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Impact General Placement Test

Choose the correct answer. 8. There one teacher for every ten students
in my school.
1. There many tall buildings my city. a. is
a. on b. am
b. in c. are
c. at
9. Some musicians a song outside my
2. Many people in apartments. window.
a. live a. is playing
b. lived b. plays
c. lives c. are playing
3. What did you do yesterday? 10. Anyone learn to ride a bike.
a. I study. a. can’t
b. I worked. b. can
c. I work. c. shouldn’t
4. Three different species of monkeys live 11. My aunt is a doctor. She really loves job.
this island. a. her
a. at b. our
b. on c. their
c. in
12. Is that your guitar? No, it isn’t. It’s my
5.  many different colors. Which do you like guitar.
best? a. cousins
a. There was b. cousins’
b. There are c. cousin’s
c. There is
13. W hile bats are hunting at night, songbirds
6. Are you sick? You go see a doctor. in nests.
a. can’t a. sleeping
b. should b. are sleeping
c. shouldn’t c. sleeps
7. The players on our team are than the 14. Wildlife have a safe habitat to survive.
other team’s players. a. must
a. faster b. don’t have to
b. fast c. shouldn’t
c. fastest

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 15. What did women wear in the 1800s? 23. A good night’s sleep protects your body. Many
a. Most women weared long dresses. people don’t get sleep.
b. Most women wear long dresses. a. enough
c. Most women wore long dresses. b. often
c. rarely
16. In the 1920s, women to wear shorter
dresses. 24. Tests always nervous—even when I’ve
a. begin studied.
b. began a. makes me
c. begun b. make me
c. make them
17. At the concert, the band performed a few .
a. music 25. Before smartphones, people get messages
b. old hits on answering machines.
c. new song a. used to
b. use to
18. My sister has the idea for a new gadget.
c. would have
a. good
b. best 2 6. W hat are you doing with those extra apples?
c. better a. I’m going to make pie.
b. I’ve made a pie.
19. My friend loves technology. She have a
c. I made a pie.
career in technology someday.
a. is going to 27. If you like nutritious meals, you my dad’s
b. will cooking.
c. is going a. enjoy
b. will enjoy
20. Our ancestors in this country for
c. enjoyed
thousands of years.
a. having lived 28. My neighbor wants to surround people with
b. has lived art. She thinks it should be .
c. have lived a. nowhere
b. everywhere
21. There are two green chairs in my room.
c. anywhere
light green one is my favorite place to sit and
read. 29. The wildfire for over a week.
a. A a. has been burning
b. The b. have been burning
c. An c. is burning
22. The chair isn’t my bed, but it’s in a bright, 30. The day before the hurricane, residents of the
sunny place. area for evacuation.
a. as comfortable as a. was prepared
b. most comfortable than b. have been preparing
c. comfortable as c. were preparing

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 31. Gabe has a really outgoing personality, ? 39. If I had known about the space shuttle launch, I
a. does he .
b. doesn’t he a. would have watched it
c. isn’t he b. would watch it
c. could watch it
32. Marie refuses to go in the cave. She that
there are bats inside. 40. “I drew dog portraits for my art project because
a. could have heard dogs are my favorite subjects.” She .
b. must have heard a. says she has drawn dog portraits for her
c. might not have heard art project because dogs are her favorite
subjects.
33. I don’t want these old clothes. Is there a
b. said she drew dog portraits for her art project
way we can reuse them?
because dogs were her favorite subjects.
a. to destroy c. said I drew dog portraits for my art project
b. destroy because dogs were my favorite subjects.
c. destroying
41. My mom told me to stop so much TV and
3 4. The club I has two leaders. go outside.
a. belong on a. to watch
b. belong to b. watching
c. belong at c. watch
35. I have clothes. I need to give some away. 42. I the light festival every year.
a. too many a. look out to
b. too much b. look up to
c. enough c. look forward to
3 6. A lot of styles by past trends. 43. If I had remembered to bring food from home, I
a. inspired money on a sandwich now.
b. are inspired
a. wouldn’t be spending
c. is inspired
b. wouldn’t spend
37. The new satellite works the old one. c. will not spend
a. the most efficiently 44. She all 50 states by the end of the year.
b. less efficient than a. explores
c. more efficiently than b. will have explored
38. By the time Isabel flew in an airplane, she c. has explored
college. 45. The the flight, the more fuel is needed.
a. is already finishing a. longest
b. will finish b. more long
c. had already finished c. longer

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 46. To capture a good photo of the sunrise, your 49. Lara is a very skilled surfer.
camera at just the right angle. is a very skilled surfer is Lara.
a. will be placed a. The thing that
b. must be placed b. The person who
c. has been placed c. The surfer that
47. My goal is to travel to Peru to explore 50. W hat word can be removed from this sentence
Andes. I’ve never been South without changing its meaning?
America before! The fossils that they found in the desert are
a. the / the / x over 60 million years old!
b. x / the / the a. that
c. x / the / x b. over
c. years
48. Lee: Is there any homework tonight?
Lee .
a. guesses there’s no homework tonight
b. is telling you to do the homework tonight
c. wants to know if there’s any homework
tonight

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