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ENGLISH PLACEMENT TEST
NAME:
Look at these examples. The correct answers are underlined.
a) In warm climates people like / likes / are liking sitting outside in the sun.
b) If it is very hot, they sit at / in / under the shade.
Now the test will begin. Underline the correct answer.
(For each correct answer 1 point)
1) Water is to boil / is boiling / boils at a temperature of 100°C. 1
2) In some countries there is / is / it is very hot all the time. 2
3) In cold countries people wear thick clothes for keeping / to keep / for to keep warm. 3
4) In England people are always talking about a weather / the weather / weather. 4
5) In some places it rains / there rains / it raining almost every day. 5
6) In deserts there isn´t the / some / any grass. 6
7) Places near the Equator have a warm / the warm / warm weather even in the cold season. 7
8) In England coldest / the coldest / colder time of year is usually from December to February. 8
9) The most / Most of / Most people don´t know what it´s like in other countries. 9
10) Very less / little / few people can travel abroad. 10
11) Mohammed Ali has won / won / is winning his first world title fight in 1960. 11
12) After he had won / have won / was winning an Olympic gold medal he became a professional boxer. 12
13) His religious beliefs have made him / made him to / made him change his name when he became
champion. 13
14) If he has / would have / had lost his first fight with Sonny Liston, no one would have been surprised. 14
15) He has travelled a lot both / and / or as a boxer and as a world-famous personality. 15
16) He is very well known all in / all over / in all the world. 16
17) Many people is believing / are believing / believe he was the greatest boxer of all time. 17
18) To be the best from / in / of the world is not easy. 18
19) Like any top sportsman Ali had to / must / should train very hard. 19
20) Even tough he has now lost his title, people would / will / did always remember him as a champion. 20
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