Placement test

Written test

CEF

A1 to C1

Choose the best answer for each question.

Stop when the questions become too difficult.
Spend no more than 40 minutes on the test.

Where

from?

Im from Russia.
A you are
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B you
house in Moscow.

We have
A any

B a

B daughters

B hotel

A Her

B His

I get up
A for

I like apples, but I

A dont like

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C Hes

five people in my family.

A They are

C supermarket

names Paul.

This is my brother.

C children

. Im a doctor.

I work in a
A hospital

C an

, a boy and a girl.

I have two
A sons

C are you

B There is
7 oclock in the morning.
B at

B like
speak French?

A do you

B you do

A this

C in

bananas.

Excuse me,

How much are

C There are

C do like

C you

shoes?
B these

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C that

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Where are my glasses?

Theyre

the table.

A at
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B on

My sister

tennis very well.

A plays

B play

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I dont see my parents very often

C by
they live in South Africa.

A so

B but

Rosie stayed

home yesterday afternoon.

A in

B at

C to

B did go

C was

is quite expensive but the food there is excellent.

The

B restaurant

Do you want to listen to music or

A see

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C because

to the cinema.

Last night I

A film
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C playing

B with

A went
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C in

train.

I usually go to work
A on

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C book
TV?

B look

C watch

were you at the weekend?

I was in Scotland.
A When

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B Where

C What

you have a good time at the party?

Yes, it was fun.

A Did
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Are you

B Were
English teacher?

A Maria

B Marias

Bob will meet

at the airport.

A us

B we

Im going to a concert tonight.

A Do

C Had

B Are

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C Marias

C our
you like to come?
C Would

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use your dictionary?

Sure. Here you are.
A Could I

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B Could you

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B rent

B get

do you want?

A any

A OK
Id like
A some
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A cook

C right

milk in my coffee, please.

B any

C a

B Heres

C Theres

dinner.
B am cooking

I think cycling is more dangerous

A as

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B great

Is this a good time to talk?

Sorry, no. I

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C much

a bus stop near my flat.

A Its

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B many

Sorry Im so late.
Thats

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C arrive

Do you sell stamps?

Yes, we do. How

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C cost

to the bus station?

Excuse me, how do I

A come

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is too expensive for me.

I like this apartment but the

A money

C Do I

C cooking
driving.

B like

C than

going to the theatre next Saturday.

We
A will

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B do

C are

meet for coffee some time soon.

A Lets

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Kamal has got a holiday home near

A a

B Do you

B the

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C Shall they
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C some

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If youve got a headache, you

A should

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B did

B Are you

A enough

B lot

it tomorrow.

A finishes

B is going to finish

B really

A is

B yes

B hadnt

B with

B saw

B earn

A havent

D by

C see

D was seeing

C spend

D lend

C neednt

D dont have

C make

D exercise

C Are you going

D Will you go

to ask.
B mustnt

a lot of sport in my free time.

I
A do

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C on

Can I make myself a cup of coffee?

Of course. You

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D didnt have

money from a friend, you should always pay it back promptly.

If you
A borrow

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C had

Joanna was in Paris.

The last time I

A have seen

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D right

credit card.

We paid the restaurant bill

A to

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C so

a television when I was a child.

We never
A have had

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C much

Is Ottawa the capital of Canada?

I think

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C finished

loves working with children.

Paula
A very

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C too much

Did Amina finish the report?

No. She

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C Did you

I only get about five hours sleep a night.

Thats not

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C had

ever been to New York?

A Have you

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go home.

B practise
anywhere interesting recently?

A Do you go

B Have you been

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Its Walters birthday on Friday. He

A should

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B can

B so

If the weather

bad tomorrow, we can go to a museum.

A will be

B was

B are

My mums not very well.

B had been

C sorry to hear that

D not bad, thanks.

C has been

B All the

D had gone

time on Friday is fine.

C Every

D Any

climb the wall and jump into our neighbours garden.

B did

C have

D used

C painting

D painted

the wall yet?

Have you finished

B to paint

Can you help me? Ive tried

hotel in the city and cant find a room.

B any

Lena used to find work boring

C every

D all

she became a nurse.

B until

C if

D since

closer to my office, I could walk to work.

If I
A lived

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D were

to see his grandmother. Hell be back tomorrow.

When I was a child, I

A unless
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C was

Would you mind changing my appointment?

A many
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B I do apologise

Hans isnt here. He

A paint

D would be

A would

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C is

D as

drunk around the world every day.

A is

A Next

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C than

About a billion cans of Coca-Cola

A has gone

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D shall

learning the violin.

A like

A it doesnt matter

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C will

Learning the piano isnt as difficult

Oh,

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be 30, I think.

B would live

C had lived

D live

outside the cinema when suddenly a police car arrived.

I
A stood

B was standing

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C have stood

D am standing

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Shall we go to The Riceboat for dinner?

It

be fully booked. Theyre sometimes busy on a Monday.

A will
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B may

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B yet

Dont worry, I

you a lift if you want.

A give

B am giving

B taking

B live

Julia

Dont worry if I
A am

A to take
Boxing is a sport
A it
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Jon
A is only

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D to take

C set

D take

B mustnt

C wont

D cant

C has been

D is being

married since she was 20.

B was

late tonight. Im going to the gym after work.

B will be

C would be

D was

C took

D taking

Ive got a terrible headache, and it wont go away.

