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Placement Test

Elementary to Intermediate
Introduction
This placement test is intended to help teachers decide which level of Solutions (Elementary, Pre-Intermediate or
Intermediate) is the most suitable for their students. It should be given at the beginning of the school year.

The Solutions placement test has been developed after consultation with teachers and is designed to assess
students’ knowledge of the key language as well as their receptive and productive skills. This will enable teachers
to have a greater understanding of what level their students are at.

The test contains:

50 multiple choice questions which assess students’ knowledge of key grammar and vocabulary from elementary to
intermediate levels.

A reading text with 10 graded comprehension questions.

An optional writing task that assesses students’ ability to produce the language. 

The 50 multiple choice questions and the reading task are designed to be done together in a 45-minute lesson. The
writing task can be done in the following lesson and should take approximately 20 minutes.

Interpreting scores
Total Elementary Pre-Intermediate Intermediate

Grammar & 50 0 – 20 21 – 30 31+

Vocabulary

Reading 10 0 – 4 5 – 7 8+

Writing 10 0 – 4 5 – 7 8+

This table acts as a guideline for teachers when choosing which level of  Solutions is suitable for their students.
Reading and writing scores are included separately so that teachers who choose not to include these tasks in the
 placement test can still make an accurate assessment of their students’ abilities.

Where there is a discrepancy in the level attained in the different parts of the test, a student’s score for grammar
and vocabulary should take precedence. Alternatively, a teacher may wish to conduct an additional oral interview
to confirm the result.

Students whose scores fall on the borderlines should be placed according to the level of the rest of the class and
monitored closely at the start of the course.

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15 Tom got the ____ marks in the class for his

Placement test homework.
A worse B worst C baddest D most bad
Grammar and Vocabulary 16 You ____ eat all that cak e! It isn’t good for you. 
Circle the correct answers. A don’t   B may not C should not

1 ____ you interested in sport? D will not

A Be B Am C Is D Are 17 How ____ time have we got to do this exercise?

2 My ____ is a writer and his books are very A long B many C much D quick
popular. 18 Don’t forget to get  ____ the bus at Station Road.
A aunt B uncle C sister D mother A out B off C over D down
3 We live in the city centre and our house ____ 19 Our teacher speaks English to us ____ so that we
have a big garden. can understand her.
A doesn’t   B isn’t   C aren’t   D don’t   A slow B slower C more slow D slowly
4 There ____ a lot of people outside the school. 20 My sister ____ speak French when she was only
What’s the problem?  six years old.
A are B is C be D am
A was B should C could D had
5 Cathy ____ a game on her computer at the
21 I really enjoy ____ new languages and I’d like to
moment.
learn Italian soon.
A plays B is playing C to play D play
A to learn B learning C learn D learned
6 Paul is very ____. He doesn’t go out a lot. 
22 My father has been a pilot ____ twenty years and
A bored B confident C angry D shy
he still loves his job.
7 ____ you like to come out with us tonight? A since B for C until D by
A Do B Would C Are D Will
23 Quick – get the food inside! It ____ any moment.
8 Dad’s ____ work right now. He’s a teacher.  A rains B is raining C is going to rain
A on B at C for D by D can rain

9 Did you ____ shopping after school yesterday? 24 Sam asked me if I ____ a lift home after the
A went B goed C going D go concert.
A had wanted B wanted C would want
10 There wasn’t  ____ milk for breakfast this
D want
morning so I had toast and orange juice.
A a B some C the D any 25 Which train ____ for when I saw you on the
platform on Sunday?
11 I ____ five emails before school today.
A sent B sended C did send D was send A did you wait B were you waiting
C have you waited D are you waiting
12 Turn ____ and you’ll see the museum on the left. 
26 I ____ not be home this evening. Phone me on my
A on the right B rightly C by the right mobile.
D right A can B could C may D should
13 The beach was very crowded ____ Monday. 27 I hope you ____ a good time at the moment in
A in B on C at D to Greece! Phone soon.
14 I ____ the new Batman film yet. Is it any good? A are having B have C have had D had
A haven’t seen  B didn’t see  C don’t see 
D am not seen 28 better
If we ____ in the
views countryside,
than we do now.we’d have much
A lived B were live C would live D live

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29 Do students in your country have to stand ____ 41 I’m sorry to trouble you but I was wondering
when the teacher arrives? what ____ .
A on B at C in D up A time it is B the time was C is the time?
D was the time?
30 You ____ hurry as we’ve still got twenty minutes
before the film starts. 42 I really wish people ____ dump litter in front of
A mustn’t   B can’t   C may not D needn’t   our house. We have to clear it up every day.

