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 SMK PERMAS JAYA

Complete the dialogues below by choosing the correct option (A–D). An example (0) has been done for you.

0 Emily: What do you do at the weekends, Yara? 8 Alex: I’d like to make a cake. eggs have we got?
Yara: My sister and I A going to the cinema. Andrea: Three, I think. Let me check.
A like  A  How big 
B  like to  B  How much 
C want  C  How many 
D  want to D  How long

1 Manager: Where’s Mr Davidson? 9 Ifrah: Which bus goes to the hospital?

Assistant: Oh, he’s London today. Antonia: the 236. It stops outside.
A in  A Get 
B on  B Got 
C to  C Gets 
D at D Getting

2 Amirah: Do you like cats? 10 Father: Are we ready to go?

Chris: No, but there lots of other animals I like. Daughter: No, Mum can’t find hat.
A is  A  its  
B be  B  his  
C are  C her  
D was D their

3 Andrew: Where Alicia come from? 11 Shop Assistant: Can I help you?
Martin: I think she’s from the United States. Customer: Yes, I’d like to buy trousers.
A is  A a 
B do  B an 
C are  C this 
D does D these

4 Teacher: Tell me something about your parents, Lucas. 12 Mother: Where’s that fish I bought? It was on the table.
Student: My mother and father both very tall. Daughter: Oh no! The cat it.
A is  A eat 
B isn’t  B eats 
C are  C  is eating 
D aren’t D  are eating

5 Ayla: That’s a nice table, Sophie! Is it new? 13 Amanda: I like your new sofa.
Sophie: Oh no, it’s my old dining table. Fahima: T hanks. It’s comfortable than the other one we had.
A mother  A too 
B mothers  B very 
C mother’s  C much 
D mothers’ D more

6 Emma: What do you do after school? 14 Alicia: I’m going to the supermarket. Do you want anything?
Chloe: I see my friends. Do you visit people, too? Peter: Could you get milk, please?
Emma: No, I go out. A a 
A often  B any 
B never  C some 
C always  D every
D sometimes
15 Karina: When do you want to play football?
7  Katie: Is Charlotte at school today? Aniqa: I to play tomorrow, because I don’t need to go
Laura: No, she . She’s not well today. to work.
A isn’t  A like 
B aren’t  B likes 
C doesn’t  C liked 
D hasn’t D  ‘d like
  

16 Manisha: What did you do at the weekend? 24 Sophie: How long married?
Nicola: I tennis with my friend on Saturday. Ying Yue: Two years. I met my husband when I was working
A play  in New York.
B played  A  had you got 
C plays  B  did you get 
D playing C  have you been 
D  are you being
17 Wife: Have we got any cheese in the fridge?
Husband: No, we haven’t. I’m buy some this afternoon. 25 David: Have you that new film yet?
A go  Susanna: No, I haven’t. We could go on Thursday if you like?
B  go to  A see 
C going  B saw 
D  going to C seen 
D seeing
18 Laura: Where you last Tuesday? I tried to phone you.
Beatriz: Oh, I was visiting my grandmother. I didn’t have my 26 Shop Assistant: Excuse me, please. Could I get past?
phone with me. Customer: Oh, I’m sorry. I’m getting in the way, I?
A were  A don’t 
B was  B aren’t 
C are  C can’t 
D is D haven’t

19 Miriam: Are you coming to my party on Tuesday? 27 Wife: Advertising is a big business for musicians.
Brian: I’m really sorry, but I to take my daughter to Husband: Yes, musicians a lot of money for writing short
the airport. pieces of music.
A has  A pay 
B had  B paid 
C have  C are paid 
D having D  are paying

20 Saif: Why do you like running? 28 Son: Mum, I’d really like a guitar. Can I have one?
Isabella: Because it’s way to keep fit. Mother: OK, but if we buy one you have to practise
A best  playing it.
B better  A will 
C  the best  B can 
D  the better C could 
D must
21 Anna: Have you lived here a long time?
Stefan: Yes, over 40 years. I know of people in this town. 29 Juliana: Do you like Brazilian coffee?
A any  Miriodere: No I don’t, because it’s strong.
B lots  A too
C more  B such
D most C much
D enough
22 Josef: Why didn’t you come to the cinema last week?
Chloe: I wanted to but I couldn’t. I studying for that test 30 Matthew: Would you like anything from the shop?
we had on Monday. Alicia: Yes, I’d like one of celebrity magazines, please.
A was  A  most recent
B were  B  more recent
C am  C the most recent
D been D  the more recent

