IMPORTANT!

Scopul acestui test îl reprezintă plasarea dvs. la nivelul de studiu adecvat. Aşadar, administrarea lui trebuie să se bazeze pe obiectivitate. Fiecare viitor cursant abordează doar acele subiecte pe care le consideră accesibile lui, pe celelalte lăsându-le necompletate. Timp de lucru: 40 min.

A_BEST – Placement Test

NAME:PHONE NUMBER:E-MAIL ADDRESS:DATE:

I. Circle the correct answer (încercuiţi răspunsul corect):

1. How old are you?a. I am 28. b. I have 28.c. I am 28 years.d. I have 28 years old.

2. How are you?a. Yes, I am.b. I’m fine.c. No, you aren’t.d. Yes, I’m.

3. What do you do?a. I’m hungry.b. I’m a woman.c. I’m a marketing manager.d. I’m happy.

4. Yesterday I …….. bus to the office.a. went on b. went by c. go ond. go by

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5. Sue and Laura ………… my new boss.a. don’t likesb. didn’t likedc. don’t liked. likes

6. They were ……..after that long day, so they went straight back home.a. killedb. awfulc. tiredd. interested

7. I worked in the IT field for three years, but it was …….. job I’ve ever had.a. the worseb. the worstc. badd. good

8. What shall I bring you, Sir?, the waiter asks. a. I’ll has fish, please.b. I’ll have some fish, please.c. I ‘ll bring you fish.d. I’ll help myself with some fishes, please.

9. I’ve never ……………. such a mean man!a. meetb. seenc. sawd. see

10. “Incentives”:a. is a general word for advantages designed to make people work harderb. is a word which means all the advantages available to employees such as healthcare, free gym membership etcc. is a word referring to the time off given to an employee who will have/ has a childd. is a word referring to the financial problems employers might have at the end of the year.

11. Our competitors have made some serious strategic ………….. recently.a. faultsb. defectsc. mistakesd. problems

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12. Our clients don’t make ……… big purchases in January.a. muchb. manyc. a lotd. lot

II. Put the verbs in the right form and tense (puneţi verbele la forma verbală corectă):

1. John (not / come) ………………………….………………….…………………………. to Sinaia last Sunday.2. John (come) …………………………………..………………….………….to my birthday party next week. 3. John (just / come) ………………………………………………………………….……… to my birthday party.4. John (already / come) ………………………………..………………..before I managed to park my car.

III. Translate into English, using the regular verb “to rain” (traduceţi în limba engleză, folosind verbul regulat “to rain”):

a. Mereu plouă în această regiune. = .........................................................................................................................

b. Ploua când am plecat. = ...........................................................................................................................................

c. Dacă ar ploua, ar fi minunat. = ................................................................................................................................

d. Nu se poate să fi plouat ieri! = .................................................................................................................................

IV. Write an email to a colleague or friend giving some recent news. Choose (a) or (b):

(a) An email to a colleague giving some news about a project. Ideas: progress of the project; problems and possible solutions; any budget or staffing issues; likely outcome etc.

(b) An email to a friend giving some personal news. Ideas: a new job; a new flat; a mutual friend you’ve just met;

possible romance etc.

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