ENGLISH PLACEMENT TEST

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�ENGLISH PLACEMENT TEST

Name�� : ___________________________________

Tel No.� : ___________________________________

INSTRUCTIONS: Read the sentences below and choose the most appropriate answer from the options given.

a. is�� b.� are�� c.� am�� d.� has�� e.� have

1. The boys _______�� coming here tomorrow.

2. She _____ a good mother.

3. My brother and I _____ going to the cinema now.

4. I ______________ the third in my family.

5. This ____________ the best part of the movie.

6. We ___________ too tired to go out tonight

7. Our family _____________ from Delhi

8. Our family ______________ scattered all over India.

9. The furniture ___________ new.

10. No news ___________ good news!

11. She ____________ twin girls.

12. You ___________ most welcome!

13. It ___________

INSTRUCTIONS: Look at the following words and choose the correct article to be used with them.

a. a�� b. an�� c. the�� d. � (no articles needed)

14. _________ old-fashioned approach

15. _________ English lesson

16. __________ coward

17. __________ bag of apples

18. __________ engineer

19. _________ MA

20. __________ SOS call

21. __________ hotel

22. __________ honest person

23. __________ university

24. __________ one-armed thief

25. _________ weighing machine

26 � 33

Get (26) _____ piece of paper, (27) _____ picture and (28) ____ pencil. Put (29)___ piece of paper

over (30) ______ picture.

Use (31) _______ pencil to trace (32) _______ picture on (33)� _______ piece of paper.

34-37

(34) __ moon goes around (35) __ earth, and (36) ___ earth goes around (37) ____ sun.

38 & 39

Do you know that (38) ______ plants and animals need air and water and that (39) ______ frogs can live on land and water?

INSTRUCTIONS: Look at the words/phrases below. Supply the singular/plural form of the words / phrases listed. Number 40 has been done for you. Write your answers in the spaces provided.

40. a child

41. book

42. class

43. potato

44. piano

45. enemy

46. wife

47. belief

48. ox

49. mouse

� children

� __________

�� _________

� __________

50. passer-by

51. babysitter

52. woman doctor

53. appendix

54. crisis

55. deer

56. mathematics

57. furniture

58. a pair of sunglasses

� ____________

� �____________

� ____________

____________

INSTRUCTIONS: Complete the sentences, using the words given and with reference to the table

Showing� percentages obtained by the three students in examinations in English, French, and German.

a. bad�� b. better�� c. worst�� d. good�� e. best

59 � 63

	English	French	German
John	30%	25%	80%
Richard	50%	95%	60%
Frank	90%	53%	75%

John is a (59) ________ student in English. Richard is (60) __ _____ than him, but Frank is the (61) ______�

of� the� three. Richard is the (62)� �______student in German, but he is very (63) _______ in French.

INSTRUCTIONS: Read the sentences below and choose the most appropriate answer from the options� given.

64. Sally is intelligent. Kannan admires ________

a. he�� b. she�� c. her�� d. they�� e. it

65. John gave� �______ �the book.

a. she�� b. he�� c. they�� d. her�� e. we

66. I�m sorry that I had to cancel with you. With _______ did you go?

a. whom�� b. which�� c. who�� d. whose��

67. The book is ___________

a. I�� b. me�� c. mine�� d. my

68. That house of ______ is far from here.

a. ours�� b. my�� c. he�� d. them�� e. our

69. To teach _____ is easy.

a. she�� b. he�� c. I�� d. me

70. _____ am Tarzan. ________ is Jane.

a. I, Her�� b. Me, She�� c. Me, Her�� d. I, She

71. It�s believed to be _________ who stole my bag

a. he�� b. him�� c. his�� d. her��

72. Give the book to ________

a. he�� b. him�� c. his�� d. she

73. Training ________ is my duty.

a. he�� b. him�� c. his�� d. she

74. Between _________ and _______, I would choose her for the job.

a. he, her�� b. him, her�� c. he, she�� d. him, she

75. Between you and� �____, there should be no misunderstanding.

a. me�� b. I

76. Let Peter, James and ______ help you.

a. me�� b. I

INSTRUCTIONS: What are you doing next weekend? Complete the questions.

77. �� you / go / out on Friday evening?

�� __________________________

78. �� What / you / do / on Saturday afternoon?

�� ________________________________

79. you / go / out on Saturday evening?

___________________________________

80. �� you / do / anything on Sunday morning?

______________________________ ______

81. �� you / stay / at home on Sunday evening?

_____________________________________

INSTRUCTIONS: Put the verb in the present perfect or the past simple.

82. My friend is a writer. She ____________ (write) many books

83. We _____________ (not / have) a holiday last year.

84. ______________ (you/ see) Alan last week?

85. I ___________ (play) tennis yesterday afternoon.

86. What time ____________ (did / go) to bed last night?

87. ________________ (have / ever / be) to the United States?

88. My hair is clean. I� ______________� (wash) it.

89. I ___________ (wash) my hair before breakfast this morning.

90. When I was a child, I _________________ (not / like) sport.

91. Kathy loves traveling. She�� _______________� (visit) many countries.

92. John works in a bookshop. He ________________� (work) there for three years.

93. Last year we __________ (go) to Finland for a holiday. We ________�� _� (stay) there for three weeks.

INSTRUCTIONS: Fill in the blanks. Use the present perfect simple, and for or since.

94. I�m from Switzerland, but I live in London now. I _________ ___ (live) here ___________ 1988.

95. I�m a photographer. I work for a sports magazine in London. I ___________________ (work) there ________

two years.

96. I�m married. My husband�s name is Theo. We ________________ (be) married� ____________ 1989.

97. James works in a bank. He _______________ (work) there ______ three years.

98. We have flat in north London. We ___________ (have) the flat _________ last January.

INSTRUCTIONS: In these sentences, the verbs are underlined. Are they right or wrong? Correct the verbs that are wrong.

99. Tom arrived last week.�� ______________________

100. Have you seen Pam last week?�� _____________________

101. I have finished my work�� ______________________

102.I have finished my work at 2 o�clock�� __��____________________

103. When have you finished your work?�� ______________________

104.George has left school three years ago.�� ______________________

105.Napolean Bonaparte has died in 1821.�� _ _____________________

106.Have you ever been to Britain?�� _______________________

107.I haven�t seen you at the party on Saturday.� _______________________

108.The weather has been very bad last week.�� _______________________

INSTRUCTIONS: Fill in the missing prepositions.

109. I met my husband ___________ a party

110. Sally has been a teacher ____________ three years.

111. I live __________ Queen�s Road

112. Annie�s 25 years old, but she stills lives _________ her parents.

113. See you ________ Wednesday _______ 7 o� clock.

114. She�s never late. She�s always _______ time.

115. I got a tie ______ my girl friend ______ Christmas

116. I must introduce you ________ my cousin

117. I haven�t been to the cinema ______ years.

118. Would you like a piece of cake _____ your coffee?

119. She always goes to work ____ car.

120. The post office closes _____ 3.30 PM. Do you think you can finish the letter ____ time?