Quick Placement Test
Try to answer all forty five questions. There is one mark per question.
1 Write one answer from the four possible answers.
For example:
What __b__ your job?
a) are b) is c) be d) have
1 Lynn ______ at home at the moment.
a) works b) is working c) work d) are working
2 We have ______ information about that.
a) a lot of b) an c) any d) many
3 Would you ______ a coffee?
a) liked b) liking c) like d) to like
4 TV advertisements are ________ than newspapers.
a) the effective b) effective c) most effective d) more effective
5 ______ they start production in 1989?
a) Did b) Do c) Have d) Are
6 Our ______ for this project is just over a million dollars.
a) business b) budget c) launch d) payback
7 Our country has a very ______ economy at the moment. It’s good news for business.
a) strong b) positive c) easy d) weak
8 _______ you free next week?
a) Do b) Have c) Are d) When
9 I want to speak to the ______ of this conference.
a) organiser b) organise c) organisation d) organising
10 Prices remained ______ at the same level as last year.
a) steadily b) slowly c) steady d) same
11 He wants to ______ a complaint to the manager.
a) make b) do c) have d) deal with
12 If you ask them, they ______ you.
a) are helping b) ‘ve help c) ‘ll help d) ‘d help
13 We need to finish. We’re ______ out of time.
a) running b) going c) finishing d) keeping
14 Let’s look ______ this chart.
a) in b) at c) to d) like
15 He’s leaving the company ______ they wouldn’t promote him.
a) because b) so that c) in order to d) that means that
16 I’m in charge _____ dealing with other companies.
a) for b) to c) of d) with
17 One way to _____ employees is to offer them a bonus.
a) meet b) upset c) fear d) motivate
18 The company was set ______ ten years ago.
a) on b) up c) in d) off
19 We need to take legal ______ against them for copying our products.
a) compensate b) advise c) action d) package
20 Since 2003, bosses _____ slow to handle this problem.
a) have been b) were c) are being d) are
21 Global warming will ______ to a change in the way we use energy.
a) caused b) result c) due d) lead
22 This is _______ designed than the previous model.
a) most beautifully b) more beautifully c) beautiful d) beautifully
23 Analysts were surprised to hear the company had declared itself _______.
a) sold out b) bankrupt c) fired d) fallen
24 Can you fill in this _______ form?
a) apply b) applicant c) application d) applied
25 The person at the door, _______ greeted you, is the HR manager.
a) who b) what c) where d) why
26 If we ________ him, we wouldn’t have got an answer.
a) haven’t asked b) hadn’t asked c) asked d) ask
27 Would you be interested ______ joining us for a drink?
a) for b) with c) in d) to
28 You ______ come if you don’t want to. It isn’t obligatory!
a) don’t have to b) mustn’t c) ought to d) might not
29 She _______ if he’d ever been to Spain.
a) said b) told c) told me d) asked
30 The box _______ over to warehouse on this conveyor belt.
a) is carried b) carries c) are carrying d) be carried
31 By the end of next year, the new factory ________.
a) built b) is built c) will have been built d) will build
32 What will you need in the _______ of resources?
a) way b) route c) aim d) road
33 Let’s try to improve the team ______ with a party!
a) goal b) player c) spirit d) project
34 You don’t know what the difficulty is, ______ you?
a) are b) know c) don’t d) do
35 Regular _______ to our mobile phone services can receive big discounts.
a) employees b) subscribers c) consumers d) programmers
36 We are not willing _____ anymore funding for this.
a) providing b) provide c) to provide d) are providing
37 Let’s try to ______ an agreement before the end of today.
a) reach b) meet c) do d) take
38 That’s _____ of the question I’m afraid.
a) in b) off c) answer d) out
39 I can’t _____ the importance of more training.
a) preemphasise b) overemphasise c) interemphasise d) multiemphasise
40 ______ energies are things like wind power and solar energy.
a) Reserve b) Renewable c) Refinery d) Fuel
41 A ______ is a situation where there is only one supplier of goods or a service.
a) payment b) cartel c) brokerage d) monopoly
42 They have a 30% ______ in that company.
a) margin b) core c) stake d) profit
43 The bank is going to ______ me half of what I need.
a) lend b) borrow c) save d) raise
44 He never listens to anyone else and only does what he thinks. He’s so ______.
a) cynical b) bad-tempered c) arrogant d) considerate
45 For the ______ of these people, there is only one objective.
a) likes b) like c) likened d) likely
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