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ESL 5 year Ger-Fr PLACEMENT TEST 1 Oct, 2022

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: He had changed out of his dark grey Shrievalty uniform into _______ clothes.
a)
accidental
b)
off-hand
c)
modern
d)
casual
2.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: Living on an insufficient pension, Umberto can barely _______ his rented room, where he is at the mercy of his callous landlady, who wants to get rid of him.
a)

let

b)

afford

c)

match

d)

attest

3.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: Before dinner all the guests were asked to ________ in the Great Hall for Oriana to give us a greeting.
a)
assemble
b)
collect
c)
gather
d)
group
4.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: A theft worthy of damnation has to be _______, cowardly and loathsome—like from a charming and defenseless pensioner war veteran.
a)
gentle
b)
kind
c)
deceitful
d)
tender
5.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: Naturally, Lascelles had no intention of obeying such a ________, delivered to him by a servant.
a)
prohibition
b)
prevention
c)
permission
d)
allowance
6.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: He followed her past the bazaar and back to the main road, and they had gone fifty yards before he _______ to speak again.
a)
announced
b)
forbade
c)
evaluated
d)
ventured
7.

Choose the synonym which has similar meaning as the underlined word: A great river seemed inexplicably to be dissipating itself into a vast number of muddy little streams and creeks.

a)
small
b)
great
c)
midget
d)
adequate
8.

Choose the synonym which has similar meaning as the underlined word: Lives are snowflakes—forming patterns we have seen before, as like one another as peas in a pod. There’s not a chance you’d mistake one or another, after a minute’s close inspection, but still unique.

a)
incomparable
b)
common
c)
average
d)
prevalent
9.

Choose the synonym which has similar meaning as the underlined word: You’ve lived in cloud cuckoo land all your entire life, never had one day’s hardship.

a)
ease
b)
issue
c)
difficulty
d)
prosperity
10.

Choose the synonym which has similar meaning as the underlined word: It was their challenging statement to try and keep abreast [не відставати від, іти в ногу з] of what was going on in the sheer and utter chaos that was Dweller society.

a)
dull
b)
sensational
c)
unintelligible
d)
demanding
11.

Choose the antonym which has opposite meaning as the underlined word: ‘We must mix amongst Morbs,’ he said, sounding sleepy, grumpy and resigned all at once.

a)
awake
b)
drowsy
c)
tired
d)
dull
12.

Choose the antonym which has opposite meaning as the underlined word: They met the atmosphere a little later, pressed against the seat restraints, a pink glow building then fading around the canopy, the small ship whistling in across a sequence of thin clouds, deserts and shallow seas, hills, scarps, lakes and low mountains.

a)
deep
b)
empty
c)
simple
d)
surface
13.

Choose the antonym which has opposite meaning as the underlined word: I’ll have a much better copy in a few hours, and an accurate contour map—Lunar Survey's drawing one now, working from the photos in their files.

a)
correct
b)
not exact
c)
literal
d)
strict
14.

Choose the antonym which has opposite meaning as the underlined word: Miss Morley might be a neurotic old maid, but she was also a tough and determined one.

a)
strong
b)
violent
c)
healthy
d)
easy
15.

Choose the antonym which has opposite meaning as the underlined word: She was feeling a little uneasy, wondering how to tell Adele that she went to Harrington House yesterday.

