Quick Placement Test

Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill each blank.

(1) Roberta _____ from The United (11) I wish I _____ more money! (21) Harry can _____ English.
States. a) have a) to speak
a) are b) had b) speaking
b) is c) would have c) speak
c) am d) was having d) speaks
d) be (22) I’m not interested _____ sports.
(2) What’s _____ name? (12) _____ be famous one day? a) for
a) - a) Would you like b) about
b) his b) Would you like to c) in
c) him c) Do you like d) to
d) he d) Do you like to
(23)She likes _____ expensive clothes.
3) My friend _____ in London. (13) It’s my birthday _____ Friday. a) wearing
a) living a) on b) to wearing
b) live b) in c) wear
c) lives c) at d) is wearing
d) is live d) by
(24) Harry _____ his father’s car when the
(4) Where _____? (14) I _____ eighteen years old. accident happened.
a) works Tom a) am a) was driving
b) Tom works b) have b) drove
c) Tom does work c) have got c) had driven
d) does Tom work a) - d) has been driving

(5) I _____ coffee. (15) I _____ a headache. (25) I was wondering _____ tell me when the
a) no like a) am next plane from Chicago arrives?
b) not like b) do a) could you
c) like don’t c) have b) can you
d) don’t like d) got c) if you could
d) if could you
(6) ‘_____ to Australia, (16) Do you _____ a uniform at your
Ginny?’ ‘Yes, two years ago.” school? (26) If I _____ him, I would have spoken to
a) Did you ever go a) carry him, wouldn’t I?
b) Do you ever go b) wear a) saw
c) Have you ever been c) use b) had seen
d) Are you ever going d) hold c) have seen
d) would have seen
(7) Tokyo is _____ city I’ve ever (17) ‘What time is it?’‘I have no _____.’
lived in. a) idea (27) I like your hair. Where _____?
a) the most big b) opinion a) do you have cut
b) the bigger c) answer b) have you cut it
c) the biggest d) time c) do you have cut it
d) the more big d) do you have it cut
(18) The meal was very expensive.
(8)A vegetarian is someone _____ Look at the _____! (28) I think Joey must _____ late tonight.
doesn’t eat meat. a) ticket His office light is still on.
a) who b) receipt a) have worked
b) what c) invoice b) work
c) which d) bill c) be working
d) whose d) to work
(19) How many _____ of trousers
(9) _____ these days. have you got? (29) John tells me Jack’s going out with
a) items Helen, _____ I find hard to believe.
a) I never a newspaper buy b) pairs a) which
b) I never buy a newspaper c) sets b) who
c) I buy never a newspaper d) times c) whose
d) Never I buy a newspaper d) that
(20) Joel came back from his holiday
(10) I _____ watch TV tonight. in Brazil looking really _____. (30)What _____ this weekend, Lance?
a) am a) tanned a) will you do
b) go to b) sunned b) are you doing
c) going to c) coloured c) will you have done
a) am going to d) darkened d) do you do
(31) The weather has been (41) Who _____ in that house? (51) I’d rather I _____ next weekend, but I
awful. We’ve had very _____ a) does live do!
sunshine this summer. b) lives a) don’t have to work
a) little c) does he live b) didn’t have to work
b) a little d) he lives c) wouldn’t work
c) few d) wasn’t working
d) a few (42) I’ll call you when I _____ home.
a) get (52) Harriet is so knowledgeable. She can
(32) Did you hear what happened to b) ’ll get talk about _____ subject that comes up.
Kate? She _____. c) ’ll have got a) whatever
a) is arrested d) ’m getting b) whenever
b) arrested c) wherever
c) has been arrested (43) If you _____ me, what would you d) whoever
d) is being arrested do? (53) I always _____ milk in my coffee.
(33) I usually _____ up at about a) was a) have
7.30. b) would be b) drink
a) go c) were c) mix
b) be d) have been d) make
c) do (54) I _____ TV every evening.
d) get (44) I don’t know where _____ last night. a) watch
(34)I _____ football every week. a) did he go b) look at
a) play b) he did go c) see
b) go c) went he d) hear
c) do d) he went
d) have (55) Can you give me a _____ with my bag.
(45) John and Betty are coming to a) leg
(35) My sister _____ the visit us tomorrow but I wish _____. b) back
cooking in our house. a) they won’t c) hand
a) does b) they hadn’t d) head
b) makes c) they didn’t
c) cooks d) they weren’t (56) Before you enter the triathlon, please bear
d) takes in _____ that you’re not as young as you used to
(46) I’m so hungry! If only Bill be!
(36) Don’t forget to _____ the _____ all the food in the fridge! a) thought
light when you leave the room. a) wasn’t eating b) question
a) turn up b) didn’t eat c) mind
b) turn in c) hadn’t eaten d) opinion
c) turn off d) hasn’t eaten
d) turn over (47) I regret _____ harder in school. (57) The breath test showed he had consumed
a) not studying more than three times the legal limit of alcohol,
(37) She was in _____ when she b) not to study so the police arrested him for _____.
heard the tragic news. c) to not study a) trespassing
a) crying d) not have studied b) mugging
b) tears c) speeding
c) cries (48) Surely Sue _____ you if she was d) drunk driving
d) tearful unhappy with your work.
a) will tell (58) The meeting was _____ and not very
(38) He _____ that he hadn’t b) would have told interesting.
stolen the computer, but no one c) must have told a) time-wasting
believed him. d) had told b) time-consuming
a) reassured c) time-using
b) informed (49) Our neighbours aren’t very d) out of time
c) insisted polite, and _____ particularly quiet!
d) persuaded (59) After the movie was released, the main
a) neither they aren’t _____ point was its excessive use of violence.
(39) Could you _____ me that b) either they aren’t a) discussion
book for a couple of days, please? c) nor are they b) speaking
a) lend d) neither did they be c) conversation
b) owe d) talking
c) borrow (50) We had expected that they _____
d) rent fluent English, but in fact they didn’t. (60) There have been several big _____
(40) Greg is _____ a lot of time a) were speaking against the use of GM foods recently.
at Yvonne’s house these days! b) would speak a) campaigns
a) taking c) had spoken b) issues
b) spending d) spoke c) boycotts
c) having d) strikes
d) doing
QUICK PLACEMENT TEST ANSWERS

Each answer is worth one point.

(1) b (31) a
(2) b (32) c
(3) c (33) d
(4) d (34) a
(5) d (35) a
(6) c (36) c
(7) c (37) b
(8) a (38) c
(9) b (39) a
(10) d (40) b
(11) b
(12) b (41) b
(42) a
(13) a (43) c
(14) a (44) d
(15) c (45) d
(16) b (46) c
(17) a (47) a
(18) d (48) b
(19) b (49) c
(20) a (50) b
(51) b
(21) c (52) a
(22) c
(23) a (53) a
(24) a (54) a
(25) c (55) c
(26) b (56) c
(27) d (57) d
(28) c (58) b
(29) a (59) d
(30) b (60) a

Total Score Level

0-14 Beginner
15–24 Elementary
25–34 Pre-intermediate
35–44 Intermediate
45–54 Upper-intermediate
55–60 Advanced