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Richmond Placement Test NAME: MID JOSUE CALDERON BRUQUE Read this information before you start. There are two types of question in the test. Here is an example of each question type.

Question type 1

Read the sentence then choose the correct answer, A, B or C. Lucy is sitting A in

B on the chair.

Question type 2

Choose the correct answer from the words in brackets. I like

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in the sun. (sit / sitting)

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C at

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I’m

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Patrick

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I

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C reading

B What

C Where

milk in my tea, please? B much

C some

a new computer game yesterday. (play / played) a great book at the moment. (read / reading) to the cinema last night. (went / go) the last cake. I was really hungry. (eaten / ate)

Martin is from France. He’s B French A German

. C Spanish it every day.

Sharon loves television. She A sees B looks Dan likes listening A on

C watches the radio.

B to

C for

some coffee from the supermarket yesterday.

I A

buy

B bought

C buying

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We

Rachel at a party last week. (meet / met)

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He

the last train home. (caught / catch)

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She

reading her book yesterday. (fnishing / fnished)

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Jon

his hands before he cooked the meal. (washed / washing)

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Jorge is A go

to the cinema this afternoon. B goes

Liza waited for an hour B at A in

C going the bus stop. C on

eat pizza, but I don’t eat it every week.

I A

never

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B always

C sometimes

you like an ice cream? A

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B reads

Can I have A any They

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a newspaper every day?

Who

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C are

did you go on Friday? A

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B be

Do you A read

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four books on the table.

There A is

Can

B Will

C Would

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The bridge goes A

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for the tram. B ticket

bill

When Monica

at the offce, she began to work. B arrived C arrives it for you. B I’d carry

I carry

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watchingI wa s

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Gone My brother’s

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Eat I don’t like

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Have seenI

C I’ll carry

football yesterday. (watching / watched) to the chemist’s this afternoon. (gone / going) fsh so I’ll have chicken. (eat / eating) this play before. (have seen / have saw)

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Anas A

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C receipt

That bag is too heavy! A

. C stomach ache

B headache

toothache

A arriving

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C under

You need to buy a A

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B across

behind

I have to go to the dentist’s. I’ve got a A

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the river.

favourite sport is swimming. B Ana’s

C Anas’ ?

How much does this coat sell A B cost

C price

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My manager doesn’t think I’m very serious. He saw me reading a comic A B an article C a notice

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Paul wants to act when he leaves university. He’s going to work in the theatre A B museum C cinema

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My mother’s cousin A

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yesterday.

.

is my aunt. B sister

C daughter

goes through our town centre. The sea A

B lake

C river

The taxi couldn’t come because there was too much snow A B wind C cloud

.

a mouse. (heavier than / heavy than) Heavier than An elephant is

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Tall as Jake is

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More difficult thanDave thinks chemistry is

More dangerous 40 more Mia says that rock climbing is

Antonio. (tall as / taller than) geography. (as diffcult / more diffcult than) than hiking. (more dangerous / dangerous)

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Your computer won’t work if you don’t B carry A plug

We

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Natalia was

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Juan

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Marta and Rebecca

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for her shoes this morning. (had looked / looking) in Madrid since he was a teenager. (was living / has been living) for their exams for two months now. (studied / have been studying) . C embarrassing

both a cup of tea. B them

C their

free newspapers in the street yesterday.

They were A hand out

B handed out

Don’t A go off

C handing out

without saying goodbye! B go up

C go on of things in town. I’ll only be 20 minutes.

I’ve just got to get a A bunch

B couple

Could you A smooth

B fatten

C number

this shirt for me, please? C iron

them not to forget their homework.

He tell

B told

C telling

I sit here, please? B Might

C May

come to the show tomorrow, but I’m not sure.

He A

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C come on

since 2008. (have been married / were married)

A Should

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!

a book when the phone rang. (had read / was reading)

He bought A they

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C employ

She found the surprise party very B embarrassed A embarrass

A

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100 extra workers.

I can’t wait for the band’s new album to B come out A come along

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C loan

The factory is going to B employs A employing

My mum

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C switch if you want to save money.

You should open a bank B charge A account

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it on!

would

B might

C can for school.

I need to buy a new hockey B stick A bat Serious weather A reports

C racket are making driving diffcult.

B forecasts

C conditions

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a new house. (would buy / will be buying) Would buyIf I had a lot of money, I at this company since 2010. (worked / has been working)

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Has been workingEmily

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Said He accountant

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An

is at the top of your arm. B soundtrack

shoulder

Your A

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is the music that’s played during a flm. B engineer C architect

screenplay

The A

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that he couldn’t go to the offce on Friday. (said / say) designs buildings such as apartments and offces.

