PLACEMENT TEST

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1. VOCABULARY
Choose the correct option a, b, c or d.
1. When we

at the airport, Jennas flight had already landed and she was waiting for us in

the caf.
a. arrived

b. reached

c. got

2. Beatrice said that working as a

d. approached

is enjoyable in every aspect, apart from the

fact that you have to work outdoors.

a. chambermaid
4. The

b. stewardess

c. tour guide

d. travel agent

he made online cost him an arm and a leg.

a. acquisition

b. profit

5. Joe Donne has been

a. charged

c. purchase

with murder and is expected to serve many years in prison.

b. convicted

c. blamed

6. The hijacker said he would release all the

a. victims

d. sentenced

if the police satisfied his demands.

b. witnesses

7. A new villa is being built

a. in

d. damage

c. jury

d. hostages

the outskirts of the city.

b. on

c. at

d. into

8. Bill and Denise decided to get married but they havent

a. put

b. set

a date yet.
c. thought

d. held

9. Vivian had a very busy year, because she was

a. concentrated

b. related

in several theatrical performances.

c. involved

10. Although they were told to keep their voices

a. back

b. down

11. The windmills were such an

a. impressed
12. Stuart
a. gazed

d. specialised

, they were still very noisy.

c. off

d. on

sight that tourists could not stop taking pictures of them.

b. impressive

c. impression

d. impress

at his mothers photo for a second and then continued reading his novel.
b. stared

13. Some of the

c. glanced

d. Watched

of working for this company are private health insurance, an annual

bonus and commuting expenses.

a. donations

b. rewards

c. incomes

d. Perks

14. I would love to stay and chat, but I am in

a. advance

because my train leaves in about an hour.

b. a hurry

15. How did it come

c. time

d. brief

that you got a job in Dubai?

a. into

b. up with

c. round

d. About

2. GR AMM AR
Choose the correct option.
1. Where
a. do you work

these past three years?

b. you have worked

c. are you working

2. Although it is quite unbelievable, these days his diet

a. is consisting

b. consists

of watermelon only.
c. has been consisting

3. The police seem to think that the victim

a. had been sleeping
4.

d. have you been working

d. was consisting

when the burglary took place.

b. slept

c. was sleeping

d. has been sleeping

c. Who is owning

d. Who did own

that Mercedes car?

a. Who does own

b. Who owns

5. By 2018 a new airport

a. will build

in the capital.
b. will have been built

6. Students
a. ought to

c. will be building

be careful when going down the stairs.

b. need

c. could

7. On condition that they make an effort, they

a. make

b. will have made

8. I met three journalists, two of

a. which

d. would
it in time.

c. might make

b. those

c. whose

b. are arriving

11. They
a. should have

b. try

c. trying

14. The director

a. is washing his car

d. have arrived

d. having tried

had a chance of surviving if they had found water.

b. might have

c. must have

d. cant have

the building at five in the morning.

b. leave

c. to leave

13. Some years ago, Betsy Sanders

a. was thought to be

our new product?

12. Mandy was seen

a. having left

d. whom

c. will arrive

10. Would you be interested in

a. to try

d. had to make

had recently been to Georgia.

9. It is important to notify me one week before you

a. arrive

d. will have been building

d. to have left

a great singer.

b. was thought she is

c. was thought of being

d. thought to be

at Mr Clean at the moment.

b. has his car washed

c. is having his car washed d. had his car washed

15.You will lose the case

a. provided

you find a better lawyer.

b. if not

c. unless

16. Because of the hurricane we

a. have told

not to leave the building under any circumstances.

b. have been told

17. If only the car I want to buy

a. is

19. My cat
a. is taking care of
20.
a. Do you understand

c. tell

d. will have told

less expensive!

b. has been

18. Its time for him

a. learn

d. as long as

c. were

d. can be

how to drive.
b. learnt

c. to learn

d. learning

by my sister while Im away.

b. is being taken care of c. took care of

d. has taken care of

what the professor was talking about?

b. Are you understanding c. Understand

d. You have understood