Speakout-Placement Test A

Placement Test A
Underline the correct answer, a), b), c) or d).
c) doesn't
1I
d) don't
a student of English.
a) are
b) is
c) am
d) arent
a) Do
b) Does
c) Is
d) ---
2 This is Carlos. He's
she like sport?
a) Japan
b) Spain
9 When
c) Italian
d) France
a) is he
b) hes
c) do he
d) does he
3 She's from Tokyo. She

Japanese.
10 Do you like
a) is from
c) isnt
4 They
Italy.
have lunch?
b) is
a) watch
d) are from
DVDs?
b) watching
c) watches
watching
d) to
Spanish. Theyre from
a) are
b) is
11 They start
the morning.
school at 8.00 in
c) isnt
d) arent
a) to
b) at
c) ---
d) the
s your first name?

a) Who
b) What
12 Peters
c) How
d) Where
a) brothers
6 These are your books and

mine.
a) those
b) this
c) it
d) that
7 I love music but I

a) do
are
name is Michael.
b) sisters
c) sister is
mothers
d)
13 Shes very friendly but she

very quiet.
like TV.
a) never is
b) s often
c) often is
d) never
b) does
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Placement Test A
14 He hasn't got
sisters.
brothers and
a) some
b) a
c) the
d) any
15 How many children
got?
a) theyve
they
c) they
b) have
d) do they
16 There are a lot of CDs on the

.
a) cupboard
b) sink
c) shelves
d) kitchen
17
a sofa and two armchairs in
the living room.
a) Its
b) Theres
c) There have
d) There are
18 Are there
bedroom?
wardrobes in the
a) any
b) some
c) the
d) a
19 The cinema is
a) next
the bank.
b) in front
c) opposite
d) under
20 Can I have a
of milk, please?
a) bar
b) jar
c) box
d) bottle
Placement Test A
21 You
office.
buy shoes in a post
a) can to
b) cant
c) can
d) are
22 How
every day?
vegetables do you eat
a) many
b) long
c) more
d) much
23 Is there
butter in the fridge?
a) one
b) some
c) any
d) an
24 He
afraid of the dark when
he was young.
a) wasnt
b) werent
c) were
d) didnt
25 We
born in 1985.
a) is
b) were
c) was
d) did
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26 My birthday is on September
.
33 He stayed at the
town.
a) 22th
b) 22st
a) more expensive b) expensivest
c) 22nd
d) 22rd
c) expensive
d) most expensive
34 Today is
than yesterday.
a) cold
b) coldest
c) more cold
d) colder
27 They
were six.
to France when they
a) moves
b) moved
c) move
d) moving
hotel in
35 They ______ their homework now.

28
did you last see them?
a) What
b) When
c) Who
d) Which
a) are do
b) did
c) are doing
d) does
36 What ______ doing at the moment?

29 They went for a picnic with some
friends
Sunday.
a) at
b) the
c) on
d) in
30 We went
at the weekend.
a) the shops
b) to shops
c) shopping
d) shops
b) Is
c) Was
d) Did
32 Is Chinese food
food?
b) does he
c) is
d) hes
37 What
31
they do a lot of sport when
they were at school?
a) Were
a) is he
your sister look like?
a) is
b) do
c) are
d) does
38 She
jeans to work.
a) wears usually b) is usually

wearing
c) usually wears d) is wearing
usually
than English
a) best
b) more good
c) better
d) well
39 They
hour ago.
Placement Test A
a taxi to the airport an
46 We walked ten kilometres so we
hungry now.
a) take
b) took
a) are getting
b) get
c) are taking
d) takes
c) got
d) has got
40 He goes to work
train.
a) in
b) on
47 Don't stay up late or you

tired tomorrow.
c) by the
d) by
a) must
b) wont
c) should
d) ll
41 Can you tell me the

library?
be
to the
48 Lets
tennis this afternoon.
a) road
b) way
a) play
b) go
c) street
d) place
c) to go
d) playing
42 You
drive a car in the centre
of town. It isnt allowed.
49 Ive got a bad headache. I

