Straightforward Quick Placement & Diagnostic test

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The Straightforward Quick Placement & Diagnostic test has been designed to help you decide which of the five levels of the Straightforward series is the most appropriate for you.

The Straightforward test has 50 questions, each worth one point. The first 40 are grammar questions and the final 10 are vocabulary questions. To decide your level, use the conversion chart below. Please note that these bandings are a guide.

Total score Level
0 - 15 Beginner
16 - 24 Elementary
25 - 32 Pre-intermediate
33 - 39 Intermediate
40 - 45 Upper Intermediate
46 - 50 Advanced

BEGINNER
-You can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and basic phrases aimed at the satisfaction of needs of a concrete type
-You can introduce yourself and others
-You can ask and answer questions about personal details such as where you live, what you do, people you know and things you have
ELEMENTARY
-You can understand sentences and frequently used expressions related to areas including basic personal and family information, shopping, local geography and employment
INTERMEDIATE
-You can understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc.
-You can deal with most situations likely to arise whilst travelling in an area where the language is spoken
-You can produce simple connected text on topics which are familiar or of personal interest
UPPER INTERMEDIATE
-You can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in your field of specialisation.
-You can interact with a degree of fluency and spontaneity that makes regular interaction with native speakers quite possible, without strain for either party.
ADVANCED
-You can understand a wide range of demanding, longer texts, and recognise implicit meaning
-You can express yourself fluently and spontaneously without much obvious searching for expressions

Имя *

1 point

1. I ________________ from France.

1 point

a) is

b) are

c) am

d) be

Clear selection

2. This is my friend. _____________ name is Peter.

1 point

a) Her

b) Our

c) Yours

d) His

Clear selection

3. Mike is ______________.

1 point

a) my sister’s friend

b) friend my sister

c) friend from my sister

d) my sister friend’s

Clear selection

4. My brother is ______________ artist.

1 point

a) the

b) an

c) a

d) -

Clear selection

5. _______________ 20 desks in the classroom.

1 point

a) This is

b) There is

c) They are

d) There are

Clear selection

6. Paul ________________ romantic films.

1 point

a) likes not

b) don’t like

c) doesn’t like

d) isn’t likes

Clear selection

7. Sorry, I can’t talk. I _____________ right now.

1 point

a) driving

b) ‘m driving

c) drives

d) drive

Clear selection

8. She _________________ at school last week.

1 point

a) didn't be

b) weren’t

c) wasn’t

d) isn’t

Clear selection

9. I _________________ the film last night.

1 point

a) like

b) likes

c) liking

d) liked

Clear selection

10. __________________ a piece of cake? No, thank you.

1 point

a) Do you like

b) Would you like

c) Want you

d) Are you like

Clear selection

11. The living room is ___________________ than the bedroom.

1 point

a) more big

b) more bigger

c) biggest

d) bigger

Clear selection

12. The car is very old. We’re going ____________________ a new car soon.

1 point

a) to buy

b) buying

c) to will buy

d) buy

Clear selection

13. Jane is a vegetarian. She ____________________ meat.

1 point

a) sometimes eats

b) never eats

c) often eats

d) usually eats

Clear selection

14. There aren’t ________________ buses late in the evening.

1 point

a) some

b) any

c) no

d) a

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15. The car park is _________________ to the restaurant.

1 point

a) next

b) opposite

c) behind

d) in front

Clear selection

16. Sue ________________ shopping every day.

1 point

a) is going

b) go

c) going

d) goes

Clear selection

17. They _________________ in the park when it started to rain heavily.

1 point

a) walked

b) were walking

c) were walk

d) are walking

Clear selection

18. ________________ seen fireworks before?

1 point

a) Did you ever

b) Are you ever

c) Have you ever

d) Do you ever

Clear selection

19. We’ve been friends ____________________ many years.

1 point

a) since

b) from

c) during

d) for

Clear selection

20. You _________________ pay for the tickets. They’re free.

1 point

a) have to

b) don’t have

c) don’t need to

d) doesn’t have to

Clear selection

21. Jeff was ill last week and he _________________ go out.

1 point

a) needn't

b) can’t

c) mustn’t

d) couldn’t

Clear selection

22. These are the photos ________________ I took on holiday.

1 point

a) which

b) who

c) what

d) where

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23. We’ll stay at home if it _______________ this afternoon.

