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Teacher: Patrícia Morgado Level: A1 / A2 / B1 / B2 / C1 / C2

Placement Test
Part A - Grammar

Read the questions carefully and select the most suitable option.
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1. I ________________ from France. b) weren’t

c) wasn’t
d) isn’t
a) is
b) are 9. I _________________ the film last night.
c) am
d) be
a) like
2. This is my friend. _____________ name b) likes
is Peter. c) liking
d) liked
a) Her
b) Our 10. __________________ a piece of cake?
c) Yours No, thank you.
d) His
a) Do you like
3. Mike is ______________. b) Would you like
c) Want you
d) Are you like
a) my sister’s friend
b) friend my sister 11. The living room is ___________________
c) friend from my sister than the bedroom.
d) my sister friend’s
a) more big
4. My brother is ______________ artist. b) more bigger
c) biggest
a) the d) bigger
b) an
c) a 12. The car is very old. We’re going
d)  ____________________ a new car soon.

a) to buy
5. _______________ 20 desks in the b) buying
classroom. c) to will buy
d) buy
a) This is
b) There is 13. Jane is a vegetarian. She
c) They are ____________________ meat.
d) There are
a) sometimes eats
6. Paul ________________ romantic films. b) never eats
c) often eats
d) usually eats
a) likes not
b) don’t like 14. There aren’t ________________ buses
c) doesn’t like late in the evening.
d) isn’t likes
a) some
7. Sorry, I can’t talk. I _____________ right b) any
now. c) no
d) a
a) driving
b) ‘m driving 15. The car park is _________________ to
c) drives the restaurant.
d) drive
a) next
8. She _________________ at school last b) opposite
week. c) behind
d) in front
a) didn't be
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16. Sue ________________ shopping every 23. We’ll stay at home if it _______________
day. this afternoon.

a) is going a) raining
b) go b) rains
c) going c) will rain
d) goes d) rain

17. They _________________ in the park 24. He doesn’t smoke now, but he
when it started to rain heavily. __________________ a lot when he was
young.
a) walked a) has smoked
b) were walking b) smokes
c) were walk c) used to smoke
d) are walking d) was smoked

18. ________________ seen fireworks 25. Mark plays football

before? ___________________ anyone else I
know.
a) Did you ever
b) Are you ever a) more good than
c) Have you ever b) as better as
d) Do you ever c) best than
d) better than

19. We’ve been friends 26. I promise I __________________ you as

____________________ many years. soon as I’ve finished this cleaning.

a) since a) will help

b) from b) am helping
c) during c) going to help
d) for d) have helped

27. This town ___________________ by lots

of tourists during the summer.
20. You _________________ pay for the
tickets. They’re free. a) visits
b) visited
a) have to c) is visiting
b) don’t have d) is visited
c) don’t need to
d) doesn’t have to 28. He said that his friends ____________ to
speak to him after they lost the football
21. Jeff was ill last week and he match.
_________________ go out.
a) not want
a) needn't b) weren’t
b) can’t c) didn’t want
c) mustn’t d) aren’t wanting
d) couldn’t
29. How about _________________ to the
22. These are the photos ________________ cinema tonight?
I took on holiday.
a) going
a) which b) go
b) who c) to go
c) what d) for going
d) where

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30. Excuse me, can you a) looked

___________________ me the way to the b) had been looked
station, please? c) had been looking
d) were looking
a) give
b) take 36. We won’t catch the plane
c) tell _________________ we leave home
d) say now! Please hurry up!
a) if
31. I wasn’t interested in the performance b) providing that
very much. ________________. c) except
d) unless
a) I didn’t, too.
b) Neither was I. 37. If I hadn’t replied to your email,
c) Nor I did. I___________________ here with you
d) So I wasn’t. now.

32. Take a warm coat, _______________ you a) can’t be

might get very cold outside. b) wouldn’t be
c) won’t be
a) otherwise d) haven’t been
b) in case
c) so that 38. Do you think you ___________________
d) in order to with my mobile phone soon? I need to
make a call.
a) finish
33. __________________ this great book b) are finishing
and I can’t wait to see how it ends. c) will have finished
d) are finished

a) I don’t read 39. I don’t remember mentioning

b) I’ve read __________________ dinner together
c) I’ve been reading tonight.
d) I read
34. What I like more than anything else a) go for
___________________ at weekends. b) you going to
c) to go for
a) playing golf d) going for
b) to play golf
c) is playing golf 40. Was it Captain Cook ______________
d) is play golf New Zealand?

35. She ________________ for her cat for a) who discovered

two days when she finally found it in the b) discovered
garage. c) that discover
d) who was discovering

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Part A - Vocabulary

41. You may not like the cold weather here, but you’ll have to ________________, I’m afraid.
a) tell it off c) put up with it
b) sort itself out d) put it off

42. It’s cold so you should __________________ on a warm jacket.

a) put c) dress
b) wear d) take

43. Paul will look ______________ our dogs while we’re on holiday.
a) at c) into
b) for d) after

44. She ___________________ a lot of her free time reading.

a) does c) has
b) spends d) makes

45. Hello, this is Simon. Could I ___________________ to Jane, please?

a) say c) call
b) tell d) speak

46. They’re coming to our house ___________________ Saturday.

a) in c) on
b) at d) with

47. I think it’s very easy to ___________ debt these days.

a) go into c) go down to
b) become d) get into

48. Come on! Quick! Let’s get _____________!

a) highlight c) massive
b) cracking d) with immediate effect

49. I phoned her ____________ I heard the news.

a) minute c) by the time
b) during d) the moment

50. I feel very ____________. I’m going to go to bed!

a) nap c) sleepy
b) asleep d) sleeper

Part C - Writing
Write a short text introducing yourself (80 to 100 words).

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