1: Tony is looking at _____

she
her
he
here

2: "Whose flowers are they?" "They're ______."

to Mary
Maries
of Mary
Mary's

3: Which sentence is correct?

That girl is some of my friends.
This girl is one of my friends.
That girl is me friend.
This girl's are friends.

4: Which sentence is correct?

Go there to they.
Go there to them.
Go here to we.
Go here to us.

5: "Do you like that shop?" "Yes, I ____________ every week."

come there
come here
go there
go here

6: My brother was ________ all week.

at the home
in the home
at home
in home

7: Jack is writing ____________.

with pen
by a pen
on paper
out of a pen

8: When we got to school, we ___________ the bell.

heard
listened
were hearing
were listening

9: This is ______ that.

the same as
different that
the same that
the different from

10: Which sentence is correct?

What shoes are they made?
What shoes are made of?
What are shoes made of?
What are made of shoes?

11: I'm going to give ________

to him a record
him a record
a record him
some record to him

12: His daughter is ___________

as old as yours
as old as your one
so old as yours
so old as your one

13: He had previously had a car but it __________ several times during the spring.

was breaking down
was breaking up
had broken down
had broken up

14: Her children tell her that __________ old to drive a car.

she's getting so
she gets too
she's getting too
she gets so

15: __________ at the moment, I'll go to the shops.

As it doesn't rain
For it doesn't rain
As it isn't raining
For it isn't raining

16: Your bicycle shouldn't be in the house! ____________

Get out it!
Put it off!
Take it out!
Take away it!

17: Molly doesn't eat fish. ___________

John doesn't that either.
So doesn't John.
Neither does John.
John doesn't too.

18: She hardly ever eats _________ potatoes.

neither bread nor
bread or
or bread or
neither bread or

19: Your letter _________

has arrived two days ago
arrived two days ago
arrived since two days
has arrived since two days

20: I'll ring you as soon as I _________ there.

get
shall get
will have got
will get

21: He didn't thank me for the present. That's ________ annoyed me.

what
the which
the thing what
that which

22: She looks _______

pleasantly
that she's pleasant
pleasant
to be pleasant

23: Send him to the baker's _________ the bread.

for buying
to buy
in order he buys
for to buy

24: If you _________ help you, you only have to ask me.

want me to
want that I
want I should
are wanting me to

25: He wants to get a better ________ and earn more money.

employ
work
job
employment

26: I wish I _____ suggest something more suitable, but this is all we have.

should
can
could
would

27: I __________ since breakfast and I'm very tired.

travel
am travelling
was travelling
have been travelling

28: I don't think we've met before. You're confusing me with ________.

one other
someone else
other person
some other

29: He _________ in his homework.

did a lot of faults
made a lot of mistakes
did a lot of mistakes
made a lot of faults

30: He was a good runner so he ________ escape from the police.

was able to
succeeded to
could to
might

31: That's the course of studies _____________.

I'm interested in
what I'm interested on
I'm interested on
what I'm interested in

32: He came to the party, ______ he hadn't been invited.

in case
even
in spite of
although

33: He stayed under water for two minutes and then swam to the _______

sea
level
surface
ground

34: We were in the station for at least half an hour, waiting ________ start.

for the train
the train to
the train's
for the train to

35: Everyone in the factory has to be __________ by 8 o'clock.

at work
in job
in work
at job

36: I _________ you before now but I've been too busy.

must have rung
should have rung
had to ring
ought to ring

37: Dinner will be ready _____ but we have time for a drink before then.

currently
lately
suddenly
presently

38: 100 competitors had _________ the race.

taken part
entered for
put themselves for
put their names for

39: I never expected you to turn ______ at the meeting. I thought you were abroad.

in
around
up
on

40: She was wearing _____________ beautiful clothes that I envied her.

a so
so
such
such a

41: I crossed the room and ______ a light shone through the window.

while doing like that
as I did like that
as I did so
at doing so

42: I'll ask the waiter for the bill when you __________ your coffee.

will have finished
will finish
have finished
shall finish

43: He ________ out of the window for a moment and then went on working.

regarded
glanced
viewed
glimpsed

44: Our main concern is to raise the voters' _______of living.

condition
standard
capacity
degree

45: He reminds me ____ someone I knew in the army.

of
to
from
with

46: I daren't ______ to upset her.

do anything
to do something
do nothing
to do a thing

47: I _________ you that the goods will be delivered next week.

confirm
undergo
assure
insist

48: We can never relax in this office. The problems are continually _________.

coming out
coming up
raising
presenting

49: Hot metal _____ as it grows cooler.

contracts
compresses
reduces
condenses

50: I'm sorry to _________ you while you're working but I must ask you a question.

molest
bother
interfere
intrude

This test © W. S. Fowler and Norman Coe 1978, 1987. Addison Wesley Longman Limited. From Quickcheck Placement Tests.