Free Printable Placement Test

1.

1. ________ at school yesterday.

a)

a. Was you

b)

b. Were you

c)

c. Did you

d)

d. Is you

2.

2. Is your family large?________

a)

a. Yes, it is.

b)

b. Yes, they are.

c)

c. No, it not.

d)

d. No, they isn’t.

3.

3. What ____ he want?

a)

a. does

b)

b. do

c)

c. have

d)

d. was

4.

4. ____ do you have dinner?

a)

a. When time

b)

b. What time

c)

c. What kind of

d)

d. What for

5.

5. He ____ to go home.

a)

a. want

b)

b. did

c)

c. didn’t want

d)

d. didn’t wanted

6.

6. Where ____ to school?

a)

a. did you go

b)

b. went you

c)

c. did you went

d)

d. did go

7.

7. Latin ____ compulsory in Irish schools.

a)

a. used to be

b)

b. would be

c)

c. has

d)

d. has been

8.

8. The boy ____ cake when his mother came into the room.

a)

a. was eat

b)

b. eats

c)

c. was eating

d)

d. has eating

9.

9. There ____ milk for my breakfast.

a)

a. isn’t some

b)

b. isn’t any

c)

c. any

10.

10. ____ people from Poland went to Scotland in the 20th century.

a)

a. Many of

b)

b. Many

c)

c. Some of

11.

11. There are __________ French speakers in Montreal.

a)

a. too much

b)

b. a lot of

c)

c. a little

d)

d. not much

12.

12. She ____ with her friends on Facebook™ everyday

a)

a. is communicating

b)

b. communicates

c)

c. will communicating

13.

13. More and more people ____ divorced every year.

a)

a. are wanting

b)

b. wanting

c)

c. getting

d)

d. are getting

14.

14. Many, but not all, people ____ get married in a church.

a)

a. want to

b)

b. are wanting to

c)

c. wanting to

d)

d. used to want

15.

15. Would you like ____ to the theatre tonight?

a)

a. go

b)

b. to go

c)

c. going

d)

d. to going

16.

16. I ____ to Peru on holiday next month.

a)

a. am flying

b)

b. flying

c)

c. am go flying

d)

d. will flying

17.

17. Oh! It ____. I’ll take an umbrella with me.

a)

a. raining

b)

b. will raining

c)

c. rains

d)

d. ’s raining

18.

18. Do you have any plans for tonight? Yes, we ____ to the cinema.

a)

a. will go

b)

b. going

c)

c. go

d)

d. are going

19.

19. I plan to ____ two weeks by the beach.

a)

a. bring

b)

b. spend

c)

c. spending

d)

d. making

20.

20. The fast food restaurant was _____ dirty. We didn’t eat there.

a)

a. extreme

b)

b. extremely

c)

c. bit

d)

d. very much

21.

21. This restaurant is ____ the one over there.

a)

a. traditional

b)

b. traditionaler

c)

c. more traditional than

d)

d. traditionaler than

22.

22. My coffee was ____ yours. I almost burned by mouth.

a)

a. hotter than

b)

b. more hot than

c)

c. hotter as

d)

d. as hot

23.

23. The ____ coffee in the world comes from indonesia.

a)

a. expensive

b)

b. expensivest

c)

c. more expensive

d)

d. most expensive

24.

24. I ____ sushi.

a)

a. eaten

b)

b. have eat

c)

c. have ever eaten

d)

d. have never eaten

25.

25. She has ____ finished this week’s report.

a)

a. yet

b)

b. already

c)

c. ever

d)

d. never

26.

26. I don’t think you ____ them.

a)

a. should to email

b)

b. should email

c)

c. should emailing

27.

27. In the future there ____ cures to the world’s worst diseases.

a)

a. might be

b)

b. is going to being

c)

c. will being

d)

d. might have

28.

28. The space tourists ___ certainly need to be very fit.

a)

a. won’t

b)

b. will

c)

c. are going to

29.

29. If my new company is successful, I ____ employ people to help me.

a)

a. will

b)

b. be able to

c)

c. will be able to

d)

d. will able to

30.

30. The first reality TV show ____ in Sweden in 1997.

a)

a. showed

b)

b. shown

c)

c. is shown

d)

d. was shown

31.

31. The film Avatar was directed ____ James Cameron.

a)

a. by

b)

b. from

c)

c. for

d)

d. with

32.

32. I’ve had my cat ____ 4 years.

a)

a. since

b)

b. for

c)

c. with

d)

d. it

33.

33. Her horse is lovely. She _____ it since she was a teenager.

a)

a. had

b)

b. has had

c)

c. had

d)

d. is had

34.

34. I’ve received 33 emails ____

a)

a. on Friday

b)

b. yesterday

c)

c. two days ago

d)

d. this week

35.

35. How often have you been to the doctor ______

a)

a. one year ago?

b)

b. in the last twelve months?

c)

c. yesterday?

d)

d. last week?

36.

36. I was saving up ____ a new computer.

a)

a. for buying

b)

b. to buy

c)

c. to buying

37.

37. You ____ wear a suit to work, but you can if you want.

a)

a. must

b)

b. mustn’t

c)

c. could

d)

d. don’t have to

38.

38. I had to ____ a uniform to school when I was younger.

a)

a. have

b)

b. wearing

c)

c. wear

d)

d. having

39.

39. Cecilia knows someone ____ went to the carnival in Rio de Janeiro.

a)

a. who

b)

b. which

c)

c. she

d)

d. where

40.

40. Oxfam is a charity ____ tries to find lasting solutions to poverty.

a)

a. who

b)

b. which

c)

c. it

41.

41. A lot of ____ came to Ireland in the 1990s.

a)

a. immigrants

b)

b. emigrants

c)

c. invaders

d)

d. colonies

42.

42. There was a nice meal and a band at the wedding ____

a)

a. ceremony

b)

b. reception

c)

c. speech

d)

d. group

43.

43. I mostly ____ my friends via email.

a)

a. get on well with

b)

b. have in common

c)

c. keep in touch with

d)

d. see each other

44.

44. Bob has had a very interesting ___ . He has had jobs in many countries and industries.

a)

a. carrier

b)

b. job

c)

c. career

d)

d. work

45.

45. She’s very successful. Her ___ has risen a lot in the past few years.

a)

a. money

b)

b. salary

c)

c. job

d)

d. earnings

46.

46. I am very ___ in old cars.

a)

a. keen

b)

b. interesting

c)

c. interested

d)

d. fond

47.

47. He ___ his exam because he didn’t study.

a)

a. failed

b)

b. passed

c)

c. missed

d)

d. fell

48.

48. The house will look cleaner when you have finished the ____.

a)

a. home

b)

b. housewife

c)

c. housework

d)

d. homework

49.

49. Stress is not an illness, but it can ___ to many illnesses.

a)

a. get

b)

b. celebrate

c)

c. contribute

d)

d. affect

50.

50. He ____ off his holiday until after the winter.

a)

a. took

b)

b. put

c)

c. called

d)

d. logged

Placement Test - 9th Grade

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

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