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Solutions

Placement Test

Elementary to Intermediate

Lynda Edwards

Introduction

The test contains:

• 50 multiple choice questions which assess students’

knowledge of key grammar and vocabulary from elementary

to intermediate levels.

• A reading text with 10 graded comprehension questions.

• An optional writing task that assesses students’ ability to

produce the language.

This placement test is intended to help teachers decide which

level of Solutions , Elementary, Pre-Intermediate or

Intermediate, is the most suitable for their students. It should

be given at the beginning of the school year.

Solutions placement test has been developed after consultation

with teachers and is designed to assess students’ knowledge of

the key language as well as their receptive and productive skills.

This will enable teachers to have a greater understanding of

what level their students are at.

The 50 multiple choice questions and the reading task are

designed to be done together in a 45-minute lesson. The

writing task can be done in the following lesson and should

take approximately 20 minutes.

Interpreting scores

Total

Elementary

Pre-Intermediate Intermediate

Grammar & Vocabulary

0–20

21–30

31+

Reading

0–4

5–7

Writing

0–4

5–7

This table acts as a guideline for teachers when choosing which level of Solutions is suitable for their students.

Reading and writing scores are included separately so that teachers who choose not to include these tasks in the

placement test can still make an accurate assessment of their students’ abilities.

Where there is a discrepancy in the level attained in the different parts of the test, a student’s score for grammar and

vocabulary should take precedence. Alternatively, a teacher may wish to conduct an additional oral interview to

confirm the result.

Students whose scores fall on the borderlines should be placed according to the level of the rest of the class and

monitored closely at the start of the course.

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Placement Test

Grammar and Vocabulary

14 Which bus _______ for when I saw you this

morning?

A did you wait B had you waited

C were you waiting D have you waited

15 Where _______ you like to go tonight?

A do B would C are D can

16 That’s the _______ film I’ve ever seen!

A worse B worst C baddest D most bad

17 My dad _______ his car yet.

A hasn’t sold B didn’t sell C doesn’t sell

D wasn’t sold

18 I’ve been a doctor _______ fifteen years.

A since B for C until D by

19 Look at the sky. It _______ rain.

A will B can C is going to D does

20 If I _______ this homework, the teacher will be

angry!

A am not finishing B won’t finish

C don’t finish D didn’t finished

21 This book is even _______ than the last one!

A most boring B boringer C more boring

D far boring

22 I’ll meet you _______ I finish work.

A if B when C as D so

23 We’re getting married _______ March.

A in B on C at D by

24 If you _______ steak for a long time, it goes hard.

A cook B are cooking C have cooked

D cooked

25 I _______ you outside the cinema, OK?

A ’ll see B am going to see C am seeing

D see

26 I _______ not be home this evening. Phone me

on my mobile.

A can B could C may D should

Complete the sentences with the correct answers.

1 My sister _______ very tired today.

A be B am C is D are

2 His _______ is a famous actress.

A aunt B uncle C grandfather D son

3 I’d like to be a _______ and work in a hospital.

A lawyer B nurse C writer D pilot

4 We _______ like rap music.

A doesn’t B isn’t C aren’t D don’t

5 There _______ a lot of water on the floor. What

happened?

A are B is C be D am

6 He _______ TV at the moment.

A watches B is watching C watched

D has watching

7 Helen is very _______. She doesn’t go out a lot.

A bored B confident C angry D shy

8 Did you _______ to the beach yesterday?

A went B were C go D goed

9 Have you got _______ orange juice? I’m thirsty.

A some B a C any D the

10 Let’s go into _______ garden. It’s sunny outside.

A a B any C – D the

11 He’s _______ for the next train.

A looking B waiting C listening D paying

12 Mark _______ his car last week.

A cleaned B did clean C has cleaned

D is cleaning

13 I bought some lovely red _______ today.

A cabbages B cucumbers C bananas

D apples

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27 The criminal _______ outside the hotel last night.

A was caught B has been caught

C is caught D caught

28 He asked me if I _______ a lift home.

A wanted B want C was wanting

D had wanted

29 If I _______ older, I’d be able to vote in elections.

A had B am C were D have

30 You _______ go to the supermarket this

afternoon. I’ve already been.

A mustn’t B can’t C needn’t D won’t

31 Kathy drives _______ than her sister.

A more carefully B more careful C carefully

D most carefully

32 The _______ near our village is beautiful.

A country B woods C view D countryside

33 I’m _______ I can’t help you with that.

A apologise B afraid C regret D sad

34 It was really _______ this morning. I couldn’t see

anything on the roads.

