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English Placement Test

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Choose the best answer for each question. The test includes grammar, vocabulary, reading and listening. If you do not know an answer, you can skip it and continue. The writing must contain at least 60 words to receive points. Your writing is checked instantly by AI after submission.

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Section

Grammar

01 0.5 pikë

We haven't got ___ eggs.

A some B a C the D any

02 1 pikë

He ___ got a bicycle.

A have B is C do D has

03 1 pikë

My birthday is ___ May.

A at B by C on D in

04 1 pikë

You ___ seen Tom yesterday — he's been abroad for a month.

A can't have B may not C shouldn't have D mustn't have

05 1 pikë

Look! It ___ raining.

A am B be C are D is

06 0.5 pikë

My sister enjoys ___ in the sea in summer.

A swim B swimming C swam D to swim

07 1 pikë

She can ___ very fast.

A runs B running C run D ran

08 0.5 pikë

You look really tired. You ___ go to bed early tonight.

A are B should C would D did

09 0.5 pikë

She ___ coffee every morning.

A drink B drinking C drank D drinks

10 1 pikë

___ you ever been to London?

A Do B Have C Did D Are

Section

Vocabulary

11 1 pikë

The file was far too big to email, so I ___ it first.

A browsed B scrolled C installed D compressed

12 1 pikë

The TV signal was terrible until we replaced the ___ on the roof.

A charger B aerial C battery D remote control

13 1 pikë

We write with a ___.

A chair B pen C window D ball

14 1 pikë

The ___ is very hot in summer.

A snow B moon C ice D sun

15 1 pikë

There are seven ___ in a week.

A years B months C hours D days

16 0.5 pikë

The teacher wrote the answers on the ___.

A floor B door C ceiling D board

17 0.5 pikë

The opposite of 'big' is ___.

A tall B small C fast D old

18 1 pikë

The doctor gave me a ___ for antibiotics and told me to rest.

A subscription B prescription C recipe D receipt

19 1 pikë

She works as a ___ in the city hospital.

A farmer B nurse C pilot D waiter

20 1 pikë

We drink ___ for breakfast.

A bread B butter C milk D meat

Section

Reading

21 1 pikë

Read the text and answer the question.

RIVERSIDE SWIMMING POOL — SUMMER OPENING!

Our outdoor pool opens on 1 June! Swim every day from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Adults pay 200 denars, children under 12 pay 100 denars, and children under 5 swim free. On Mondays, all tickets are half price! Our café sells sandwiches, ice cream and cold drinks. Please note: children under 8 must come with an adult. For swimming lessons, call 070-555-321.

Question: How much do children under five pay?

A 100 denars. B 200 denars. C Nothing. D Half price.

22 1 pikë

Read the text and answer the question.

Last spring, Marta finally did something she had been thinking about for years: she left her office job in the capital and moved to a small town in the mountains. Her friends thought she was making a mistake. "You'll be bored within a month," they warned her. At first, they seemed to be right. The town had one supermarket, no cinema, and the bus to the nearest city ran only twice a day. Marta missed her colleagues and the noise of the city more than she expected.

However, things slowly changed. She started teaching online in the mornings, which gave her a steady income, and in the afternoons she helped at a local farm in exchange for fresh vegetables. She joined a hiking group, where she met people of all ages who shared her love of the outdoors. After six months, when a former colleague offered her a well-paid position back in the capital, she surprised herself by refusing it without hesitation. "I sleep better, I spend less, and for the first time in years I know all my neighbours' names," she wrote on her blog. "Why would I give that up?"

Question: What do we learn about Marta's income after the move?

A She was paid for her work on the farm. B She received financial support from her friends. C She earned money by teaching over the internet. D She lived off her savings from her office job.

23 1 pikë

Read the text and answer the question.

RESTAURANT REVIEW: 'The Copper Pot', by our food critic

It is rare for a restaurant to annoy and delight me in a single evening, but The Copper Pot managed both. Let me deal with the annoyances first. Although we had booked a week in advance, our table was not ready, and we spent forty minutes at the bar being ignored by staff who were clearly overstretched. The menu, chalked on a board too far away to read comfortably, changes daily — an admirable idea, poorly executed, since our waiter had to recite it three times and still forgot the fish.

