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Placement test English

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

________ did you do today?

a)

Who

b)

Where

c)

When

d)

I don't know

e)

What

2.

She ________ a doctor.

a)

are

b)

am

c)

is

d)

were

e)

I don't know

3.

We ________ basketball every day.

a)

play

b)

plays

c)

playing

d)

I don't know

4.

Which sentence is correct?

a)

Jerry can’t cook well.

b)

Jerry cook can’t well.

c)

Can’t Jerry cook well

d)

Jerry can’t well cook

5.

How ________ does the book cost?

a)

many

b)

money

c)

pay

d)

much

6.

It is ________ today. There is no sun.

a)

rain

b)

rains

c)

rainy

d)

rainings

7.

Which sentence is correct?

a)

Mum is right now at the shops.

b)

Mum at the shops is right now

c)

Right now at the shops is Mum.

d)

Mum is at the shops right now.

8.

They ________ ________ with Jackson in the conference room.

a)

are met

b)

were meet

c)

were meeting

d)

are meet

9.

Where will the picnic take place?

Picnic this Saturday in Green Forest ParkTime: 3:00 - 6:00pm

Don’t miss the:

-fireworks

-live music

-delicious food.

a)

live music

b)

3:00 - 6:00pm

c)

Green Forest Park

d)

Saturday

10.

Which word is correct in all three sentences?

1. We ________ on pretty well in the office.

2. Where did you ________ those shoes?

3. Don’t ________ up! I will get the phone.

a)

get

b)

go

c)

live

d)

find

11.

Which sentence is NOT correct?

a)

They are working quickly today.

b)

Sophia drove slowly to work.

c)

You are singing happily.

d)

He fell hardly to the ground.

12.

Harry ________ sleeping when his boss called.

a)

were

b)

was

c)

is

d)

isn't

13.

If you forget to bring your lunch, _______________.

a)

you are hungry

b)

you wouldn’t eat

c)

you will be hungry

d)

you shouldn’t eat

14.

Did you go to the store? There isn’t _________ cereal left.

a)

some

b)

many

c)

a lot

d)

much

15.

Which sentence is NOT correct?

a)

Neither Ben or Candice still live there.

b)

he can’t paint, and neither can I.

c)

Either we buy some food, or we need to order in.

d)

We are going to lose either way.

16.

If the clients ________ unhappy, everyone ________ unhappy.

a)

are/be

b)

be/are

c)

are/is

d)

is/are

17.

As I just lost my job, I can’t ________ any fancy holidays, but I would love to go to Australia.

a)

afford

b)

buy

c)

offer

d)

affair

18.

How long ________ you ________ (have) this fancy new TV?

a)

have/had

b)

had/had

c)

have/has

d)

do/have

19.

Complete the sentence. Her phone isn’t in her purse; it...

a)

mustn’t be in her car

b)

must be in her car

c)

mightn’t be in her car

d)

ought in her car

20.

Which sentence is correct?

a)

Let’s go to the cafe in 12:00pm

b)

At June, we will be in Germany.

c)

Can you pick up the clothes at Saturday?

d)

She will come to visit at Easter.

21.

The pizza ________ _______ when I took it out of the oven.

a)

has burnt

b)

was burnt

c)

was burn

d)

was burns

22.

They ________ to go to the beach every winter when they lived in Canada.

a)

were used

b)

used

c)

had used

d)

got used

23.

Which sentence correctly uses the Future Perfect Continuous Tense?

a)

I will have been living in London for a year come June.

b)

She has been studying French.

c)

We will look for a new venue for our wedding.

d)

They had been sleeping before the alarm went off.

24.

She got a new table ________ is quite a bit smaller than the last one.

a)

who

b)

that

c)

so

d)

which

25.

I think I ________ go to the museum with you next week. I’ll check it.

a)

can

b)

could

c)

will

d)

would

26.

Choose the best sentence based on the information below.

Brenda always forgets to set her alarm.

She missed an important meeting.

a)

If Brenda hadn’t set her alarm, she would have made it to the meeting.

b)

If the meeting were later, Brenda would have made it.

c)

If Brenda had set her alarm, she would have made it to the meeting.

d)

If Brenda had set her alarm, she would have missed the meeting.

27.

Which prefix can be added to both expected and important in the following sentence?

The car crash was (expected), but the cause (important).

a)

il-

b)

un-

c)

in-

d)

pre-

28.

Which words do NOT complete the sentence? The party was delayed ________ ________ the thunderstorm that blew in.

a)

due to

b)

because of

c)

owning to

d)

account on

29.

The Chinese economy is rapidly growing and continues to _________ year after year.

a)

accentuate

b)

articulate

c)

accelerate

d)

predicate

30.

Which word is incorrect in the following sentence?The formulation of new prescriptions drugs has had a profound effect on the overall health of developing nations.

a)

formulation

b)

prescriptions

c)

has

d)

developing

31.

Which word(s) best replaces the bold portion of the sentence?His new book was truly eye opening for me as I never learnt this information.

a)

eyeopening

b)

eye-opening

c)

eyes opening

d)

correct as is

32.

Which sentence is in the third conditional?

a)

If I study, I will pass my exam.

b)

If you put an ice cube outside, it melts.

c)

If I bought apples, I would make an apple pie.

d)

If I had packed my bag last night, I wouldn’t have forgotten my toothbrush.

33.

It was difficult for Lola to ________ ________ after she lost three clients in the same week.?

a)

bounce back

b)

get back

c)

bounce again

d)

bounce around

34.

Which sentence demonstrates an inversion with a negative adverbial correctly?

a)

I am in no way related to her.

b)

In no way is that going to be left on the table.

c)

Only do I understand now what happened.

d)

Not once did he stop to chat.

35.

Which synonym can we use to replace the bold portion of the sentence?

The story was so wildly over the top, and no one at the conference believed it for a second.

a)

understated

b)

dramatize

c)

exaggerated

d)

speculated