Placement test

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Complete the dialogues below by choosing the correct option (A–D).

1. Manager: Where’s Mr Davidson?
Assistant: Oh, he’s ___ London today.
2. Amirah: Do you like cats?
Chris: No, but there __ lots of other animals I like.
3. Andrew: Where ___ Alicia come from?
Martin: I think she’s from the United States.
4. Teacher: Tell me something about your parents, Lucas.
Student: My mother and father both ___ very tall.
5. Ayla: That’s a nice table, Sophie! Is it new?
Sophie: Oh no, it’s my ___ old dining table.
6. Emma: What do you do after school?
Chloe: I see my friends. Do you visit people, too?
Emma: No, I ___ go out.
7. Katie: Is Charlotte at school today?
Laura: No, she ___. She’s not well today.
8. Alex: I’d like to make a cake. ___ eggs have we got?
Andrea: Three, I think. Let me check.
9. Ifrah: Which bus goes to the hospital?
Antonia: ___ the 236. It stops outside.
10. Father: Are we ready to go?
Daughter: No, Mum can’t find ___ hat.
11. Shop Assistant: Can I help you?
Customer: Yes, I’d like to buy ___ trousers.
12. Mother: Where’s that fish I bought? It was on the table.
Daughter: Oh no! The cat ___ it.
13. Amanda: I like your new sofa.
Fahima: Thanks. It’s ___ comfortable than the other one we had.
14. Alicia: I’m going to the supermarket. Do you want anything?
Peter: Could you get ___ milk, please?
15. Karina: When do you want to play football?
Aniqa: I ___ to play tomorrow, because I don’t need to go to work.
16. Manisha: What did you do at the weekend?
Nicola: I ___ tennis with my friend on Saturday.
17. Wife: Have we got any cheese in the fridge?
Husband: No, we haven’t. I’m ___ buy some this afternoon.
18. Laura: Where ___ you last Tuesday? I tried to phone you.
Beatriz: Oh, I was visiting my grandmother. I didn’t have my phone with me.
19. Miriam: Are you coming to my party on Tuesday?
Brian: I’m really sorry, but I ___ to take my daughter to the airport.
20. Saif: Why do you like running?
Isabella: Because it’s ___ way to keep fit.
21. Anna: Have you lived here a long time?
Stefan: Yes, over 40 years. I know ___ of people in this town.
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 we had on Monday.
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.
24. Sophie: How long ___ married?
Ying Yue: Two years. I met my husband when I was working in New York.
25. David: Have you ___ that new film yet?
Susanna: No, I haven’t. We could go on Thursday if you like?
26. Shop Assistant: Excuse me, please. Could I get past?
Customer: Oh, I’m sorry. I’m getting in the way, ___ I?
27. Wife: Advertising is a big business for musicians.
Husband: Yes, musicians ___ a lot of money for writing short pieces of music.
28. Son: Mum, I’d really like a guitar. Can I have one?
Mother: OK, but if we buy one you ___ have to practise playing it.
29. Juliana: Do you like Brazilian coffee?
Miriodere: No I don’t, because it’s ___ strong
30. Matthew: Would you like anything from the shop?
Alicia: Yes, I’d like one of ___ celebrity magazines, please.
31. Daughter: Mum, my computer is broken again. I really need a new one.
Mother: I ___ buy one if we had the money, but it’s not possible right now.
32. Mother: ___ you packed your suitcase yet? We’re leaving early tomorrow morning.
Son: I’ll do it later. It won’t take long.
33. Lucas: Do you play the piano, Natasha?
Natasha: Well, I ___ play when I was younger, but I’m not sure I remember now.
34. Martina: What did the doctor say about your stomach pains?
Padma: He asked me what I ___ for the last two days.
35. Daughter: Everyone has arrived apart from Pamela.
Mother: Don’t worry, she phoned me this morning and said she ___ be a bit late.
36. Vincent: Did you see the weather forecast? It’s going to be extremely hot this weekend.
Pauline: I know, I can’t believe it! It ___ since Monday.
37. Ameena: What colour are you going to paint the living room?
Charlotte: I ___ probably choose something bright, like yellow.
38. Victor: I’d love to go back in history to see how people lived hundreds of years ago.
Simon: Me too! If I ___ choose, I’d probably travel to ancient Rome.
