article, it was reported that archaeologists have found what they believe to be the oldest
instrument in the world. It’s a primitive flute made from bird bone and mammoth ivory, more than forty
thousand years old. There’s nothing surprising about the fact that our ancestors could play music, but
what’s interesting is that they were making instruments so long ago.
Music’s important to people – we know this from the history of musical instruments. Although many of
today’s instruments have appeared in the last thousand years, some of them originated in ancient
line 11 civilisations, such as the organ and the trumpet. However, others couldn’t be more different from the
instruments played by the ancient Greeks and Chinese. They’re the electronic instruments which we hear
on all today’s pop songs. Instruments like the synthesiser have allowed musicians to create endless
electronic sounds, while drum machines let them program drums with a perfect beat.
Nowadays, all of this can be done with an app like Garage Band on your iPhone. Children all over the
world have grown up with technology which allows them to play almost any instrument, create their
own songs and release them on the internet. The internet’s also created the potential for people to
collaborate on online musical projects, so new sounds and ways of making music can be easily shared.
The Virtual Choir is one example of this; more than a thousand voices brought together by the internet
to create a digital choir.
At the same time though, we must remember that there are many young people without access to either
iPhones or pianos. So what happens to them? Well, in the same way as people have been doing for
millennia, they make music in any way they can; by whistling, clapping or just hitting a box with their hands.
It seems to me that the future of music is not about what instruments we’ll be playing but how we’ll be
using our creativeness and imagination.
16 What’s happening to musical instruments? 18 What does ‘others’ (line 11) refer to?
A Everyone’s buying electric guitars A instruments B organs
and pianos.
C trumpets D civilisations
B Electronic instruments are getting
more popular. 19 What is the advantage of apps like
C People are learning them at a Garage Band?
younger age.
A You can create a virtual choir.
D People are no longer buying traditional
B You can make songs.
instruments.
C Everyone has access to them.
17 How does the writer feel about the oldest D Children have grown up using them.
instrument in the world?
A There’s nothing surprising about it. 20 Choose the best title for the article.
B It’s made from bone and ivory. A The most popular instruments
C He’s surprised people could play it. B A brief history of music
D It’s interesting because it’s very old. C Music of the future

D Technology in music
1 You have received this email from an English-speaking friend. Write an email answering her
questions (50–70 words).
Thanks for inviting me to stay with you. I’m really looking forward to it! No – explain why not
I arrive at 6pm on Saturday – are you going to meet me at the station? and give directions to
Is there anything you’d like me to bring you? Let me know! your house
See you soon!
Beatrice
Yes – explain
2 Write a story titled It was a day to remember.

Include the following:
• what happened
• how you felt
• why you’ll always remember it
Write a 120–150 words.
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Beyond Grammar and Vocabulary Placement Test Conversion Table

Total Score Recommended Level

Marking the WRITING items

WRITING – marking criteria

Beyond Grammar, Vocabulary and Skills Placement Test Conversion Table

Total Score Recommended Level

1 ‘What’s phone number?’ 8 ‘What’s the time?’

2 ‘I got a computer but I’ve 9 I usually up at eight

3 ‘I love Rita Ora! her?’ 10 ‘Do you like maths?’

4 ‘Messi’s the footballer in 11 He usually meets his friends

28 ‘I’d like a of orange juice, 35 ‘Look! There’s Hans.’

29 He’s a . He writes articles 36 Did you invent games

30 They’re scared the dark. 37 He said he me last night

41 ‘Where are you? here for 46 I wish I as well as her.

55 ‘I can’t find my phone.’ 60 By the end of this course, you

3 What did Oprah’s father want

The Electric Car

C He’s surprised people could play it. B A brief history of music

D It’s interesting because it’s very old. C Music of the future

2 Write a story titled It was a day to remember.

Write a 120–150 words.

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