take an aspirin.
a) dont have to
a) shouldnt
b) might not
c) will
d) should
b) can
c) have to
43 You
bus.
d) cant
to walk, you can take a
a) mustnt
c) must
b) have
d) dont have
44 He
country.
to move to another
a) want
b) d like
c) likes
d) goes
45 Im
50 I woke up late
train.
I missed my
a) because
c) so
b) but
d) for
learn to cook.
a) go to
b) going
c) going to
d) go
Placement Test A
51 Please turn the radio down. It's
.
a) too loud
loud
d) very quiet
52 Sorry, I don't understand. Please

speak
.
a) clearly
clear
b) more
c) slow
d) fast
53
you ever flown in a
helicopter?
a) Did
b) Do
c) Have
d) Has
make you a coffee?
a) Will you
b) Let
c) Shall I
d) Do I
c) went to
d) went
58 When did she decide

married?
a) to get
b) got
c) to
d) get
59 What's the first thing you do when

you
work?
a) got to
b) get to
c) are getting
d) get
60 She's a very busy personal trainer

so she
takes a holiday.
a) hardly ever
55 He
his life.
climbed a mountain in
a) has never
b) never has
c) will never
d) wont never
61 What
a) is
b) was
c) were
d) did
London because I got a job
d) once in
on at the moment?
b) do they work
c) are they working

work
62 I dont mind
a) wash
56 Our last family celebration

my sisters wedding.
b) often
c) always
a while
a) they work
57 I
there.
b) went the
b) enough
c) too loudly
54
a) go to
d) are they
up sometimes.
b) to wash
c) washing
wash
d) the
63 Are you
the new exhibition at
the National Gallery?
a) going to see
b) seeing
c) going see
d) go to see
Placement Test A
64 I
tonight.
them for dinner at eight
a) meeting
b) meets
c) m meeting
d) met
65 Have you ever

sport?
a dangerous
a) do
b) made
c) make
d) done
66
wrote the play Hamlet?
a) Who did
b) Who
c) Who was
d) When
67 I
dinner when I heard a
strange noise.
a) was cook
b) did cook
c) was cooking
d) am doing
68 You
be late for school again.
a) mustnt
c) must
b) have to
d) can
69 We should avoid
in August.
a) travelled
b) to travel
c) travelling
d) to travelling
70 You
wear a suit. Its a very
formal party.
a) shouldnt
b) must
c) mustnt
d) might
Placement Test A
last
76 They used to live
71 Hes studied Spanish

year.
a) since
b) the
c) at
d) ---
72 How long have you
him?
Australia.
a) the
b) at
c) in the
d) in
77 There arent any cinemas in the

town
I live.
a) know
b) knew
a) when
b) which
c) knows
d) known
c) where
d) what
73 What's the matter? Have you

a cold?
78 I travelled around the world for a

year
learn about other cultures.
a) get
b) caught
a) for
b) for to
c) felt
d) catch
c) to
d) in order
74 It
rain tomorrow. Its going
to be a very wet day.
79 He married the girl

sit next to him at school.
a) ll
b) might
a) who
b) which
c) wont
d) might not
c) what
d) whose
75 I
wear a uniform to school.
used to
a) use to
b) didnt use to
80 Children spend
watching TV.
hours
c) used
d) didnt used to
a) too many
b) not enough
c) very
d) too much
81 Can I try this coat
, please?
a) in
b) on
c) to
d) up
82 I don't have
I enjoy.
a) time enough
to do the things
b) enough time
c) too many time d) some time

Placement Test A
beautiful house I've ever
c) was said
83 Its
seen.
a) most
b) more
c) the most
d) a most
d) am said
90 The postmen hasn't delivered the

parcel
.
a) just
b) already
84 Theres more traffic and

space to walk in the streets nowadays.
c) yet
d) never
a) more
b) less
c) least
d) bigger
91 My brother
exams.
85 I think travelling by plane is

easier than travelling by car.
a) more
b) most
c) ---
d) the most
86 She worked as a teacher in

