Placement test - Macmillan

1 Macmillan Publishers Limited 2015. This page may be photocopied and used within the MindBeginner to AdvancedPlacement testRead the sentences and choose the best answer for each only one : 40 minutes1 We at ) amb) isc) are2 My English teacher is nice. name is ) Yourb) Ourc) Her3 I am ) ab) anc) any4 Josh: Is she your friend? Anissa: Yes, she .a) isb) arec) isn t5 My brother .a) is twelveb) is twelve yearsc) has twelve years6 Paul and Maria are ) To mb) To m sc) of Tom7 Teresa: is the bank? Emilio: It s at the end of the road, on the ) Whob) Whatc) Where8 Giulia, can you tennis?a) playb) to playc) playing9 you go to school every day?a) Dob) Arec) Does 10 Lisa in an ) workb) worksc) working 11 Pete doesn t ) speakb) speaksc) speaking 12 What time have breakfast?

2 A) youb) do youc) are you 13 Give me the pen. It s !a) myb) mec) mined) yours 14 book is this?a) Isb) Whoc) Doesd) Whose 15 Leo loves parties and going out. He is very .a) shyb) loyalc) funnyd) sociable Macmillan Publishers Limited 2015. This page may be photocopied and used within the MindBeginner to Advanced 16 I take the bus to school. I take it at least four times a ) neverb) oftenc) alwaysd) sometimes 17 I work 11pm, then I go ) atb) untilc) afterd) before 18 There aren t restaurants near ) ab) anyc) somed) several 19 Tim and Norah the same ) are readingb) is readingc) readingd) reads 20 Sam has a very lifestyle. He exercises every day and eats a lot of ) boringb) healthyc) relaxingd) stressful 21 She can speak English very .a) wellb) clearc) goodd) quick 22 My new car is than my old ) fastb) fasterc) not fastd) very fast 23 How cheese is there in the fridge?

3 A) anyb) manyc) muchd) some 24 Let s a film ) watchb) to watchc) watchingd) to watching 25 I to Canada for my holiday last ) gob) wasc) wentd) going 26 What did Max on Saturday night?a) dob) didc) doesd) to do 27 Monica and Javier for the exam ) studyb) to studyc) is studyingd) are studying 28 I m going on Saturday ) shopb) shoppingc) to shoppingd) not shopping 29 I to work when I saw the accident ) was walkingb) walkingc) walkedd) to walk 30 My laptop is not as ) expensive asb) expensivec) too expensived) more expensive 31 Lola is student in my ) bestb) betterc) the bestd) the better Macmillan Publishers Limited 2015. This page may be photocopied and used within the MindBeginner to Advanced 32 My sister is going on holiday by .a) herselfb) itselfc) herd) she 33 Have you ever to China?

4 A) wentb) beenc) god) be 34 You look tired. I think you go to bed ) shouldb) wouldc) oughtd) have 35 I m going to the library. I to study for my ) canb) havec) mustd) should 36 I can t understand him. He speaks than you ) lessb) clearlyc) less clearlyd) the least clearly 37 I don t like this soup. It s ) toob) enoughc) too muchd) not enough 38 to go to the theatre this evening?a) How aboutb) Do you likec) Would you liked) What do you want 39 I really enjoy to the cinema with my ) gob) goingc) to god) we go 40 Victor: Do you think it will rain today? Paula: I m not sure. It .a) canb) doesc) won td) might 41 Could you ring the shop out what time they close today?a) findb) foundc) to findd) finding 42 All these clothes from recycled ) madeb) is madec) are maded) are making 43 I ll go to the cinema if I my ) finishb) finishedc) to finishd) will finish 44 If I the job of my dreams, I would be very ) hadb) havec) will haved) would have 45 I haven t been to the new shopping centre.

5 A) yetb) alreadyc) not yetd) not already 46 Stefan and Natalia living here since ) areb) werec) will bed) have been 47 I don t eat meat now, but I have a steak every ) use tob) used toc) am used tod) was used to Macmillan Publishers Limited 2015. This page may be photocopied and used within the MindBeginner to Advanced 48 I my dinner by the time you ) had finishedb) have finishedc) finishedd) finish 49 me how much this is?a) Tellb) Do tellc) Can you telld) Don t you tell 50 I need to get my watch .a) repairb) to repairc) repairedd) repairing 51 Maura him she would go to the cinema with ) toldb) saidc) talkedd) spoke 52 If I gone to Australia, I wouldn t have met my girlfriend ) hadb) havec) hadn td) haven t 53 Michael drives very slowly. He s very.

