Australia ____________ its bicentenary in 1988

Unit 7

example placement test (page 1)

SECTION 1

Please select the correct answer to the following:

1. People ____________ that Italians love to talk a lot. a) tell b) say c) speak d) are telling

2. Samuel Becket ____________ born in Dublin in 1906. a) is b) was c) has been d) during

3. The Republic of Ireland has been independent ____________ over seventy years. a) is b) since c) for d) during

4. Australia ____________ its bicentenary in 1988. a) celebrated b) has celebrated c) had celebrated d) celebrates

5. Many of our students go to the training centre ____ foot. a) on b) to c) by d) at

6. If I ____________ my life to live over, as the song goes, I would do it all over again. a) have b) had c) would have d) have had

7. “Ah yes”, said the old man. “If I'd had time I ____________ the world.” a) would see b) saw c) would have seen d) have seen

8. People should get full and truthful ____________ from the media. a) information b) informations c) informs d) informatics

9. “Is there ____________ there?” said the traveller, knocking on the moonlit door. a) somebody b) anybody c) a body d) someone

10. We should all work __________ to save our planet from destruction. a) hard b) hardly c) hardest d) the hardest