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Full Placement Test

ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS

1 Choose the answer that best completes each sentence.

Example: Where C for your next holiday?

A B C
do you go have you gone are you going

1 We _____ in Brighton since we came to England three years ago.

A B
lived have lived

2 My parents are coming this weekend, but I don’t know how long they _____.

A B
stay will be staying

3 I _____ that working long hours reduces productivity.

A B
believe am believing

4 I don’t mind paying high rent for a flat _____ it’s centrally located.

A B
since provided that

5 While I was doing my homework yesterday afternoon, my brother _____ television.

A B
was watching had been watching

6 The person to _____ we were speaking had all the information we needed.

A B
who whom

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7 By the end of this week, I _____ my exams.

A B C
will finish will have finished will be finished

8 Nowadays, most products are _____ produced in a factory rather than being hand
made.

A B C
highly fast mass

9 I hate _____ when you keep interrupting me.

A B C
it that how

10 Unfortunately, he’s never _____ his potential, which is a great shame.

A B C
granted gained fulfilled

11 Steven _____ a setback in his marathon training when he broke his ankle.

A B C
got found suffered

12 He _____ to New Zealand to work but he decided to go to America instead.

A B C
must have gone supposed to go could have gone

13 You _____ that it wasn’t going to be easy to become a doctor – everyone warned
you.

A B C
might realise must have realised should realise

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14 The ending of the book was _____ because the main character finally abandoned
her dreams.

A B C
poignant severe sympathetic

15 I wish she _____ keep criticising what everyone else is wearing.

A B C
won’t wouldn’t shouldn’t

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2 Choose the answer that best completes each sentence.

16 Many people would prefer / rather spend their money than save it.

17 It took me a couple of weeks to get / come to terms with failing my driving test.

18 I don’t think he looks at all like / as his father. Do you?

19 The training course is for staff to improve their sales techniques / routines.

20 In business, it’s important to build a good rapport / affiliation with your customers.

21 Some people seem to be incompetent / incapable of reading instructions correctly.

22 In the case / event of a fire, leave the building immediately.

23 You should leave now. Unless / Otherwise you’ll be late for the meeting.

24 My parents encouraged me to study / studying whatever I wanted at university.

25 We’ve got to carry / consider / bear in mind that we have a very limited budget.

26 Thomas regretted leaving / to leave / to leaving his old job.

27 I’ve been racking my mind / thoughts / brain to remember his name.

28 I didn’t know that my brother was supposed to / was going to / was thinking of
buy my mother the same present as I bought!

29 Being decided / Having decided / Having to decide to get fit, I joined a gym and
bought myself some new running shoes.

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30 Regardless / Concerning / Nevertheless of what other people think, it’s important
to follow your heart in these matters.

31 No quicker / sooner / earlier had I said it than I realised it was the wrong thing to
say.

32 The company won an award this year. And what’s plus / more / further, it also had
its best sales figures ever.

33 Hardly she arrived / had she arrived / did she arrive home, when her children
started arguing about what to watch on TV.

34 Jo put away / put up / put forward some interesting proposals at the meeting this
morning.

35 Have you taken all the factors into issue / account / allowance in your
calculations?

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3 Complete the sentences with words formed from the words given.
Example: I have got a qualification in digital marketing. qualify

36 We don’t know much about the world’s oceans. There needs to be more _____. explore

37 I didn’t mention that it was my birthday so the gifts were totally_____. expect

38 Alex rarely talks about himself, In fact, he’s generally very _____. communicate

39 He’s quite childish and his sense of humour is very _____. infant

40 It’s a worry that some young people’s use of the Internet is very _____. discriminate

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41 The time allocated for this project doesn’t seem enough. I have serious _____. give

42 We didn’t meet when she was in Paris. I wasn’t there at the time, _____. fortunate

43 This is not the model I ordered. There must have been some kind of _____. understand

44 I don’t understand this writing. It’s not _____. comprehension

45 In your life so far, which person has been the most _____? influence

46 For people who are motivated by job satisfaction, salary is often _____. relevance

47 The match was incredibly tedious to watch because both teams played _____. dismal

48 Rob and Jane run a business together. Their skills are very _____. complement

49 For me, watching animal videos online is a real source of _____. amuse

50 There has recently been a lot of exciting archaeological _____. discover

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4 Complete the text. Use only one word for each gap.

The history of tennis

It is almost impossible to establish 0 __ the__ specific moment in history when tennis began.
However, its origins may go as far 51 __________ as the Ancient Greeks and Romans. Today there
is still discussion as to when and how the game came to 52 __________ known as tennis. One
theory suggests that it is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word tenetz, 53 __________ means ‘Take
this! Play!’. Alternatively, it could be from the French word tenir, meaning ‘to hold’.

The early game of tennis was nothing 54 __________ the game we know today. Originally the ball
was hit with the hands and it was not 55 __________ about 500 years ago that rackets were first
used. And it was also at 56 __________ time that tennis started to be played outside. Before then, it
57
__________ to be mainly played inside buildings.

The game’s popularity quickly grew. The English king Henry VIII had his own tennis court and for
this reason, tennis became 58 __________ as the Game of Kings. It was also popular in France
with religious men and 59 __________ is evidence that Bishops 60 __________ receive a gift of
tennis balls on Easter Day from the local people.

___ / 10

TOTAL: ___ / 60

x 1.67 = ___ / 100

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