MAYFLOWER COLLEGE - PLACEMENT TEST

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date you will begin your course at Mayflower College (dd-mm-yy)

SECTION 1: GRAMMAR Choose the best word or phrase to fill each blank.

Theresa _____ from Spain.

What’s _____ name?

My friend _____ in Plymouth.

Where _____?

I _____ tea.

‘_____ to France, Sara?’ ‘ 'Yes, last summer.'

Mexico is _____ city I’ve ever visited.

A botanist is someone _____ studies plants.

_____ these days.

I _____ meet my friends tonight.

I wish I _____ more time.

_____ live in England one day?

SECTION 2: VOCABULARY Choose the best word or phrase to fill each blank.

I begin college _____ Monday.

I _____ twenty one years old.

I _____ a virus.

Do you _____ a uniform at work?

‘Where is Susan?’ ‘I have no _____.’

The meal was very expensive. Look at the _____!

How many _____ of shoes have you got?

Mary came back from her holiday in Thailand looking really _____.

SECTION 3: GRAMMAR Choose the best word or phrase to fill each blank.

Juan can _____ English.

I’m interested _____ cooking.

He likes _____ comfortable clothes.

Peter _____ his dinner when his mother arrived.

I was wondering _____ help me carry this package?

If I _____ to him, I would have told you, wouldn’t I?

I like your suit. Where _____?

I think Gina must _____ late tonight. Her bedroom light is still on.

Steve tells me Sue’s going out with Marcin, _____ I find hard to believe.

What _____ this evening, Mikhail?

The weather has been lovely. We’ve had very _____ rain this summer.

Did you hear what happened to Graham? He _____.

SECTION 4: VOCABULARY Choose the best word or phrase to fill each blank.

I usually _____ up at about 07.30h

I _____ swimming every week.

My father _____ the painting in our house.

Don’t forget to _____ the television when you go to bed.

She was in _____ when I told her about Owen’s accident.

He _____ that he had finished his work, but no one believed him.

Could you _____ me some tools for a few days, please?

Paula is _____ a lot of time at Juan’s house these days!

SECTION 5: GRAMMAR Choose the best word or phrase to fill each blank.

How many people _____ in Plymouth?

Let me know when you _____ to work.

If I _____ you, I would stay.

I don’t know where _____ on Saturday.

Sally is going to the party but I wish _____.

I’m so thirsty. If only they _____ all the drinks.

I regret _____ my homework yesterday evening.

Surely he _____ you if he was unhappy with his class.

Our lessons aren’t too long, and _____ boring!

We had expected that they _____ English at the airport, but they didn’t.

I’d rather I _____ in March, but I do.

Cristina is very clever. She can talk about _____ subject that comes up.

SECTION 6: VOCABULARY Choose the best word or phrase to fill each blank.

I always _____ sugar in my tea.

I usually______ music on my way to college.

Can you give me a _____ with this homework?

When you are in class, please bear in _____ that some of the other students might need more time than you.

They found some stolen clothes in her bag so the police arrested her for _____.

The journey was _____ and very tiring.

After the elections, the main _____ point was what the government would do first.

There have been a lot of______ against industrial pollution recently.

English will replace other languages.

English will probably not replace other languages.

Speaking English is your life.

Speaking English will help you understand world problems.

The problems mentioned are climate change, poverty, employment and disease.

Mathematics is the language of science.

English is becoming a world language because America is pushing it.

English mania is a turning point.

English offers hope for the future.

English will not be a common language for the world.