23 Anna: That bird’s on the garden table again. I think it’s hungry.
Juliana: Yes, look! It eat the bread we put there.
A is 
B will 
C  goes to 
D  is going to

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31 Daughter: Mum, my computer is broken again. I really need 38 Victor: I’d love to go back in history to see how people lived
a new one. hundreds of years ago.
Mother: I buy one if we had the money, but it’s not Simon: Me too! If I choose, I’d probably travel to
possible right now. ancient Rome.
A will A can
B may B will
C should C could
D would D would

32 Mother:  you packed your suitcase yet? We’re leaving 39 Stephen: The concert was fantastic yesterday. You
early tomorrow morning. have come.
Son: I’ll do it later. It won’t take long. Yuuto: I know. I wanted to, but I had to work late.
A Did A must
B Have B could
C Will C ought
D Are D should

33 Lucas: Do you play the piano, Natasha? 40 Katie: Would you like to go sightseeing or to the beach this
Natasha: Well, I play when I was younger, but I’m not afternoon?
sure I remember now. Matthew: I don’t mind, I’ll let you decide.
A can Katie: OK, let’s go sightseeing, we?
B can’t A should
C could B shall
D couldn’t C might
D would
34 Martina: What did the doctor say about your stomach pains?
Padma: He asked me what I for the last two days. 41 Amanda: It said on the news that the president also owns all
A eat the national newspapers.
B  had eaten Andrew: That be right! I don’t think that’s true.
C was eating A must
D  would eat B can’t
C won’t
35 Daughter: Everyone has arrived apart from Pamela. D would
Mother: Don’t worry, she phoned me this morning and said
she be a bit late. 42 Assistant: That meeting was really difficult. What would you
A can have done if you in my position?
B must Manager: Oh, I think you managed it very well.
C should A are
D would B were
C  had been
36 Vincent: Did you see the weather forecast? It’s going to be D  would be
extremely hot this weekend.
Pauline: I know, I can’t believe it! It since Monday. 43 Natalia: My new smartphone doesn’t seem to work.
A rains Katie: Oh dear! Perhaps you should take it and ask for
B  has been raining a refund.
C  is raining A up
D  was raining B out
C away
37 Ameena: What colour are you going to paint the living D back
room?
Charlotte: I probably choose something bright, 44 Chris: I wish I could be with our cousins …
like yellow. Alison: Me too! By this time tomorrow they on a Greek
A will beach while we’re revising for our history test.
B may A sunbathe
C can B  will sunbathe
D might C will be sunbathing
D  will have sunbathed
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45 Son: Are you OK, Mum? You don’t seem very relaxed. 52 Rachel: This would be a lovely place to sit on a dry day.
Mother: I just wish I an aisle seat so that I could get up Natasha: Yes, I know. I just wish the rain .
and walk around more easily. A  would stop  
A  had chosen B  has stopped  
B  have chosen C will have stopped  
C  would choose D  would be stopping
D  should choose
53 Student: What’s today’s lesson going to be about?
46 Nicola: I love this picture, but won’t it cost a fortune? Teacher: Today we’re going to learn about a tribe
Victor: No, it’s just a copy. The original, is a portrait of the descendants live in Lima, the capital of Peru.
artist’s friend, sold for €4 million! A who
A whose B which
B which C whose
C whom D whom
D that
54 Andrea: Did your town have a good market?
47 Laura: I can’t believe how talented this artist was. Katie: Yes. When I was young we there every Saturday
Emily: I know, it’s amazing. he was almost 90 when he looking for bargains.
did them, his paintings are beautiful. A  had gone
A Since B  would go
B Besides C  were going
C Although D  had been going
D Therefore
55 Daughter: Joanna has been really supportive. I’m so lucky to
48 Andrea: I want to buy some new shoes for the winter. have her as a friend.
Shan: Well, I looking for a new pair of boots for weeks, Mother: Yes. Just think – if you hadn’t sat next to her in class
but I can’t find anything I like. at school, you so close now.
A am A  won’t be
B was B  wouldn’t be
C had been C  wouldn’t have been
D  have been D aren’t