A cloudy B sunny C icy D foggy

35 Can you look _______ my dog while I’m away?

A for B at C to D after

36 If I’d started the work earlier I _______ it by now.

A would finish B had finished C will finish

D would have finished

37 This time next year I _______ in Madrid.

A am working B will work C will be working

D work

38 I wish he _______ in front of our gate. It’s very

annoying.

A won’t park B wouldn’t park

C doesn’t park D can’t park

39 He said he’d seen her the _______ night.

A last B before C previous D earlier

40 I _______ agreed to go out. I haven’t got any

money!

A mustn’t have B shouldn’t have

C couldn’t have D wouldn’t have

41 It was good _______ about her recovery, wasn’t

it?

A information B words C news D reports

42 I _______ the report by 5.00 p.m. You can have it

then.

A have finished B will have finished

C finish D am finishing

43 Because of the snow the teachers _______ all

the students to go home early.

A said B made C told D demanded

44 Thanks for the meal! It was _______.

A delighted B delicious C disgusting

D distasteful

45 Look! Our head teacher _______ on TV right now!

A is being interviewed B is been interviewed

C is interviewing D is interviewed

46 It’s _______ to drive a car over 115 km/h in the

UK.

A unlegal B illegal C dislegal D legaless

47 There’s a lot of rubbish in the garden I need to

get _______ of.

A lost B rid C cleared D taken

48 I’m afraid it’s time we _______.

A leave B must leave C are leaving D left

49 He wondered what _______.

A is the time? B the time was

C was the time D is the time?

50 They _______ our salaries by 5%.

A rose B made up C raised D lifted

Mark

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Placement Test

Reading

1 Are the sentences true or false?

1 At the moment Levi isn’t very happy. ___

2 Levi sells something we can eat. ___

3 His song is a big success. ___

4 He sang his song on TV. ___

5 Some supermarkets want to sell his product.

___

2 Choose the best answers.

1 Dragon’s Den is a show about

A cooking.

B new business ideas.

C famous people.

2 To make the sauce

A you have to go to Notting Hill.

B you have to ask a member of Levi’s family.

C you need a good recipe book.

3 When Levi presented his idea

A he finished with a song.

B two and a half million people were watching.

C he talked about the wrong figures.

4 Some people on the team

A own supermarkets.

B didn’t like the taste.

C bought part of Levi’s company.

5 Today Levi

A is a millionaire.

B has two things he can profit from.

C prefers music to food.

Read the text.

Saucy dragons

Levi Roots, a reggae singer from Jamaica, has a

big smile on his face these days. In case you

missed it, Levi recently appeared on the famous

reality show for people with business ideas,

Dragon’s Den. The participants have to persuade

the team of business experts that their ideas are

excellent and hope that two or more of the team

will decide to invest money in their business

idea.

Levi did just that!

The singer, who has been a successful music

artist for several years, also sells something he

calls ‘Reggae, reggae sauce’. It is made using

special secret ingredients from his grandmother

and is a hot Jamaican sauce that is eaten with

meat. Until now it has only been possible to buy

the sauce from Levi’s website or once a year at

the famous Notting Hill carnival. But now,

thanks to the TV programme, that is all going to

change!

Levi presented his business idea to the team and

started with a catchy reggae song about the sauce

to make them sit up and listen. He certainly got

their attention! He then described his plans for

the sauce. This part of his presentation didn’t go

so well. He made mistakes with his figures,

saying that he already had an order for the sauce

of 2 and a half million when in fact he meant 2

and a half thousand! But, the team were still

interested and amazingly, two of the team offered

to give £50,000 to the plan in exchange for 40%

of the company. Mr Roots was ecstatic!

Levi is even happier today. It seems that two of

the biggest supermarket chains in the UK are

interested in having the sauce on their shelves. In

addition to this, Levi is recording the ‘Reggae,

reggae sauce’ song and we will soon be able to

buy or download this. ‘It’s all about putting

music into food,’ says Levi with a big, big smile

on his face! And music and food will probably

make him a very rich man indeed!

Mark

/10

Writing

Imagine you have just returned from a two-week

holiday. Write an e-mail to your friend telling

him/her about the holiday. Include information

about the journey, where you stayed, what you did

and the people you met.

Mark

/10

TOTAL

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