A

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B elbow

does he

C hand

you? C doesn’t he

B isn’t he

You’re not invited to the party, A were after

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C scene

?

He likes apples, A

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us about the concert, we’d have gone. (was to tell / had told)

Has toldIf someone

it was raining. C is

B are

The tennis match was cancelled A

B although

Whether

C because

there’s a storm, the rain always pours into my garage. with her friends in the park. B Whenever C Wherever

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Valentina likes to A

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what

the nearest post offce is, please? B hang on C hang out

Can you tell me A

their dinner. C where

B when eat

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When I got home, the children had already A

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fnish

B eaten

C eating

When he got to the theatre, the show had nearly A

B fnished

where we started! C fnishing

up

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After driving for three hours, we ended A

B on

with each other. C in

got up

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Susie and Michael never really A

B got on

. C got in

too big

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I can’t wear these gloves. They’re not A

B really big

than cooking vegetables. C big enough

hard

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I think cooking rice is no . He works in a laboratory in London. B more hard C harder

A an engineer

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My uncle is A

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B an inventor

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C a scientist

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I’ve stopped going to my dance classes. I wasn’t getting A

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A A

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B anywhere

C somewhere

We could go to the park this afternoon. The rain A

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nowhere

can

with them.

have stopped by then.

B might

C ought

is a painting of a person. B sculpture composition

C portrait

Robin hadn’t fnished the project so the meeting was A

called in

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Had taken If he

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Had bougthIf she

B called off

.

C called back

the earlier train, he wouldn’t be late now. (took / had taken) the trousers in the sale, she would have saved 20%. (bought / had bought)

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for hours. (had been snowing / was snowing)

Was for six months. (travelled / have been travelling) snowingThe streets were closed. It . Travelled storeys By July, I’ll

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of the department for three months. The property isn’t very high. It only has manager two A on B terraces C lobbies

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She was asked to act A could B as

usually go on holiday to the seaside. C for

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we visited yesterday is the oldest in the city. When I was a child, we A what B should C would

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The monument A where

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That’s the venue A which Is that the man A will go What time will Sam A will travel

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He

Miriam wants to A extract

C which

has bought your old car? B that

C who to the concert?

B whom

C who to Greece.

B is going

C be going

election as a politician. B wouldn’t have

C shouldn’t have !

B stand up

C stand for

seenseries Tom at wasn’t there! I love that new detective onthe TV.party. I can’tHewait for the next A can’t have B edition C episode You A can´t

have

B where

This time tomorrowbought we all of that food. He won’t be able to eat it all. couldn’t A B will be travelling C will have been travelling

A stand byhave

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we held the conference last year.

B mightn’t have

C shouldn’t have

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Construction engineers have A

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A

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reconstruction

off

in

on hand

draw up

wouldn’t

.

C settle down so it could erupt at any time. C endangered

B extinct

work needs to be carried out on the house. B reproduction C renovation until next month. C down

B away

for being too noisy.

B out

C off and should be completed next week. C in hand

B at hand

all her skills to complete the task. B draw on C draw off

I’m sorry I upset you. I A

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active

Camilla had to A

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B settle for

Management have said that the plans are A

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C move over

The restaurant owner kicked the group A

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to the next subject. B move out

Let’s put the conference A

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settle in

Some minor A

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move on

B beyond

me. C behind

They say that the volcano is still A

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come to the party on Thursday, but I’ll be working then. B will C could

After living in Peru for fve years, Joshua has decided to come home to A

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above

OK, let’s A

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had

C cleared away

Why they want to move out of the city is A

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cleared out

the dishes from the table. B cleared off

I wish I A

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B come over

come up

Chris

with a new way of building the tunnel. C come under

B couldn’t

have shouted at you. C shouldn’t

Could have If she had a car, she

you a lift. (could have given / will be giving) the train. (would have caught / could catch)

s

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Would have caught If I hadn’t stopped to buy that magazine, I

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Had taken He would have the job if he to now the possibility of losing the race.

the interview more seriously. (takes / had taken) so tired. (if I hadn’t been / if I were)

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closed the book If I han´d been I would have cooked dinner tonight

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Sara Tell you why A

B closed her mind

C closed ranks .

the big time – let’s go to the beach this afternoon.

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B Tell you what

C Tell you where

After being an actor for ten years, Drew fnally made A

B the big noise

C the big picture

END OF TEST

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