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Quick Placement Test

Choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentence.

Example: Where C for your next holiday?

A do you go B have you gone C are you going D go you

1 We ____ in Brighton since we came to England three years ago.

A lived B had lived C has lived D have lived

2 My parents are coming this weekend but I don’t know how long they _____.
A stay B will be staying C were staying D have been staying

3 I _____ that working long hours reduces productivity, so I only work 6 hours per
day.
A believe B am believing C have been believing D don’t believe

4 I don’t mind paying high rent for a flat _____ it’s centrally located and fairly
spacious.
A since B provided that C as yet D regarding

5 While I was doing my homework yesterday afternoon, my brother ______

television.
A has watched B had watched C had been watching D was
watching

6 The person to _____ we were speaking seemed to have all the information we
needed.
A which B who C whose D whom

7 By the end of this week, I _____ my exams for this year.

A will finish B am going to finish C will have finished
D will be finished

8 You could tell that the speaker was nervous from her _____ voice.

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A husky B monotonous C deep D wobbly

9 Nowadays most products are _____ produced in a factory rather than being hand
made.
A highly B fast C mass D over

10 His _____ good looks are what have made his fortune.
A juvenile B childish C infant D youthful

11 I hate _____ when you keep interrupting me.

A it B how C that D for

12 He can’t _____ hearing people arguing with each other.

A beat B stand C allow D agree

13 Unfortunately, he’s never _____ his potential, which is a great shame.

A granted B gained C fulfilled D received

14 Sorry I’m late, I stopped _____ the shopping on the way home.
A doing B to do C to doing D out to do

15 Steven _____ a setback in his marathon training when he broke his ankle.
A reached B found C got D suffered

16 He wasn’t _____ in getting the job he wanted but he was offered another job in the
same company.
A succeeding B successful C succeeded D successive

17 He _____ to New Zealand to work but he decided to go to America instead.

A should go B must have gone C supposed to go D could have
gone

18 You _____ that it wasn’t going to be easy to become a doctor – everyone warned
you.

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A might realise B can have realised C should realise

D must have realised

19 The ending of the book was _____ because the main character finally abandoned
her dreams.
A poignant B painless C severe D sympathetic

20 I wish she _____ keep criticising what everyone else is wearing.

A won’t B couldn’t C wouldn’t D shouldn’t

21 Many people would _____ spend their money than save it at the moment.
A prefer B wish C fancy D rather

22 It took me a couple of weeks to _____ to terms with failing my driving test.

A get B have C take D come

23 I don’t think he looks at all _____ his father, do you?

A like B as C similar D alike

24 This lesson is _____ more interesting than the last one.

A so B much C by far D very much

25 Alan Grintley is a _____ relative of mine. He was my great-great-great-grandfather.

A far B common C distant D close

26 She was _____ disappointed when she realised that she couldn’t go on holiday with
her friends.
A amazingly B seriously C exceptionally D bitterly

27 We’ll offer you the job _____ as you realise that it’s only on a temporary basis.
A providing B as long C unless D in case

28 There’s a training course next week for staff to improve their sales _____.
A technologies B techniques C routines D customs

29 In business it’s important to build up a good _____ with your customers.

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A rapport B affiliation C association D membership

30 Some people just seem to be _____ of reading instructions correctly.

A inefficientB incompetent C incapable D to inexpert

31 In the _____ of a fire, leave the building immediately.

A case B occasion C event D exception

32 You should leave now, _____ you’ll be late for the meeting.
A unless B until C otherwise D except

33 My parents encouraged me _____ whatever I wanted at university.

A studying B to study C study D for study

34 We’ve got to _____ in mind that we have a very limited budget for the
refurbishment.
A consider B hold C carry D bear

35 Thomas regretted _____ his old job because his new job wasn’t as interesting.
A leaving B to leave C left D to leaving

36 I’ve been racking my _____ to remember that man’s name but it still won’t come.
A mind B thoughts C brain D ideas

37 I thought the journey _____ longer, but the traffic was much lighter than usual.
A was taking B would be taken C would have takenD took

38 I didn’t know that my brother _____ buy my mother the same present as I bought!
A was due to B was supposed to C was going to D was thinking
of

39 Unfortunately, my flatmate and I aren’t very _____ - she’s very tidy and I’m quite
messy.
A relevant B compatible C corresponding D adaptable

40 _____ to get fit, I joined a gym and bought myself some new running shoes.

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A Decided B Being decided C Having decided D Having to decide

41 Not being able to connect to the hotel internet for several hours was extremely
_____.
A confusing B embarrassing C frustrating D astonishing

42 _____ of what other people think, it’s important to follow your heart in these
matters.
A Regardless B Concerning C Regarding D Nevertheless

43 If it helps, the start time of the meeting _____ to match people’s travel
arrangements.
A is changing B is changed C has been changed D could be
changed

44 No _____ had I said it than I realised it was the wrong thing to say.
A quicker B rather C sooner D earlier

45 The company won an award this year and, what’s _____, it also had its best sales
figures ever.
A moreoverB plus C more D further

46 Taking regular breaks is important when revising. _____ is the best way to retain
information.
A So B It C These D Which

47 I loved the film, _____ the scenes of violence, which were too graphic for me.
A apart from B instead of C rather than D as opposed to

48 Hardly _____ home, when her children started arguing about what to watch on
television.
A she arrived B had she arrived C she had arrived D did she arrive

49 Jo _____ some interesting proposals at the meeting this morning.

A put back B put away C put up D put forward

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50 Have you taken all the factors into _____ in your calculations?
A issue B account C advantage D allowance

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