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Entrance Test 
First name: Family name:   E-mail:

 

This test will tell us what your level of English is.  Spend 20 minutes on the Grammar and Vocabulary Test and 15 minutes on the Writing.  Press the finished button at the bottom of the test to send us your answers.  We will check them and e-mail you your results. 

Please note that all students must take a different confirmation test when they enrol at the school.  If the results of the 2 tests are different, we will use the results of the enrolment test to decide which class you will start in. 

Grammar and Vocabulary Test (20 minutes)

 

 

Choose the best answer (a-d).

 

Choose the best answer (a-d).

 Example:  London is in  .

                (a) France  (b) Russia (c) England (d) Spain

  

 1              London the capital city of the U.K.

               (a) is being  (b) is  (c) are  (d) be

  

2              is a supermarket near my house.

                (a) There  (b) It  (c) This  (d) That

  

3              The Prime Minister in Downing Street.

                (a) live  (b) lives  (c) are live  (d) living

  

4              Bob 70 years old.

                (a) have  (b) has  (c) be  (d) is

               

5              I felt very  when I lost my keys.

                (a) angry  (b) annoy  (c) dirty  (d) clever

  

6              “Where’s Jane?”

                “She's not in.  She  at the moment.”

               (a) is working  (b) works  (c) worked  (d) was working

  

7              On my birthday I got lots of .

                (a) boxes  (b) regalia  (c) presents  (d) donations

  

8              “What are you doing at the weekend?”

                 “I my friend for lunch.”

               (a) meet  (b) am meet  (c) am meeting  (d) meeting

  

9              The student the answer, but did not say anything.

                    (a) knowed  (b) was knowing  (c) knew  (d) known

               

10            She doesn't like her English class. Her teacher's really  !

                (a) bored  (b) interested  (c) boring  (d) interesting 

  

11            I for 2 years at Rose of York It was great fun!

                (a) learnt  (b) improved  (c) practised  (d) studied

  

12            Betty woke up early and a shower.

               (a) had  (b) was having  (c) has  (d) is having

  

13            I to Australia in 1990.

               (a) have been  (b) went  (c) was going  (d) was

  

14           My dad is from Italy, although I to Italy.

               (a) had never been  (b) has never been  (c) have never been   (d) not went

  

15            I felt quite after walking to the top of the mountain.

                (a) soft  (b) weak  (c) poor  (d) broken

  

16            You're covered in paint.  What have you ?

               (a) done  (b) been doing  (c) did  (d) do

  

17            “It’s Jack’s birthday tomorrow.”  “Is it? I didn’t know.  I send  him a birthday card.”

               (a) am going to  (b) am sending  (c) will have  (d) 'll

  

18            I got 20% off these shoes in the January .

                (a) sales  (b) auctions  (c) discounts  (d) reductions

  

19            By the end of this year my neighbours married for 25 years.

               (a) will be being (b) will be  (c) will have  (d) will have been

  

20            She had trouble sleeping so the doctor   some sleeping pills for her.

                (a) wrote  (b) suggested  (c) offered  (d) prescribed

  

21            My living room redecorated at the moment.

               (a) is  (b) is being  (c) was  (d) will be

  

22            I got the cinema 10 minutes late.  My friends were very angry.

                (a) in  (b) at  (c) on  (d) to

  

23            As soon as I closed my door, I realised that I my keys inside.

               (a) left  (b) had left  (c) was leaving  (d) have left

  

24            If I had studied harder at school, I all my exams.

                (a) would failed  (b) would fail  (c) wouldn’t have failed  (d) wouldn’t have passed

  

25            I am late for class,   I?

                (a) am not  (b) wasn’t  (c) aren’t  (d) are

  

26            My sister doesn’t live in the centre of London.  She lives on the .

                (a) border  (b) outskirts (c) edge (d) outside

  

27            It was Jill’s birthday I bought her a present.

               (a) so  (b) but  (c) and  (d) because

  

28           I offered her a to the station, but she said she’d prefer to walk.

                (a) lift  (b) drive  (c) journey  (d) taxi

  

29            it was late, I decided to phone Brian.

                (a) Despite  (b) Although  (c) However  (d) Whereas

  

30            He was a lazy worker that he lost his job.

                (a) such  (b) as  (c) too  (d) so

               

31            The 1st of May is a holiday in Great Britain.

                (a) work  (b) general  (c) public  (d) compulsory

  

32            Are you interested modern art?

               (a) on  (b) in  (c) by  (d) at

  

33            He blamed the broken window the children.

               (a) for  (b) on  (c) by  (d) to

  

34            Tony drives a big Mercedes Benz.  He must be .

                (a) loaded  (b) heavy  (c) well up  (d) broke

  

35            They had a really big and two weeks later they broke up.

                (a) scandal  (b) dispute  (c) row  (d) conflict

  

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

                (a) to try  (b) trying  (c) in trying  (d) try

  

37            I couldn’t concentrate.  The music  .

                (a) took me up  (b) put me up (c) took me off  (d) put me off

  

38            Betty was a very pupil when she was at school.

               (a) disobedient  (b) disobey  (c) disobeyed  (d) disobeying

  

39            I am completely with your work.

                (a) unsatisfied  (b) non-satisfied  (c) dissatisfied  (d)  insatisfied

  

40            I haven’t any plans for the holidays yet.  Do you have any suggestions?

                (a) started  (b) made  (c) set  (d) had

  

41            Each year, on the 5th of November the British  traditionally  fireworks.

                (a) set up (b) put up  (c) start off  (d) let off

  

42            The music from the loudspeakers was deafening.

                (a) widely  (b) extensively  (c) literally  (d) relatively

  

43            Don’t tell Mary about the surprise party.  She’s a terrible .

                (a) speaker  (b) gossip  (c) talker  (d) chatter

  

44            If you ask me, it’s a/an waste of time.

                (a) absolutely  (b) very  (c) sheer  (d) really

  

45            do you think you are doing?  Stop that at once!

                (a) Whatever  (b) Whatsoever  (c) Just  (d) How

  

46            Sorry I forgot about your birthday.  It completely .

                (a) sprang to mind  (b) slipped my mind  (c) put my mind at rest  (d) crossed my mind

  

47            You can have something to eat the lesson.

                (a) after  (b) afterwards  (c) end  (d) end of

  

48            There was nothing they could do leave the car at the roadside where it had broken down.

                (a) unless  (b) instead  (c) but  (d) than

  

49            After I lost my job, we found it very difficult to .

                (a) tie up ends  (b) put ends together  (c) make ends meet  (d) meet our ends

  

50            Do you know the main characteristics of your sign?

                (a) zodiac  (b) astrology  (c) horoscope  (d) star 


 

    

 

 

 

 

Writing Test  (15 minutes)

 

Write 3 paragraphs about yourself on the following topics:

1 Your education/work experience

2. Your family/friends

3. Your future plans