And yet, when the food finally arrived, almost all was forgiven. The roasted cauliflower starter, served with burnt butter and hazelnuts, was the best thing I have eaten this year. The lamb was cooked with real confidence, pink and resting in its own juices, and the plum tart tasted of actual plums rather than sugar — rarer than you might think. Prices are fair for cooking of this standard: expect to pay around forty euros a head without wine.

Would I return? Yes — but on a quiet Tuesday, not a busy Saturday, and I would ask them to write the menu down. The kitchen deserves a front-of-house team that matches its talent.

Question: What problem does the reviewer identify with the menu?

A It is displayed in a way that makes it hard for diners to read. B It contains too many dishes for the kitchen to manage. C It lists prices that turn out to be inaccurate. D It changes so rarely that regulars become bored.

24 1 pikë

Read the text and answer the question.

RESTAURANT REVIEW: 'The Copper Pot', by our food critic

It is rare for a restaurant to annoy and delight me in a single evening, but The Copper Pot managed both. Let me deal with the annoyances first. Although we had booked a week in advance, our table was not ready, and we spent forty minutes at the bar being ignored by staff who were clearly overstretched. The menu, chalked on a board too far away to read comfortably, changes daily — an admirable idea, poorly executed, since our waiter had to recite it three times and still forgot the fish.

And yet, when the food finally arrived, almost all was forgiven. The roasted cauliflower starter, served with burnt butter and hazelnuts, was the best thing I have eaten this year. The lamb was cooked with real confidence, pink and resting in its own juices, and the plum tart tasted of actual plums rather than sugar — rarer than you might think. Prices are fair for cooking of this standard: expect to pay around forty euros a head without wine.

Would I return? Yes — but on a quiet Tuesday, not a busy Saturday, and I would ask them to write the menu down. The kitchen deserves a front-of-house team that matches its talent.

Question: What is the reviewer's overall judgement of The Copper Pot?

A Excellent cooking let down by weak service and organisation. B A stylish restaurant whose food fails to match its prices. C An overrated place that relies on its daily-changing menu. D A poor experience redeemed only by reasonable prices.

25 1 pikë

Read the text and answer the question.

Dear Ana,

I'm at the gym until seven, so please start dinner. The soup is already in the fridge — just warm it up on the cooker, but don't make it too hot! Then wash the tomatoes and cut some bread. Grandma is coming at half past seven, so please put four plates on the table, not three. Oh, and take the ice cream out of the freezer at seven — it's too hard to eat when it's frozen. Thanks! You're the best.

Mum

Question: Why does Ana need four plates?

A One plate is for the ice cream. B Mum is bringing a friend. C Grandma is coming to dinner. D The family always uses four.

26 0.5 pikë

Read the text and answer the question.

Nikola has a small dog called Rex. Rex is two years old. Every morning, Nikola gives him food and water. In the evening, they go for a walk by the river. Rex loves to run and play with a red ball.

Question: What does Nikola do every morning?

A he gives Rex food and water B he plays with a ball C he walks by the river D he washes Rex

27 1 pikë

Read the text and answer the question.

My father read one newspaper a day, from front to back, and considered himself informed. I read fragments of perhaps forty articles a day and am fairly sure he was better informed than I am. This is the paradox nobody prepared us for: news has never been more available, and understanding has rarely been thinner.

The problem is not, as is often claimed, that online news is false — most of what I skim is accurate enough. The problem is the skimming itself. A headline arrives between two messages; I absorb its claim without its context, its conclusion without its evidence. By evening I hold a dozen confident opinions I could not defend for thirty seconds, assembled from sentences I half-read while standing in queues. My father, with his single unfashionable newspaper, met each story once, in full, with its background attached. The information travelled more slowly, but it arrived intact.