Africa.
a) ---
b) a
c) an
d) the
87 The phones ringing. It

be
Maria.
She always calls me at this time.
a) can
b) might not
c) can
d) must
a) sent
b) was
c) was send
d) was sent
a) m told
a) just has
has
c) yet
b) already
d) s just
92 A lot of people think that if they

lots of money, theyll be very
happy.
a) will have
b) have
c) had
d) wont have
93 What
happen if he doesn't
get here in time?
a) will
b) it would
c) will it
d) it will
94 If you save some money, you

to worry any more.
88 He
to work in his companys
office in Shanghai.
89 I
passed his
a) ll have
c) will
b) dont
d) wont have
95 He
me my book would be a
great success.
that I'm like my father.
a) told
b) said
b) told
c) say
d) tell
Placement Test A
buy me a
96 She told me she

new one.
a) dont
b) wont to
c) ll
d) d
97 What would they do if they

have any money?
a) were
b) didnt
c) wont
d) d
98 Id do more exercise if I
time.
a) have
b) d have
c) ll have
d) had
99
be possible to reserve a table
for tonight?
a) Can I
b) Could you
c) Would it
d) Will
100 Could you
a good film?
a) say me
recommend
b)
c) tell me
d) advice
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Placement Test A
101 Hes French but he
London at the moment.
a) living
in
b) does live
c) s living
102 When
c) have they
b) Has
b) did they
109 They
to take her address so
they had to go back and get it.
a) ve forgot
b) remembered
c) d forgotten
d) were forgot
all this mess?
a) made
b) did make
c) are make
d) did
104 What
of doing now?
b) do you think
c) think you
d) are you thinking
all weekend.
a) studied
study
c) was studying
110 He
there before so he found
it very exciting.
a) hadnt been
a) are you think
105 I
a) Did she ever ate

she ever eaten
c) Have she ever eaten d) Does she ate
d) does they
103 Who
Thai food?
d) lived
arrive?
a) they did
108
b) dont
d) arent studying
106 We
to work when we heard
a loud crash behind us.
a) was walking
b) ve walked
c) were walking
d) walked
107 Have you told them the good news

?
a) just
b) yet
c) last night
d) recently
b) didnt go
c) d been
been
d) hasnt
111 We
on holiday tomorrow so
I hope the weather stays warm.
a) wont go
b) arent going
c) re going
d) will to go
112 They
to call it at this time of
night. It's very late.
a) going
b) might
c) may well
d) re unlikely
113 Do you think they

championship?
the
a) may well win
b) ll win
c) re winning
d) ll can win
11
114 The room

look more
cheerful if you paint it yellow.
Placement Test A
a) used to work b) worked
a) is
b) is probably
c) will probably
d) probably might
115 He
to win the
championship. Hes not playing well
enough.
c) didnt use to work

work
121 She is one of

her class.
d) would
students in
a) cleverer
clever
b) more
d) the
c) definitely wont d) cant
c) the most cleverer

cleverest
116 People
buildings.
smoke in public
122 These shoes were

than I wanted to pay.
a) dont have to
b) can
a) far more
b) bit more
c) has to
d) shouldnt
c) further
d) not as
a) could
b) s not going
117 You
enter the marathon if
you dont want to.
123 That shops not

be.
a) neednt
a) more cheap than

cheap as
c) dont have to
b) should
d) have to
118 I
to find another job. I cant
work with that awful boss any more.
a) s got to
to
c) must
b) ve got
d) should
expensive
it used to
b) as
c) the cheapest as d) as cheaper as
124 We
we?
have to leave yet, do
a) will
b) wont
c) arent
d) dont
119 I
be very good at sports
when I was a teenager.
125 His father was a famous writer,

?
a) would
b) wasn't
c) use to
d) used to
a) isnt he
he
c) wasnt he?
b) hasnt
d) was he
120 She
in a bank for over
twenty years.
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Placement Test A
126 I can't work if I
hungry.
very
a) feel
b) m feel
c) ll feel
d) dont feel
a) always have enjoy

always enjoyed
b) ve
c) was always enjoyed d) enjoyed

always
127 He won't pass the exam

studies a lot more.
he
133 He
swim when he was five
but he can't dive yet.
a) if
b) when
a) can to
b) couldnt
c) unless
d) while
c) could
d) cant to
128 Would you lend me your car if I

to drive it carefully?
134 We
to go to the match but
we managed to watch it on TV.
a) wont promise b) ll promise
a) werent able
b) cant
c) would promise d) promised
c) were able
d) could
129 He
see the film if he went
with an adult.
135 Ive just seen

for you!
a) should
a) an
b) the
c) ---
d) a
b) ll
c) could
130 If I
the shop.
d) can
you, Id take it back to
perfect car
136 I didn't know they had a summer

cottage
south coast of Spain.
a) was
b) were
a) on the
b) on a
c) have been
d) had been
c) ---
d) in a
131 How long have you

