Penguin Readers Placement Test 6A
6. So far no one has ......................... for the job of chief
1. We had the first snow of the winter ......................... of police.
days ......................... .
A) appointed
A) few … since B) applied
B) a few … since C) presented
C) few … ago D) appeared
D) a few … ago
7. He wasn’t elected, ......................... the efforts of his
2. He ......................... getting into trouble by refusing to team.
be involved.
A) despite
A) resists B) although
B) avoids C) nevertheless
C) prevents D) however
D) overcomes
8. ......................... when there is ice on the roads
3. I’m sorry. I ......................... you about the change in ......................... very dangerous.
the dates but I forgot.
A) Riding … is
A) should have told B) The riding … is
B) must have told C) Riding … it is
C) ought to tell D) The riding … it is
D) would tell
9. The method sounds old-fashioned but it works
4. I knew she was married because she was ......................... well as ......................... .
......................... a wedding ring.
A) as … never
A) carrying B) as … ever
B) bearing C) so ... never
C) dressing D) so ... ever
D) wearing
10. When you’ve been playing as long as I have, one
5. Your wife rang ......................... you that you’re game is very like ......................... .
meeting her after work.
A) other
A) for reminding B) each other
B) to remind C) another
C) for remembering D) one other
D) to remember
Take this test ONLINE: https://www.englishtestsonline.com/penguin-readers-placement-test-6a/
Penguin Readers Placement Test 6A
11. She seems very keen on discipline but I wonder 16. It’s a dangerous occupation. I don’t do it for the
......................... in class. ......................... of my health.
A) what she is like A) cause
B) what is she like B) desire
C) how she is C) reason
D) how is she D) sake
12. That’s the third time this week that the machine has 17. She ......................... the cloth and put it away in the
been out of ......................... . drawer.
A) work A) folded
B) order B) bent
C) practice C) twisted
D) force D) curved
13. She’s still very beautiful. I wish I ......................... her 18. I ......................... expecting a storm like this
when she was young. ......................... several days now.
A) would have known A) am … for
B) have known B) am … during
C) knew C) have been … for
D) had known D) have been … during
14. By the time they change the law, the damage 19. We’ve appealed for witnesses but .........................
......................... been done. has come forward.
A) shall have A) none
B) will have B) no-one
C) had C) anyone
D) must have D) any one
15. I don’t want to stop in the forest but ......................... 20. He ......................... to me for the mistake.
be a village quite near.
A) excused
A) there may B) forgave
B) it may C) pardoned
C) there can D) apologised
D) there can
Take this test ONLINE: https://www.englishtestsonline.com/penguin-readers-placement-test-6a/
Penguin Readers Placement Test 6A
21. If he’d worked as hard as we have, he 25. Come on! I don’t want ......................... the start of
......................... tired. the match.
A) has felt A) that we miss
B) had felt B) to miss
C) feels C) that we lose
D) would feel D) to lose
22. I can’t find my glasses. I ......................... them at the 26. My neighbours are a bit ......................... . They
office. believe in ghosts and magic
A) had to leave A) weird
B) could leave B) wicked
C) must have left C) rare
D) can have left D) decayed
23. You’ve had a lot to drink so you ......................... 27. If you don’t do what the boss tells you, you’ll be
better let me drive. ......................... from the firm.
A) should A) rejected
B) would B) resigned
C) had C) retired
D) ought D) sacked
24. They aren’t going to raise taxes – at 28. Those boys climbed up the ......................... tower last
......................... , that is what they promised. night.
A) least A) church’s
B) last B) churchs’
C) first C) church
D) once D) churches’
Take this test ONLINE: https://www.englishtestsonline.com/penguin-readers-placement-test-6a/
Penguin Readers Placement Test 6A
29. They made a serious mistake and their opponents 30. She ............................... at me and then went on
took ......................... of it. reading.
A) profit A) glanced
B) benefit B) viewed
C) advantage C) regarded
D) gain D) responded
Take this test ONLINE: https://www.englishtestsonline.com/penguin-readers-placement-test-6a/
Penguin Readers Placement Test 6A
Answer Key:
1: D 16: D
2: B 17: A
3: A 18: C
4: D 19: B
5: B 20: D
6: B 21: D
7: A 22: C
8: A 23: C
9: B 24: A
10: C 25: B
11: A 26: A
12: B 27: D
13: D 28: C
14: B 29: C
15: A 30: A
Take this test ONLINE: https://www.englishtestsonline.com/penguin-readers-placement-test-6a/