I have tried the obvious remedies. I deleted two apps and subscribed to a weekly journal, promising myself depth instead of speed. The journal arrives each Friday and sits on my table like a reproach; by the time I open it, I have already consumed the week's events in fragments and feel, wrongly, that I know them. Breaking the habit of constant shallow updating, it turns out, is not a matter of arranging better reading material. It is a matter of tolerating the feeling of not knowing — and that, I begin to suspect, is a skill my father's generation never had to learn.

Question: Why does the weekly journal sit unread 'like a reproach'?

A He already feels informed by the fragments he has consumed all week. B He resents having paid for a subscription he cannot afford. C Its articles are too difficult for him to understand. D It arrives too late to be relevant to the week's events.

28 1 pikë

Read the text and answer the question.

HAVE YOU SEEN BOBI?

Our small white dog Bobi ran away from our garden on Tuesday afternoon. He is three years old and very friendly. He has short white hair, brown ears and a red collar with his name on it. He loves children and is not dangerous. We last saw him near the park on Partizanska Street. If you find him, please call Igor on 071-234-567. There is a reward of 1,000 denars. Our children miss him very much!

Question: How can people recognise Bobi?

A He is white with brown ears and a red collar. B He is brown with a white collar. C He has long white hair and no collar. D He is a big dangerous dog.

29 1 pikë

Read the text and answer the question.

For thirty-one years, Tomas Andersson kept the light burning on Svartholm, a bare rock two hours by boat from the Swedish coast. He was, by the end, the country's last resident lighthouse keeper, and when automation finally made his job unnecessary in 1994, he did something nobody expected: he asked to stay. The authorities, puzzled but sympathetic, let him remain as an unpaid caretaker, and he lived on the island alone until his death in 2011.

His journals, published last year, have become an unlikely bestseller. They record a life ruled by weather and routine — cleaning the lens, measuring the wind, salting fish for winter — but what has captured readers is Andersson's refusal to describe his life as lonely. "People confuse being alone with being abandoned," he wrote in 1998. "I have the sea's company, which is never twice the same, and I know every stone of this island the way other men know their children's faces."

His editor, Karin Lindqvist, believes the journals appeal to readers precisely because their world has disappeared. "We check our phones two hundred times a day and call it staying connected," she says. "Tomas watched one horizon for thirty years and missed nothing. Readers sense he possessed something we have lost, even if they cannot name it."

Question: Why does Karin Lindqvist think the journals sell so well?

A The journals teach practical skills that have become fashionable. B Readers recognise in them a quality of attention modern life lacks. C Readers are nostalgic for traditional Swedish coastal cooking. D The mystery of Andersson's death has attracted publicity.

30 1 pikë

Read the text and answer the question.

The image is seductive: gleaming towers in the middle of the city, growing lettuce and strawberries on twenty floors, using no soil and a fraction of the water demanded by conventional farming. Vertical farms, their supporters claim, could feed the world's growing cities while returning farmland to nature. Investors have poured billions into the industry over the past decade. So why have several of its biggest names gone bankrupt?

The answer, unglamorously, is electricity. Plants outdoors receive sunlight free of charge; plants indoors must be lit, and lighting twenty floors of crops consumes enormous amounts of power. When energy prices surged in 2022, the economics of many vertical farms collapsed overnight. It is telling that the crops the industry grows profitably — herbs, salad leaves, berries — are those that are light, perishable and expensive. Nobody grows wheat in a tower, because a loaf of vertical-farm bread would cost roughly twenty times the ordinary price.

This does not mean the technology is worthless. In countries that import most of their vegetables, or in regions where drought makes ordinary farming precarious, the ability to grow food reliably indoors may justify the cost. But as a solution to global hunger, the vertical farm remains what it has always been: an answer to a question, though not to the question its promoters like to cite.

Question: What is the writer's overall view of vertical farming?

A The most promising solution to feeding growing cities. B Useful in particular circumstances, but not the answer to world hunger. C A sound idea defeated permanently by the events of 2022. D A worthless technology kept alive by dishonest promoters.

Section

Listening

31 1 pikë

Listen to the recording and answer the question. How long will the riverside area be closed?

