ADULT PLACEMENT TEST

Level: Pre-intermediate - Intermediate

DATE ___________________
NAME____________________________
AGE ___________________
Manual recomandat _______________
TEL. NO.

I. A Choose the correct sentence:

1. a) A chef is a person which cooks food.
b) A chef is a person who cooks food.
2. a) Ive already had breakfast
b) I havent just had breakfast.
3. a) Are these your shoes? Yes, theyre mine
b) Are these yours shoes? Yes, theyre my.
4. a) What will you do if your car will break down on the motorway?
b) What will you do if your car breaks down on the motorway?
5. a) Did you ever eat Indian food?
b) Have you ever eaten Indian food?
6. a) When I arrived home my brother watched TV.
b) When I arrived home my brother was watching TV.
I. B.
1. Sue ________________ shopping
every day.
a) is going
b) go
c) going
d) goes

3. ________________ seen fireworks

before?
a) Did you ever
b) Are you ever
c) Have you ever
d) Do you ever

2. They _________________ in the

park when it started to rain heavily.
a) walked
b) were walking
c) were walk
d) are walking

4. Weve been friends

____________________ many
years.
a) since
b) from
c) during
d) for

5. You _________________ pay for the

tickets. Theyre free.
a) have to
b) dont have
c) dont need to
d) doesnt have to
6. Jeff was ill last week and he
_________________ go out.
a) needn't
b) cant
c) mustnt
d) couldnt
7. These are the photos
________________ I took on
holiday.
a) which
b) who
c) what
d) where
8. Well stay at home if it
_______________ this afternoon.
a) raining
b) rains
c) will rain
d) rain
9. He doesnt smoke now, but he
__________________ a lot when he
was young.
a) has smoked
b) smokes
c) used to smoke
d) was smoked

10. Mark plays football

___________________ anyone else
I know.
a) more good than
b) as better as
c) best than
d) better than
11.

I promise I __________________
you as soon as Ive finished this
cleaning.
a) will help
b) am helping
c) going to help
d) have helped

12. This town ___________________

by lots of tourists during the summer.
a) visits
b) visited
c) is visiting
d) is visited
13. He said that his friends
____________ to speak to him after
they lost the football match.
a) not want
b) werent
c) didnt want
d) arent wanting
14. How about _________________ to
the cinema tonight?
a) going
b) go
c) to go
d) for going

II. Complete the conversation using the correct form of the verbs in brackets:
A Maria! Your leg! Youve broken (break) it! When ______ that happen?
B Two days ago. I ______________________ (walk) through the park when a man ________________
(run into) me on his bicycle. And he ______________________(not stop),although he ______________
(know) I was hurt.
A Well, Im sure someone _______________________ (give) you a hand in the office.
B I hope so! I ______________________________ (not work) with a broken leg before!
C I __________________________ (not believe) it! How long ________ he ________ (be) off work?

B I _____________________________ (go back) next Monday.

III. Complete the following sentences with: must, mustnt, should, shouldnt, have to, dont have
to, etc.
1) You.. run across the street!
2) You . talk to people like that.
3) You .. do your homework now!
4) You .. practise every day if you want to win this contest.
5) She ... turn off the lights after she gets out of the room.
6) You iron clothes if you dont want to do it.
IV. Correct the following sentences:
I not like westerns. I dont neither.
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Mine father isnt very interested for politic.

If I would have money, I would go to the seaside.

Chocolate are make from cocoa beans.

V. The following story text is incomplete finish it as you like it. Write no more than 10 lines.
Clare and Sarah Devane are sisters. They have the chance to inherit $ 1 million from their aunt but
they get the money only if they stop smoking. If one sister has a cigarette, all the money goes to the
other. Clare Devane pays a private detective, Richard Marlow, to follow Sarah
CLARE: Well, Mr. Marlow, did you follow Sarah last Friday?
MARLOW: Yes, I did.
CLARE: Where did she go, Mr. Marlow?
MARLOW: Hey, call me Richard.
CLARE: Just answer my questions, Marlow.
MARLOW: OK, Ms Devane, relax. She went out at about 8.00 a.m. She didnt go to
work. First she went swimming. Then she had breakfast in a caf. After that she -
CLARE: But did she smoke a cigarette?
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