Have you tried

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C having taken

be mine then. Mines got my name on the front.

A is

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D m going to give

Theres no name on this dictionary.

A might not

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C ll give

up with the noise in the city, so we moved to the countryside.

I couldnt

It

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D only

more exercise.

My doctor advised me

A put
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C just

Ive got to be at work in five minutes.

A take
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D must

come back from a trip to India. It was amazing.

Weve
A already

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C can

I was wondering

some aspirin?
B take

requires a lot of speed and fitness.

B that

C what

D where

working on this project for a couple of months so he hasnt made much progress yet.
B has only been

C was only

D had only been

I could ask you some questions.

Sure, go ahead.
A what

B if

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D how

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What clothes should I pack for a trip to Boston?

Well, it depends
A on

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B with

B would have

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B to

C like

B taken

C put

D took

B realises

C recognises

D reminds

to be picking Tom up at the station but Ive lost my keys.

B am requested

C am intended

D am obliged

C time

D opportunity

How about going to Colours nightclub?

Im going there. Its awful!
B way

not to go to university.

By the age of 18, I

B decided

B wasnt

The amount of organically grown food on sale has

A raised

C have decided

D was deciding

repaired before next week.

Im afraid your car

A hasnt been

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D come

me of my trip to Cuba.

Salsa music always

A had decided

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C done

B did

A hope

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off.

a very good impression at his interview.

Ben got the job because he

Theres no

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D equal

I dont know how much this card costs. The price labels

A am supposed
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D about

A alike

A remembers
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C with

B same

D may have

you?

over time.

A made
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C should have

Some married couples seem to get more

A gone
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D to

ordered something more filling.

Do you ever ask your neighbours to do favours

A for

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C up

Ive finished this salad and Im still hungry. I

A must have

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the time of year that you go.

B lifted

Can you believe it? A woman has been

C wouldnt be

D cant be

enormously in recent years.

C increased

D built

for hacking into the computer of her online virtual

husband.
A accused

B suspended

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C arrested

D suspected

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You may borrow my laptop

A unless

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B in case

B cant have

B off

B learn

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B happened

C Provided that

D will still be

D learning

C that they go

C appeared

If the film is a

success, the director will get most of the credit.

A big

B high

B have spoken

This is a photo of my little sister

B eating

Our students take their responsibilities very

A considerably

100 Pia was

A very

B thoroughly

D to have gone

to me where the missing keys might be.

B set

By the end of todays seminar I will

D However much

on strike if they didnt get a pay rise.

A take

A eat
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C having learned

Theres going to be a new department at work. Theyve asked me to

A speak
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B to go

I was about to go to sleep when it

A remembered

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B Even if

The factory workers threatened

A going

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C are still

I had the talent, I still wouldnt want to be a movie star.

A In case

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D away

the language has been quite easy for me.

My mothers Italian, so

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D wont have

standing in the rain.

B would still be

A to learn

C should have

C over

If the taxi hadnt stopped for us, we

A were still

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D although

dealing with problems, rather than dealing with them immediately.

Pierre tends to put

A down

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C as long as

taken ages to complete.

Its a huge painting. It

A must have

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you promise to look after it.

C put

C large

D occurred
it up.
D bring

D good

to each of you individually.

C be speaking

D have been speaking

ice cream on the beach.

C was eating

D having eaten

.
C seriously

D strongly

delighted with the birthday present.

B completely

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C fairly

D absolutely

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101 People were amazed that the burglary took place in

A wide

B broad

102 She invested a lot of time

A to

C large

C with

103 The police claimed that they acted in self-

104 I

D open

researching the most appropriate university course.

B for

A interest

daylight.

B confidence

D in

.
C defence

D discipline

remember putting my briefcase down on that shelf.

A deeply
105 He turned
A over

B entirely

C clearly

to be considerably older than I had imagined.

B up

C out

106 The windows in this house are in urgent

A need

108 Life is a
A far

B were being

111 Having
A taken

B huge

C have been

C big

B incorporated

114 Its

D great

C involved

D consisted

in a traffic jam.

B stuck

C blocked

D surrounded

his driving test several times, Paul finally passed at the fourth attempt.
B made

B to

C had

B wherever

D attended

other musical styles, especially soul.

C about

113 Maintaining an accurate balance sheet is essential,

A however

D are being

testing peoples responses before and after drinking coffee.

112 Gospel music has been a major influence

A with

D demand

deal easier for immigrants who can speak the local language.

110 We may be a bit late. Were

A buried

C want

shown to reduce accidents.

109 The experiment

A contained

D round

of replacement.

B help

107 Speed cameras

A have

D strongly

D on
business youre in.

C whatever

D whenever

likely that this novel will win a literary prize.

A totally

B deeply

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D highly

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115 Its no
A point

for me to get Brads phone number Ill be seeing him tonight.

B wonder

C secret

116 Id lived in Australia, so I was used to

A driving

on the left side of the road.

B drive

C having driven

117 I dont think the colours in Julias outfit

A fit
118 Very rarely
A it rains

C match

D go

C is it raining

D it is raining

here in July.
B does it rain

download music from my computer.

B as opposed to

120 The number of turtles on the island

A has declined

D drove

together.

B suit

119 I prefer to buy CDs

A in contrast to

D problem

C rather than
by 70% over the last decade.

B has been declining

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D in comparison to

C has been declined

D is declining

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