Welcome to your Placement Test

Complete the dialogues below by choosing the correct option.

  • Manager: Where’s Mr Davidson?
  • Assistant: Oh, he’s __ London today.

  • Amirah: Do you like cats?
  • Chris: No, but there __ lots of other animals I like.

  • Andrew: Where __ Alicia come from?
  • Martin: I think she’s from the United States.

  • Teacher: Tell me something about your parents, Lucas.
  • Student: My mother and father __ both very tall.

  • Ayla: That’s a nice table, Sophie! Is it new?
  • Sophie: Oh no, it’s my __ old dining table.

  • Emma: What do you do after school?
  • Chloe: I see my friends. Do you visit people, too?
  • Emma: No, I __ go out.

  • Katie: Is Charlotte at school today?
  • Laura: No, she __ . She’s not well today.

  • Alex: I’d like to make a cake.  __ eggs have we got?
  • Andrea: Three, I think. Let me check.

  • Ifrah: Which bus goes to the hospital?
  • Antonia: __ the 236. It stops outside.

  • Father: Are we ready to go?
  • Daughter: No, Mum can’t find __ hat.

  • Shop Assistant: Can I help you?
  • Customer: Yes, I’d like to buy __ trousers.

  • Mother: Where’s that fish I bought? It was on the table.
  • Daughter: Oh no! The cat __ it.

  • Amanda: I like your new sofa.
  • Fahima:  Thanks. It’s __ comfortable than the other one we had.

  • Alicia: I’m going to the supermarket. Do you want anything?
  • Peter: Could you get __ milk, please?

  • Karina: When do you want to play football?
  • Aniqa:  I __ to play tomorrow, because I don’t need to go to work.

  • Manisha: What did you do at the weekend?
  • Nicola: I __ tennis with my friend on Saturday.

  • Wife: Have we got any cheese in the fridge?
  • Husband:  No, we haven’t. I’m __ buy some this afternoon.

  • Laura:Where __ you last Tuesday? I tried to phone you.
  • Beatriz:  Oh, I was visiting my grandmother. I didn’t have my phone with me.

  • Miriam: Are you coming to my party on Tuesday?
  • Brian:  I’m really sorry, but I __ to take my daughter to the airport.

  • Saif: Why do you like running?
  • Isabella: Because it’s __ way to keep fit.

  • Anna: Have you lived here a long time?
  • Stefan:  Yes, over 40 years. I know __ of people in this town.

  • Josef: Why didn’t you come to the cinema last week?
  • Chloe: I wanted to but I couldn’t. I __ studying for that test we had on Monday.

  • Anna: That bird’s on the garden table again. I think it’s hungry.
  • Juliana: Yes, look! It __ eat the bread we put there

  • Sophie: How long __ married?
  • Ying Yue:  Two years. I met my husband when I was working in New York.

  • David: Have you __ that new film yet?
  • Susanna: No, I haven’t. We could go on Thursday if you like?

  • Shop Assistant: Excuse me, please. Could I get past?
  • Customer: Oh, I’m sorry. I’m getting in the way,  __ I?

  • Wife: Advertising is a big business for musicians.
  • Husband:  Yes, musicians __ a lot of money for writing short pieces of music.

  • Son: Mum, I’d really like a guitar. Can I have one?
  • Mother:  OK, but if we buy one you __ have to practise playing it.

  • Juliana: Do you like Brazilian coffee?
  • Miriodere: No I don’t, because it’s __ strong.

  • Matthew: Would you like anything from the shop?
  • Alicia:  Yes, I’d like one of __ celebrity magazines, please.
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  • Daughter: Mum, my computer is broken again. I really need a new one.
  • Mother:  I __ buy one if we had the money, but it’s not possible right now.

  • Mother: __ you packed your suitcase yet? We’re leaving early tomorrow morning.
  • Son: I’ll do it later. It won’t take long.

  • Lucas: Do you play the piano, Natasha?
  • Natasha:  Well, I __ play when I was younger, but I’m not sure I remember now.

  • Martina: What did the doctor say about your stomach pains?
  • Padma: He asked me what I __ for the last two days

  • Daughter: Everyone has arrived apart from Pamela.
  • Mother:  Don’t worry, she phoned me this morning and said she __ be a bit late.

  • Vincent:Did you see the weather forecast? It’s going to be extremely hot this weekend.
  • Pauline: I know, I can’t believe it! It __ since Monday.

  • Ameena: What colour are you going to paint the living room?
  • Charlotte:  I __ probably choose something bright, like yellow.

  • Victor: I’d love to go back in history to see how people lived hundreds of years ago.
  • Simon: Me too! If I __ choose, I’d probably travel to ancient Rome.

  • Stephen: The concert was fantastic yesterday. You __ have come.
  • Yuuto: I know. I wanted to, but I had to work late.