a)
worried
b)
nervy
c)
calm
d)
disturbed
16.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: They just _______ (deliver) three twenty-kilo sacks.
a)
have delivered
b)
delivered
c)
is delivering
d)
have been delivering
17.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: She likes it [sweater], she thinks it _______ (to keep) her warm.
a)
keeps
b)
kept
c)
have kept
d)
will keep
18.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: The train _______ (to leave) at 7.15 from Coldsands Station, platform one, change at Norwich.
a)
is leaving
b)
leaves
c)
will leave
d)
will have left
19.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: “It doesn’t work! It ____ (negative) start!” shouted Nanny.
a)
doesn’t
b)
shan’t
c)
won’t
d)
can’t
20.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: Daisy had known Mavis less than twenty-four hours, yet already she felt attached ___ her.
a)
in
b)
by
c)
about
d)
to
21.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: She listens to their violent quarrels, watches their ill-treated and wretchedly unhappy children, and _______ (to appal) by all she sees.
a)
has appalled
b)
has been appalled
c)
is appalled
d)
has been appalling
22.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: Wandering down the street one night, the seven of them, they came ______ a Tamil youth in Edwardian costume.
a)
down
b)
across
c)
after
d)
along
23.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: The vehicle in front of me now was probably the ________ piece of transport technology known to man.
a)
advanced
b)
advancer
c)
more advanced
d)
most advanced
24.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: The wind and rain hit her, full in the face, and so much shingle ________ (to throw) up at the last high tide that it was extremely hazardous underfoot.
a)
was thrown
b)
were thrown
c)
had been thrown
d)
has been thrown
25.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: They were concerned by a rising tide of violence in the streets at night, how shopkeepers like themselves _______ (to squeeze) out in favour of people selling drugs for weeks.
a)
were being squeezed
b)
were squeezed
c)
squeezed
d)
had been squeezed
26.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: And the bushes were motionless, except for the very tips of their branches that twitched ominously, like _______.
a)
cats’ tails
b)
tails of cats
c)
cats of tails
d)
tails of cats’
27.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: For all his success and accomplishment, he’s the ________ man, driven in part by grudges against those he feels underestimated him, or betrayed some public trust.
a)
angrier
b)
more angry
c)
angriest
d)
most angry
28.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: Milton’s famous phrase about the sin of “killing” a book _______ (to print) on the leaflets advertising the meeting which had been circulated beforehand.
a)
was printed
b)
will print
c)
has printed
d)
had printed
29.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: If I _______ you I _______ begin by consulting with the other booksellers and discover if their books are disappearing too.
a)
were, would
b)
am, would
c)
will be, will
d)
was, shall
30.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: British ships had unloaded their ________ of coffee and cotton and spices in Dutch and Baltic ports without any interference.
a)
cargos
b)
cargoss
c)
cargoes
d)
cargoess
31.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: Captain Vimes _______ (to get) married today, and we’re going to provide a guard of honour.
a)
is getting
b)
will get
c)
will be getting
d)
will have get
32.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: _____ years earlier, as an experiment, Graham had tried repeating the person’s name as they shook hands.
a)
few
b)
quite a few
c)
a few
d)
quite few
33.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: Even at this moment thousands of men ______ (to train) with the bayonet, a weapon entirely useless except for opening tins.
a)
are trained
b)
trained
c)
train
d)
are being trained
34.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: ‘_____ I remind you, Lily, that I am God’s servant?’ he said in an icy voice.
a)
may
b)
can
c)
shall
d)
should
35.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: It’s empty now, a long, low huddle of buildings, one of them with its windows boarded up, because last winter the pipes ________ (to burst) and _______ (to flood) the labs and there’s no money to get them repaired.
a)
burst, flooded
b)
had burst, had flooded
c)
were bursting, were flooding
d)
burst, flooding
36.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: He got ________ to say his son was killed in France.
a)
the telegram
b)
telegram
c)
telegrams
d)
a telegram
37.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: Beth felt that underneath all Theo’s superiority, he was actually jealous ___ Jack because so many people looked up to him.
a)
about
b)
of
c)
in
d)
by
38.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: As she drove into the yard of Brodie Farm she noticed the red and yellow tulips and _________ planted in tubs either side of each of the six old stable doors.
a)
forget-me-nots
b)
forgets-me-not
c)
forget-mes-not
d)
forgot-me-not
39.
Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence: I believe that the people _______ be represented, as they have been for centuries.
a)
would
b)
should
c)
could
d)
should have
40.

Choose the one word or phrase which best completes the sentence:

Much of this was done when the Institute's Director, Daryll Forde, was 'out'. But Barbara ______ (must look) forward to the day when she and Hilary would retire to the country and she could write full time.

a)
must have looked
b)
must look
c)
must be looking
d)
must looked