Age 50+

This placement test is designed to give students and teachers of English a quick way of assessing the approximate level of a student's knowledge of English grammar and usage. The test should take around 45 minutes to complete.

1) Did you ……… anywhere interesting last weekend?
() Please select a-d
() a) go
() b) going
() c) was
() d) went

2) I work as a teacher and my wife ………, too.
() Please select a-d
() a) do
() b) is
() c) work
() d) does

3) I think ……… taxi driver
() Please select a-d
() a) her job is
() b) she's a
() c) her job is an
() d) she's

4) What is your home town ……… ?
() Please select a-d
() a) situated
() b) age
() c) like
() d) located

5) I’m afraid I ……… here for your birthday party.
() Please select a-d
() a) have not to be
() b) am not being
() c) will be not
() d) can't be

6) How ……… are you?
() Please select a-d
() a) high
() b) wide
() c) long
() d) heavy

7) How long ……… married?
() Please select a-d
() a) have you been
() b) are you
() c) have you
() d) been

8) Would you like ……… help?
() Please select a-d
() a) a
() b) some
() c) me
() d) I

9) They ……… go to the cinema
() Please select a-d
() a) tomorrow
() b) much
() c) rare
() d) seldom

10) He hasn’t played since he ……… the accident.
() Please select a-d
() a) had
() b) has had
() c) has
() d) had had

11) This is the best tea I’ve ……… tasted.
() Please select a-d
() a) never
() b) ever
() c) already
() d) still

12) I’m looking ……… the summer holidays.
() Please select a-d
() a) before
() b) forward
() c) for
() d) forward to

13) My girlfriend ……… born on the 2nd of September 1974.
() Please select a-d
() a) is
() b) was
() c) had
() d) has been

14) This beer tastes ……… .
() Please select a-d
() a) badly
() b) lovely
() c) well
() d) normally

15) In life ……… can make a mistake; we’re all human.
() Please select a-d
() a) anyone
() b) some people
() c) not anybody
() d) someone

16) She knows that she ……… to pay now.
() Please select a-d
() a) had better
() b) needn't
() c) should
() d) ought

17) If he ……… about it, I’m sure he’d help.
() Please select a-d
() a) had know
() b) knew
() c) has known
() d) knows

18) I'll return the newspaper when I ……… through it.
() Please select a-d
() a) will have looked
() b) looked
() c) have looked
() d) look

19) They said they ……… come, but they didn’t.
() Please select a-d
() a) can
() b) will
() c) may
() d) might

20) They were ……… hard questions that I had no chance.
() Please select a-d
() a) so
() b) some
() c) such
() d) quite

21) I don't have a cent to give you. I ...... bought a new computer.
() Please select a-d
() a) just buy
() b) had just bought
() c) 've just
() d) soon will

22) Mum gave ……… her job when I was born.
() Please select a-d
() a) in
() b) up
() c) off
() d) away

23) It's all right, we ……… hurry. We have plenty of time.
() Please select a-d
() a) mustn't
() b) shouldn't
() c) can't
() d) needn't

24) You have a terrible fever! ……… call a doctor?
() Please select a-d
() a) Shall I
() b) Do I
() c) Must I
() d) Will I

25) Joanna looks ……… in her new dress.
() Please select a-d
() a) nice
() b) nicely
() c) like nice
() d) such nice

26) Mr Haines wants ……… to his office.
() Please select a-d
() a) that you come
() b) you come to
() c) you come
() d) you to come

27) There are ……… around to start a cricket team
() Please select a-d
() a) enough young boys
() b) boys enough young
() c) young boys enough
() d) enough youngest boys

28) These bottles ……… of plastic.
() Please select a-d
() a) are making
() b) are make
() c) are made
() d) made are

29) Do you know where ……… ?
() Please select a-d
() a) did I put the keys
() b) put I the keys
() c) I put the keys
() d) I the keys put

30) Magda knows a lot about badgers, but she ……… a live one.
() Please select a-d
() a) doesn't ever see
() b) hasn't ever seen
() c) hasn't ever saw
() d) didn't ever see