  • Katie:Would you like to go sightseeing or to the beach this afternoon?
  • Matthew: I don’t mind, I’ll let you decide.
  • Katie: OK, let’s go sightseeing, __ we?

  • Amanda: It said on the news that the president also owns all the national newspapers.
  • Andrew: That __ be right! I don’t think that’s true.

  • Assistant: That meeting was really difficult. What would you have done if you __ in my position?
  • Manager: Oh, I think you managed it very well.

  • Natalia: My new smartphone doesn’t seem to work.
  • Katie: Oh dear! Perhaps you should take it __ and ask for a refund.

  • Chris: I wish I could be with our cousins …
  • Alison:  Me too! By this time tomorrow they __ on a Greek beach while we’re revising for our history test.

  • Son: Are you OK, Mum? You don’t seem very relaxed.
  • Mother: I just wish I __ an aisle seat so that I could get up and walk around more easily.

  • Nicola: I love this picture, but won’t it cost a fortune?
  • Victor: No, it’s just a copy. The original, __ is a portrait of the artist’s friend, sold for €4 million!

  • Laura: I can’t believe how talented this artist was.
  • Emily:  I know, it’s amazing. __ he was almost 90 when he did them, his paintings are beautiful.

  • Andrea: I want to buy some new shoes for the winter.
  • Shan:  Well, I __ looking for a new pair of boots for weeks, but I can’t find anything I like.

  • Client: I don’t have much money – just enough to __.
  • Accountant:  Well, let me suggest a way of  helping you  save more.

  • Pablo: In April next year I __ here for ten years exactly.
  • Alison: Wow! It really doesn’t seem that long.

  • Student: Is it true that it took Bell and Watson ages to invent the telephone?
  • Teacher:  Yes. When they finally succeeded, they __ on it for about 30 years.

  • Rachel: This would be a lovely place to sit on a dry day.
  • Natasha: Yes, I know. I just wish the rain __.

  • Student: What’s today’s lesson going to be about?
  • Teacher:  Today we’re going to learn about a tribe __ descendants live in Lima, the capital of Peru.

  • Andrea: Did your town have a good market?
  • Katie: Yes. When I was young we __ there every Saturday looking for bargains.

  • Daughter: Joanna has been really supportive. I’m so lucky to have her as a friend.
  • Mother: Yes. Just think – if you hadn’t sat next to her in class  at school, you __ so close now.

  • David: Did you see the headline this evening?
  • Nicola: Yes – the Prime Minister was __ to resign today.

  • Student: I’m concerned about the chemical test results I’ve just had from the river.
  • Professor:  It __ be a good idea to check the acid levels as well then.

  • Aamir: They’ve just announced that our train has been delayed.
  • Laura:  That’s annoying. We __ have rushed to get here after all.

  • Liam: So, your Dad’s got a laptop!
  • Cian: Yes, I bought it for him last year – until then he __ a typewriter!

  • Isabella: The flight is fully booked, so I won’t be able to go to Barbados next week.
  • Safia: If you __ the ticket sooner, you’d have found a seat.

  • Receptionist: You __ taken a taxi to the hotel since you arrived so late.
  • Customer:  It was OK, actually. There was a direct bus service from the airport.

  • Sophie: Have they finished interviewing for the manager’s position yet?
  • Rafi: No, but they __ all the candidates by next Friday.

  • Athlete: __ hard I try, I can’t run any faster.
  • Coach: You’ve improved a lot. I wouldn’t worry about it.

  • Laura: That’s a really beautiful painting. The colours are so vivid.
  • Jeremy: Yes, it’s amazing to think it was lost for years and __ .

  • Charlotte: I saw the photos from the film festival. Was that you with the actor from The Hobbit?
  • Niall:  Yes, it was! __ did I imagine I would ever actually meet him.

  • Pauline: I hear you got soaked on the golf course this morning.
  • Chris: Yes. I wish I __ listened to the weather forecast.

  • Laura: How was the meeting?
  • Ricardo: It finished late because Victor didn’t arrive until  5 pm. He told me he __ been given the wrong directions.

  • Andrew: I picked up some of that cat food you wanted.
  • Pedro:  Oh good. Once __ to these new cat biscuits, they won’t want to go back to the other stuff.

  • Antonia: Has your son done well in his exams?
  • Phillip:  Yes. Only once __ he wasn’t sufficiently prepared, but he can take that one again.

  • Son: I had a bit of a stomach ache this morning.
  • Mother:  Oh dear! Well, I did say you __ eaten that chicken last night.

Score | Level

1–6 | Beginner

7–20 | Elementary

21–34 | Pre-Intermediate

35–48 | Intermediate

49–62 | Upper Intermediate

63–70 | Advanced

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