General English Quick Placement Test

A quick on line test of General English

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  1. Roberta __________ from The United States.

are

is

am

be

  1. What’s_____________ name

———

his

him

he

  1. My friend ______________ in London

living

live

lives

is live

  1. Where _______________?

works Tom

Tom works

Tom does work

does Tom work

  1. I __________ coffee

no like

not like

like don’t

don’t like

  1. “________________ to Australia, Ginny?” “ Yes, two years ago”

Did you ever go

Do you ever go

Have you ever been

Are you ever going

  1. Tokyo is ______________ city I’ve ever lived in

the most big

the bigger

the biggest

the more big

  1. A vegetarian is someone ____________ doesn’t eat meat

who

what

which

whose

  1. __________these days

I never a newspaper buy

I never buy a newspaper

I buy never a newspaper

Never I buy a newspaper

  1. I __________ watch TV tonight

am

go to

going to

am going to

  1. I wish I _________ had more money!

have

had

would have

was having

  1. ____________ be famous one day?

Would you like

Would you like to

Do you like

Do you like to

  1. It’s my birthday ____________ Friday

on

in

at

by

  1. I ______ eighteen years old

am

have

have got

_

  1. I __________ a headache

am

do

have

got

  1. Do you ________ a uniform at school?

carry

wear

use

hold

  1. “What time is it?”….. “I have no _______

idea

opinion

answer

time

  1. The meal was very expensive. Look at the _____________ !!

ticket

receipt

invoice

bill

  1. How many _______ of trousers have you got?

items

pairs

sets

times

  1. Joel came back from his holiday in Brazil looking really __________

tanned

sunned

coloured

darkened

  1. Harry can _________ English

to speak

speaking

speak

speaks

  1. I’m not interested ________ sports

for

about

in

to

  1. She likes __________ expensive clothes

wearing

to wearing

wear

is wearing

  1. Harry _____________ his father’s car when the accident happened

was driving

drove

had driven

has been driving

  1. I was wondering ______tell me when the next plane from Chicago arrives?

could you

can you

if you could

if could you

  1. If I ________ him, I would have spoken to him, wouldn’t I ?

saw

had seen

have seen

would have seen

  1. I like your hair . Where ____________?

do you have cut

have you cut it

do you have cut it

do you have it cut

  1. I think Joey must _______ late tonight. His office light is still on

have worked

work

be working

to work

  1. John tells me Jack’s going out with Helen, __________ I find it hard to believe

which

who

whose

that

  1. What ___________ this weekend, Lance?

will you do

are you doing

will you have done

do you do

  1. The weather has been awful. We’ve had very ____________ sunshine this summer.

little

a little

few

a few

  1. Did you hear what happened to Kate? She _________

is arrested

arrested

has been arrested

is being arrested

  1. I usually ______ up at about 7.30

go

be

do

get

  1. I ________ football every week

play

go

do

have

  1. My sister __________ the cooking in our house

does

makes

cooks

takes

  1. Don’t forget to ______ the light when you leave the room

turn up

turn in

turn off

turn over

  1. She was in ________ when she heard the tragic news

crying

tears

cries

tearful

  1. He _______ that he hadn’t stolen the computer, but no one believed him.

reassured

informed

insisted

persuaded

  1. Could you ___________ me that book for a couple of days, please?

lend

owe

borrow

rent

  1. Greg is _______ a lot of time at Yvonne’s house these days!

taking

spending

having

doing

  1. Who _________ in that house?

does live

lives

does he live

he lives

  1. I’ll call you when __________ home

I get

I’ll get

I’ll have got

I’m getting

  1. If you __________ me, what would you do now?

was

would be

were

have been

  1. I don’t know where ____________ last night

did he go

he did go

went he

he went

  1. John and Betty are coming to visit us tomorrow but I wish _______________

they won’t

they hadn’t

they didn’t

they weren’t

  1. I’m so hungry! If only Bill ____________ all the food in the fridge!

wasn’t eating

didn’t eat

hadn’t eaten

hasn’t eaten

  1. I regret ________ harder in school

not studying

not to study

to not study

not hav estudied

  1. Surely Sue ______________ you if she was unhappy with you at work

will tell

would have told

must have told

had told

  1. Our neighbours aren’t very polite, and ___________ particularly quiet

neither they aren’t

either they aren’t

nor are they

neither did they be

  1. We had expected that they ___________ fluent in English, but in fact they didn’t

were speaking

would speak

had spoken

spoke

  1. I’d rather I ____________ next weekend, but I do!

don’t have to work

didn’t have to work

wouldn’t work

wasn’t working

  1. Harriet is so knowledgeable. She can talk about ___________ subject that comes up!

whatever

whenever

wherever

whoever

  1. I always _____________ milk in my coffee

have

drink

mix

make

  1. I __________ TV every evening

watch

look at

see

hear

  1. Can you give me a ___________ with my bag

leg

back

hand

head

56.Before you enter the triathlon, please bear in ___________ that yoy’re not as young as you used to be!

thought

question

mind

opinion

  1. The breath test showed he had consumed more than three times the legal limit of alcohol, so the police arrested him for _______

bad driving

mugging

speeding

drunk driving

  1. The meeting was ___________ and not very interesting

time-wasting

time-consuming

time-using

out of time

  1. After the movie was released, the main___________ point was its excessive use of violence

discussion

speaking

conversation

talking

  1. There have been several big ___________ against the use of GM foods recently.

campaigns

issues

boycotts

strikes

Quiz/Test Summary
Title: General English Quick Placement Test
Questions: 60
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