violin?
a) been playing
c) playing
played
132 I
the
b) play
d) being
listening to jazz music.
137 They seem to have

money
but they don't have many friends.
a) a lot
b) few of
c) plenty of
d) many
138 We don't have

time or
money to go on holiday.
a) enough
of
b) enough
13
c) many
d) several
139 She's the woman

famous pop star.
Placement Test A
a) done
son is a
a) who
b) which
c) whos
d) whose
c) was made
b) being made
d) has done
146 They didn't want to do it but the

boss said they
to.
a) mustnt
140 Is that the coat

you wanted to buy?
you said
a) ----
b) what
c) who
d) how
b) where
c) it
d) which
d) must
147 She said she

weekend.
141 I have moved to Devon,

parents were born.
a) that
c) d had
b) had
my
to do it last
a) was going
b) s going
c) had done
d) will
148 I asked her if she

mobile.
my new
a) s seen
142 We
arrived on time if the
traffic hadn't been so bad.
c) d see
a) had
b) wouldnt
c) wouldve
d) d
149 He promised
my house.
143 What
there?
a) hed do
do
if you hadn't been

b) will he
c) would he have done d) would he do
d) saw
me decorate
a) help
b) helping
c) to helping
d) to help
150 Why dont we

to the airport?
to take them
a) suggest
c) offer
144 They
b) d seen
b) warn
d) agree
told what to do yet.
a) wasn't been
b) haven't been
c) hasn't been
d) havent being
145 The furniture

by her
husband, who used to be a carpenter.
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Placement Test A
151 What
after that?
a) did happen
b) happened
c) s happened
d) was happened
158 Her parents are very proud. She

a fantastic job in a law firm.
a) been offered
b) offered
152 Do you mind me asking how old

?
c) is offered
d) s been offered
a) are you
b) is she
c) you are
you
d) have
159 How much do you think he

as director of the company?
a) s been payed b) has being paid
c) s being paid
153
d) being paid
to know what's going on.
a) Im interested b) I wonder
c) Would you mindd) I'd like
160 You
get there.
what to do when you
a) ll be told
b) ll be said
154 They
in a large house for
20 years before moving to a bungalow.
c) told
d) ll given
a) ve lived
b) lived
c) already live
d) recently lived
161 I
sharing a flat but now I
prefer to live on my own.
a) used to like
155 Have you heard from your brother

?
a) lately
b) for a month
c) last week
d) in the summer
156 I
for my car keys for half an
hour. I think I've lost them!
b) would like
c) never use to like

used to
d) never
162 Theyll never get used

the countryside.
a) to live
b) living
c) being
d) to living
in
a) ve be looking b) ve been looking

c) looked
d) m looking
157 Where are my books? I

them on the table last night.
a) left
b) ve left
c) d left
d) m left
163 Shops
from 8.30 a.m . until
6 p.m. tomorrow.
a) open
b) are opening
c) close
d) going to close
164 He
hungry when he gets
home from football practice.
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Placement Test A
a) likely that hes b) s likely to be
c) likes to be
d) ll like to be
165 She
come if you tell her two
weeks before.
a) ll probably
b) won't probably
c) s definitely
d) wont definitely
166 When we walked into the hotel, a

log fire
in the fireplace.
a) burnt
b) d burnt
c) was burning
d) s burning
167 He
for his plane for an
hour when it was suddenly cancelled.
a) was waiting
b) d been waiting
c) waited
d) s been waiting
171 How many people have climbed

Mount Everest?
a) a
b) the
c) in
d) ---
172 The children played in the garden

with
dogs.
a) a
b) the
c) an
d) ---
173 If you lend me 200, I

back at the end of the month.
a) might paid
b) can pay
c) ll to pay
d) can't paying
you
174 If I
to your proposal, when
could we sign the contract?
168 My cars just broken down for

the third time. I wish I
it.
a) was agreed
b) were agreeing
c) were to agree
d) werent agree
a) didn't buy
175 Children under 15 could attend

they were with an adult.
b) d bought
c) wasn't buying d) hadn't bought
a) providing to
169 I didn't feel like going to the party.
I
an excuse.
a) wish I made
b) should do
b) as long as
c) on condition to d) as long than

