Welcome to your ESOL English Placement Full Name Mobile No Email Agent Code: *optional The Placement Test has 50 questions, each worth one point. The first 40 are grammar questions `and the final 10 are vocabulary questions. To decide your level, use the conversion chart below. Please note that these bandings are a guide. Grammar 1. I ________________ from France. is are am be 2. This is my friend. _____________ name is Peter. Her Our Yours His 3. Mike is ______________. my sister's friend friend my sister friend from my sister my sister friend's 4. My brother is ______________ artist. the an a --- 5. _______________ 20 desks in the classroom. This is There is They are There are 6. Paul ________________ romantic films. likes not don't like doesn't like isn't likes 7. Sorry, I can’t talk. I _____________ right now. driving 'm driving drives drive 8. She _________________ at school last week. didn't be weren't wasn't isn't 9. I _________________ the film last night. like likes liking liked 10. __________________ a piece of cake? No, thank you. Do you like Would you like Want you Are you like 11. The living room is ___________________ than the bedroom. more big more bigger biggest bigger 12. The car is very old. We’re going ____________________ a new car soon. to buy buying to will buy buy 13. Jane is a vegetarian. She ____________________ meat. sometimes eats never eats often eats usually eats 14. There aren’t ________________ buses late in the evening. some any no a 15. The car park is _________________ to the restaurant. next opposite behind in front 16. Sue ________________ shopping everyday. is going go going goes 17. They _________________ in the park when it started to rain heavily. walked were walking were walk are walking 18. ________________ seen fireworks before? Did you ever Are you ever Have you ever Do you ever 19. We’ve been friends ____________________ many years. since from during for 20. You _________________ pay for the tickets. They’re free. have to don't have don't need to doesn't have to 21. Jeff was ill last week and he _________________ go out. needn't can't mustn't couldn't 22. These are the photos ________________ I took on holiday. which who what where 23. We’ll stay at home if it _______________ this afternoon. raining rains will rain rain 24. He doesn’t smoke now, but he __________________ a lot when he was young. has smoked smokes used to smoke was smoked 25. Mark plays football ___________________ anyone else I know. more good than as better as best then better than 26. I promise I __________________ you as soon as I’ve finished this cleaning. will help am helping going to help have helped 27. This town ___________________ by lots of tourists during the summer. visits visited is visiting is visited 28. He said that his friends ____________ to speak to him after they lost the football match. not want weren't didn't want aren't wanting 29. How about _________________ to the cinema tonight? going go to go for going 30. Excuse me, can you ___________________ me the way to the station, please? give take tell say 31. I wasn’t interested in the performance very much. ________________. I didn't, too Neither was I. Nor I did. So I wasn't. 32. Take a warm coat, _______________ you might get very cold outside. otherwise in case so that in order to 33. __________________ this great book and I can’t wait to see how it ends. I don't read I've read I've been reading I read 34. What I like more than anything else ___________________ at weekends. playing golf to play golf is playing golf is play golf 35. She ________________ for her cat for two days when she finally found it in the garage. looked had been looked had been looking were looking 36. We won’t catch the plane _________________ we leave home now! if providing that except unless 37. If I hadn’t replied to your email, I___________________ here with you now. can't be wouldn't be won't be haven't been 38. Do you think you ___________________ with my mobile phone soon? I need to make a call. finish are finishing will have finished are finished 39. I don’t remember mentioning __________________ dinner together tonight. go for you going to to go for going for 40. Was it Captain Cook ______________ New Zealand? who discovered discovered that discover who was discovering Vocabulary 41. You may not like the cold weather here, but you’ll have to ________________, I’m afraid. tell it off sort itself out put up with it put it off 42. It’s cold so you should __________________ on a warm jacket. put wear dress take 43. Paul will look ______________ our dogs while we’re on holiday. at for into after 44. She ___________________ a lot of her free time reading. does spends has makes 45. Hello, this is Ben. Could I ___________________ to Jane, please? say tell call speak 46. They’re coming to our house ___________________ Saturday. in at on with 47. I think it’s very easy to ___________ debt these days. go into become go down to get into 48. Come on! Quick! Let’s get _____________! highlight cracking massive with immediate effect 49. I phoned her ____________ I heard the news. minute during by the time the moment 50. I feel very ____________. I’m going to go to bed! nap asleep sleepy sleeper Time is Up! Time's up
