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Placement Test - English: Section 1


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SECTION 1 GRAMMAR



1. "What do you do?" "I'm _________."
         Peter
         doctor
         teacher
         a teacher
         fine, thanks


2. "How old is Susan?" "__________ fifteen years old."
         He is
         She's
         Her is
         Her age is
         She


3. "How much is this?" "It's __________."
         four dollars
         four kilos
         four
         four years
         four feet


4. "We _________ in Amsterdam."
         like
         do live
         live
         are living
         living


5. "I ___________ rap music."
         not like
         don't like
         like not
         am not like
         am not liking


6. "____________ ?" "In Boston."
         Where do you live
         Who do you live
         What are you doing
         Where are you living
         Who are you living


7. "Where ________ John and Mary from?"
         are
         is
         do
         come
         have


8. "Do you have a car?" "No, we _________."
         haven't
         don't have
         don't
         have not
         don't got


9. "How ___________ students are there in your class?"
         much
         number
         do
         good
         many


10. "What ___________ to drink?" "A glass of orange juice,please."
         have you
         do you like
         are you like
         are you wanting
         would you like


11. "You ___________ run across the road. It's dangerous."
         needn't
         mustn't
         can
         should
         won't


12. "She learned _________ Russian when she was a child."
         to speak
         speaking
         speak
         the
         for speaking


13. "They _________ very much last night."
         did not
         haven't done
         didn't
         didn't do
         have not done


14. "I really enjoy skating." "________."
         I also
         So I do
         Nor do I
         Also do I
         So do I


15. "If she doesn't finish her studies,she _________ get a good job."
         doesn't
         won't
         would
         hasn't
         isn't


16. "The washing machine has broken down again.I think it _________ this time."
         is needing change
         needs a change
         has need to change
         needs changing
         needs change


17. "Coffee __________ in Brazil for hundreds of years."
         was grown
         is grown
         grows
         is been grown
         has been grown


18. "When ____________ ?" "On Sunday morning."
         did they arrive
         had they arrive
         have they arrived
         arrived they
         did they arrived


19. "Is there any food left?" "_________ ."
         No,there isn't
         Yes,they is
         Yes,there is any
         No,there aren't
         No,there isn't some


20. "How do you get to work?" "_______ ."
         In car
         By car
         With car
         I drive by car
         I go with the car


21. "I don't feel very well this morning. I wish I _________ so much last night."
         hadn't eaten
         didn't eat
         haven't eaten
         ate
         shouldn't have eaten


22. "I started to work here in 2001 so I _________ for Dunlop _________ three years."
         am working/since
         work/since
         work/for
         worked/since
         have been working/for


23. "I think most people _________ English for their jobs in the future."
         need
         will need
         are needing
         needs
         will have needed


24. "We __________ lunch when the phone _________ ."
         had/was ringing
         had/has rung
         were having/rang
         had/rang
         were having/was ringing


25. "I really don't like this town." "___________ ."
         So do I
         Me too
         Neither I don't
         Either do I
         Neither do I


26. "I _________ into town this afternoon. Do you need anything?"
         am going to go
         will go
         have gone
         am going
         go


27. "____________ ?" "I've only seen them once and they seem very nice."
         How are your new neighbours do
         What are your new neighbours like
         How are your new neighbours doing
         What do your new neighbours like
         How do your new neighbours look like


28. "When did you last ________ to the movies?" "I ______ last weekend."
         go/have been
         went/went
         go/went
         see/have been
         gone/was


29. "Do you know ________ ?" "I think they belong to Peter."
         who these books are
         who are these books
         whose are these books
         who these books belong
         whose these books are


30. "The trip was fantastic! We had ________ ."
         such good weather
         so fine weather
         such a good weather
         so good weather
         so a good weather


31. "They _________ an hour when she finally arrived."
         waited
         already waited
         had already been waiting
         have already been waiting
         were already waiting


32. "Did you see who it was?" "Not very clearly. It ________ Mr Smith, but I'm not sure."
         should have been
         was
         could have been
         might
         should been


33. "If I _________ so much to do yesterday, I _________ to the cinema with you."
         didn't have/would go
         hadn't/would have gone
         didn't have/would have gone
         had/would go
         hadn't had/would have gone


34. "A lot _________ to the house before we can move in."
         needs be doing
         needs done
         needs to be done
         needs to do
         needs to have done


35. "I'll get Mr Smith _________ the computer system."
         to fix
         for fixing
         fix
         fixing
         that he fixes


36. "Let's go for a drink after work today, ___________ ?"
         let's not
         shall we
         why not
         don't we
         shan't we


37. "__________ for the bus a man with a gun ran out of the bank across from us."
         While we waited
         Until we waited
         As we were waiting
         When we waited
         As soon as we waited


38. "I had _________ last month."
         painted our house
         let our house paint
         our house painted
         had painted our house
         been painting our house


39. "She _________ the job if she had handled the situation right."
         would be had
         had had
         will have had
         hadn't had
         would have had


40. "__________ how you felt about the whole thing, I just decided to forget it."
         I know
         I am knowing
         Knowing
         Known
         To know


41. "I got stuck in traffic on my way home." - "Well, you _________ the train."
         had taken
         better took
         should have taken
         should taken
         had better taken


42. "We didn't have anything to eat _________ we got home in the evening."
         while
         as
         despite
         as soon as
         just as


43. "They don't like him at all. He treats them _________ they were children."
         as if
         the way
         as
         in case
         although


44. "In a mosque you _________ wear shorts and sandals."
         couldn't
         don't have to
         are supposed to
         don't oblige to
         aren't allowed to


45. "A new shopping centre _________ in Frankfurt at the moment."
         will be built
         is being built
         is built
         was built
         is building


46. "Today a lot of electronic goods _________ in Asia."
         are being manufactured
         will be manufactured
         are manufactured
         were manufactured
         have been being manufactured


47. "I __________ after I started working in Berlin."
         got used to commute
         get used to commuting
         am getting used to commute
         got used to commuting
         have got used to commute


48. "__________ we made a profit in the first year."
         Surprisingly enough
         nough surprisingly
         Surprising enough
         nough surprising
         Surprise enough


49. "Is there anything I need to know in order ________ a fool of myself?"
         not making
         to make
         to avoid making
         to avoiding
         to avoid that I make


50. "When I was on my grandparents' farm, I __________ the cows."
         used to like milking
         used to like to milk
         used liking to milk
         used to milking
         used to liking to milk




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