31) We wash the curtains ……… year.
() Please select a-d
() a) three times a
() b) once
() c) three every
() d) every couple

32) The loudspeakers won't work unless you ……… those cables.
() Please select a-d
() a) connected
() b) connect
() c) don't connect
() d) can't connect

33) You should give ……… .
() Please select a-d
() a) to your mother this letter
() b) this letter your mother
() c) letter this to your mother
() d) this letter to your mother

34) Marian has ……… old books.
() Please select a-d
() a) very much
() b) a lot of
() c) lots
() d) a very lot

35) Hania has got two children, ....... ?
() Please select a-d
() a) hasn't she
() b) has she got
() c) has she
() d) haven't she

36) Let's think ……… something nice.
() Please select a-d
() a) after
() b) about
() c) for
() d) to

37) A Jaguar is ……… than a Fiat.
() Please select a-d
() a) more expensive
() b) expensiver
() c) much expensive
() d) expensive

38) The TV's too loud. Please, ……… .
() Please select a-d
() a) it turn down
() b) turn it up
() c) turn it down
() d) turn down it

39) It's a pity you ……… here last night.
() Please select a-d
() a) weren't
() b) aren't
() c) 'll not be
() d) 'd not be

40) What about ……… for a walk?
() Please select a-d
() a) to go
() b) I going
() c) going
() d) go

41) I made one or two mistakes, but ……… of my answers were correct.
() Please select a-d
() a) much
() b) most
() c) more
() d) few

42) You can't cross the road when the light ……… red.
() Please select a-d
() a) 'll be
() b) was
() c) were
() d) is

43) I have a problem. ……… help me please?
() Please select a-d
() a) Could you
() b) Should you
() c) Were you able to
() d) Will you able to

44) Our neighbour is ……… to Ireland.
() Please select a-d
() a) going travel
() b) going to travelling
() c) go
() d) going to travel

45) Do penguins fly? No, they ……… .
() Please select a-d
() a) aren't
() b) haven't
() c) don't
() d) won't

46) ……… train are you taking, the express to Poznan or to Skwierzyna?
() Please select a-d
() a) Which
() b) How
() c) Whose
() d) Who

47) This is ……… story.
() Please select a-d
() a) a very interesting
() b) very an interesting
() c) very interesting
() d) very interested

48) Marta takes the dog for a walk ……… the evening.
() Please select a-d
() a) in
() b) at
() c) on
() d) to

49) We haven't got ……… Polish friends.
() Please select a-d
() a) no
() b) any
() c) none
() d) some

50) Simon can't ……… to you now. He's busy.
() Please select a-d
() a) talked
() b) to talk
() c) talking
() d) talk

51) Have they finished working yet? I don't think ……… .
() Please select a-d
() a) it
() b) this
() c) so
() d) that

52) Somebody stole his wallet so he ……… money from a friend.
() Please select a-d
() a) lent
() b) earned
() c) borrowed
() d) lended

53) We must go now. Call the waitress and ask for the ……… .
() Please select a-d
() a) bill
() b) invoice
() c) price
() d) cost

54) He's a friend of ……… .
() Please select a-d
() a) them
() b) theres
() c) theirs
() d) their

55) Have you had ……… to eat?
() Please select a-d
() a) too many
() b) some more
() c) to many
() d) enough

56) I ……… my boyfriend since Christmas.
() Please select a-d
() a) didn't see
() b) haven't seen
() c) don't see
() d) hasn't seen

57) Who was the woman ……… ?
() Please select a-d
() a) spoke to you
() b) that you were speaking to
() c) that you spoke
() d) that you were speaked to

58) Is ……… than his father?
() Please select a-d
() a) Matt taller
() b) taller Matt
() c) Matt more tall
() d) Matt as tall as

59) She was 29 on her birthday, ……… she?
() Please select a-d
() a) didn't
() b) hadn't
() c) hasn't
() d) wasn't

60) ……… is it from here to Berlin?
() Please select a-d
() a) How long way
() b) How long
() c) How far
() d) How many

61) Good ……… ! I hope you get the job.
() Please select a-d
() a) chance
() b) fortune
() c) luck
() d) wish

