Quick General English Placement Test
Roberta __________ from The United States.
are
is
am
be
What’s_____________ name
———
his
him
he
My friend ______________ in London
living
live
lives
is live
Where _______________?
works Tom
Tom works
Tom does work
does Tom work
I __________ coffee
no like
not like
like don’t
don’t like
“________________ to Australia, Ginny?” “ Yes, two years ago”
Did you ever go
Do you ever go
Have you ever been
Are you ever going
Tokyo is ______________ city I’ve ever lived in
the most big
the bigger
the biggest
the more big
A vegetarian is someone ____________ doesn’t eat meat
who
what
which
whose
__________these days
I never a newspaper buy
I never buy a newspaper
I buy never a newspaper
Never I buy a newspaper
I __________ watch TV tonight
am
go to
going to
am going to
I wish I _________ had more money!
have
had
would have
was having
____________ be famous one day?
Would you like
Would you like to
Do you like
Do you like to
It’s my birthday ____________ Friday
on
in
at
by
I ______ eighteen years old
am
have
have got
_
I __________ a headache
am
do
have
got
Do you ________ a uniform at school?
carry
wear
use
hold
“What time is it?”….. “I have no _______
idea
opinion
answer
time
The meal was very expensive. Look at the _____________ !!
ticket
receipt
invoice
bill
How many _______ of trousers have you got?
items
pairs
sets
times
Joel came back from his holiday in Brazil looking really __________
tanned
sunned
coloured
darkened
Harry can _________ English
to speak
speaking
speak
speaks
I’m not interested ________ sports
for
about
in
to
She likes __________ expensive clothes
wearing
to wearing
wear
is wearing
Harry _____________ his father’s car when the accident happened
was driving
drove
had driven
has been driving
I was wondering ______tell me when the next plane from Chicago arrives?
could you
can you
if you could
if could you
If I ________ him, I would have spoken to him, wouldn’t I ?
saw
had seen
have seen
would have seen
I like your hair . Where ____________?
do you have cut
have you cut it
do you have cut it
do you have it cut
I think Joey must _______ late tonight. His office light is still on
have worked
work
be working
to work
John tells me Jack’s going out with Helen, __________ I find it hard to believe
which
who
whose
that
What ___________ this weekend, Lance?
will you do
are you doing
will you have done
do you do
The weather has been awful. We’ve had very ____________ sunshine this summer.
little
a little
few
a few
Did you hear what happened to Kate? She _________
is arrested
arrested
has been arrested
is being arrested
I usually ______ up at about 7.30
go
be
do
get
I ________ football every week
play
go
do
have
My sister __________ the cooking in our house
does
makes
cooks
takes
Don’t forget to ______ the light when you leave the room
turn up
turn in
turn off
turn over
She was in ________ when she heard the tragic news
crying
tears
cries
tearful
He _______ that he hadn’t stolen the computer, but no one believed him.
reassured
informed
insisted
persuaded
Could you ___________ me that book for a couple of days, please?
lend
owe
borrow
rent
Greg is _______ a lot of time at Yvonne’s house these days!
taking
spending
having
doing
Who _________ in that house?
does live
lives
does he live
he lives
I’ll call you when __________ home
I get
I’ll get
I’ll have got
I’m getting
If you __________ me, what would you do now?
was
would be
were
have been
I don’t know where ____________ last night
did he go
he did go
went he
he went
John and Betty are coming to visit us tomorrow but I wish _______________
they won’t
they hadn’t
they didn’t
they weren’t
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
I regret ________ harder in school
not studying
not to study
to not study
not hav estudied
Surely Sue ______________ you if she was unhappy with you at work
will tell
would have told
must have told
had told
Our neighbours aren’t very polite, and ___________ particularly quiet
neither they aren’t
either they aren’t
nor are they
neither did they be
We had expected that they ___________ fluent in English, but in fact they didn’t
were speaking
would speak
had spoken
spoke
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
Harriet is so knowledgeable. She can talk about ___________ subject that comes up!
whatever
whenever
wherever
whoever
I always _____________ milk in my coffee
have
drink
mix
make
I __________ TV every evening
watch
look at
see
hear
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
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
The meeting was ___________ and not very interesting
time-wasting
time-consuming
time-using
out of time
After the movie was released, the main___________ point was its excessive use of violence
discussion
speaking
conversation
talking
There have been several big ___________ against the use of GM foods recently.
campaigns
issues
boycotts
strikes