English Placement Test
This placement test is designed to give you a quick way of assessing your approximate level of a your knowledge of English grammar and usage. The test should take around 40 minutes to complete. At the end of the test you will see your test result and be given a percentage. You will also be able to follow a link to a page which will estimate your level compared to several international English exams (PET, FCE, CAE, CPE, IELTS, TOEFL); and the Council of Europe language assessment scale. For a more accurate assessment of your English language skills, your listening, speaking and writing skills would also have to be assessed.
1) Did you ___ anywhere interesting last weekend?
a) go
b) going
c) was
d) went
2) I work as a teacher and my wife ___, too.
a) do
b) is
c) work
d) does
3) I think ___ taxi driver
a) her job is
b) she's a
c) her job is an
d) she's
4) What is your home town ___ ?
a) situated
b) age
c) like
d) located
5) I’m afraid I ___ here for your birthday party.
a) have not to be
b) am not being
c) will be not
d) can't be
6) How ___ are you?
a) high
b) wide
c) long
d) heavy
7) How long ___ married?
a) have you been
b) are you
c) have you
d) been
8) Would you like ___ help?
a) a
b) some
c) me
d) I
9) They ___ go to the cinema
a) tomorrow
b) much
c) rare
d) seldom
10) He hasn’t played since he ___ the accident.
a) had
b) has had
c) has
c) had had
11) This is the best tea I’ve ___ tasted.
a) never
b) ever
c) already
d) still
12) I’m looking ___ the summer holidays.
a) before
b) forward
c) for
d) forward to
13) My girlfriend ___ born on the 2nd of September 1974.
a) is
b) was
c) had
d) has been
14) This beer tastes ___ .
a) badly
b) lovely
c) well
d) normally
15) In life ___ can make a mistake; we’re all human.
a) anyone
b) some people
c) not anybody
d) someone
16) She knows that she ___ to pay now.
a) had better
b) needn't
c) should
d) ought
17) If he ___ about it, I’m sure he’d help.
a) had know
b) knew
c) has known
d) knows
18) I'll return the newspaper when I ___ through it.
a) will have looked
b) looked
c) have looked
d) look
19) They said they ___ come, but they didn’t.
a) can
b) will
c) may
d) might
20) They were ___ hard questions that I had no chance.
a) so
b) some
c) such
d) quite
21) I don't have a cent to give you. I ...... bought a new computer.
a) just buy
b) had just bought
c) 've just
d) soon will
22) Mum gave ___ her job when I was born.
a) in
b) up
c) off
d) away
23) It's all right, we ___ hurry. We have plenty of time.
a) mustn't
b) shouldn't
c) can't
d) needn't
24) You have a terrible fever! ___ call a doctor?
a) Shall I
b) Do I
c) Must I
d) Will I
25) Joanna looks ___ in her new dress.
a) nice
b) nicely
c) like nice
d) such nice
26) Mr Haines wants ___ to his office.
a) that you come
b) you come to
c) you come
d) you to come
27) There are ___ around to start a cricket team
a) enough young boys
b) boys enough young
c) young boys enough
d) enough youngest boys
28) These bottles ___ of plastic.
a) are making
b) are make
c) are made
d) made are
29) Do you know where ___ ?
a) did I put the keys
b) put I the keys
c) I put the keys
d) I the keys put
30) Magda knows a lot about badgers, but she ___ a live one.
a) doesn't ever see
b) hasn't ever seen
c) hasn't ever saw
d) didn't ever see
31) We wash the curtains ___ year.
a) three times a
b) once
c) three every
d) every couple
32) The loudspeakers won't work unless you ___ those cables.
a) connected
b) connect
c) don't connect
d) can't connect
33) You should give ___ .
a) to your mother this letter
b) this letter your mother
c) letter this to your mother
d) this letter to your mother
34) Marian has ___ old books.
a) very much
b) a lot of
c) lots
d) a very lot
35) Hania has got two children, ....... ?
a) hasn't she
b) has she got
c) has she
d) haven't she
36) Let's think ___ something nice.
a) after
b) about
c) for
d) to
37) A Jaguar is ___ than a Fiat.
a) more expensive
b) expensiver
c) much expensive
d) expensive
38) The TV's too loud. Please, ___ .
a) it turn down
b) turn it up
c) turn it down
d) turn down it
39) It's a pity you ___ here last night.
a) weren't
b) aren't
c) 'll not be
d) 'd not be
40) What about ___ for a walk?
a) to go
b) I going
c) going
d) go
41) I made one or two mistakes, but ___ of my answers were correct.
a) much
b) most
c) more
d) few
42) You can't cross the road when the light ___ red.
a) 'll be
b) was
c) were
d) is
43) I have a problem. ___ help me please?
a) Could you
b) Should you
c) Were you able to
d) Will you able to
44) Our neighbour is ___ to Ireland.
a) going travel
b) going to travelling
c) go
d) going to travel
45) Do penguins fly? No, they ___ .
