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,

8 Alex: I’d like to make a cake. eggs have we got?
Yara? Yara: My sister and I A going to the
Andrea: Three, I think. Let me check.
cinema. 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
Assistant: Oh, he’s London today. hospital?
A in Antonia: the 236. It stops outside.
B on
A Get
C to
B Got
D at
C Gets
D Getting
2 Amirah: Do you like cats?
Chris: No, but there lots of other animals I like. 10 Father: Are we ready to go?
A is Daughter: No, Mum can’t find hat.
B be
A its
C are
B his
D was
C her
D their
3 Andrew: Where Alicia come from?
Martin: I think she’s from the United States. 11 Shop Assistant: Can I help you?
A is Customer: Yes, I’d like to buy trousers.
B do A a
C are B an
D does C this
D these
4 Teacher: Tell me something about your parents, Lucas.
Student: My mother and father both very tall. 12 Mother: Where’s that fish I bought? It was on the table.
A is Daughter: Oh no! The cat it.
B isn’t
A eat
C are
B eats
D aren’t
C is eating
D are eating
5 Ayla: That’s a nice table, Sophie! Is it new?
Sophie: Oh no, it’s my old dining table. 13 Amanda: I like your new sofa.
A mother Fahima: Thanks. It’s comfortable than the other one we
B mothers had.
C mother’s A too
D mothers’ B very
C much
6 Emma: What do you do after school? D more
Chloe: I see my friends. Do you visit people, too?
Emma: No, I go out. 14 Alicia: I’m going to the supermarket. Do you want anything?
A often Peter: Could you get milk, please?
B never A a
C always B any
D sometimes C some
D every
7 Katie: Is Charlotte at school today?
Laura: No, she . She’s not well today. 15 Karina: When do you want to play football?
A isn’t Aniqa: I to play tomorrow, because I don’t need to
B aren’t go to work.
C doesn’t A like
D hasn’t B likes
C liked
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
A play working 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
26 Shop Assistant: Excuse me, please. Could I get
my phone with me.
past?
A were Customer: Oh, I’m sorry. I’m getting in the way, I?
B was
A don’t
C are
B aren’t
D is
C can’t
D haven’t
19 Miriam: Are you coming to my party on Tuesday?
Brian: I’m really sorry, but I to take my daughter
27 Wife: Advertising is a big business for musicians.
to the airport.
Husband: Yes, musicians a lot of money for writing
A has short pieces of music.
B had
A pay
C have
B paid
D having
C are paid
D are paying
20 Saif: Why do you like running?
Isabella: Because it’s way to keep fit.
28 Son: Mum, I’d really like a guitar. Can I have one?
A best Mother: OK, but if we buy one you have to
B better practise playing it.
C the best
A will
D the better
B can
C could
21 Anna: Have you lived here a long time? D must
Stefan: Yes, over 40 years. I know of people in this town.
A any 29 Juliana: Do you like Brazilian coffee?
B lots Miriodere: No I don’t, because it’s strong.
C more
A too
D most
B such
C much
22 Josef: Why didn’t you come to the cinema last week? D enough
Chloe: I wanted to but I couldn’t. I studying for that test
we had on Monday.
30 Matthew: Would you like anything from the shop?
A was Alicia: Yes, I’d like one of celebrity magazines, please.
B were
A most recent
C am
B more recent
D been
C the most recent
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

38 Victor: I’d love to go back in history to see how people
need a new one.
lived hundreds of years ago.
Mother: I buy one if we had the money, but it’s
Simon: Me too! If I choose, I’d probably travel
not possible right now.
to 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

39 Stephen: The concert was fantastic yesterday. You
leaving 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
Natasha: Well, I play when I was younger, but I’m
this afternoon?
not 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?
41 Amanda: It said on the news that the president also owns
Padma: He asked me what I for the last two days.
all the national newspapers.
A eat Andrew: That be right! I don’t think that’s true.
B had eaten
A must
C was eating
B can’t
D would eat
C won’t
D would
35 Daughter: Everyone has arrived apart from Pamela.
Mother: Don’t worry, she phoned me this morning and
42 Assistant: That meeting was really difficult. What would you
said she be a bit late.
have done if you in my position?
A can Manager: Oh, I think you managed it very well.
B must
A are
C should
B were
D would
C had been
D would be
36 Vincent: Did you see the weather forecast? It’s going to
be extremely hot this weekend.
43 Natalia: My new smartphone doesn’t seem to work.
Pauline: I know, I can’t believe it! It since Monday.
Katie: Oh dear! Perhaps you should take it and ask for
A rains
a refund.
B has been raining
A up
C is raining
B out
D was raining
C away
D back
37 Ameena: What colour are you going to paint the
living room?
44 Chris: I wish I could be with our cousins …
Charlotte: I probably choose something bright,
Alison: Me too! By this time tomorrow they on a
like yellow.
Greek beach while we’re revising for our history
A will 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
descendants live in Lima, the capital of Peru.
the 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
looking for bargains.
he 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

48 Andrea: I want to buy some new shoes for the winter.
to have her as a friend.
Shan: Well, I looking for a new pair of boots for
Mother: Yes. Just think – if you hadn’t sat next to her in
weeks, but I can’t find anything I like.
class 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
Nicola: Yes – the Prime Minister was to resign today.
you 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

50 Pablo: In April next year I here for ten years exactly.
I’ve 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
A will live as 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
A must work here 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
Cian: Yes, I bought it for him last year – until then he
course 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

67 Laura: How was the meeting?
to 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,
from the airport.
they 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

69 Antonia: Has your son done well in his exams?
manager’s 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
A Though chicken last night.
B Whereas
A wouldn’t have
C However
B couldn’t have
D Considering
C mustn’t have
D shouldn’t
64 Laura: That’s a really beautiful painting. The colours are have
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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Teacher instructions and answer key

Administering the Placement Test
Allow a maximum of 30 minutes for the Test.
The questions in the Placement Test become progressively difficult. Students should only attempt as many questions
as they feel they are able to within the time allowed.

Placing students
Placement of candidates according to the scores on the Test is based on the assumption that students have
attempted to answer all 70 questions.

Item Corresponding course level

1–6 Language Hub Beginner
7–20 Language Hub Elementary
21–34 Language Hub Pre-Intermediate
35–48 Language Hub Intermediate
49–62 Language Hub Upper Intermediate
63–70 Language Hub Advanced

Placement is at the teacher’s discretion. For example, a score of 18/70 would mean a candidate would probably
be ready for Pre-Intermediate, while a score of 27/70 would place a candidate in the second half of
Pre-Intermediate. A score above 60 would place students at Advanced.

Answer key

1 A 11 D 21 B 31 D 41 B 51 B 61 B

2 C 12 C 22 A 32 B 42 C 52 A 62 D

3 D 13 D 23 D 33 C 43 D 53 C 63 C

4 C 14 C 24 C 34 B 44 C 54 B 64 B

5 C 15 D 25 C 35 D 45 A 55 B 65 D

6 B 16 B 26 B 36 B 46 B 56 D 66 A

7 A 17 D 27 C 37 A 47 C 57 C 67 B

8 C 18 A 28 A 38 C 48 D 58 A 68 A

9 A 19 C 29 A 39 D 49 A 59 D 69 C

10 C 20 C 30 C 40 B 50 D 60 A 70 D

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