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Diagnostic Placement Test
Please mark the answers you think are correct on the answer sheet. For most of the
questions only one answer is correct – only sometimes are there a maximum of two
correct answers. You can use a dictionary if necessary, but please don’t guess.
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1. Hello, my name’s Robert Carpenter. I am ________ computer programmer.
a) the
b) one
c) a
d) an
2. Where are you from?
– We _________ from Brno, in the Czech Republic.
a) are
b) is
c) am
d) do
3. Jiri and Stepan are from my department. _______________ mechanical engineers.
a) They
b) They are
c) She
d) She are
4. Our company _________ famous for its high quality chemicals.
a) -
b) am
c) are
d) is
5. John is our sales manager. ________ often gives presentations.
a) You
b) She
c) He
d) We
6. I like ________ short presentations.
a) the
b) -
c) every
d) all
7. Who are ________ women over there?
a) those
b) that
c) this
d) these
8. _________ is your name?
a) Who
b) How
c) Which
d) What
9. This is Arkady Koshenko and his assistant, Natalya Markova – we need __________ help
to set up a subsidiary in Saransk.
a) his
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b) their
c) your
d) her
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10. Is this _________ briefcase?
a) your
b) yours
c) the yours
d) you
b) not
c) don’t
d) not smoke
c) look at
d) watch
11. Do you smoke?
– No, I ___________ .
a) smoke not
12. After work I often ___________ television.
a) look
b) see
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13. Lara is _______________________.
a) a colleague of me
b) a my colleague
c) a colleague of mine
d) a colleague from me
14. Is this key _________?
a) your
b) yours
c) the yours
d) you
c) Want
d) Would you like
15. ___________________ a cup of coffee?
a) Want you
b) Do you like
16. _____________ like travelling.
a) Most of people
b) The most people
c) Most of the people
d) Most people
17. What _________________?
a) wants she
b) does she want
c) does she wants
d) she wants
c) Do you can
d) You can
18. _______________ help me?
a) Can you to
b) Can you
19. Could I have _________ coffee?
a) another
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b) other
c) an other
d) one other
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20. Why _________________?
a) those men are shouting
b) are shouting those men
c) shout those men
d) are those men shouting
21. We are going _________ the plant this afternoon.
a) at
b) -
c) in
d) to
c) did wrote
d) is writing
22. Who ____________ this letter?
a) writes
b) wrote
23. What time did you arrive _______ the airport?
a) on
b) -
c) at
d) to
24. We’ll meet here again _______ Wednesday morning.
a) at
b) on
d) –
c) in
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25. ____________ a canteen near the workshop?
a) Is there
b) Is it
c) Gives it
d) Is
26. He is _____________ young to get the job.
a) too much
b) too many
c) very too
d) too
27. It’s ____________ weather.
a) terribly
b) terrible
c) a terrible
d) the terrible
28. This is ____________ winter for 20 years.
a) the worst
b) worse
c) the most bad
d) the worse
29. They have a much bigger office building ___________ our company.
a) like
b) than
c) as
d) that
30. He works in the same office __________ me.
a) that
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b) like
c) as
d) than
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31. It ____________ again. It ___________ all the time here in the winter.
a) ’s raining/’s raining
b) rains/rains
c) rains/’s raining
d) ’s raining/rains
32. I ________ he _________ the new product.
a) think/likes
b) am thinking/is liking
c) think/is liking
d) am thinking/likes
33. I didn’t ________ that it was a big problem.
a) to think
b) think
c) thinking
d) thought
34. The two sales representatives phone ____________ every day.
a) them
b) herself
c) each other
d) themselves
35. It’s an old house and I ______________________ .
a) not want there live
b) want not there live
c) don’t want to live there
d) will not to live there
36. There isn’t __________ petrol in my car.
a) no
b) any
d) –
c) some
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37. We’ve got __________ money to spend on training this year.
a) much
b) many
c) a lot of
d) lots of
38. It is ____________ to fill out export documentation ___________ .
a) important/carefully
b) importantly/carefully
c) importantly/careful
d) important/careful
39. You look ___________ a teacher!
a) like
b) as
c) the same as
d) the same like
c) do you have got
d) have you got
40. How many agents ____________ in Asia?
a) have you
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b) do you have
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41. Good! I ___________ work next week.
a) mustn’t
b) don’t must
c) needn’t
d) don’t need
42. The Schlumberger company____________ us an engineer tomorrow.
a) is sending
b) sends
c) will send
d) will sending
c) Were you seeing
d) Saw you
43. _________________ your boss last week?
a) Have you seen
b) Did you see
44. We have a good contact in South America – we _______________ him __________
years.
a) have known/for
b) know/for
c) have known/since d) know/since
45. I went to the conference _______________ a presentation.
a) for give
b) for to give
c) for giving
d) to give
46. I ________ another supplier if you __________the goods late again.
a) find/deliver
b) ’ll find/’ll deliver c) find/’ll deliver
d) ’ll find/deliver
47. It would be better if we _____________ another computer terminal in this office.
a) would have
b) had
c) have
d) would had
48. If I _____________ better English, I ________________ this test!
a) spoke/wouldn’t be doing
b) would speak/wouldn’t be doing
c) would speak/wouldn’t do
d) speak/wouldn’t do
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