Where do you plan to study?
ELC Australia
ELC Malaysia
ELC Online
Date
: 26 / 04 / 2024
Student Details
First name:
Last name:
Date of birth:
Country:
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Email:
What course are you interested in?
Are you booking through an agent?
Yes
No
If yes, agency name:
If yes, counsellor name:
Counsellor email:
Do you plan to do further studies in Australia or Malaysia after your English course?
Yes
No
If yes, at what institution?
What course will you do?
What English level do you need for this course?
Part A
Pre-course Test
Read each sentence below from 1–20, then indicate your answers by clicking in the circles.
Part A - Grammar
1.
‘ ______________ English?’ ‘Yes- a bit.’
a) Do you speak
c) Are you speaking
b) Are you speak
d) Speak you
2.
I’d like ______________ in Australia.
a) travel
c) travelling
b) travels
d) to travel
3.
Sarah and Tom got married last week, ______________ they?
a) did
c) got
b) didn’t
d) weren’t
4.
I was tired so I ______________ to bed early last night.
a) go
c) have gone
b) went
d) gone
5.
She studied law ______________ university.
a) at
c) in
b) for
d) –
6.
‘I’m studying in Sydney.’ ‘So ______________ I.’
a) do
c) am
b) have
d) study
7.
______________ wear a uniform at work?
a) Do we have to
c) Must we to
b) Must we
d) Have we to
8.
Simon’s on holiday. He ______________ to France.
a) is gone
c) went
b) has gone
d) has been
9.
They’re really good friends. They ______________ each other for ten years.
a) know
c) have known
b) knew
d) have been knowing
10.
______________ this weekend so we can go out somewhere.
a) I won’t work
c) I’m not working
b) I don’t work
d) I’ll work
11.
Can I have a chocolate? Sorry, there aren’t ______________ left.
a) some
c) none
b) any
d) –
12.
I’m thinking ______________ to Queensland after my course.
a) to go
c) about going
b) that I’ll go
d) of going
13.
I don’t know ______________ about computers.
a) any
c) much
b) many
d) a bit
14.
You ______________ shout. I can hear you!
a) needn’t
c) need to
b) mustn’t
d) had to
15.
______________ you do, don’t tell Meg that we’ve lost her camera.
a) Anything
c) However
b) Whatever
d) What
16.
We’re ______________ to be there by 8 o’clock at the latest.
a) anticipated
c) supposed
b) asked
d) invited
17.
It’s ages ______________ I last saw a good film.
a) that
c) since
b) ago
d) when
18.
Hurry up. It’s time we ______________ .
a) leave
c) must leave
b) should leave
d) left
19.
No sooner had the match started ______________ the rain came pouring down.
a) when
c) then
b) than
d) that
20.
I don’t have a car. I can’t ______________ drive!
a) quite
c) ever
b) simply
d) even
Part B
Pre-course Test
Read each sentence below from 21–36, then indicate your answers by clicking in the circles.
Part B – Vocabulary & Natural English
21.
She’s just ______________ her dad. They are both quite shy.
a) personality
c) after
b) the same
d) like
22.
I lost my wallet but ______________ someone handed it in to the police.
a) unfortunately
c) luckily
b) hopefully
d) clearly
23.
How do you ______________ about the new regulations?
a) feel
c) believe
b) think
d) agree
24.
He says he’s very sorry. He didn’t ______________ to upset you.
a) make
c) after
b) mean
d) like
25.
You ______________ believe who I’ve just met! Nicole Kidman!
a) can’t
c) won’t
b) don’t
d) aren’t
26.
Slow down. I can’t keep ______________ you.
a) up
c) up to
b) on with
d) up with
27.
The sisters look so similar that some of the teachers can’t ______________ one from the other.
a) know
c) tell
b) recognise
d) see
28.
‘That noise is terrible.’ ‘Actually, it doesn’t ______________ me.’
a) like
c) mind
b) bother
d) stand
29.
______________ it if you didn’t smoke in here.
a) I‘d prefer
c) I wish
b) I ‘d rather
d) I‘d ask
30.
If you ask me, it’s a/an ______________ waste of time!
a) completely
c) very
b) absolute
d) really
31.
She ______________ as if she’s the boss but she’s actually the receptionist.
a) thinks
c) acts
b) appears
d) makes
32.
I don’t see the ______________ in doing this exercise.
a) reason
c) point
b) motivation
d) consequence
33.
The hotel didn’t ______________ my expectations.
a) come up to
c) come down to
b) get up to
d) get down to
34.
I can’t quite ______________ out what the sign says. Can you see?
a) make
c) see
b) read
d) carry
35.
Martin has a/an ______________ for figures. He should be an accountant.
a) understanding
c) ability
b) knowledge
d) head
36.
When he took over the business he got a lot more than he had ______________ .
a) asked for
c) drawn up
b) bargained for
d) come in for
Part C
Part C
Tomomi is studying at English Language Company in Sydney. She talks about her life in Australia.
Read the following text and enter the missing words in the spaces provided. There is
ONE
word for each space.
I live with an Australian family about twenty minutes from the centre of Sydney.The family are very nice and have helped
enormously with my English. When I first came to Australia 3 months ago,
found it difficult to communicate
now I find it much easier.
My classes start
eight thirty in the morning, but I like to get to school early
I can meet some of my classmates and have a chat before class.
There are people from many different
in my class, so I have
a lot about
countries and cultures.
At the weekend I work in a Japanese restaurant. I don’t start work until four, which is good, but I often have to work until about two
the morning so I’m usually
tired on Sundays and Mondays.
my course finishes I’m hoping to travel around Australia. I
to go to Queensland and the Northern Territory.
Part D
Pre-course Test
Part D
Polyana and Melanie are studying at English Language Company together.
Read their conversation and enter the missing words. There is
ONE
word for each space.
Polyana:
I met Melanie the first day she started at this school. I had
been here for four weeks. She came and sat next to me. We started talking and found
we had a lot in common.
Melanie:
I really liked Polyana from the beginning. She’s very easy
talk to.
Polyana:
Melanie has
a good friend. I felt a bit alone before I met her.
Melanie:
In some ways we’re
. We’ve got many of the same goals, like wanting to learn English as quickly as possible. But in
ways we’re very different. For example, our jobs – I’m a medical assistant, whereas Polyana’s a lawyer.
Polyana:
We’re
from very different cultures but it’s interesting to get to know
other. We’ve never
an argument.
Melanie:
I’ve learnt lots of things
Brazil from Polyana that I didn’t know before.
Polyana:
I’ll be sad to see Melanie go. She’s going travelling soon. I’ll miss
but we’ll keep
touch via email.
Many thanks to Polyana de Carvalho Cleto from Brazil and Melanie Vaugniaux from Swizerland who were students at English Language Company in 2004.
Writing Task
Writing Task
Please enter in the space below, what you would like to do in your future career and why.