QUICK PLACEMENT TEST

 

      The QUICK placement test tests structures and vocabulary. It is comprised of 60 multiple-choice test items (36 structure and 24 vocabulary) that are worth one mark each.

 

      This placement test is designed to give you a quick way of assessing the approximate level. For a more accurate assessment of your English language skills, your listening, speaking and writing skills would also have to be assessed.

 

      Timing – Allow 40-45 minutes for the Quick Placement Test

 

1. What _____ this weekend, Lance?

 
 
 
 

2. I always _____ milk in my coffee.

 
 
 
 

3. I wish I _____ more money!

 
 
 
 

4. After the movie was released, the main _____ point was its excessive use of violence.

 
 
 
 

5. Could you _____ me that book for a couple of days, please?

 
 
 
 

6. I was wondering _____ tell me when the next plane from Chicago arrives?

 
 
 
 

7. I _____ eighteen years old.

 
 
 
 

8. John tells me Jack’s going out with Helen, _____ I find hard to believe.

 
 
 
 

9. She likes _____ expensive clothes.

 
 
 
 

10. Our neighbours aren’t very polite, and _____ particularly quiet!

 
 
 
 

11. I _____ TV every evening.

 
 
 
 

12. How many _____ of trousers have you got?

 
 
 
 

13. Don’t forget to _____ the light when you leave the room.

 
 
 
 

14. _____ these days.

 
 
 
 

15. The meal was very expensive. Look at the _____!

 
 
 
 

16. If you _____ me, what would you do?

 
 
 
 

17. I’d rather I _____ next weekend, but I do!

 
 
 
 

18. Harry _____ his father’s car when the accident happened.

 
 
 
 

19. Who _____ in that house?

 
 
 
 

20. I’m so hungry! If only Bill _____ all the food in the fridge!

 
 
 
 

21. There have been several big _____ against the use of GM foods recently.

 
 
 
 

22. John and Betty are coming to visit us tomorrow but I wish _____.

 
 
 
 

23. Where _____?

 
 
 
 

24. Joel came back from his holiday in Brazil looking really _____.

 
 
 
 

25. I regret _____ harder in school.

 
 
 
 

26. ‘What time is it?’    ‘I have no _____.’

 
 
 
 

27. Surely Sue _____ you if she was unhappy with your work.

 
 
 
 

28. The breath test showed he had consumed more than three times the legal limit of alcohol, so the police arrested him for _____.

 
 
 
 

29. I think Joey must _____ late tonight. His office light is still on.

 
 
 
 

30. It’s my birthday _____ Friday.

 
 
 
 

31. Tokyo is _____ city I’ve ever lived in.

 
 
 
 

32. The weather has been awful. We’ve had very _____ sunshine this summer.

 
 
 
 

33. Before you enter the triathlon, please bear in _____ that you’re not as young as you used to be!

 
 
 
 

34. Harry can _____ English.

 
 
 
 

35. If I _____ him, I would have spoken to him, wouldn’t I?

 
 
 
 

36. What’s _____ name?

 
 
 
 

37. My friend _____ in London.

 
 
 
 

38. She was in _____ when she heard the tragic news.

 
 
 
 

39. ‘_____ to Australia, Ginny?’  ‘Yes, two years ago.”

 
 
 
 

40. I _____ watch TV tonight.

 
 
 
 

41. A vegetarian is someone _____ doesn’t eat meat.

 
 
 
 

42. Do you _____ a uniform at your school?

 
 
 
 

43. My sister _____ the cooking in our house.

 
 
 
 

44. I’m not interested _____ sports.

 
 
 
 

45. We had expected that they _____ fluent English, but in fact they didn’t.

 
 
 
 

46. Can you give me a _____ with my bag.

 
 
 
 

47. I _____ a headache.

 
 
 
 

48. He _____ that he hadn’t stolen the computer, but no one believed him.

 
 
 
 

49. I don’t know where _____ last night.

 
 
 
 

50. I’ll call you when I _____ home.

 
 
 
 

51. I like your hair. Where _____?

 
 
 
 

52. Greg is _____ a lot of time at Yvonne’s house these days!

 
 
 
 

53. Roberta _____ from The United States.

 
 
 
 

54. I _____ football every week.

 
 
 
 

55. _____ be famous one day?

 
 
 
 

56. The meeting was _____ and not very interesting.

 
 
 
 

57. Did you hear what happened to Kate? She _____.

 
 
 
 

58. I usually _____ up at about 7.30.

 
 
 
 

59. Harriet is so knowledgeable. She can talk about _____ subject that comes up.

 
 
 
 

60. I ­_____ coffee.