39. Stephen: The concert was fantastic yesterday. You ___ have come.
Yuuto: I know. I wanted to, but I had to work late.
40. Katie: Would you like to go sightseeing or to the beach this afternoon?
Matthew: I don’t mind, I’ll let you decide.
Katie: OK, let’s go sightseeing, ___ we?
41. Amanda: It said on the news that the president also owns all the national newspapers.
Andrew: That ___ be right! I don’t think that’s true.
42. Assistant: That meeting was really difficult. What would you have done if you ___ in my position?
Manager: Oh, I think you managed it very well.
43. Natalia: My new smartphone doesn’t seem to work.
Katie: Oh dear! Perhaps you should take it ___ and ask for a refund.
44. Chris: I wish I could be with our cousins …
Alison: Me too! By this time tomorrow they ___ on a Greek beach while we’re revising for our history test.
45. Son: Are you OK, Mum? You don’t seem very relaxed.
Mother: I just wish I ___ an aisle seat so that I could get up and walk around more easily.
46. Nicola: I love this picture, but won’t it cost a fortune?
Victor: No, it’s just a copy. The original, ___ is a portrait of the artist’s friend, sold for €4 million!
47. Laura: I can’t believe how talented this artist was.
Emily: I know, it’s amazing. ___ he was almost 90 when he did them, his paintings are beautiful.
48. Andrea: I want to buy some new shoes for the winter.
Shan: Well, I ___ looking for a new pair of boots for weeks, but I can’t find anything I like.
49. Client: I don’t have much money – just enough to ___.
Accountant: Well, let me suggest a way of helping you save more.
50. Pablo: In April next year I ___ here for ten years exactly.
Alison: Wow! It really doesn’t seem that long.
51. Student: Is it true that it took Bell and Watson ages to invent the telephone?
Teacher: Yes. When they finally succeeded, they ___ on it for about 30 years.
52. Rachel: This would be a lovely place to sit on a dry day.
Natasha: Yes, I know. I just wish the rain ___.
53. Student: What’s today’s lesson going to be about?
Teacher: Today we’re going to learn about a tribe ___ descendants live in Lima, the capital of Peru.
54. Andrea: Did your town have a good market?
Katie: Yes. When I was young we ___ there every Saturday looking for bargains.
55. Daughter: Joanna has been really supportive. I’m so lucky to have her as a friend.
Mother: Yes. Just think – if you hadn’t sat next to her in class at school, you ___ so close now.
56. David: Did you see the headline this evening?
Nicola: Yes – the Prime Minister was ___ to resign today.
57. Student: I’m concerned about the chemical test results I’ve just had from the river.
Professor: It ___ be a good idea to check the acid levels as well then.
58. Aamir: They’ve just announced that our train has been delayed.
Laura: That’s annoying. We ___ have rushed to get here after all.
59. Liam: So, your Dad’s got a laptop!
Cian: Yes, I bought it for him last year – until then he ___ a typewriter!
60. Isabella: The flight is fully booked, so I won’t be able to go to Barbados next week.
Safia: If you ___ the ticket sooner, you’d have found a seat.
61. Receptionist: You ___ taken a taxi to the hotel since you arrived so late.
Customer: It was OK, actually. There was a direct bus service from the airport.
62. Sophie: Have they finished interviewing for the manager’s position yet?
Rafi: No, but they ___ all the candidates by next Friday.
63. Athlete: ___ hard I try, I can’t run any faster.
Coach: You’ve improved a lot. I wouldn’t worry about it.
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 ___.
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.
66. Pauline: I hear you got soaked on the golf course this morning.
Chris: Yes. I wish I ___ listened to the weather forecast.
67. Laura: How was the meeting?
Ricardo: It finished late because Victor didn’t arrive until 5 pm. He told me he ___ been given the wrong directions.
68. Andrew: I picked up some of that cat food you wanted.
Pedro: Oh good. Once ___ to these new cat biscuits, they won’t want to go back to the other stuff.
69. Antonia: Has your son done well in his exams?
Phillip: Yes. Only once ___ he wasn’t sufficiently prepared, but he can take that one again.
70. Son: I had a bit of a stomach ache this morning.
Mother: Oh dear! Well, I did say you ___ eaten that chicken last night.