Oxford Placement Test

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Look at these examples. The correct answer has been marked.

In warm climates people sitting outside in the sun.

If it is very hot, they sit the shade.

Now the test will begin. Select the correct answers below:

Water at a temperature of 100ºC.

In some countries very hot all the time.

In cold countries people wear thick clothes warm.

In England people are always talking about .

In some places almost every day.

In deserts there isn’t grass.

Places near the Equator have weather even in the cold season.

In England time of year is usually from December to February.

people don’t know what it’s really like in other countries.

Very people can travel abroad.

Mohammed Ali his first world title fight in 1960.

After he an Olympic gold medal he became a professional boxer.

His religious beliefs change his name when he became champion.

If he lost his first fight with Sonny Liston, no one would have been surprised.

He has travelled a lot as a boxer and as a world-famous personality.

He is very well known the world.

Many people he was the greatest boxer of all time.

To be the best the world is not easy.

Like any top sportsman Ali train very hard.

Such is his fame that people always remember him as a champion.

Select the best answers to complete the story below

The history of is short one. For many centuries men to fly, but with success. In the 19th century a few people succeeded in balloons. But it wasn’t until the beginning of the century that anybody able to fly in a machine was heavier than air, in other words, in we now call a ‘plane’. The first people to achieve ‘powered flight’ were the Wright brothers. was the machine which was the forerunner of the jumbo jets that are common sight today. They hardly have imagined that in 1969, more than half a century later, a man walking on the moon. Already is taking the first steps towards the stars. Space satellites have now existed around half a century and we are dependent them for all kinds of . Not only being used for scientific research in space, but also to see what kind of weather . By 2008 there have been satellites in space for fifty years and the ‘space superpowers’ will be massive space stations built. When these completed it will be the first time astronauts will be able to work in space in large numbers. all that, in many ways the most remarkable flight all was of the flying bicycle, which the world saw on television, across the Channel from England to France, with nothing a man to power it. As the bicycle-flyer said, ‘It’s the first time what hard work it is to be a bird!’

Grammar Test PART 2

Many teachers their students should learn a foreign language.

Learning a second language is not the same learning a first language.

It takes to learn any language.

It is said that Chinese is perhaps the world’s language to master.

English is quite difficult because of all the exceptions have to be learnt.

You can learn the basic structures of a language quite quickly, but only if you make an effort.

A lot of people aren’t used grammar in their own language.

Many adult students of English wish they their language studies earlier.

In some countries students have to spend a lot of time working their own.

There aren’t easy ways of learning a foreign language in your own country.

Some people try to improve their English by the BBC World Service.

with a foreign family can be a good way to learn a language.

It’s no use to learn a language just by studying a dictionary.

Many students of English take tests.

Some people think it’s time we all a single international language.

Select the best answers to complete the story below

Charles Walker is a teacher at a comprehensive school in Norwich. He the staff of the school in 1998 and there ever since. Before to Norwich, he taught in Italy and in Wales, and before that he a student at Cambridge University. So far he in Norwich for as long as he was in Wales, but he likes the city a lot and like to stay there for at least another two years, or, he puts it, until his two children grown up a bit. He met his wife, Kate, in 1992 while he abroad for a while, and they got married in 1996. Their two children, Mark and Susan, both born in Norwich. The Walkers’ boy, is five, has just started at school, but sister at home for another couple of years, because she is nearly two years than him. Charles and Kate Walker to live in the country, but now that they have children, they into the city. Charles wanted a house the school get to work easily. Unfortunately one the two of them really wanted was too expensive, so they buy one a bit further away. By the time the children to secondary school, Charles and Kate hope will be in Norwich, the Walkers living there for at least fifteen years. They can’t be sure if they , but if they , their friends won’t be too surprised.

Look at the following examples of question tags in English. The correct form of the tag has been marked.

He’s getting the 9.15 train, ?

She works in a library, ?

Tom didn’t tell you, ?

Someone’s forgotten to switch off the gas, ?

Now, mark the correct question tag in the following 10 items:

John’s coming to see you, ?

It’s been a long time since you’ve seen him, ?

He’s due to arrive tomorrow, ?

He won’t be getting in till about 10.30, ?

You met him while you were on holiday, ?

I think I’m expected to pick him up, ?

No doubt you’d rather he stayed in England now, ?

Nobody else has been told he’s coming, ?

We’d better not stay up too late tonight, ?

I suppose it’s time we called it a day, ?