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, Laura: No, she . She’s not well today.
Yara? A isn’t
Yara: My sister and I A going to the cinema. B aren’t
A like C doesn’t
B like to D hasn’t
C want 8 Alex: I’d like to make a cake. eggs have we
D want to got?
Andrea: Three, I think. Let me check.
1 Manager: Where’s Mr Davidson? A How big
Assistant: Oh, he’s London today. B How much
A in C How many D How long
B on
C to D at 9 Ifrah: Which bus goes to the hospital?
Antonia: the 236. It stops outside.
2 Amirah: Do you like cats? A Get B Got
Chris: No, but there lots of other animals I C Gets
like. D Getting
A is
B be 10 Father: Are we ready to go?
C are Daughter: No, Mum can’t find hat.
D was A its
B his
3 Andrew: Where Alicia come from? C her
Martin: I think she’s from the United States. D their
A is
B do 11 Shop Assistant: Can I help you?
C are Customer: Yes, I’d like to buy trousers.
D does A a
B an
4 Teacher: Tell me something about your C this
parents, Lucas. D these
Student: My mother and father both very
tall. 12 Mother: Where’s that fish I bought? It was on
A is the table.
B isn’t Daughter: Oh no! The cat it.
C are A eat
D aren’t B eats
C is eating
5 Ayla: That’s a nice table, Sophie! Is it new? D are eating
Sophie: Oh no, it’s my old dining table.
A mother 13 Amanda: I like your new sofa.
B mothers Fahima: Thanks. It’s comfortable than the other
C mother’s D mothers’ one we had.
A too
6 Emma: What do you do after school? B very
Chloe: I see my friends. Do you visit people, C much D more
too?
Emma: No, I go out. 14 Alicia: I’m going to the supermarket. Do you
A often want anything?
B never Peter: Could you get milk, please?
C always A a
D sometimes B any
C some D every
7 Katie: Is Charlotte at school today?

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15 Karina: When do you want to play B lots
football? C more D most
Aniqa: I to play tomorrow,
because I don’t need to go to 22 Josef: Why didn’t you come to the cinema last
work. week?
A like Chloe: I wanted to but I couldn’t. I
B likes studying for that test we had on
C liked Monday.
D ‘d like A was
16 Manisha: What did you do at the B were C am
weekend? D been
Nicola: I tennis with my friend on Saturday.
A play 23 Anna: That bird’s on the garden table again. I
B played think it’s hungry.
C plays Juliana: Yes, look! It eat the bread we put there.
D playing A is
B will
17 Wife: Have we got any cheese in the C goes to
fridge? D is going to
Husband: No, we haven’t. I’m 24 Sophie: How long married?
afternoon. Ying Yue: Two years. I met my
A go husband when I was working in New
B go to York.
C going A had you got
D going to B did you get
C have you been D are you being
18 Laura: Where you last Tuesday? I tried
to phone you. 25 David: Have you that new film yet?
Beatriz: Oh, I was visiting my Susanna: No, I haven’t. We could go on Thursday if
grandmother. I didn’t have my you like?
phone with me.
A see
A were B saw
B was C seen
C are D is D seeing

19 Miriam: Are you coming to my party on 26 Shop Assistant: Excuse me, please. Could I get
Tuesday? past?
Brian: I’m really sorry, but I to Customer: Oh, I’m sorry. I’m getting in the way,
take my daughter to the airport. I?
A has A don’t
B had B aren’t
C have C can’t
D having D haven’t

20 Saif: Why do you like running? 27 Wife: Advertising is a big business for
Isabella: Because it’s way to keep fit. musicians.
A best Husband: Yes, musicians a lot of
B better money for writing short pieces of
C the best music.
D the better A pay
B paid
21 Anna: Have you lived here a long time? C are paid
Stefan: Yes, over 40 years. I know D are paying
in this town.
A any

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28 Son: Mum, I’d really like a guitar. Can I B had eaten
have one? C was eating D would eat
Mother: OK, but if we buy one
you have to practise playing it. 35 Daughter: Everyone has arrived apart from
A will Pamela.
B can Mother: Don’t worry, she phoned me
C could D must this morning and said she be a bit
late.
29 Juliana: Do you like Brazilian coffee? A can
Miriodere: No I don’t, because it’s strong. B must
A too C should
B such D would
C much
D enough 36 Vincent: Did you see the weather forecast? It’s
going to be extremely hot this weekend.
30 Matthew: Would you like anything from Pauline: I know, I can’t believe it! It since
the shop? Monday.
Alicia: Yes, I’d like one of celebrity A rains
magazines, please. B has been raining

A most recent C is raining

B more recent D was raining

C the most recent

D the more recent 37 Ameena: What colour are you going to paint
31 Daughter: Mum, my computer is broken the living room?
again. I really need a new one. Charlotte: I probably choose
Mother: I buy one if we had the something bright, like yellow.
money, but it’s not possible right A will
now. B may
A will C can
B may D might
C should 38 Victor: I’d love to go back in history to see how
D would people lived hundreds of years ago.
Simon: Me too! If I choose, I’d
32 Mother: you packed your suitcase yet? probably travel to ancient Rome.
We’re leaving early tomorrow morning. A can
Son: I’ll do it later. It won’t take long. B will

A Did C could

B Have D would

C Will
D Are 39 Stephen: The concert was fantastic yesterday.
You have come.
33 Lucas: Do you play the piano, Natasha? Yuuto: I know. I wanted to, but I had to work late.
Natasha: Well, I play when I A must
was younger, but I’m not sure I B could
remember now. C ought
A can D should
B can’t
C could 40 Katie: Would you like to go sightseeing or to
D couldn’t the beach this afternoon?
Matthew: I don’t mind, I’ll let you decide.
34 Martina: What did the doctor say about Katie: OK, let’s go sightseeing, we?
your stomach pains? A should
Padma: He asked me what I for the last two B shall
days. C might
A eat D would