Listen carefully

A From mid-morning until mid-afternoon. B From early morning until the middle of the afternoon. C For the whole of Sunday and Monday morning. D From six in the morning until six in the evening.

32 0.5 pikë

Listen to the recording and answer the question. What does the man want to buy?

Listen carefully

A A black jacket. B Brown trousers. C Shoes. D A seat.

33 1 pikë

Listen to the recording and answer the question. How does she go to work?

Listen carefully

A on foot B by car C by bus D by bike

34 1 pikë

Listen to the recording and answer the question. Where must the man turn left?

Listen carefully

A After five minutes. B At the bus station. C At the supermarket. D At the bank.

35 1 pikë

Listen to the recording and answer the question. Where does she work?

Listen carefully

A in a café B in a school C in a shop D at home

36 0.5 pikë

Listen to the recording and answer the question. What time will the train leave now?

Listen carefully

A At ten o'clock. B At a quarter past ten. C At a quarter to ten. D At half past ten.

37 1 pikë

Listen to the recording and answer the question. Where will they meet?

Listen carefully

A at the café B at Anna's house C at the cinema D at school

38 0.5 pikë

Listen to the recording and answer the question. How much does the woman pay?

Listen carefully

A Four euros fifteen. B Five euros forty. C Four euros fifty. D Fourteen euros.

39 1 pikë

Listen to the recording and answer the question. What does the forecaster advise listeners to do?

Listen carefully

A Stay indoors on Saturday afternoon. B Check the forecast again on Sunday morning. C Postpone outdoor plans until Sunday. D Carry an umbrella if they go out on Saturday.

40 1 pikë

Listen to the recording and answer the question. How long did the building work last?

Listen carefully

A Two years. B A year and a half. C Nine months. D Eight months.

Final step! 🏁

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Writing task

Write about 100 to 150 words about a teacher, friend, or family member who has helped you. Explain what this person did and why it was helpful.

Your writing is checked instantly by AI after submission.

Write a clear, connected text in English. Use complete sentences and pay attention to grammar, vocabulary, spelling, punctuation, and organization.

Copy, cut and paste are disabled. Please write the text yourself.

Maximum value: 5 points Recommended up to 180 words

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English Placement Test

How it works

Great job!

About you

Grammar

We haven't got ___ eggs.

He ___ got a bicycle.

My birthday is ___ May.

You ___ seen Tom yesterday — he's been abroad for a month.

Look! It ___ raining.

My sister enjoys ___ in the sea in summer.

She can ___ very fast.

You look really tired. You ___ go to bed early tonight.

She ___ coffee every morning.

___ you ever been to London?

Vocabulary

The file was far too big to email, so I ___ it first.

The TV signal was terrible until we replaced the ___ on the roof.

We write with a ___.

The ___ is very hot in summer.

There are seven ___ in a week.

The teacher wrote the answers on the ___.

The opposite of 'big' is ___.

The doctor gave me a ___ for antibiotics and told me to rest.

She works as a ___ in the city hospital.

We drink ___ for breakfast.

Reading

Read the text and answer the question. Nikola has a small dog called Rex. Rex is two years old. Every morning, Nikola gives him food and water. In the evening, they go for a walk by the river. Rex loves to run and play with a red ball. Question: What does Nikola do every morning?

Listening

Listen to the recording and answer the question. How long will the riverside area be closed?

Listen to the recording and answer the question. What does the man want to buy?

Listen to the recording and answer the question. How does she go to work?

Listen to the recording and answer the question. Where must the man turn left?

Listen to the recording and answer the question. Where does she work?

Listen to the recording and answer the question. What time will the train leave now?

Listen to the recording and answer the question. Where will they meet?

Listen to the recording and answer the question. How much does the woman pay?

Listen to the recording and answer the question. What does the forecaster advise listeners to do?

Listen to the recording and answer the question. How long did the building work last?

Final step! 🏁

Writing task

Read the text and answer the question.

Nikola has a small dog called Rex. Rex is two years old. Every morning, Nikola gives him food and water. In the evening, they go for a walk by the river. Rex loves to run and play with a red ball.

Question: What does Nikola do every morning?