Placement Test B – Language

Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.

1. Are ____ your children? 8. ____ some great music stores

a) these downtown.
b) them a) They’re
c) the b) There’s
d) that c) There are
d) It’s
2. What kind of music ____?
a) Sue likes 9. Those pants are ____ the red ones.
b) is Sue like a) the cheapest than
c) does Sue like b) more cheap that
d) do Sue likes c) cheaper than
d) cheap as
3. Can Bill call you back? He ____ a
shower right now. 10. John and Chris ____ Chris’s family
a) takes next weekend.
b) take a) visited
c) is taking b) visit
d) doesn’t take c) is visiting
d) are going to visit
4. A Can you speak Italian?
B No, I ____. 11. He’s not ____ science fiction.
a) not speak a) interested in
b) don’t b) exciting with
c) can’t c) bored about
d) am not d) amazing by

5. We don’t have ____ milk, sorry. 12. A I don’t like pop music.
a) some B ____.
b) no a) So do I
c) a b) Neither do I
d) any c) Me too
d) I don’t
6. ____ at Derek’s party yesterday?
a) Were you 13. Liz ____ water skiing.
b) Was you a) is ever going
c) Did you be b) has never gone
d) Are you c) has ever gone
d) did never went
7. My brothers ____ hiking in the
mountains last month. 14. The museum is free. You ____ pay.
a) went a) should
b) go b) must
c) are going c) have to
d) are d) don’t have to

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15. Anna loves people ____ her laugh. 22. Does he use his digital camera ____
a) whose make movies?
b) that makes a) to making
c) who make b) to make
d) make c) in order to making
d) for make
16. We were having dinner when Paula
____. 23. What would John do if he ____
a) is calling a motorcycle?
b) has called a) would have
c) calls b) have
d) called c) has
d) had
17. It ____ be a bird. It doesn’t have any
feathers. 24. When the doctor got to the hospital,
a) must the patient ____ home.
b) might a) was already gone
c) doesn’t have to b) has already gone
d) can’t c) had already gone
d) already went
18. If Mary ____ to Chicago, she will
live with some friends. 25. Today is Pat’s birthday. We ____
a) will move her a gift.
b) to move a) would buy
c) moves b) should have bought
d) move c) must not have bought
d) couldn’t have bought
19. I ____ coins since 2003.
a) have been collecting 26. Tony ____ really happy when he
b) collected heard the news.
c) collect a) would be
d) am collecting b) must have been
c) might be
20. That theater ____ by a famous d) is
architect.
a) was designed 27. They asked me ____ home late.
b) is designing a) that I came
c) has designed b) if I was coming
d) designed c) if did I come
d) I come
21. Do you know what time ____?
a) will start the game show 28. If we had invented the MP3 player,
b) the game show starts we ____ a lot of money.
c) is the game show starting a) would make
d) did the game show start b) would have made
c) will make
d) had made

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