6 A) carefulb) carelessc) carefreed) carefully 54 You work in a hospital, ?a) isn t itb) you arec) don t youd) aren t you 55 I ve finished my essay. At last!a) writeb) writtenc) writingd) to write 56 I wish I that double burger. I m very full ) didn t eatb) hadn t eatenc) wouldn t eatd) haven t eaten 57 I don t know many people don t have a smartphone ) theyb) whoc) whatd) which 58 I m very tired today. I have gone out last ) mustn tb) couldn tc) wouldn td) shouldn t 59 Where were you yesterday? You to come to ) mustb) shouldc) were havingd) were supposed 60 I was excited last night that I couldn t sleep at ) sob) tooc) veryd) such 61 My sister her toys with ) would never to shareb) never used to sharec) used to never shared) was never sharing 62 The more I get to know her, less I like ) theb) soc) evend) much 63 He promised that he us, but he didn ) willb) was helpingc) had helpedd) would help Macmillan Publishers Limited 2015.

7 This page may be photocopied and used within the MindBeginner to Advanced 64 Can you tell me you chose not to accept the job?a) whob) wherec) whyd) what 65 I stood on a chair ) in order seeingb) in order to seeingc) in order to have seend) in order to see 66 There is no water for the crops because of the .a) famineb) pollutionc) droughtd) climate change 67 You ll soon up ) used to get b) get used to getting c) get used to getd) used to getting 68 My parents encouraged my ) me followb) I followc) me followingd) me to follow 69 They are a new range of clothing next ) bringing outb) catching onc) drawing upd) taking off 70 It was obvious from her red eyes that Maria .a) had criedb) has criedc) had been cryingd) has been crying 71 I d rather you to loud music in ) didn t to listenb) don t listenc) don t listeningd) didn t listen 72 I get very excited new ) about cookingb) to cookc) for cookingd) about to cook 73 Do you think Adam is capable the exam?

8 A) to passb) in passingc) of passingd) of pass 74 I wish you d me what to do all the time!a) stop to tellb) stopped tellingc) stop telld) stop telling 75 He looked very fresh, just returned from a long ) despite heb) despite havingc) despite the fact thatd) despite 76 Yes, I went to Moscow last year. you?a) I toldb) Did I tellc) I didn t telld) Didn t I tell 77 In the future, all our housework by ) is doneb) will be donec) will have been doned) will be doing 78 I m taking an umbrella, just in case it ) to rainb) will be rainingc) rainsd) will rain 79 She described her neighbour friendly ) as ab) asc) to bed) she is a Macmillan Publishers Limited 2015. This page may be photocopied and used within the MindBeginner to Advanced 80 If I had joined his company, I rich by ) will be b) might bec) had beend) will have been 81 Eating plenty of fresh food good for your ) believes to beb) it is believedc) they believe isd) is believed to be 82 We can t move into the new house next week.

9 The builders won t by ) finishb) be finishingc) have finishedd) be going to finish 83 She is completely dependent her ) onb) ofc) tod) by 84 Please turn the light off before the ) to leaveb) leavec) leavingd) you are leaving 85 you were coming, I d have offered you a ) Had I knownb) Did I knowc) Have I knownd) If I knew 86 It s essential that we this event ) plannedb) will planc) pland) are planning 87 I recommend the ) to visitb) visitingc) you visitingd) you will visit 88 Hardly down when he started shouting at ) did we sit b) were we sitting c) have we sat d) had we sat 89 Imagine how you would feel if someone your best ) annoysb) has annoyedc) annoyedd) would annoy 90 A fire is thought the ) to destroyb) that it destroyedc) to have destroyedd) to be destroyed byScore / 90 Macmillan Publishers Limited 2015.

10 This page may be photocopied and used within the MindBeginner to AdvancedPlacement testteacher instructions and answer keyAdministering the Placement TestAllow a maximum of 40 minutes for the questions in the Placement Test become progressively difficult. Students should only attempt as many questions as they feel they are able to within the time studentsPlacement according to the scores on the Test is based on the assumption that students have attempted to answer all 90 following table is a guide to suitable starting points in Open Mind, according to scores RANGESOpen Mind LevelStarting point0 10 BeginnerUnit 111 19 ElementaryUnit 120 26 ElementaryUnit 727 34 Pre-intermediateUnit 135 42 Pre-intermediateUnit 743 50 IntermediateUnit 151 59 IntermediateUnit 760 68 Upper IntermediateUnit 169 75 Upper IntermediateUnit 776 81 AdvancedUnit 182 or moreAdvancedUnit 7answer key1c16b31c46d61b76d2c17b32a47b62a77b3a1 8b33b48a63d78c4a19a34a49c64c79a5a20b35b5 0c65d80b6b21a36c51a66c81d7c22b37a52c67b8 2c8a23c38c53a68d83a9a24a39b54c69a84c10b2 5c40d55c70c85a11a26a41c56b71d86c12b27d42 c57b72a87b13c28b43a58d73c88d14d29a44a59d 74d89c15d30a45a60a75b90c