Full placement test

Name

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Class

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Gold First Full Placement Test
ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS
1 Choose the option A, B, C or D that best completes the sentence.
Example:

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He's English. He __C__ London.

A comes

B lives

‘What _____?’

‘I'm a web designer.’

A are you doing

B do you

D about

B almost

C lately

D fairly

B am used

C got used

D am used to

B eating

C for eating

D eat

B having

C is having

D will have

B away

C over

D up

B don't

C won't

D aren't

B we are speaking C speaking

D we speak

Are you worried _____ your exam?
A with

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C by

After _____ to him, we decided to stay.
A speak

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B in

We _____ afford to go on holiday this year. We've spent all our money on the new house.
A can't

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D will seeing

He took _____ playing the drums last year and now he's in a band.
A out

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C have seen

‘Where's Julie?’ ‘She's _____ breakfast in the hotel. Shall we go and find her?’
A has

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B see

I couldn’t stop _____ those chocolates because they were so delicious.
A to eat

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D had

I _____ working late hours in the restaurant.
A used to

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C would

They _____ have any time to relax these days. They're just so busy.
A hardly

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B should

I'm really interested _____ this new course.
A of

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D do you do

I've got an appointment with the dentist. I_____ him on Monday at 10am.
A am seeing

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C job you do

D from

When we were children we _____ often have friends to stay the night.
A used

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C comes from

B for

C by

D about

They have quite a good standard of _____ in that country.
A life

B income

C being

D living

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That's one of _____ stupid things I've ever heard.
A most

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C meeting him

D him to meet

B for

C by

D since

B was

C has

D does

B completely

C entirely

D extremely

B finger

C foot

D leg

B the

C '-'

D some

B went

C put

D rang

B nobody

C anyone

D nothing

B drove

C drive

D were driving

B used

C waste

D consumed

B had worked here C had been working D has been working

When I lived in Australia, I never got used _____ the Australian accent.
A to hear

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B him meeting

He _____ here since January 2008. He likes the job very much.
A was working

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D forward

They _____ ages researching the subject on the internet.
A spent

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C out

They _____along a quiet road when the accident happened.
A are driving

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B up

There wasn’t _____ in the room when I arrived.
A someone

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D much

The fire alarm _____ off while we were having a meeting.
A took

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C far

That was _____only time I felt uncomfortable in my job.
A an

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B lot

I think you put your _____ in it when you said she looked terrible.
A hand

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D am not reading

We worked _____ hard to finish the assignment on time.
A absolutely

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C don't read

She _____ just spent a lot of money on a new car.
A is

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B wasn't reading

We've been waiting here _____ at least half an hour.
A yet

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D like

Don't you remember ____ at the special dinner we had last month?
A to meet him

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C similar

They came _____ some good ideas for the party.
A up with

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B same

This exercise is a _____ more difficult than the first one.
A lots

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D as much

I _____ that book yet. Is it good?
A haven’t read

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C the most

Don't you think he looks just _____ his father?
A as

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B more

B hearing

C hear

D to hearing

He's the man _____ wife is a famous opera singer.
A who's

B which

C whose

D that

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There isn’t _____ information about him in the database.
A some

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D needn't

B that

C whose

D where

B quick

C soon

D near

B will

C can

D would

B mustn't

C oughtn't

D needn't

B told

C said

D talked

B much

C too

D enough

B are buying

C buying

D to buy

B Unless

C However

D Although

B don’t say

C wouldn’t have said

D won't have said

Don’t _____ my time. I'm very busy at the moment.
A miss

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C mightn't

We _____ anything if you had warned us.
A would say

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B can't

_____ his work is usually very good, this time he's made several mistakes.
A Despite

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D would

We suggest you _____the tickets today.

