Straightforward Pre-intermediate and Intermediate Level Placement Test

1. __________ at school yesterday?

7. Latin __________ compulsory in Irish schools.
A) Was you
B) Were you A) used to be
C) Did you B) would be
D) Is you C) has
D) has been

2. -- Is your family large? -- __________.

8. The boy  __________ cake when his mother came into
A) Yes, it is. the room.
B) Yes, they are.
A) was eat
C) No, it not.
B) eats
D) No, they isn’t.
C) was eating
D) has eating

3. What __________ he want?

A) does 9. There __________ milk for my breakfast.

B) do
A) isn’t some
C) have
B) isn’t any
D) was
C) any
D) __

4. __________ do you have dinner?

A) When time 10. __________ people from Poland went to Scotland in the
B) What time 20th century.
C) What kind of A) Many of
D) What for B) Many
C) Some of
D) __

5. He __________ to go home.

A) want
B) did 11. There are  __________ French speakers in Montreal.
C) didn’t want A) too much
D) didn’t wanted B) a lot of
C) a little
D) not much

6. Where __________ to school?

A) did you go
B) went you
C) did you went
D) did go

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12. She __________ with her friends on Facebook™

everyday.

A) is communicating 18. -- Do you have any plans for tonight? -- Yes, we

__________ to the cinema.
B) communicates
C) will communicating A) will go
D) __ B) going
C) go
D) are going

13. More and more people __________ divorced every

year.

A) are wanting 19. I plan to __________ two weeks by the beach.

B) wanting
A) bring
C) getting
B) spend
D) are getting
C) spending
D) making

14. Many, but not all, people __________ get married in a

church.
20. The fast food restaurant was __________ dirty. We
A) want to didn’t eat there.
B) are wanting to
A) extreme
C) wanting to
B) extremely
D) used to want
C) bit
D) very much

15. Would you like  __________ to the theatre tonight?

A) go 21. This restaurant is __________ the one over there.

B) to go
A) traditional
C) going
B) traditionaler
D) to going
C) more traditional than
D) traditionaler than

16. I __________ to Peru on holiday next month.

A) am flying 22. My coffee was __________ yours. I almost burned

my mouth.
B) flying
C) am go flying A) hotter than
D) will flying B) more hot than
C) hotter as
D) as hot

17. Oh! It __________ . I’ll take an umbrella with me.

A) raining
B) will raining
C) rains
D) ’s raining

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23. The __________ coffee in the world comes from

indonesia.

A) expensive 29. If my new company is successful, I  __________ employ

people to help me.
B) expensivest
C) more expensive A) will
D) most expensive B) be able to
C) will be able to
D) will able to

24. I __________ sushi.

A) eaten
B) have eat 30. The first reality TV show __________ in Sweden in
1997.
C) have ever eaten
D) have never eaten A) showed
B) shown
C) is shown
D) was shown
25. She has __________ finished this week’s report.

A) yet
B) already
31. The film Avatar was directed __________ James
C) ever Cameron.
D) never
A) by
B) from
C) for
D) with
26. I don’t think you __________ them.

A) should to email
B) should email
C) should emailing
32. I’ve had my cat __________ 4 years.
D) __
A) since
B) for
C) with
D) it
27. In the future there __________ cures to the world’s
worst diseases.

A) might be
B) is going to being
33. Her horse is lovely. She __________ it since she was a
C) will being teenager.
D) might have
A) had
B) has had
C) has
D) is had
28. The space tourists __________ certainly need to be
very fit.

A) won’t
B) will
C) __
D) going to

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34. I’ve received 33 emails  __________.

A) on Friday
B) yesterday 40. Oxfam is a charity __________ tries to find lasting
solutions to poverty.
C) two days ago
D) this week A) who
B) which
C) it
D) __
35. How often have you been to the doctor __________?

A) one year ago

B) in the last twelve months
41. A lot of __________ came to Ireland in the 1990s.
C) yesterday
D) last week A) immigrants
B) emigrants
C) invaders
D) colonies
36. I was saving up  __________ a new computer.

A) for buying
B) to buy
42. There was a nice meal and a band at the wedding
C) to buying __________.
D) __
A) ceremony
B) reception
C) speech
D) group
37. You __________ wear a suit to work, but you can if you
want.

A) must
B) mustn’t
43. I mostly __________ my friends via email.
C) could
D) don’t have to A) get on well with
B) have in commn
C) keep in touch with
D) see each other
38. I had to __________ a uniform to school when I was
younger.

A) have
B) wearing 44. Bob has had a very interesting __________ . He has
had jobs in many countries and industries.
C) wear
D) having A) carrier
B) job
C) career
D) work
39. Cecilia knows someone __________ went to the
carnival in Rio de Janeiro.

A) who
B) which
C) she
D) where

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45. She’s very successful. Her __________ has risen a lot in 48. The house will look cleaner when you have finished
the past few years. the __________.

A) money A) home
B) salary B) housewife
C) job C) housework
D) earnings D) homework

46. I am very __________ in old cars. 49. Stress is not an illness, but it can __________ to many
illnesses.
A) keen
B) interesting A) get
C) interested B) celebrate
D) fond C) contribute
D) affect

47. He __________ his exam because he didn’t study.

50. He __________ off his holiday until after the winter.
A) failed
B) passed A) took
C) missed B) put
D) fell C) called
D) logged

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Answer Key:

1: B 26: B
2: A 27: A
3: A 28: B
4: B 29: C
5: C 30: D
6: A 31: A
7: A 32: B
8: C 33: B
9: B 34: D
10: B 35: B
11: B 36: B
12: B 37: D
13: D 38: C
14: A 39: A
15: B 40: B
16: A 41: A
17: D 42: B
18: D 43: C
19: B 44: C
20: B 45: B
21: C 46: C
22: A 47: A
23: D 48: C
24: D 49: C
25: B 50: B

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