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Pre-intermediate short placement test

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

My friend .... at Havard University.

a)

study

b)

studys

c)

studies

2.

What ....... they usually eat for breakfast?

a)

do

b)

does

c)

is

3.

She .......like salad, so give her French fries.

a)

don't

b)

doesn't

c)

does

4.

Sasha....... for school.

a)

is often late

b)

often is late

c)

late is often

5.

We .......out for dinner.

a)

go sometimes

b)

never go

c)

go once a week

6.

"Are you busy at the moment?" "No, I ....... a DVD."

a)

watch

b)

watching

c)

'm watching

7.

We can't come now. We ....... some work.

a)

do

b)

're doing

c)

does

8.

....... at night can be dangerous.

a)

Drive

b)

You drive

c)

Driving

9.

Why are you worried about ....... on a plane?

a)

go

b)

to go

c)

going

10.

I really like ....... golf at the weekends.

a)

play

b)

playing

c)

to playing

11.

She'd like ....... in the USA after she leaves university.

a)

work

b)

to work

c)

working

12.

He ....... switch off his mobile phone here.

a)

must

b)

musts

c)

must to

13.

All employees ....... to wash their hands.

a)

must

b)

have

c)

can't

14.

Quick! We ....... be late for the start of the film.

a)

must

b)

mustn't

c)

don't have to

15.

This laptop is ....... than that one.

a)

expensive

b)

expensiver

c)

more expensive

16.

Your English is ....... than mine.

a)

good

b)

better

c)

best

17.

The tortoise lives the ....... of all animals.

a)

long

b)

longer

c)

longest

18.

Can you believe it? Ricardo is as ....... as Enrique.

a)

old

b)

older

c)

oldest

19.

Sheila ....... from college with a degree in nursing in 2011.

a)

qualify

b)

is qualifying

c)

qualified

20.

They ....... shopping yesterday - all the shops were closed.

a)

did go

b)

not go

c)

didn't go

21.

When ....... move to Japan?

a)

you did

b)

did you

c)

were you

22.

I ....... when they arrived.

a)

sleeping

b)

'm sleeping

c)

was sleeping

23.

What ....... when they called?

a)

were you doing

b)

you were doing

c)

are you doing

24.

The butler was cleaning the bedrooms when he ....... a loud noise.

a)

hear

b)

heard

c)

was hearing

25.

Look in the cupboards. There are ....... tins in there.

a)

much

b)

any

c)

a lot of

26.

There ....... buses on Sundays. You should take the train.

a)

aren't much

b)

aren't many

c)

are a little

27.

How ....... milk is there in the fridge?

a)

much

b)

many

c)

any

28.

I live in ....... USA but my parents live in ....... Argentina.

a)

the ....... the

b)

the ....... ---

c)

--- ....... ---

29.

I think Giorgio is going to study at ....... university in Italy.

a)

an

b)

the

c)

--

30.

Matthew hopes ....... his studies at Oxford University.

a)

continue

b)

to continue

c)

continuing

31.

We need to stop at the supermarket ....... some vegetables.

a)

buy

b)

for buying

c)

to buy

32.

"Do you want to have lunch with me?" "Sorry but I ....... my parents for lunch today."

a)

meet

b)

'm meeting

c)

'll meet

33.

"What's your plan for your holiday?" "Well, first, we ....... to Krakow."

a)

're going to fly

b)

'll fly

c)

're fly

34.

Go straight ahead and the restaurant is ....... of the swimming pool.

a)

in front

b)

behind

c)

opposite

35.

If you need the bathroom, go ....... these stairs.

a)

down

b)

through

c)

on

36.

Good news! Tracey called. She ....... her final test.

a)

've passed

b)

's passed

c)

hasn't passed

37.

The team hasn't won a match ....... 1995.

a)

for

b)

since

c)

in

38.

He's the person ....... does the photocopying.

a)

who

b)

which

c)

he

39.

This is the cable ....... connects the computer to the printer.

a)

who

b)

which

c)

where

40.

When you ....... this button, it switches the TV on.

a)

press

b)

will press

c)

pressed

41.

If you heat water, it ....... hot.

a)

get

b)

gets

c)

is getting

42.

If you drive faster, we ....... there by this evening.

a)

're arriving

b)

arrive

c)

'll arrive

43.

All our coffee ....... Ethiopia.

a)

grow

b)

is grown

c)

to grow

44.

The Japanese ....... really good-quality cars.

a)

produce

b)

are produced

c)

is produced

45.

A new type of plant ....... in the Amazon jungle last week.

a)

discovered

b)

is discovered

c)

was discovered

46.

The Lord of the Rings ....... by J.R.R. Tolkien between 1937 and 1949.

a)

wrote

b)

writes

c)

was written

47.

I took my cousins to the zoo last week. Guess what? They ....... seen a kangaroo before.

a)

didn't

b)

haven't

c)

hadn't

48.

When we got to Munich, our luggage ......

a)

hasn't arriving

b)

hadn't arrived

c)

was arriving

49.

Who ....... the doctor?

a)

called

b)

did call

c)

did you call

50.

When ....... the tickets?

a)

you booked

b)

booked you

c)

did you book

51.

I was really ....... when Gill told me she was leaving.

a)

surprised

b)

surprising

c)

surprise

52.

This part of the film is really ....... I've seen it six times.

a)

excited

b)

exciting

c)

more excited

53.

My brothers ....... help in my father's shop.

a)

used to

b)

use to

c)

use

54.

....... see the film on TV last night?

a)

Have you

b)

Did you use to

c)

Did you

55.

The family said they ....... to talk to the press.

a)

not want

b)

didn't want

c)

wouldn't want

56.

He told me he ....... to see the doctor.

a)

go

b)

has gone

c)

had been

57.

There are lots of messages for you today. ....... wants to speak to you.

a)

Anybody

b)

Everybody

c)

Nobody

58.

Is there ....... in the fridge?

a)

anything

b)

everything

c)

nothing

59.

If ....... a house in the country, ....... a dog.

a)

I'd have ....... I'd get

b)

I had ....... I'd get

c)

I'd have ....... I got

60.

Would you walk to work if the weather ....... nice?

a)

would be

b)

will be

c)

was