62) The doctor has told her that she must give ……… drinking.
() Please select a-d
() a) from
() b) to
() c) off
() d) up

63) There was a lot of noise so I didn't understand what she was ……… .
() Please select a-d
() a) saying
() b) telling
() c) speaking
() d) talking

64) I ……… drink beer than wine.
() Please select a-d
() a) would like more
() b) prefer
() c) had better
() d) would rather

65) I gave her ……… earrings for Christmas.
() Please select a-d
() a) a pair of
() b) a set of
() c) two
() d) a

66) Would you like some more tea? There's still ……… left.
() Please select a-d
() a) few
() b) a few
() c) a little
() d) little

67) She didn't want the job, ……… .
() Please select a-d
() a) however well paid was it
() b) however well paid it was
() c) for how good pay might it be
() d) however good pay it was

68) He has been ……… for armed robbery.
() Please select a-d
() a) blamed
() b) accused
() c) charged
() d) arrested

69) The financial director ……… for almost an hour.
() Please select a-d
() a) kept us to wait
() b) kept us waiting
() c) made us to wait
() d) made us waiting

70) I've often ……… at the Wiejce Palace Hotel.
() Please select a-d
() a) stayed
() b) sleeped
() c) remained
() d) rested

71) I didn't realise that the coffee shop was ……… the other side of the road.
() Please select a-d
() a) by
() b) for
() c) on
() d) in

72) We have ……… for a receptionist but haven't appointed anyone yet.
() Please select a-d
() a) advertised
() b) announced
() c) advised
() d) noticed

73) She's very beautiful but that kind of woman doesn't ……… to me.
() Please select a-d
() a) fancy
() b) appeal
() c) attract
() d) turn on

74) The language school that I attend is 20 kilometres ……… .
() Please select a-d
() a) far
() b) away
() c) distance
() d) long

75) "I'm going to the cinema on Saturday." "So ……… ."
() Please select a-d
() a) I am
() b) do I
() c) I do
() d) am I

76) They ……… him of scratching the car.
() Please select a-d
() a) blamed
() b) accused
() c) punished
() d) arrested

77) They had to leave the flat because they couldn't pay the ……… .
() Please select a-d
() a) fare
() b) hire
() c) rent
() d) salary

78) She ……… at me and then turned away.
() Please select a-d
() a) viewed
() b) regarded
() c) responded
() d) glanced

79) The book shop rang ……… that the dictionary you ordered has arrived.
() Please select a-d
() a) to say
() b) to tell
() c) for saying
() d) for telling

80) If he hadn't drunk so much, he ……… sick.
() Please select a-d
() a) didn't feel
() b) wouldn't feel
() c) hadn't felt
() d) hasn't felt

81) Maria has two sisters, but she doesn't speak to ……… of them.
() Please select a-d
() a) both
() b) any
() c) either
() d) neither

82) Hubert is an uncle of ……… .
() Please select a-d
() a) Kim
() b) Kims
() c) Kim's
() d) Kims'

83) We discussed the house plans ……… our way to the shops.
() Please select a-d
() a) by
() b) on
() c) in
() d) to

84) George goes to ……… by car.
() Please select a-d
() a) a work
() b) the work
() c) an work
() d) work

85) Have you found a job ……… ?
() Please select a-d
() a) soon
() b) still
() c) longer
() d) yet

86) My boots are dirty. I'd better take them ……… before I come in.
() Please select a-d
() a) off
() b) away
() c) on
() d) up

87) What did the man say ……… ?
() Please select a-d
() a) at you
() b) to you
() c) for you
() d) you

88) Do you think I should move to Ireland? You shouldn't do anything ……… you think it's the right thing to do.
() Please select a-d
() a) when
() b) unless
() c) in case
() d) if

89) We can finish the rest of the eggs for ……… .
() Please select a-d
() a) a breakfast
() b) the breakfast
() c) breakfast
() d) a breakfasts

90) If she doesn't ……… my sight at once, I'll scream!
() Please select a-d
() a) go out from
() b) go off
() c) get away from
() d) get out of

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