Straightforward Quick Placement & Diagnostic test

You got 27/50

The Straightforward test has 50 questions, each worth one point. The first 40 are grammar
questions and the final 10 are vocabulary questions. To decide your level, use the conversion
chart below. Please note that these bandings are a guide.

Total score Level

0 - 15 Beginner
16 - 24 Elementary
25 - 32 Pre-intermediate
33 - 39 Intermediate
40 - 45 Upper Intermediate
46 - 50 Advanced

This test can also be used to diagnose grammar that you need clarification on. Please consult
the relevant level and unit of the course for more information.

Grammar
1. I ___am_______ from France. Beginner Unit 1

a) is
b) are
c) am (ok)
d) be

2. This is my friend. ______his______ name is Peter. Beginner

Unit 1

a) Her
b) Our
c) Yours
d) His (ok)

3. Mike is my sister’s friend_. Beginner

Unit 4

a) my sister’s friend (ok)

b) friend my sister
c) friend from my sister
d) my sister friend’s

4. My brother is ____a_(X)___ artist. Beginner Unit 2 / Elementary Basics 2

a) the
b) an (ok)
c) a
d) ⎯

5. __there is______ 20 desks in the classroom.(X) Beginner Unit 7 / Elementary Unit 3

a) This is
b) There is
c) They are (ok)

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d) There are

6. Paul __don’t like__(X)___ romantic films. Beginner Unit 5

a) likes not
b) don’t like
c) doesn’t like (ok)
d) isn’t likes

7. Sorry, I can’t talk. I ‘m driving_________ right now. Beginner Unit 11

a) driving
b) ‘m driving (ok)
c) drives
d) drive

8. She _wasn’t__________ at school last week. Beginner Unit 8 / Elementary Unit 5

a) didn't be
b) weren’t
c) wasn’t (ok)
d) isn’t

9. I __liked_________ the film last night. Beginner Unit 9 / Elementary Unit 5

a) like
b) likes
c) liking
d) liked (ok)

10. _Would you like_________ a piece of cake? No, thank you. Elementary Unit 1

a) Do you like
b) Would you like (ok)
c) Want you
d) Are you like

11. The living room is __more big (X)__ than the bedroom. Elementary Unit 10 / Pre-int
Unit 6

a) more big
b) more bigger
c) biggest
d) bigger (ok)

12. The car is very old. We’re going__to buy___a new car soon. Beginner Unit 12 / Elementary
Unit 11

a) to buy (ok)
b) buying
c) to will buy
d) buy

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13. Jane is a vegetarian. She _____usually eats_(X)_____ meat. Beginner
Unit 6 / Elementary Unit 4

a) sometimes eats
b) never eats (ok)
c) often eats
d) usually eats

14. There aren’t ____any________ buses late in the evening. Elementary Unit 3 /
Pre-int Unit 3

a) some
b) any (ok)
c) no
d) a

15. The car park is _behind___(X)_____ to the restaurant. Elementary Unit 3 /

Pre-int Unit 3

a) next (ok)
b) opposite
c) behind
d) in front

16. Sue is going _shopping every day. (X) Elementary Unit 8 / Pre-int Unit 4

a) is going
b) go
c) going
d) goes (ok)

17. They _were walking___ in the park when it started to rain heavily. Intermediate Unit 4

a) walked
b) were walking (ok)
c) were walk
d) are walking

18. ___Did you ever_(X)____ seen fireworks before? Pre-intermediate Unit 7 /

Intermediate Unit 2

a) Did you ever

b) Are you ever
c) Have you ever (ok)
d) Do you ever

19. We’ve been friends ___for________ many years. Pre-intermediate Unit 10 /

Intermediate Unit 2

a) since
b) from
c) during
d) for (ok)

20. You __don’t need to______ pay for the tickets. They’re free. Intermediate
Unit 3

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a) have to
b) don’t have
c) don’t need to (ok)
d) doesn’t have to

21. Jeff was ill last week and he ____couldnt_______ go out. Pre-intermediate Unit
11

a) needn't
b) can’t
c) mustn’t
d) couldn’t (ok)

22. These are the photos who_(X)__ I took on holiday. Pre-intermediate Unit 12

a) Which (ok)
b) who
c) what
d) where

23. We’ll stay at home if it will rain (X)_ this afternoon. Pre-intermediate Unit 8

a) raining
b) rains (ok)
c) will rain
d) rain

24. He doesn’t smoke now, but he was smoked_(X)__ a lot when he was young.
Pre-intermediate Unit 2

a) has smoked
b) smokes
c) used to smoke (ok)
d) was smoked

25. Mark plays football better than____ anyone else I know. Pre-intermediate Unit 6 /
Intermediate Unit 5

a) more good than

b) as better as
c) best than
d) better than (ok)