49 Client: I don’t have much money – just enough to . 56 David: Did you see the headline this evening?
Accountant: Well, let me suggest a way of helping you Nicola: Yes – the Prime Minister was to resign today.
save more. A charged
A  get by B argued
B  pay off C  struggled
C do with D forced
D  make up
57 Student: I’m concerned about the chemical test results I’ve
50 Pablo: In April next year I here for ten years exactly. just had from the river.
Alison: Wow! It really doesn’t seem that long. Professor: I t be a good idea to check the acid levels as
A  will live well then.
B  will be living A must
C am going to live B should
D  will have been living C  might
D ought
51 Student: Is it true that it took Bell and Watson ages to invent
the telephone? 58 Aamir: They’ve just announced that our train has
Teacher: Yes. When they finally succeeded, they on it for been delayed.
about 30 years. Laura: That’s annoying. We have rushed to get here
A  must work after all.
B  had been working A needn’t
C have worked B could
D  would be working C  should
D mustn’t
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59 Liam: So, your Dad’s got a laptop! 66 Pauline: I hear you got soaked on the golf course
Cian: Yes, I bought it for him last year – until then he this morning.
a typewriter! Chris: Yes. I wish I listened to the weather forecast.
A used A had
B  has used B have
C  has been using C  would have
D  had been using D  should have

60 Isabella: The flight is fully booked, so I won’t be able to go to 67 Laura: How was the meeting?
Barbados next week. Ricardo: It finished late because Victor didn’t arrive until
Safia: If you the ticket sooner, you’d have found a seat. 5 pm. He told me he been given the
A  had booked wrong directions.
B  were booking A has
C  booked B had
D  would have booked C  should have
D  would have
61 Receptionist: You taken a taxi to the hotel since you
arrived so late. 68 Andrew: I picked up some of that cat food you wanted.
Customer: It was OK, actually. There was a direct bus service Pedro: Oh good. Once to these new cat biscuits, they
from the airport. won’t want to go back to the other stuff.
A  will have A  we’ve switched
B  should have B  we’ll be switching
C  might have C  we’ll have switched
D  would have D  we’ve been switched

62 Sophie: Have they finished interviewing for the manager’s 69 Antonia: Has your son done well in his exams?
position yet? Phillip: Yes. Only once he wasn’t sufficiently prepared,
Rafi: No, but they all the candidates by next Friday. but he can take that one again.
A  won’t see A  he found
B  would see B  he has found
C  haven’t seen C  did he find
D  will have seen D  could he find

63 Athlete: hard I try, I can’t run any faster. 70 Son: I had a bit of a stomach ache this morning.
Coach: You’ve improved a lot. I wouldn’t worry about it. Mother: Oh dear! Well, I did say you eaten that chicken
A Though last night.
B Whereas A  wouldn’t have
C  However B  couldn’t have
D Considering C  mustn’t have
D  shouldn’t have
64 Laura: That’s a really beautiful painting. The colours are
so vivid.
Jeremy: Yes, it’s amazing to think it was lost for years and .
A  must be restored
B  had to be restored
C  has been restoring
D  would be restoring

65 Charlotte: I saw the photos from the film festival. Was that
you with the actor from The Hobbit?
Niall: Yes, it was! did I imagine I would ever actually
meet him.
A Not
B Much
C  Hardly
D Little
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Teacher instructions and answer key

Administering the Placement Test
Allow a maximum of 30 minutes for the Test.
The questions in the Placement Test become progressively difficult. Students should only attempt as many questions
as they feel they are able to within the time allowed.

Placing students
Placement of candidates according to the scores on the Test is based on the assumption that students have attempted
to answer all 70 questions.

Item Corresponding course level

1–6 Language Hub Beginner
7–20 Language Hub Elementary
21–34 Language Hub Pre-Intermediate
35–48 Language Hub Intermediate
49–62 Language Hub Upper Intermediate
63–70 Language Hub Advanced

Placement is at the teacher’s discretion. For example, a score of 18/70 would mean a candidate would probably
be ready for Pre-Intermediate, while a score of 27/70 would place a candidate in the second half of
Pre-Intermediate. A score above 60 would place students at Advanced.

Answer key

1 A 11 D 21 B 31 D 41 B 51 B 61 B

2 C 12 C 22 A 32 B 42 C 52 A 62 D

3 D 13 D 23 D 33 C 43 D 53 C 63 C

4 C 14 C 24 C 34 B 44 C 54 B 64 B

5 C 15 D 25 C 35 D 45 A 55 B 65 D

6 B 16 B 26 B 36 B 46 B 56 D 66 A

7 A 17 D 27 C 37 A 47 C 57 C 67 B

8 C 18 A 28 A 38 C 48 D 58 A 68 A

9 A 19 C 29 A 39 D 49 A 59 D 69 C

10 C 20 C 30 C 40 B 50 D 60 A 70 D