Oxford Placement Test
Test 1 – Grammar Test
Grammar -35 minutes
Writing - 15 minutes
DO NOT WRITE ON THIS QUESTION PAPER USE THE ANSWER SHEET PROVIDED
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Water (a)is to boil (b)is boiling (c)boils at a temperature of 1000 C.
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In some countries (a)there is (b)is (c) it is very hot all the time.
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In cold countries people wear thick clothes (a)for keeping (b)to keep (c) for to keep
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In England people are always talking about (a)a weather (b)the weather (c) weather .
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In some places (a)it rains (b)there rains (c) it raining almost every day.
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In deserts there isn’t (a)the (b)some (c) any grass.
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Places near the Equator have (a)a warm (b)the warm (c) warm weather even in the cold season.
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In England (a)coldest (b)the coldest (c)colder time of year is usually from December to February.
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(a)The most (b)Most of (c)Most people don’t know what it’s like in other countries.
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Very (a)less (b)little (c)few people can travel abroad.
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Mohammed Ali (a)has won (b)won (c)is winning his first world title fight in 1960.
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After he (a)had won (b)have won (c)was winning an Olympic gold medal he became a
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professional boxer.
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His religious beliefs (a)have made him (b)made him to (c)made him change his name when he
became champion.
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If he (a)has (b)would have (c)had lost his first fight with Sonny Liston, no one would have been
surprised.
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He has travelled a lot (a)both (b)and (c)or as a boxer and as a world famous personality.
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He is very well known (a)all in (b)all over (c)in all the world.
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Many people (a)is believing (b)are believing (c)believe he was the greatest boxer of all time.
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To be the best (a)from (b)in (c)of the world is not easy.
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Like any top sportsman Ali (a)had to (b)must (c)should train very hard.
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Even though he has now lost his title, people (a)would (b) did (c) will always remember him as a
champion.
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The history of (a)aeroplane (b)the aeroplane (c)an aeroplane is
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(a)quite a (b)a quite (c)quite short one. For many centuries men
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(a)are trying (b)try (c)had tried to fly, but with
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(a)little (b)few (c)a little success. In the 19th century a few people
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succeeded (a)to fly (b)in flying (c)into flying in balloons. But it wasn’t until
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the beginning of (a)last (b)next (c)that century that anybody
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(a)were (b)is (c)was able to fly in a machine
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(a)who (b)which (c)what was heavier than air, in other words, in
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(a)who (b)what (c)which we now call a ‘plane’. The first people to achieve
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‘powered flight’ were the Wright brothers. (a)His (b)Their (c)Theirs was the machine which was
the forerunner of the Jumbo Jets
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and supersonic airliners that are (a)such (b)such a (c)so common
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sight today. They (a)could (b)should (c)couldn’t hardly have imagined that in 1969,
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(a)not much (b)not many (c)no much more than half a century later,
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a man (a)will be (b)had been (c)would be landed on the moon.
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Already (a)a man (b)man (c)the man is taking the first steps towards the stars.
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Although space satellites have existed (a)since (b)during (c)for less
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than forty years, we are now dependent (a)from (b)of (c)on them for all
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kinds of (a)informations (b)information (c)an information . Not only
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(a)are they (b)they are (c)there are being used for scientific research in
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space, but also to see what kind of weather (a)is coming (b)comes (c)coming .
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By 2008 there (a)would (b)must (c)will have been satellites in space for fifty
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years and the ‘space superpowers’ are planning to (a)have (b)make (c)let
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massive space stations built. When these (a)will be (b)are (c)will have been
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completed it will be the first time (a)when (b)where (c)that austronauts will be
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able to work in space in large numbers. (a)Apart (b)For (c)Except all that,
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in many ways the most remarkable flight (a)of (b)above (c)at all was
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(a)it (b)that (c)that one of the flying bicycle, which the world saw on television,
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(a)flying (b)to fly (c)fly across the Channel from England to France, with nothing
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(a)apart (b)but (c)than a man to power it. As the bicycle-flyer said,
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‘It’s the first time (a)I realize (b)I’ve realized (c)I am realizing what hard work it is to be a bird!’
ANSWER SHEET
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Test 2 – Writing Test
Choose one of the following titles and write a short composition.
Maximum 150 words 15 Minutes
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My Family.
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Why I want to learn English.
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A holiday I Enjoyed.
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What I would do if I won five million euro.
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