English Placement Test (45 items in 45 minutes)

Water ______ at a temperature of 100°C.
1. is to boil
2. is boiling
3. boils
In some countries ______ very hot all the time.
1. there is
2. is
3. it is
In cold countries people wear thick clothes ______ warm.
1. for keeping
2. to keep
3. for to keep
In England people are always talking about ______.
1. a weather
2. the weather
3. weather
In some places ______ almost every day.
1. it rains
2. there rains
3. it raining
In deserts there isn't ______ grass.
1. the
2. some
3. any
Places near the Equator have ______ weather even in the cold season.
1. a warm
2. the warm
3. warm
In England ______ time of year is usually from December to February.
1. coldest
2. the coldest
3. colder
______ people don´t know what it´s like in other countries.
1. The most
2. Most of
3. Most
Very _______ people can travel abroad.
1. less
2. little
3. few
Mohammed Ali ______ his first world title fight in 1960.
1. has won
2. won
3. is winning
After he ______ an Olympic gold medal he became a professional boxer.
1. had won
2. have won
3. was winning
His religious beliefs ______ change his name when he became champion.
1. have made him
2. made him to
3. made him
If he ______ lost his first fight with Sonny Liston, no one would have been surprised.
1. has
2. would have
3. had
He has travelled a lot ______ as a boxer and as a world-famous personality.
1. both
2. and
3. or
He is very well known ______ all the world.
1. all in
2. all over
3. in
Many people ______ he was the greatest boxer of all time.
1. is believing
2. are believing
3. believe
To be the best ______ the world is not easy.
1. from
2. in
3. of
Like any top sportsman Ali ______ train very hard.
1. had to
2. must
3. should
Even though he has now lost his title, people ______ always remember him as a champion.
1. would
2. will
3. did
Many teachers ______ their students should learn a foreign language.
1. say to
2. say
3. tell
Learning a second language is not the same ______ learning a first language.
1. as
2. like
3. than
It takes ______ to learn any language.
1. long time
2. long
3. a long time
It is said that Chinese is the world´s ______ language to master.
1. harder
2. hardest
3. more hard
English is quite difficult because of all the exceptions ______ have to be learnt.
1. who
2. which
3. what
You can learn the basic structures of a language quite quickly, but only if you ______ make an effort.
1. are wanting
2. will to
3. are willing to
A lot of people aren´t used ______ grammar in their own language.
1. to the study
2. to study
3. to studying
Many adult students wish they ______ their language studies earlier.
1. would start
2. would have started
3. had started
In some countries students have to spend a lot of time working ______ their own.
1. on
2. by
3. in
There aren´t ______ easy ways of learning a foreign language in your own country.
1. no
2. any
3. some
Some people try to improve their English by ______ the BBC World Service.
1. hearing
2. listening
3. listening to
______ with a foreign family can be a good way to learn a language.
1. Live
2. Life
3. Living
It´s no use ______ to learn a language just by studying a dictionary.
1. to try
2. trying
3. in trying
Many students ______ take tests.
1. would rather not
2. would rather prefer not
3. would rather not to
Some people think it´s time we all _____ a single international language.
1. learn
2. should learn
3. learnt (learned)
John´s coming to see you, ______?
1. hasn´t he
2. wasn´t he
3. isn´t he
It´s been a long time since you´ve seen him, ______?
1. hasn´t it
2. isn´t it
3. haven´t you
He´s due to arrive tomorrow, ______?
1. won´t he
2. isn´t he
3. will he
He won´t be getting in till about 10.30, ______?
1. isn´t he
2. is he
3. will he
You met him while you were on holiday, ______ ?
1. didn´t you
2. weren´t you
3. haven´t you
I think I´m expected to pick him up, ______?
1. aren´t I
2. don´t I
3. are you
No doubt you´d rather he stayed in England now, ______?
1. didn´t you
2. wouldn´t you
3. shouldn´t you
Nobody else has been told he´s coming, ______?
1. is he
2. has he
3. have they
We´d better not stay up too late tonight, ______?
1. didn´t we
2. have we
3. had we
I suppose it´s time we called it a day, ______?
1. didn´t we
2. isn´t it
3. don´t I

English Placement Test (45 items in 45 minutes)

Multiple-choice quiz