31 I ____ you in the café at about 4.30 and we can A won’t   B wouldn’t   C haven’t   D don’t  
discuss our plans then, OK? 43 Last Tuesday the company told Ruth that they’d
A ’ll see  B am going to see C am seeing emailed her the job details the ____ day.
D see A last B before C previous D earlier

32 I wanted to see Harry. How long ago ____ ? 44 The studio lights went out while the footballer
A he left B has he left C did he leave ____ .
D could he leave A had been interviewed B was interviewed
C was being interviewed D was interviewing
33 I wish Joe ____ to Hawaii on holiday. They’re

talking about an eruption there on the news. 45 By the time I hand in this project, I ____ on it for
A doesn’t go  B didn’t go  C hasn’t gone  three weeks!
D hadn’t gone  A ’ll be working  B ’ll have been working 
C have worked D ’ll work  
34 Could I possibly ____ some money for the bus
fare home? I’ve lost my bag.  46 Jonah’s just fallen down the steps outside and
A lend B owe C borrow D need there’s ____ everywhere.
A bone B blood C skin D cut
35 People say that an avalanche ____ by loud noises
in the area but I don’t know if that’s true.  47 You should be very proud ____ what you’ve
A causes B has caused C is causing achieved over the last year.

D is caused A of B on C to D for
36 You’ll have to drive much ____ than this if you 48 ____ people know this but our school is being
want to pass your test. inspected today.
A carefuller B more careful A Little B Any C None D Few
C more carefully D careful 49 Look out for a petrol station because I think
37 I must remember ____ Ed to take notes for me we’re going to run ____ of petrol soon.
while I’m away next week.  A down B out C off D through
A ask B to ask C asking D for asking 50 If I’d gone to the sales yesterday, I ____ one of
those cheap bags before they sold out.
38 Look at the news! Three cars ____ in a bad A could have bought B had bought
accident on the motorway at Dartford.
A are involving B involve C have involved C would buy D bought
D have been involved

39 I ____ for arriving so late but I was caught up in a

Mark: ___/50
traffic jam in the town centre.
A sorry B regret C apologise D afraid

40 It was great to see you at the party. I didn’t

realize how long ____ since we last met.

A it had been B it was been C it was being

D it is been

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Placement test 1 Are the sentences true ( T ) 

 or false (  F ) 
?
1 The article is from a magazine. ___
Reading 2 The writer says that women are better
Read the text. referees than men. ___
3 Pat Dunn is still alive today. ___

4 Pat didn’t get her referee certificate

An unusual job!
Have you seen a football match recently? If you have,
immediately. ___
5 Bibiana Steinhaus played in a football final. ___
I’m sure that you heard lots of comments about the
referee as well as about the players! Referees have a 2 Choose the best answers.
very difficult job. They have to make quick and 1 Referees have a difficult job because… 
important decisions in the middle of a fast-moving A they need to run fast.
game. And, of course, there are thousands of people B the players shout at them.
shouting at them too. The crowd is never happy when C they have to think quickly.
the ref sends off their favourite player. Also, in football
today there still isn’t the same technology as there is in 2 In the sport of tennis… 
other sports, like tennis. The job can get even more A they use more technology.
difficult when you’re a woman who is refereeing a B there are more women players.
men’s match!  C there are bigger crowds.

There is no reason why there should not be the same 3 Who was Pat Dunn?
number of male and female referees in the sport today. A A woman football player.
However, the number of female refs is still very low –  B A nurse at football matches.
particularly at the highest levels of professional C An important member of the Ladies’
football. This is something that one woman, Pat Dunn, Football Association.
who died in 1999, would have been very sad about. 4 When was the first female referee in the UK
Pat was the first woman in the UK to referee a men’s appointed?
football match but she wasn’t allowed to do this for a A 1969
long time. Pat was a strong supporter of women’s B 1976
rights in sport and became President of the Ladies’ C 1999
Football Association in 1969. Then she decided to train
5 Bibiana Steinhaus… 
to be a referee. For a long time the Football Association
A wanted to be a referee when she was a
refused to give her a certificate although she had
teenager.
passed the exams. But Pat continued fighting and she
B recently refereed a men’s football final. 
finally got permission in 1976. The next month she
C plays in the top women’s league. 
became famous when she refereed her first official FA
game. Pat became a very good and successful referee
and even saved a footballer’s life. She helped him when
Mark: ___/10
he was injured during a match!

Today there are some famous female referees, like

Bibiana Steinhaus from Germany who has just Writing
refereed the final of the Women’s Football World Cup. Imagine you went to your capital city on a day trip.
Bibiana decided to become a referee at the age of 16 Write an e-mail to your friend telling him/her about
and later was the first female referee in the German the day. Include information about the journey
men’s professional league. But there are only a few like there, the people you went with, what you did and
her. what you bought.
Football is still mainly a men’s game – both for players Mark: ___/10
and referees. But for how long? Will we see more
women referees in the future? We’d like to know what
YOU think. So, please go online and leave  a comment Total: ___/70
on our website. We’ll print the most interesting ones
in the magazine next week.

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