English Test

This test will give us an indication of your current English speaking ability. Make sure you answer all the questions below so we can give you an accurate indication of your English level. The test below comprises of 40 multiple choice questions and 2 short essay questions.


To answer the following multiple choice questions, you need to choose the missing word for each of the following sentences:

Grammar

1.____ your name? Thomas.
a) Howb) Whoc) What'sd) Where

2.This is Lucy and her brother, Dan. ____ my friends.
a) We'reb) I'mc) You'red) They're

3._______________? I'm from Italy.
a) Where are you from?b) Where you are from?c) Where from you are?d) From where you are?

4.I'm from Milan. ____ is in Italy.
a) Theyb) Itc) Hed) She

5.Excuse me, how ____ your last name? R-I-L-E-Y
a) spellb) you spellc) do you spelld) spell you

6.Oh, ____ are my keys!
a) Thisb) Thesec) Thatd) It

7.I'd like ____ omelette, please.
a) ab) -c) and) two

8.And here is your ____.
a) deskb) desksc) a deskd) an desk

9.My name's Pete and this is Sylvia. ____ doctors from France.
a) I'mb) We'rec) She'sd) They're

10.Sorry, _____________ Paul. My name's Eric.
a) It isn'tb) I is notc) I aren'td) I'm not

11.________ at school yesterday.
a) Was youb) Were youc) c. Did youd) Is you

12.Is your family large? ________
a) Yes, it is.b) Yes, they are.c) No, it not.d) No, they isn’t.

13.What ____ he want?
a) doesb) doc) haved) was

14.____ do you have dinner?
a) When timeb) What timec) What kind ofd) What for

15.He ____ to go home.
a) wantb) didc) didn’t wantd) didn’t wanted

16.Where ____ to school?
a) did you gob) went youc) did you wentd) did go

17.Latin ____ compulsory in Irish schools.
a) used to beb) would bec) hasd) has been

18.The boy ____ cake when his mother came into the room.
a) was eatb) eatsc) was eatingd) has eating

19.There ____ milk for my breakfast.
a) isn’t someb) isn’t anyc) anyd) -

20.____ people from Poland went to Scotland in the 20th century.
a) Many ofb) Manyc) Some ofd) -

21.There are __________ French speakers in Montreal.
a) too muchb) a lot ofc) a littled) not much

22.She ____ with her friends on Facebook™ everyday
a) is communicatingb) communicatesc) will communicatingd) -

23.More and more people ____ divorced every year.
a) are wantingb) wantingc) gettingd) are getting

24.Many, but not all, people ____ get married in a church.
a) want tob) are wanting toc) wanting tod) used to want

25.Would you like ____ to the theatre tonight?
a) gob) to goc) goingd) to going

26.I ____ to Peru on holiday next month.
a) am flyingb) flyingc) am go flyingd) will flying

27.Oh! ___ __________. I’ll take an umbrella with me.
a) rainingb) will rainingc) rainsd) it’s raining

28.Do you have any plans for tonight? Yes, we ____ to the cinema.
a) will gob) goingc) god) are going

29.I plan to ____ two weeks by the beach.
a) bringb) spendc) spendingd) making

30.The fast food restaurant was _____ dirty. We didn’t eat there.
a) extremeb) extremelyc) bitd) very much


Vocabulary

31.A lot of ____ came to Ireland in the 1990s.
a) immigrantsb) emigrantsc) invadersd) colonies

32.There was a nice meal and a band at the wedding ____
a) ceremonyb) receptionc) speechd) group

33.I mostly ____ my friends via email.
a) get on well withb) have in commnc) keep in touch withd) see each other

34.Bob has had a very interesting ___ . He has had jobs in many countries and industries.
a) carrierb) jobc) careerd) work

35.She’s very successful. Her ___ has risen a lot in the past few years.
a) moneyb) salaryc) jobd) earnings

36.I am very ___ in old cars.
a) keenb) interestingc) interestedd) fond

37.He ___ his exam because he didn’t study.
a) failedb) passedc) missedd) fell

38.The house will look cleaner when you have finished the ____.
a) homeb) housewifec) houseworkd) homework

39.Stress is not an illness, but it can ___ to many illnesses.
a) getb) celebratec) contributed) affect

40.He ____ off his holiday until after the winter.
a) tookb) putc) calledd) logged


Writing Assessment

You are required to write 100 words for each of the following questions:

1. Write about 100 words to describe your hometown/city. You can describe the scenic spots, the people, the main industry, the animals and the people who live there.

2. Then, in about 100 words, describe what you know about Australia and why you want to study there.



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