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41 Amanda: It said on the news that the B which
president also owns all the national C whom
newspapers. D that
Andrew: That be right! I don’t think that’s
true. 47 Laura: I can’t believe how talented this artist
A must was.
B can’t Emily: I know, it’s amazing. he was
C won’t almost 90 when he did them, his
D would paintings are beautiful.
A Since
42 Assistant: That meeting was really B Besides
difficult. What would you have done if you C Although
in my position? D Therefore
Manager: Oh, I think you managed it very
well. 48 Andrea: I want to buy some new shoes for the
A are winter.
B were Shan: Well, I looking for a new pair of
C had been boots for weeks, but I can’t find anything
D would be I like.
A am
43 Natalia: My new smartphone doesn’t B was
seem to work. C had been
Katie: Oh dear! Perhaps you D have been
should take it and ask for a
refund. 49 Client: I don’t have much money – just enough
A up to .
B out Accountant: Well, let me suggest
C away a way of helping you save more.
D back
A get by
B pay off
44 Chris: I wish I could be with our cousins … C do with
Alison: Me too! By this time D make up
tomorrow they on a Greek beach
while we’re revising for our history 50 Pablo: In April next year I here for ten years
test. exactly.
A sunbathe Alison: Wow! It really doesn’t seem that long.
B will sunbathe
A will live
C will be sunbathing
B will be living
D will have sunbathed
C am going to live
45 Son: Are you OK, Mum? You don’t seem D will have been living
very relaxed.
Mother: I just wish I an aisle
51 Student: Is it true that it took Bell and Watson
seat so that I could get up and
ages to invent the telephone?
walk around more easily.
Teacher: Yes. When they finally
A had chosen
succeeded, they on it for about 30
B have chosen
years.
C would choose
A must work
D should choose
B had been working
C have worked
46 Nicola: I love this picture, but won’t it cost
D would be working
a fortune?
52 Rachel: This would be a lovely place to sit on a
Victor: No, it’s just a copy. The
dry day.
original, is a portrait of the artist’s Natasha: Yes, I know. I just wish the rain .
friend, sold for €4 million!
A would stop B has stopped
A whose

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C will 58 Aamir: They’ve just announced that our train
have has been delayed.
stopped Laura: That’s annoying. We have
D rushed to get here after all.
would be A needn’t
stopping B could
C should
53 Student: What’s today’s lesson going to D mustn’t
be about? 59 Liam: So, your Dad’s got a laptop!
Teacher: Today we’re going to Cian: Yes, I bought it for him last year –
learn about a tribe descendants until then he a typewriter!
live in Lima, the capital of Peru. A used
A who B has used
B which C has been using
C whose D had been using
D whom
60 Isabella: The flight is fully booked, so I won’t
54 Andrea: Did your town have a good be able to go to Barbados next week.
market? Safia: If you the ticket sooner, you’d have found
Katie: Yes. When I was young we a seat.
there every Saturday looking for A had booked
bargains. B were booking
A had gone C booked
B would go D would have booked
C were going
D had been going 61 Receptionist: You taken a taxi to the hotel
since you arrived so late.
55 Daughter: Joanna has been really Customer: It was OK, actually.
supportive. I’m so lucky to have her as a There was a direct bus service from
friend. the airport.
Mother: Yes. Just think – if you A will have
hadn’t sat next to her in class at B should have
school, you so close now. C might have
A won’t be D would have
B wouldn’t be
C wouldn’t have been D aren’t 62 Sophie: Have they finished interviewing for the
manager’s position yet?
56 David: Did you see the headline this Rafi: No, but they all the candidates by next
evening? Friday.
Nicola: Yes – the Prime Minister was A won’t see
resign today. B would see
A charged C haven’t seen
B argued D will have seen
C struggled
D forced
63 Athlete: hard I try, I can’t run any faster.
Coach: You’ve improved a lot. I wouldn’t worry
57 Student: I’m concerned about the about it.
chemical test results I’ve just had from the
A Though
river.
B Whereas
Professor: It be a good idea to
C However
check the acid levels as well
D Considering
then.
A must
64 Laura: That’s a really beautiful painting. The
B should
colours are so vivid.
C might
D ought

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Jeremy: Yes, it’s amazing to think it was lostA has
for years and . B had
A must be restored C should have D would have
B had to be restored
C has been restoring 68 Andrew: I picked up some of that cat food you
D would be restoring wanted.
Pedro: Oh good. Once to these new
65 Charlotte: I saw the photos from the film cat biscuits, they won’t want to go back
festival. Was that you with the actor from to the other stuff.
The Hobbit? A we’ve switched
Niall: Yes, it was! did I imagine I B we’ll be switching
would ever actually meet him. C we’ll have switched
A Not D we’ve been switched
B Much
C Hardly 69 Antonia: Has your son done well in his exams?
D Little Phillip: Yes. Only once he wasn’t
66 Pauline: I hear you got soaked on the golf sufficiently prepared, but he can take
course this morning. that one again.
Chris: Yes. I wish I listened to the weather A he found
forecast. B he has found
A had C did he find
B have D could he find
C would have
D should have 70 Son: I had a bit of a stomach ache this morning.
Mother: Oh dear! Well, I did say you
67 Laura: How was the meeting? eaten that chicken last night.
Ricardo: It finished late A wouldn’t have
because Victor didn’t arrive B couldn’t have
until 5 pm. He told me he C mustn’t have
been given the wrong D shouldn’t have
directions.

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