PLACEMENT TEST

GRAMMAR

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1. Tenses. Choose the correct item:

1. He .. TV every day.
A. watch
B. watches
C. is watching
2. If James .. hard, he . the exam.
A. works/will pass
B. will work/will pass
C. works/passes
3. My cousin . the University in 1996.
A. finish
B. was finished
C. finished
4. I always wear jeans and T-shirts, but today I .. a nice dress.
A. wear
B. am wearing
C. wearing
5. When I was five, I read quite well.
A. can
B. could
C. can to
6. Mike . like watching horror films.
A. is not
B. doesn't
C. don't
7. I .. to America three times.
A. was
B. went
C. have been
8. they love letters back then?
A. did/write
B. were/write
C. did/wrote
9. I.. to have holidays in Italy
A. go
B. am going
C. going
10. She her doctor this afternoon.
A. sees
B. is seeing
C. will see
2. Choose the correct variant: some/any/much/many/a:
1. I've got .. pens in the office.
2. Can I have . can of Cola, please?
3. How milk is there in the fridge?
4. I'd like . fruit, please.
5. There are .. oranges and apples on the plate.
6. There wasn't sugar left.
7. How money did he take to France.
8. There's bacon on the table.

9. In the shop there aren't . eggs.

10. Can I have .. cheese, please?
3. Comparatives and superlatives. Choose the correct item:
1. The country is . the city.
A. quieter as
B. quieter than
2. Madrid is .. than Krasnoyarsk.
A. more expensive
B. expensiver
3. What is .. mountain in the world?
A. the most high
B. the highest
4. Nick is .. student of all.
A. good
B. the goodest
5. I'm .. than my sister.
A. more tall
B. taller

C. more quiet than

C. most expensive
C. higher than
C. the best
C. the tallest

4. Word order. Put the words in the correct order:

1. do/at/what/weekends/you/do?
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2. work/she/does/where?
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3. a/television/there/photo/is/on/the.
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4. not/work/Rosy/go/by/does/to/car.
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5. Sue/going/Dave/and/the/opera/like/to.
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6. work/you/did/carefully/check/your?
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7. very/English/you/well/speak.
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8. is/she/because/got/early/up/tired/she.
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5. Prepositions. Fill in the correct preposition at/for/to/in/on/about:
1. I'm interested swimming.
2. They are looking a new flat.
3. She's leaving to Madrid .. Sunday.
4. I go school by bus.
5. My sister is home now.
6. I read a book .. our city.
6. Verb patterns. Choose the correct item:
1. I can .computer quite well.
A. to use
B. use
2. I'd like a kilo of apples, please.
A. to buy
B. buying
3. James enjoys a lot.

C. using
C. buy

A. swim
B. to swim
4. It's easy . English.
A. to learn
B. learn
5. You should an aspirin.
A. to take
B. taking

C. swimming
C. learning
C. take

7. Tick the correct sentence:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

a) I went to London last week.

b) I have been to London last week.
a) They are watching TV now.
b) They watch TV now.
a) We are going to Holland for see the tulips.
b) We are going to Holland to see the tulips.
a) Do you like some fruit? - Yes, please.
b) Would you like some fruit? - Yes, please.
a) At weekends I go swimming.
b) To weekends I go swimming.
a) He not going to be a pilot.
b) He is not going to be a pilot.

VOCABULARY
1. Opposites. Match the opposites:
hot
clean
win
old
near
before
happy
poor
on
begin

rich
far
under
modern
cold
lose
finish
after
sad
dirty

2. Word groups. Put the words in the correct column:

blue, T-shirt, foggy, green, jumper, tie, sunny, brown,
cloudy, snowing, pink, suit, skirt, yellow, windy.
3. Word combination. Match a letter with a number:
1. drive
2. play
3. go
4. speak
5. drink

a. football
b. a train
c. tea
d. television
e. a car

1.colour 2.clothes 3.weather

6. travel
7. catch
8. listen
9. watch
10. tell

f. to music
g. swimming
h. by bus
i. English
j. the time

4. The odd word. Underline the odd word:

1. magazine
2. milk
3. house
4. actor
5. interesting
6. father
7. my

pen
apple
palace
dentist
boring
mother
own

newspaper
ice-cream
street
policeman
kind
sister
his

book
cheese
flat
neighbor
funny
man
our

5. Questions. Write the questions to the answers:

1._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ ?
His name is Peter.
2. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?
He's from Britain.
3. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?
He's 30.
4. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _?
94 East st., Oxford.
5. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?
He's a teacher.
6. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?
In a school in Oxford.
7. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?
No, he isn't. He's single
8. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?
He plays football.