176 We
show our passports
when we left the country.
c) shouldve made d) should ve make
a) mustn't
allowed
b) weren't
170 If only
a foreign language.
I didn't have the choice at school.
c) were obliged
a) Id spoken
b) I speak
c) I could speak
d) I could to speak
177 His boss refused

day off.
d) didn't have to
him the
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Placement Test A
a) to give
b) allow c) to let
184 The teacher wanted to know why
d) to make
his homework last night.
a) hadn't he done b) he hasn't made
178 We had very little petrol left in the
car but we
get home in the end.
c) he hadn't done d) he isn't doing
a) managed
b) managed to
c) were able
d) could
185 They told

start work the
following Monday.
179 By this time tomorrow, they

in San Francisco.
a) ll land
landing
c) ll be landing
b) might
d) be landed
180 When do you think you

painting the house?
a) finish
b) ll have finished
c) be finishing
finished
d) would ve
a) I will b) me I could c) I can

d) I could
186 If she
to wear glasses, she
could have been a pilot.
a) didnt need
b) needed
c) d needed
d) d need
187 They
here by now if the
train had been on time.
a) werent
wouldve be
c) d be
181 There are still

people who
feel unhappy about the changes.
b)
d) ll have been
a) a little of
b) quite many
188 If I hadn't ignored my parents

advice, I
a great musician.
c) quite a few
d) a great deal
a) wouldve been b) mightve

c) had been
d) hadnt been
182
of us feel like going out on
a cold, wet, winter's night.
189 Youd
late for work again
or youll get fired.
a) Not
d) Neither
a) be better
to cook pasta
c) better be
not being
b) Either c) Any
183 Mum says she

for dinner tonight.
a) s going
b) was
d) might
c) would
b) better not be
d) better
190 She went to the doctor because

she keeps
headaches.
a) to feel
b) to getting
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c) feeling
Placement Test A
d) getting
191 Its not worth

about. He
won't notice its missing.
a) to worry
c) worrying
196 The gym

I go to work out is
open 24 hours a day.
a) who
b) which c) that
d) where
b) worry
d) of worrying
197 I wasn't keen on the restaurant

we went to last weekend.
192 She finally stopped

when
the price of cigarettes went up again.
a) what b) ---
a) to smoke
198 Theyre having lunch with his

girlfriends parents,
live in
Brighton.
c) smoking
smoke
193 Ill never

time.
a) forget seeing
b) the smoke
d) for to
snow for the first

b) remember to see
c) forget to seeing d) remember to see
c) whose d) when
a) that they
b) who
c) that
d) whom
199 I almost fell over a pile of books

on the carpet.
a) that are laid
b) laying
194 We
a serious accident when
you drove through that red light!
c) lying
d) who was lying
a) d have had
b) cant have had
c) mustve had
d) couldve had
200 A book
by a 12-year-old
girl has won a 2,500 award.
195 The neighbours

the noise of
the party. It was terribly loud.
a) mustve heard b) ll hear
c) couldnt hear
a) wrote
b) writing
c) been written
d) written
Total marks = 200
d) cant have heard
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Placement Test A

Underline the correct answer, a), b), c) or d).

2 This is Carlos. He's

she like sport?

3 She's from Tokyo. She

Spanish. Theyre from

s your first name?

6 These are your books and

7 I love music but I

13 Shes very friendly but she

15 How many children

16 There are a lot of CDs on the

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buy shoes in a post

vegetables do you eat

butter in the fridge?

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a) more expensive b) expensivest

to France when they

35 They ______ their homework now.

did you last see them?

36 What ______ doing at the moment?

your sister look like?

a) wears usually b) is usually

47 Don't stay up late or you

41 Can you tell me the

tennis this afternoon.

49 Ive got a bad headache. I

to walk, you can take a

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52 Sorry, I don't understand. Please

make you a coffee?

58 When did she decide

59 What's the first thing you do when

60 She's a very busy personal trainer

London because I got a job

c) are they working

56 Our last family celebration

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them for dinner at eight

65 Have you ever

wrote the play Hamlet?

be late for school again.

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71 Hes studied Spanish

72 How long have you

77 There arent any cinemas in the

73 What's the matter? Have you

78 I travelled around the world for a

79 He married the girl

wear a uniform to school.

81 Can I try this coat

c) too many time d) some time

90 The postmen hasn't delivered the

84 Theres more traffic and

85 I think travelling by plane is

86 She worked as a teacher in

87 The phones ringing. It

92 A lot of people think that if they