English language competency assessment

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Cadi Ayyad University English Language and Communication
EST Essaouira 2014 /15 Pr. Ahmed JADIR
Placement Test
I- Choose the letter of the one best answer for each question.
1. Students at school _____ books for their courses. A. given B. give C. are given D. gives
2. Those boys look like _____ fathers. A. his B. them C. their D. they
3. At that time, houses _____ consisted of two or three rooms. A. were B. usually C. are D. did
4. That teacher _____ at the university since 1990. A. teaches B. taught C. has taught D. is taught
5. One of the _____ is from Canada.
A. English teachers B. teachers English C. English teacher D. teacher English
6. How many times _____ the biology class meet each week? A. are B. is C. does D. do
7. He didn’t usually _____ any tea when he was in America. A. drank B. drunk C. drink D. drinks
8. The homework can be _____ in 90 minutes. A. do B. done C. does D. did
9. Only people and bicycles can cross the bridge because it is _____ for cars.
A. wide enough B. too wide C. narrow enough D. too narrow
10. Of course the mother _____ son died was very sad. A. her B. the C. whose D. who
11. There is another important difference between a man and a woman _____ a larger percentage of a
man’s body is made up of muscles. A. is that B. which is C. that D. in that
II- Choose the letter of the one best answer for each blank.
1. Foods such as bread and rice _____ energy for the body.
A. control B. lose C. prevent D. provide
2 . Most people need about eight hours of sleep every day. A few people, _____, need only four hours of
sleep.
A. therefore B. hence C. on the other hand D. because
3 . The doctor said that the woman would get well soon because her illness was not _____.
A. heavy B. serious C. difficult D. hard

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4 . Before Mohammed repaired the engine, he _____ it carefully.
recognized B. examined C. saw D. sighted
5 . For good health, everyone needs _____ exercise.
A. almost B. inadequate C. excessive D. sufficient
6 . Plants need a lot of sunshine. They will die if they _____ light.
lack B. lose C. discover D. prevent
7 . A plant _____ sunlight and air to make its food.
A. consists of B. depends on C. contains D. includes
8 . Ali failed the English test three times, but he studied hard and _____ he passed.
A. meanwhile B. because C. eventually D. until
9 . As the distance increases, the force decreases. Thus, distance and force are ______ proportional.
A. directly B. conversely C. equally D. inversely
10 . What is the source of the problem?
A. origin B. effect C. circumstance D. result
III- Underline the correct answer.
1) It´s no use to try / trying / in trying to learn a language just by studying a dictionary.
2) Many students would rather not / would rather prefer not / would rather not to take tests.
3) Charles Walker is a teacher at a school in Norwich. He has joined / joined / joins
4) the staff of the school in 1988 and has been working / worked / works there ever since.
5) Before move / to move / moving to Norwich, he taught in Italy and in Wales, and before that
6) he has been / was / was being a student at Cambridge University.
7) So far he isn´t / wasn´t / hasn´t been in Norwich for as long as he was in Wales,
8) but he likes the city a lot and should / would / could like to stay there for at least
9) another two years, or, how / which / as he puts it, until his two children
10) have / will have / will be grown up a bit. He met his wife, Kate, in 1982
11) while he was to live / was living / had been living abroad for a while, and they got married

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IV- Put in order to make correct sentences.
1- soluble it tea in sugar because hot is disappears
2- more can so oil moving they easily reduces between friction move parts .
3- in later and bones minerals are for use calcium other stored .
4- will cloth paper dry water and absorb
V- Find each of the following in the text bellow.
1- an article
2- an adjective
3- one plural noun
4- a preposition
5- an adverb
6- an uncountable noun
7- an irregular verb
8- an example of a phrase
9- an example of a sentence
10- an example of a collocation
The aim of this book is to help you test your knowledge of English vocabulary. Think about
the questions carefully and then check your answer in the back of the book.