Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Free placement test: English grammar

 Free placement test: English grammar
Warning: please do NOT use any contracted forms ('s / 've...). Please do NOT use commas, periods, colons...

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1) Complete with AM/IS/ARE (BE: present)
 happy. She  happy.

2) Complete with A / An:

I've just seen  mouse and  elephant.

3) Use the genitive case:
This is the Simpsons  house. Here is Peter  car.

4) Use the correct possessive adjective (my/his/your...):
This car belongs to me. It's  car.
My brother has just bought this motorbike. It's  motorbike.

5) Write the plural form:
church ->  study -> 

6) Complete with THERE IS or THERE ARE
At home,  a big computer and  two huge armchairs.

7) Use the correct relative pronoun (WHO or WHICH):
Do you know the girl  is sitting there?
Our dog,  is over there, is very strong.

8) Use the present simple:
She  (catch). He  (try).

9) Build an adverb with these letters:
STEEOISMM=  TOENF = 

10) What time is it? (example du format accepté: it's three past six):
10.20 = It's .
07.50 = It's .

11) Write down these numbers:
253 = 
2,300 = 

12) Write down these ordinal numbers:
9th = THE  | 12th = THE 

13) Write down these dates:
In 1993 = IN  | In the 80s = IN 

14) Write down these fractions:
1/2 =  | 3/4 = 

15) Use the present continuous:
she  (write) | they  (stop)

16) Use the present simple OR the present continuous:
Listen! Peter  (play) music!
On Sundays, he  (play) football.

17) Choose the correct modal: CAN or MUST.
 speak English.
 do my homework.

18) Choose the correct pronoun: me/him/her/them...
Please send  your essay. I will phone you as soon as I receive it.
Where is your brother? I can't see  .

19) Use the past tense (preterite): BE
She  . They  .

20) Use the past tense (preterite): other verbs
 (dance). He  (study).

21) Irregular verbs (example: DO. Write: DID DONE): 
to write 
to sleep 

22) Use comparatives: (+) OR (-):
Tom is  (+ big) than Sandra.
Tom is  (- intelligent) than Peter.

23) Use the pluperfect (past perfect).
 (to take) an umbrella.
She  (sleep) a lot.

24) Use the preterite continuous: BE + ING:
 (to sleep) when the phone rang.
They  (to listen) to music when they heard a big noise.

25) Complete with SOME or ANY.
I want  fruit. Is there  left?
26) Use superlatives:
I'm  (intelligent) man in the town.
Sandra is  (rich) woman.

27) What is the passive voice?:
Shakespeare wrote Hamlet. > .
That man is stealing my car! > !

28) Use the present perfect (do not use contracted forms):
We  (to finish)
She  (to eat)

29) Ask a question about the underlined words:
I have been living in Paris for 5 years. ->  ?
Peter went to London 5 days ago. ->  ?

30) Countable or Uncountable? Write C if the word is a countable noun. Write U if the word is an Uncountable noun:
table -> 
water -> 

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