1 point

a) raining

b) rains

c) will rain

d) rain

Clear selection

24. He doesn’t smoke now, but he __________________ a lot when he was young.

1 point

a) has smoked

b) smokes

c) used to smoke

d) was smoked

Clear selection

25. Mark plays football ___________________ anyone else I know.

1 point

a) more good than

b) as better as

c) best than

d) better than

Clear selection

26. I promise I __________________ you as soon as I’ve finished this cleaning.

1 point

a) will help

b) am helping

c) going to help

d) have helped

Clear selection

27. This town ___________________ by lots of tourists during the summer.

1 point

a) visits

b) visited

c) is visiting

d) is visited

Clear selection

28. He said that his friends ____________ to speak to him after they lost the football match.

1 point

a) not want

b) weren’t

c) didn’t want

d) aren’t wanting

Clear selection

29. How about _________________ to the cinema tonight?

1 point

a) going

b) go

c) to go

d) for going

Clear selection

30. Excuse me, can you ___________________ me the way to the station, please?

1 point

a) give

b) take

c) tell

d) say

Clear selection

31. I wasn’t interested in the performance very much. ________________.

1 point

a) I didn’t, too.

b) Neither was I.

c) Nor I did.

d) So I wasn’t.

Clear selection

32. Take a warm coat, _______________ you might get very cold outside.

1 point

a) otherwise

b) in case

c) so that

d) in order to

Clear selection

33. __________________ this great book and I can’t wait to see how it ends.

1 point

a) I don’t read

b) I’ve read

c) I’ve been reading

d) I read

Clear selection

34. What I like more than anything else ___________________ at weekends.

1 point

a) playing golf

b) to play golf

c) is playing golf

d) is play golf

Clear selection

35. She ________________ for her cat for two days when she finally found it in the garage.

1 point

a) looked

b) had been looked

c) had been looking

d) were looking

Clear selection

36. We won’t catch the plane _________________ we leave home now! Please hurry up!

1 point

a) if

b) providing that

c) except

d) unless

Clear selection

37. If I hadn’t replied to your email, I___________________ here with you now.

1 point

a) can’t be

b) wouldn’t be

c) won’t be

d) haven’t been

Clear selection

38. Do you think you ___________________ with my mobile phone soon? I need to make a call.

1 point

a) finish

b) are finishing

c) will have finished

d) are finished

Clear selection

39. I don’t remember mentioning __________________ dinner together tonight.

1 point

a) go for

b) you going to

c) to go for

d) going for

Clear selection

40. Was it Captain Cook ______________ New Zealand?

1 point

a) who discovered

b) discovered

c) that discover

d) who was discovering

Clear selection

41. You may not like the cold weather here, but you’ll have to ________________, I’m afraid.

1 point

a) tell it off

b) sort itself out

c) put up with it

d) put it off

Clear selection

42. It’s cold so you should __________________ on a warm jacket.

1 point

a) put

b) wear

c) dress

d) take

Clear selection

43. Paul will look ______________ our dogs while we’re on holiday.

1 point

a) at

b) for

c) into

d) after

Clear selection

44. She ___________________ a lot of her free time reading.

1 point

a) does

b) spends

c) has

d) makes

Clear selection

45. Hello, this is Simon. Could I ___________________ to Jane, please?

1 point

a) say

b) tell

c) call

d) speak

Clear selection

46. They’re coming to our house ___________________ Saturday.

1 point

a) in

b) at

c) on

d) with

Clear selection

47. I think it’s very easy to ___________ debt these days.

1 point

a) go into

b) become

c) go down to

d) get into

Clear selection

48. Come on! Quick! Let’s get _____________!

1 point

a) highlight

b) cracking

c) massive

d) with immediate effect

Clear selection

49. I phoned her ____________ I heard the news.

1 point

a) minute

b) during

c) by the time

d) the moment

Clear selection

50. I feel very ____________. I’m going to go to bed!

1 point

a) nap

b) asleep

c) sleepy

d) sleeper

Clear selection

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