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English level test

Choose the most suitable answer for each question. Please answer the questions without receiving any help or advice. Galimatias handles your answers confidentially and uses them to plan suitable course content. This test should take approximately 30 - 45 minutes to complete. Thank you. Kieliryhmien jakoa varten selvitämme opiskelijoiden kielitaidon. Täytä tarvekartoitus ja testi ilman apua. Kysymyksiin vastaaminen kestää noin 30 - 45 minuuttia. Galimatias käsittelee vastauksia luottamuksellisesti osana koulutuksen suunnittelua. Kiitos!

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Organisation and department:

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Job title:

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Job description:

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How often do you use English? In what situations do you use English?

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What do you expect from the English course? What do you need to learn (what kind of exercises, what kind of subjects do you want to discuss, what kind of terminology do you need to practice)? Please write in English.

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Optional question (vapaaehtoinen kysymys): Present yourself briefly in English
Write a short description about yourself, about your work and other things you find relevant.

Choose the word that best fills the blank

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He arrived just a little __________ 4 o'clock.

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Actually, it may have been just a little __________ 4 o'clock.

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You will need to get this done __________ the next hour.

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She's finished her work and is going __________.

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Thank you for __________ a nice evening.

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I've received __________ many emails today that I haven't had time to do any real work.

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What are you cooking __________ that oven? It smells wonderful!

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I'm cooking some potatoes that I __________ in my garden last year.

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That's what you __________ for being so unpleasant.

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Could you __________ me what needs to be done?

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Of all the people here, he has the __________ confidence in himself.

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The store __________ at 8pm.

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She lives over there, __________ that large island.

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I'm seeing them __________.

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They __________ yet.

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While I __________ the report, my phone rang.

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How old __________ when you joined this company?

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I wonder what we __________ this time next year.

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Car prices have just gone down, so he's regretting __________ a new car.

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The sun is very bright. I wish I __________ my sunglasses.

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If he __________ harder, he would have passed his exams.

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If you could make a wish, what __________ you wish for?

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She opened the box __________ what was inside.

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He's buying a bicycle __________ he won't have to walk to work.

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They bought a burglar alarm to prevent people __________ in to the house.

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He crossed the street to avoid __________ under a ladder.

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It was __________ a beautiful garden that they took a photograph.

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The CEO __________ be giving a speech, but he's off sick today.

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Some people wear high heels to __________ taller.

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I'm __________ all this paperwork.

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I'll never forget __________ Paris for the first time.

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If you go to Japan, you'll have to __________ with chopsticks.

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After university I went on __________ a teacher.

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They asked me where __________.

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They asked whether I __________ the news.

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Guests are requested __________ their rooms by midday.

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Capital punishment __________.

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He __________ when they found out about his insider trading.

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The Earth was believed __________ flat in the Middle Ages.

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My holiday was __________ enjoyable that I didn't want it to end.

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They were out of town so often that they hardly __________ saw each other.

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She had to walk __________ her car wouldn't start.

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You __________ and it's getting on my nerves.

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I __________ to get through for the last half an hour.

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Her eyes were red because she __________.

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I __________ going to write but I lost your address.

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Experts say that by 2035 we __________ out of oil.

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If you're feeling tired, you __________ to bed.

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Tomorrow is Sunday so you __________ get up early.

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She recommended __________ visit Red Square.

The next ten questions are about synonyms

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Which word means the same as comply?

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Which word means the same as verify?

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Which word means the same as rational?

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Which word means the same as collaborate?

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Which word means the same as garbled?

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Which word means the same as negligible?

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Which word means the same as accountable?

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Which word means the same as delegate?

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Which word means the same as relinquish?

Choose the word that means the same or nearly the same as the word in CAPITAL letters

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The PRECISE amount

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ALLEVIATE the pain

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RECTIFY the situation

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The architect's ASPIRATION

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One FACET of the plan

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EXPEDITE the process

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HAGGLE over the price

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A PRECARIOUS situation

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A MEAGRE supply

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His METICULOUS examination

Choose the word that best fills the blank

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The __________ of inactivity is obesity.

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She saved the document in a public folder so it would be __________ to everyone.

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My computer was state-of-the-art three years ago, but now it's __________.

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I need help; I'm a __________ gambler.

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The recession has __________ affected the company's results.

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She __________ a plan to make a million euros by the age of 30.

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If you were lost in the desert, drinking would take __________ over eating.

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Lisa __________ to start working harder after the pregnancy.

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Tina showed great __________ when she refused to tell the secret.

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The project seemed __________ so we gave it the green light.

Answer questions 86 - 88 on the basis of this text:

There are as many types of business correspondence as there are kinds of corporate atmosphere. Office environments range from small or medium traditional offices to little quirky entrepreneurial offices - some of them actually in garages, as Microsoft was years ago - to very formal, multinational behemoths.

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In this passage, what does atmosphere mean?

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What is the meaning of quirky in this passage?

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Which of the following words describes a behemoth?

Answer questions 89 - 91 on the basis of this text:

Off-site disposal of regulated medical waste remains a viable option for smaller hospitals. However, some preliminary on-site processing, such as compaction, may be necessary prior to sending the waste off-site. Unfortunately, there is a serious problem with compaction. Although it reduces the total volume of waste, often reducing transportation and disposal costs, it does not change the hazardous characteristics of the waste.

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What is the meaning of the phrase viable option as it is used here?

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What is the meaning of the phrase preliminary on-site processing as it is used here?

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What is the meaning of the word compaction as it is used here?

Answer questions 92 - 94 on the basis of this text:

WARNING: Antihistamines can cause drowsiness, so you should avoid driving or other operations that demand alertness, coordination or dexterity. Do not use this product if you are intolerant to aspirin. Allergic reactions may occur in susceptible persons.

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What is the meaning of the word dexterity as it is used here?

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What is the meaning of the phrase intolerant to aspirin as it is used here?

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What is the meaning of susceptible as it is used here?

Answer questions 95 and 96 on the basis of this text:

The __________ use by physicians of medical abbreviations can cause medication errors and incorrect interpretation of notes in the medical chart. It can create treatment delay while the nurse seeks out the physician to ask for __________.

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Which word fits best into the first blank?

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Which word fits best into the second blank?

Answer questions 97 - 99 on the basis of this text:

Adolescents are at risk of being both victims and perpetrators of violence. New violence-prevention programmes help reduce the crime rate by teaching both victims and perpetrators of such violence the skills of conflict resolution and how to apply reason to disputes, as well as by changing attitudes towards achieving respect through violence and towards the need to retaliate.

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In the context of this passage, who are perpetrators?

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What is the meaning of the phrase conflict resolution as it is used here?

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What is the meaning of the word retaliate as it is used here?

Answer questions 100 - 103 on the basis of this text:

Detectives who routinely investigate violent crimes can't help but become somewhat jaded. Paradoxically, the victims and witnesses with whom they work closely are often in a highly vulnerable and emotional state, usually feeling that they have been violated. Detectives must be trained to handle people in emotional distress and must be sensitive to the fact that, for the victim, the crime is not routine.

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What is the meaning of the word jaded as it is used here?

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Which of the following phrases makes most sense when substituted for the word paradoxically?

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What is the meaning of the word vulnerable as it is used here?

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What is the meaning of the world handle as it is used here?

In the following sentence, choose the correct word

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This is the __________ of the new building.

Choose the sentence which contains a misspelt word

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