QUICK PLACEMENT & DIAGNOSTIC TEST

Grammar

1. I ________________ from France. Beginner a) isb) are c) amd) be

2. This is my friend. _____________ name is Peter. Beginner a) Herb) Ourc) Yoursd) His

3. Mike is ______________. Beginner a) my sister’s friendb) friend my sisterc) friend from my sisterd) my sister friend’s

4. My brother is ______________ artist. Beginner a) the b) anc) ad)

5. _______________ 20 desks in the classroom. Beginner a) This isb) There isc) They ared) There are

6. Paul ________________ romantic films. Beginner a) likes notb) don’t likec) doesn’t liked) isn’t likes

7. Sorry, I can’t talk. I _____________ right now. Beginner a) drivingb) ‘m drivingc) drivesd) drive

8. She _________________ at school last week. Elementary a) didn't beb) weren’tc) wasn’td) isn’t

9. I _________________ the film last night. Elementary a) likeb) likesc) likingd) liked

10. __________________ a piece of cake? No, thank you. Elementary Do you likea) Would you likeb) Want you

c) Are you like

11. The living room is ___________________ than the bedroom. Elementary a) more bigb) more biggerc) biggestd) bigger

12. The car is very old. We’re going ____________________ a new car soon. Elementary a) to buyb) buyingc) to will buyd) buy

13. Jane is a vegetarian. She ____________________ meat. Elementary a) sometimes eatsb) never eatsc) often eatsd) usually eats

14. There aren’t ________________ buses late in the evening. Pre-int a) someb) anyc) nod) a

15. The car park is _________________ to the restaurant. Pre-int a) next b) oppositec) behindd) in front

16. Sue ________________ shopping every day. Pre-int a) is goingb) goc) goingd) goes

17. They _________________ in the park when it started to rain heavily. Intermediate a) walked b) were walkingc) were walkd) are walking

18. ________________ seen fireworks before? Pre-int a) Did you everb) Are you everc) Have you everd) Do you ever

19. We’ve been friends ____________________ many years. Pre-int a) sinceb) from c) duringd) for

20. You _________________ pay for the tickets. They’re free. a) have tob) don’t havec) don’t need tod) doesn’t have to

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21. Jeff was ill last week and he _________________ go out. Pre-int a) needn'tb) can’tc) mustn’td) couldn’t

22. These are the photos, ________________ I took on holiday. Pre-int a) whichb) whoc) whatd) where

23. We’ll stay at home if it _______________ this afternoon. Pre-inta) rainingb) rainsc) will raind) rain

24. He doesn’t smoke now, but he __________________ a lot when he was young. Pre-int a) has smokedb) smokesc) used to smoked) was smoked

25. Mark plays football ___________________ anyone else I know. Intermediatea) more good thanb) as better asc) best thand) better than

26. I promise I __________________ you as soon as I’ve finished this cleaning. Intermediatea) will helpb) am helpingc) going to helpd) have helped

27. This town ___________________ by lots of tourists during the summer. Intermediatea) visitsb) visitedc) is visitingd) is visited

28. He said that his friends ____________ to speak to him after they lost the football match. a) not wantb) weren’tc) didn’t wantd) aren’t wanting

29. How about _________________ to the cinema tonight? Pre-int a) going b) goc) to god) for going

30. Excuse me, can you ___________________ me the way to the station, please? Pre-int a) giveb) takec) telld) say

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Vocabulary

31. It’s cold so you should __________________ on a warm jacket.a) putb) wearc) dressd) take

32. Paul will look ______________ our dogs while we’re on holiday.a) atb) forc) intod) after

33. She ___________________ a lot of her free time reading.a) does b) spendsc) hasd) makes

34. Hello, this is Simon. Could I ___________________ to Jane, please?a) say b) tellc) calld) speak

35. They’re coming to our house ___________________ Saturday.a) in b) atc) ond) with

36. I think it’s very easy to ___________ debt these days.a) go intob) becomec) go down tod) get into

37. I phoned her ____________ I heard the news.a) minuteb) duringc) by the timed) at the moment

38. I feel very ____________. I’m going to bed!a) napb) asleepc) sleepyd) sleeper

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Reading

Small rooms, big idea

Five years ago, businessman Simon Woodroffe had a good idea. He was in bed in first class on an international flight when he decided to open a hotel. The bed in the aeroplane gave him an idea. He could open a hotel with rooms like the sleeping area in an aeroplane.Now travellers in some of Britain’s airports sleep in these small, low-cost rooms. Therooms are very small, only seven square metres, but they are very convenient. They are in theairport, so travellers who want only a night’s sleep and a shower can save money and travellingtime. Woodroffe calls his hotel ‘Yotel’. Each room has a TV, a desk and a shower and costs £50. You can pay £70 for a bigger room that has a couch. Press a button, and the couch changes to a bed.The small rooms are very popular with travellers. Woodroffe thinks he will open more Yotels in city centres.

Read the article and decide whether these statements (1-5) are true (T) or false (F).

1 Woodroffe had an idea when he was sleeping in an airport.2 He decided to open a hotel with very small rooms.3 His first hotels were in the United States.4 The rooms cost a lot of money.5 An important feature of the Yotel is convenience.

Choose the best ending – a, b or c – for each of these statements.

6 Yotels are …

a) in the airport.b) only an idea now.c) very near the airport.

7 The Yotel showers are …

a) in the rooms.b) separate from the rooms.c) not included in the price.

8 Yotels have …

a) one type of room.b) two types of room.c) three types of room.

9 Travellers …

a) like the rooms.b) don’t like the rooms.c) aren’t interested in staying at Yotel.

10 Woodroffe thinks Yotel will succeed …

a) only in airports.b) in city centres, too.c) outside city centres.B

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