Straightforward Pre-intermediate and Intermediate Level Placement Test

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The Straightforward Pre-intermediate and Intermediate Placement test has been designed to help you decide whether the Straightforward Pre-intermediate course would be suitable for your students or whether they would qualify for using the Straightforward Intermediate Course. The Straightforward test has 50 questions, each worth one point. The first 40 are grammar questions and the final 10 are vocabulary questions. The conversion chart below has been designed to assist you in making your decision but please note, however, that these bandings are a guide.

Total score	Level
0 – 35	Pre-Intermediate
36 – 50	Intermediate

This test can also be used to diagnose the grammar of the Pre-Intermediate level that your students need clarification on.

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Question 1

__________ at school yesterday.

A	Was you
B	Were you
C	Did you
D	Is you

Question 2

Is your family large? __________

A	Yes, it is.
B	Yes, they are.
C	No, it not.
D	No, they isn’t.

Question 3

What __________ he want?

A	does
B	do
C	have
D	was

Question 4

__________ do you have dinner?

A	When time
B	What time
C	What kind of
D	What for

Question 5

He __________ to go home.

A	want
B	did
C	didn’t want
D	didn’t wanted

Question 6

Where __________ to school?

A	did you go
B	went you
C	did you went
D	did go

Question 7

Latin __________ compulsory in Irish schools.

A	used to be
B	would be
C	has
D	has been

Question 8

The boy __________ cake when his mother came into the room.

A	was eat
B	eats
C	was eating
D	has eating

Question 9

There __________ milk for my breakfast.

A	isn’t some
B	isn’t any
C	any
D	__

Question 10

__________ people from Poland went to Scotland in the 20th century.

A	Many of
B	Many
C	Some of
D	__

Question 11

There are __________ French speakers in Montreal.

A	too much
B	a lot of
C	a little
D	not much

Question 12

She __________ with her friends on Facebook™ everyday

A	is communicating
B	communicates
C	will communicating
D	__

Question 13

More and more people __________ divorced every year.

A	are wanting
B	wanting
C	getting
D	are getting

Question 14

Many, but not all, people __________ get married in a church. .

A	want to
B	are wanting to
C	wanting to
D	used to want

Question 15

Would you like __________ to the theatre tonight?

A	go
B	to go
C	going
D	to going

Question 16

I __________ to Peru on holiday next month.

A	am flying
B	flying
C	am go flying
D	will flying

Question 17

Oh! It __________ . I’ll take an umbrella with me.

A	raining
B	will raining
C	rains
D	’s raining

Question 18

Do you have any plans for tonight? Yes, we __________ to the cinema.

A	will go
B	going
C	go
D	are going

Question 19

I plan to __________ two weeks by the beach.

A	bring
B	spend
C	spending
D	making

Question 20

The fast food restaurant was __________ dirty. We didn’t eat there.

A	extreme
B	extremely
C	bit
D	very much

Question 21

This restaurant is __________ the one over there.

A	traditional
B	traditionaler
C	more traditional than
D	traditionaler than

Question 22

My coffee was __________ yours. I almost burned by mouth.

A	hotter than
B	more hot than
C	hotter as
D	as hot

Question 23

The __________ coffee in the world comes from indonesia.

A	expensive
B	expensivest
C	more expensive
D	most expensive

Question 24

I __________ sushi.

A	eaten
B	have eat
C	have ever eaten
D	have never eaten

Question 25

She has __________ finished this week’s report.

A	yet
B	already
C	ever
D	never

Question 26

I don’t think you __________ them.

A	should to email
B	should email
C	should emailing
D	__

Question 27

In the future there __________ cures to the world’s worst diseases.

A	might be
B	is going to being
C	will being
D	might have

Question 28

The space tourists __________ certainly need to be very fit.

A	won’t
B	will
C	__
D	going to

Question 29

If my new company is successful, I __________ employ people to help me.

A	will
B	be able to
C	will be able to
D	will able to

Question 30

The first reality TV show __________ in Sweden in 1997.

A	showed
B	shown
C	is shown
D	was shown

Question 31

The film Avatar was directed __________ James Cameron.

A	by
B	from
C	for
D	with

Question 32

I’ve had my cat __________ 4 years.

A	since
B	for
C	with
D	it

Question 33

Her horse is lovely. She __________ it since she was a teenager.

A	had
B	has had
C	had
D	is had

Question 34

I’ve received 33 emails __________ .

A	on Friday
B	yesterday
C	two days ago
D	this week

Question 35

How often have you been to the doctor __________

A	one year ago?
B	in the last twelve months?
C	yesterday?
D	last week?

Question 36

I was saving up __________ a new computer.

A	for buying
B	to buy
C	to buying
D	__

Question 37

You __________ wear a suit to work, but you can if you want.

A	must
B	mustn’t
C	could
D	don’t have to

Question 38

I had to __________ a uniform to school when I was younger.

A	have
B	wearing
C	wear
D	having

Question 39

Cecilia knows someone __________ went to the carnival in Rio de Janeiro.

A	who
B	which
C	she
D	where

Question 40

Oxfam is a charity __________ tries to find lasting solutions to poverty.

A	who
B	which
C	it
D	__

Question 41

A lot of __________ came to Ireland in the 1990s.

A	immigrants
B	emigrants
C	invaders
D	colonies

Question 42

There was a nice meal and a band at the wedding __________

A	ceremony
B	reception
C	speech
D	group

Question 43

I mostly __________ my friends via email.

A	get on well with
B	have in commn
C	keep in touch with
D	see each other

Question 44

Bob has had a very interesting __________ . He has had jobs in many countries and industries.

A	carrier
B	job
C	career
D	work

Question 45

She’s very successful. Her __________ has risen a lot in the past few years.

A	money
B	salary
C	job
D	earnings

Question 46

I am very __________ in old cars.

A	keen
B	interesting
C	interested
D	fond

Question 47

He __________ his exam because he didn’t study.

A	failed
B	passed
C	missed
D	fell

Question 48

The house will look cleaner when you have finished the __________ .

A	home
B	housewife
C	housework
D	homework

Question 49

Stress is not an illness, but it can __________ to many illnesses.

A	get
B	celebrate
C	contribute
D	affect

Question 50

He __________ off his holiday until after the winter.

A	took
B	put
C	called
D	logged

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Straightforward Pre-intermediate and Intermediate Level Placement Test

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