26. I promise I going to help_(X)___ you as soon as I’ve finished this cleaning.
Pre-intermediate Unit 5 / Intermediate Unit 6

a) will help (ok)

b) am helping
c) going to help
d) have helped

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27. This town _is visited________ by lots of tourists during the summer.
Pre-intermediate Unit 9 / Intermediate Unit 11

a) visits
b) visited
c) is visiting
d) is visited (ok)

28. He said that his friends didn’t want___ to speak to him after they lost the football match.
Intermediate Unit 12 / Upper-intermediate Unit 10

a) not want
b) weren’t
c) didn’t want (ok)
d) aren’t wanting

29. How about _going__ to the cinema tonight? Pre-intermediate Unit 4

a) going (ok)
b) go
c) to go
d) for going

30. Excuse me, can you take__(X)___ me the way to the station, please? Pre-
intermediate Unit 3

a) give
b) take
c) tell (ok)
d) say

31. I wasn’t interested in the performance very much. _I didn’t, too. (X)______.
Intermediate Unit 4

a) I didn’t, too.
b) Neither was I. (ok)
c) Nor I did.
d) So I wasn’t.

32. Take a warm coat, _otherwise __ you might get very cold outside.
Upper Intermediate Unit 4

a) Otherwise (ok)
b) in case
c) so that
d) in order to

33. __I’ve been reading____ this great book and I can’t wait to see how it ends.

Intermediate Unit 7 / Upper Intermediate Unit 4

a) I don’t read
b) I’ve read
c) I’ve been reading (ok)
d) I read

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34. What I like more than anything else _to play golf__(X)__ at weekends.
Upper Intermediate Unit 1

a) playing golf
b) to play golf
c) is playing golf (ok)
d) is play golf

35. She had were looking (X) _for her cat for two days when she finally found it in the
garage. Upper Intermediate Unit 5

a) looked
b) had been looked
c) had been looking (ok)
d) were looking

36. We won’t catch the plane _unless___we leave home now! Please hurry up! Upper
Intermediate Unit 6

a) if
b) providing that
c) except
d) unless (ok)

37. If I hadn’t replied to your email, I__wouldn’t be ___ here with you now.
Upper Intermediate Unit 6

a) can’t be
b) wouldn’t be (ok)
c) won’t be
d) haven’t been

38. Do you think you _finish_(X)_ with my mobile phone soon? I need to make a call.
Upper Intermediate Unit 7

a) finish
b) are finishing
c) will have finished (ok)
d) are finished

39. I don’t remember mentioning ___you going to (X)_ dinner together tonight.
Upper Intermediate Unit 10

a) go for
b) you going to
c) to go for
d) going for (ok)

40. Was it Captain Cook ___that discover_(X)__ New Zealand? Upper Intermediate
Unit 12
a) who discovered (ok)
b) discovered
c) that discover
d) who was discovering

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Vocabulary
41. You may not like the cold weather here, but you’ll have to ___tell it off_(X)__, I’m afraid.
a) tell it off
b) sort itself out
c) put up with it (ok)
d) put it off
42. It’s cold so you should ___________put_______ on a warm jacket.
a) Put (ok)
b) wear
c) dress
d) take
43. Paul will look _______after____ our dogs while we’re on holiday.
a) at
b) for
c) into
d) after (ok)
44. She ____________spends_______ a lot of her free time reading.
a) does
b) spends (ok)
c) has
d) makes
45. Hello, this is Simon. Could I __speak____ to Jane, please?
a) say
b) tell
c) call
d) speak (ok)
46. They’re coming to our house _on__ Saturday.
a) in
b) at
c) on (ok)
d) with
47. I think it’s very easy to __go into_(X) debt these days.
a) go into
b) become
c) go down to
d) get into (ok)
48. Come on! Quick! Let’s get _____with immediate effect_(X)____!
a) highlight
b) cracking (ok)
c) massive
d) with immediate effect
49. I phoned her ______by the time_(X)_____ I heard the news.
a) minute
b) during
c) by the time
d) the moment (ok)
50. I feel very ________sleepy____. I’m going to go to bed!
a) nap
b) asleep
c) sleepy (ok)
d) sleeper

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