English Placement Test – EFREC dec2025

Diagnostic test - English

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(1) Roberta _____ from The United States.

Section 1
Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill each blank.

a) are

b) is

c) am

d) be

(2) What's _____ name?

a) she

b) his

c) him

d) he

(3) My friend _____ in London.

a) living

b) live

c) live

d) is live

(4) Where _____?

a) works Tom

b) Tom works

c) Tom does work

d) does Tom work

(5) I _____ coffee.

a) no like

b) not like

c) like don't

d) don't like

(6) '_____ to Australia, Ginny?' 'Yes, two years ago.”

a) Did you ever go

b) Do you ever go

c) Have you ever been

d) Are you ever going

(7) Tokyo is _____ city I've ever lived in.

a) the biggest

b) the bigger

c) the biggest

d) the biggest

(8) A vegetarian is someone _____ doesn't eat meat.

a) who

b) what

c) which

d) whose

(9) _____ these days.

a) I never buy a newspaper

b) I never buy a newspaper

c) I never buy a newspaper

d) I never buy a newspaper

(10) I _____ watch TV tonight.

a) am

b) go to

c) going to

d) am going to

(11) I wish I _____ more money!

a) have

b) had

c) would have

d) was having

(12) _____ be famous one day?

a) Would you like

b) Would you like to

c) Do you like

d) Do you like to

(13) It's my birthday _____ Friday.

Section 2
Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill each blank.

a) on

b) in

c) at

d) by

(14) I _____ eighteen years old.

a) am

b) have

c) have got

d) -

(15) I _____ a headache.

a) am

b) of

key

d) got

(16) Do you _____ a uniform at your school?

a) carry

b) wear

c) use

d) hold

(17) 'What time is it?' 'I have no _____.'

a) idea

b) opinion

c) answer

d) team

(18) The meal was very expensive. Look at the _____!

a) ticket

b) receipt

c) invoice

d) bill

(19) How many _____ of trousers have you got?

a) items

b) pairs

c) sets

d) teams

(20) Joel came back from his holiday in Brazil looking really _____.

a) tanned

b) sunned

c) colored

d) darkened

(21) Harry can _____ English.

Section 3
Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill each blank.

a) to speak

b) speaking

c) speak

d) speaks

(22) I'm not interested _____ sports.

a) for

b) about

c) in

d) to

(23) She likes _____ expensive clothes.

a) wearing

b) to wear

c) wear

d) is wearing

(24) Harry _____ his father's car when the accident happened.

a) was driving

b) drove

c) had driven

d) has been driving

(25) I was wondering _____ tell me when the next plane from Chicago arrives?

a) could you

b) can you

c) if you could

d) if you could

(26) If I _____ him, I would have spoken to him, wouldn't I?

a) saw

b) had seen

c) have seen

d) would have seen

(27) I like your hair. Where _____?

a) do you have cut

b) have you cut it

c) do you have to cut it

d) do you have it cut

(28) I think Joey must _____ late tonight. His office light is still on.

a) have worked

b) work

c) be working

d) to work

(29) John tells me Jack's going out with Helen, _____ I find it hard to believe.

a) which

b) who

c) whose

d) that

(30) What _____ this weekend, Lance?

a) will you do

b) are you doing

c) will you have done

d) do you do

(31) The weather has been awful. We've had very _____ sunshine this summer.

a) little

b) a little

c) few

d) a few

(32) Did you hear what happened to Kate? She _____.

a) is arrested

b) arrested

c) has been arrested

d) is being arrested

(33) I usually _____ up at about 7.30.

Section 4
Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill each blank.

a) go

b) be

c) of

d) get

(34) I _____ football every week.

a) play

b) go

c) of

d) have

(35) My sister _____ the cooking in our house.

a) does

b) makes

c) cooks

d) takes

(36) Don't forget to _____ the light when you leave the room.

a) turn up

b) turn in

c) turn off

d) turnover

(37) She was in _____ when she heard the tragic news.

a) crying

b) tears

c) you cry

d) tearful

(38) He _____ that he hadn't stolen the computer, but no one believed him.

a) reassured

b) informed

c) insisted

d) persuaded

(39) Could you _____ me that book for a couple of days, please?

a) lend

b) owe

c) borrow

d) rent

(40) Greg is _____ a lot of time at Yvonne's house these days!

a) taking

b) spending

c) having

d) doing

(41) Who _____ in that house?

Section 5
Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill each blank.

a) does live

b) live

c) does he live

d) he lives

(42) I'll call you when I _____ home.

a) get

b) 'll get

c) 'll have got

d) I'm getting

(43) If you _____ me, what would you do?

a) was

b) would be

c) were

d) have been

(44) I don't know where _____ last night.

a) did he go

b) he did go

c) went he

d) he went

(45) John and Betty are coming to visit us tomorrow but I wish _____.

a) they won't

b) they hadn't

c) they didn't

d) they weren't

(46) I'm so hungry! If only Bill _____ all the food in the fridge!

a) wasn't eating

b) didn't eat

c) hadn't eaten

d) hasn't eaten

(47) I regret _____ harder in school.

a) not studying

b) not to study

c) not to study

d) have not studied

(48) Surely Sue _____ you if she was unhappy with her work.

a) will tell

b) would have told

c) must have told

d) had told

(49) Our neighbors aren't very polite, and _____ particularly quiet!

a) neither they aren't

b) either they aren't

c) nor are they

d) neither did they be

(50) We had expected that they _____ fluent English, but in fact they didn't.

a) were speaking

b) would speak

c) had spoken

d) spoke

(51) I'd rather I _____ next weekend, but I do!

a) don't have to work

b) didn't have to work

c) wouldn't work

d) wasn't working

(52) Harriet is so knowledgeable. She can talk about _____ subject that comes up.

a) whatever

b) whenever

c) wherever

d) whoever

(53) I always _____ milk in my coffee.

Section 6
Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill each blank.

a) have

b) drink

c) mix

d) make

(54) I _____ TV every evening.

a) watch

b) look at

c) see

d) hear

(55) Can you give me a _____ with my bag.

a) leg

b) back

c) hand

d) head

(56) Before you enter the triathlon, please bear in _____ that you're not as young as you used to be!

a) thought

b) question

c) mind

d) opinion

(57) The breath test showed he had consumed more than three times the legal limit of alcohol, so the police arrested him for _____.

a) trespassing

b) mugging

c) speeding

d) drunk driving

(58) The meeting was _____ and not very interesting.

a) time-wasting

b) time-consuming

c) time-using

d) out of time

(59) After the movie was released, the main _____ point was its excessive use of violence.

a) discussion

b) speaking

c) conversation

d) talking

(60) There have been several big _____ against the use of GM foods recently.

a) campaigns

b) issues

c) boycotts

d) strike

English Placement Test – EFREC dec2025

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