a) aren't
b) haven't
c) don't
d) won't
46) ___ train are you taking, the express to Poznan or to Skwierzyna?
a) Which
b) How
c) Whose
d) Who
47) This is ___ story.
a) a very interesting
b) very an interesting
c) very interesting
d) very interested
48) Marta takes the dog for a walk ___ the evening.
a) in
b) at
c) on
d) to
49) We haven't got ___ Polish friends.
a) no
b) any
c) none
d) some
50) Simon can't ___ to you now. He's busy.
a) talked
b) to talk
c) talking
d) talk
51) Have they finished working yet? I don't think ___ .
a) it
b) this
c) so
d) that
52) Somebody stole his wallet so he ___ money from a friend.
a) lent
b) earned
c) borrowed
d) lended
53) We must go now. Call the waitress and ask for the ___ .
a) bill
b) invoice
c) price
d) cost
54) He's a friend of ___ .
a) them
b) theres
c) theirs
d) their
55) Have you had ___ to eat?
a) too many
b) some more
c) to many
d) enough
56) I ___ my boyfriend since Christmas.
a) didn't see
b) haven't seen
c) don't see
d) hasn't seen
57) Who was the woman ___ ?
a) spoke to you
b) that you were speaking to
c) that you spoke
d) that you were speaked to
58) Is ___ than his father?
a) Matt taller
b) taller Matt
c) Matt more tall
d) Matt as tall as
59) She was 29 on her birthday, ___ she?
a) didn't
b) hadn't
c) hasn't
d) wasn't
60) ___ is it from here to Berlin?
a) How long way
b) How long
c) How far
d) How many
61) Good ___ ! I hope you get the job.
a) chance
b) fortune
c) luck
d) wish
62) The doctor has told her that she must give ___ drinking.
a) from
b) to
c) off
d) up
63) There was a lot of noise so I didn't understand what she was ___ .
a) saying
b) telling
c) speaking
d) talking
64) I ___ drink beer than wine.
a) would like more
b) prefer
c) had better
d) would rather
65) I gave her ___ earrings for Christmas.
a) a pair of
b) a set of
c) two
d) a
66) Would you like some more tea? There's still ___ left.
a) few
b) a few
c) a little
d) little
67) She didn't want the job, ___ .
a) however well paid was it
b) however well paid it was
c) for how good pay might it be
d) however good pay it was
68) He has been ___ for armed robbery.
a) blamed
b) accused
c) charged
d) arrested
69) The financial director ___ for almost an hour.
a) kept us to wait
b) kept us waiting
c) made us to wait
d) made us waiting
70) I've often ___ at the Wiejce Palace Hotel.
a) stayed
b) sleeped
c) remained
d) rested
71) I didn't realise that the coffee shop was ___ the other side of the road.
a) by
b) for
c) on
d) in
72) We have ___ for a receptionist but haven't appointed anyone yet.
a) advertised
b) announced
c) advised
d) noticed
73) She's very beautiful but that kind of woman doesn't ___ to me.
a) fancy
b) appeal
c) attract
d) turn on
74) The language school that I attend is 20 kilometres ___ .
a) far
b) away
c) distance
d) long
75) "I'm going to the cinema on Saturday." "So ___ ."
a) I am
b) do I
c) I do
d) am I
76) They ___ him of scratching the car.
a) blamed
b) accused
c) punished
d) arrested
77) They had to leave the flat because they couldn't pay the ___ .
a) fare
b) hire
c) rent
d) salary
78) She ___ at me and then turned away.
a) viewed
b) regarded
c) responded
d) glanced
79) The book shop rang ___ that the dictionary you ordered has arrived.
a) to say
b) to tell
c) for saying
d) for telling
80) If he hadn't drunk so much, he ___ sick.
a) didn't feel
b) wouldn't feel
c) hadn't felt
d) hasn't felt
81) Maria has two sisters, but she doesn't speak to ___ of them.
a) both
b) any
c) either
d) neither
82) Hubert is an uncle of ___ .
a) Kim
b) Kims
c) Kim's
d) Kims'
83) We discussed the house plans ___ our way to the shops.
a) by
b) on
c) in
d) to
84) George goes to ___ by car.
a) a work
b) the work
c) an work
d) work
85) Have you found a job ___ ?
a) soon
b) still
c) longer
d) yet
86) My boots are dirty. I'd better take them ___ before I come in.
a) off
b) away
c) on
d) up
87) What did the man say ___ ?
a) at you
b) to you
c) for you
d) you
88) Do you think I should move to Ireland? You shouldn't do anything ___ you think it's the right thing to do.
a) when
b) unless
c) in case
d) if
89) We can finish the rest of the eggs for ___ .
a) a breakfast
b) the breakfast
c) breakfast
d) a breakfasts
90) If she doesn't ___ my sight at once, I'll scream!
a) go out from
b) go off
c) get away from
d) get out of
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