A buy

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C need

The coat she bought was _____small for her so she had to take it back to the shop.
A not enough

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B ought

He _____them to wait for a few minutes.
A spoke

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D have

You _____to work late if you don’t want you. It's your choice.
A don’t have

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C get

I expect they _____ be late. They usually are.
A are going

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B look

Please call me as _____as you arrive home.
A immediate

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D every

Have you visited the beach_____ you can swim with dolphins?
A which

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C wherever

That _____ be Samantha. She left the country yesterday.
A mustn't

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B all

You _____ eat breakfast before you go to school. It's good for you.
A should

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D any

Did you _____ my text? I sent it to you this morning.
A take

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C no

Our products are sold _____ over the world.
A throughout

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B an

B lose

C waste

D have

_____ the heavy rain, the race was postponed.
A Owing

B Due to

C Because

D As a result

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The man _____ a crime and was caught by the police.
A committed

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C did

D got

The books _____ to the school this morning.
A delivered

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B made

B were delivering C were delivered D had been delivering

They'd _____ eat in an Italian restaurant, I think.
A prefer

B rather

C wish

D like
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2 Complete the sentences using the correct form of the word in capitals.
Example:

He was very angry with his sister. ANGER

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My sister is not a very __________ person. She keeps changing her mind. DECIDE

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We are __________ several new designs this season. PRODUCT

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I was __________ of the man hiding in the doorway. SUSPECT

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We __________ completed the project on time. Everyone was happy. SUCCEED

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It's __________ that he'll be at the meeting. He hasn’t been invited. LIKE

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Sometimes you have to be __________ and do things which scare you. COURAGE

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We have no idea where he went. It's a complete __________. MYSTERIOUS

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My parents have always __________ me to do the best I can. COURAGE

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He's a __________ person who considers other people's feelings. THOUGHT

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The economy is bad at the moment so there is a lot of __________. EMPLOY

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Don’t be so __________. I'm nearly ready. We won’t be late. PATIENCE

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I like his __________. He's always happy and funny. PERSONAL

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The __________ of the car is its best feature. RELY

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Do you know the __________ between these two words? DIFFER

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It was __________ that they were concerned about the move. UNDERSTAND

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I think your plans are __________. You'll never be able to achieve them. REAL

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I like a job with lots of __________. I hate doing the same work every day. VARY

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I found the film rather __________ if I'm honest. BORE

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We need to __________ the table legs, otherwise it will collapse. STRENGTH

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His sudden appearance was quite __________. We all thought he had left. EXPECT

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There's nothing more we can do. The situation is __________. HOPE

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I went on a very __________ course last week. USE

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We need __________ that this is really the man who took the money. EVIDENT

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The actor's __________ at the restaurant caused everyone to turn round. ARRIVE

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We’re looking for fit, healthy, __________ people to join the team. ADVENTURE
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3 Complete the gaps with ONE word.
Helen is _____a_____ young woman 1__________ lives and works 2__________ London. She 3__________
a very good job and has been working for her present company 4__________ nearly four years. But
5__________ a lot of people don’t know about her, is that 6__________ the weekends she participates in a
rather unusual hobby. 7__________ she appears to be a city girl, her passion is studying dolphins. As a
8__________, every weekend she travels around the country to work 9__________ a volunteer with marine
research groups. She hasn’t had the chance to swim with these beautiful creatures 10__________, but she
hopes to one day soon. Last weekend she set off for Dorset to count the dolphins over a 48-hour period. As

she 11__________ driving through the New Forest, the weather changed completely and a dreadful
thunderstorm 12__________ her pull over and stop. Suddenly lightning struck a tree just in front of the car
and the tree burst into flames. Panicking, she tried to start the car in 13__________ to move away from the
flames 14__________ were reaching out towards her, but the engine wouldn’t start. Then she tried to open
the door, but it seemed to 15__________ locked itself. She screamed as the flames moved nearer and she
knew 16__________ was no escape. She closed her eyes and imagined herself swimming in a cold sea with
the dolphins. 17__________ of the creatures swam right up to her and told her 18__________ to worry. It said
that she'd be alright 19__________ she just relaxed with the dolphins and enjoyed swimming around with
20__________. The next thing she was aware 21__________ was the sound of gunfire all around her,
battering and shaking the car. She realised it was raining heavily with hailstones the size of golf balls hitting
the car. This was her gunfire! The tree was 22__________ longer burning and, as the rain slowly stopped,
peace descended 23__________ more and the car started again. Perhaps the dolphin in her dream had
24__________ sent to save her. She felt 25__________ if she was going mad. Had any of it really happened?
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TOTAL
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