STEP Placement & Readiness Test — 60 Questions
اختبار تحديد المستوى والاستعداد لـ STEP — 60 سؤالاً
A diagnostic STEP-style test that estimates your current preparation band. It is not an official CEFR certification.
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STEP Placement & Readiness Test — 60 Questions
Name: ____________________ Date: ____________
Every applicant _____ a confirmation email after registration.
- A) receive
- B) receiving
- C) have received
- D) receives
I _____ this course three months ago.
- A) have started
- B) started
- C) start
- D) had started
There aren't _____ seats left in the training room.
- A) much
- B) a little
- C) many
- D) less
Visitors _____ show identification before entering the building.
- A) might
- B) could
- C) must
- D) would
Maha _____ at the company since 2023.
- A) works
- B) worked
- C) is working
- D) has worked
He enjoys _____ new vocabulary through short daily exercises.
- A) to learn
- B) learning
- C) learn
- D) learned
If you finish the assignment early, you _____ me this evening.
- A) called
- B) would call
- C) had called
- D) can call
This assignment is _____ than the previous one.
- A) difficult
- B) most difficult
- C) more difficulty
- D) more difficult
The instructor _____ teaches the evening class is from Jeddah.
- A) who
- B) whom
- C) whose
- D) which
Faisal _____ live near the university, but he moved last year.
- A) was used to
- B) used to
- C) is used to
- D) use to
All applications _____ online before the deadline.
- A) submit
- B) are submitted
- C) are submitting
- D) have submit
By the time we arrived, the meeting _____.
- A) starts
- B) has started
- C) had started
- D) was starting tomorrow
Neither the teachers nor the principal _____ available at the moment.
- A) is
- B) are
- C) were
- D) have been
She went to the library _____ for tomorrow's exam.
- A) to study
- B) for study
- C) studying
- D) studied
The office is locked and the lights are off. Everyone _____ home already.
- A) must go
- B) must have gone
- C) should go
- D) would go
I wish I _____ more time to prepare for the presentation.
- A) had
- B) have
- C) will have
- D) would have had yesterday
Rarely _____ such a detailed explanation of the problem.
- A) have we seen
- B) we have seen
- C) we saw have
- D) did we seen
We had the damaged screen _____ yesterday.
- A) repair
- B) repaired
- C) repairing
- D) to repair
The bridge _____ across the valley opened to traffic last month.
- A) building
- B) was built
- C) which building
- D) built
The committee recommended that the final report _____ published immediately.
- A) is
- B) was
- C) be
- D) will be
Please give me a _____ phone number so I can contact you if the schedule changes.
- A) temporary
- B) silent
- C) reliable
- D) narrow
Sales began to _____ after the holiday season ended.
- A) expand
- B) decline
- C) recover
- D) combine
The school plans to _____ a new attendance system next semester.
- A) estimate
- B) hesitate
- C) interpret
- D) implement
Clean drinking water is _____ in some dry regions.
- A) scarce
- B) ordinary
- C) flexible
- D) accurate
Before publishing the figures, make sure all the calculations are _____.
- A) accurate
- B) casual
- C) remote
- D) minor
Regular maintenance helps _____ the quality of the equipment.
- A) remove
- B) abandon
- C) maintain
- D) confuse
Attendance at the safety workshop is _____ for all new employees.
- A) optional
- B) mandatory
- C) gradual
- D) temporary
The patient's condition improved _____ over several weeks.
- A) gradually
- B) instantly
- C) rarely
- D) roughly
One unexpected _____ of the new policy was a reduction in waiting times.
- A) consequence
- B) permission
- C) obstacle
- D) location
The new training centre is _____ to the main university campus.
- A) reluctant
- B) inevitable
- C) sufficient
- D) adjacent
The new system is more _____ because it completes the same task using less time and fewer resources.
- A) fragile
- B) ambiguous
- C) efficient
- D) reluctant
Some employees were _____ to adopt the new system because they were comfortable with the old one.
- A) eager
- B) accurate
- C) temporary
- D) reluctant
The company plans to _____ its services into several new cities.
- A) reduce
- B) expand
- C) ignore
- D) cancel
The researchers questioned whether the conclusion was _____ because the sample was extremely small.
- A) adjacent
- B) mandatory
- C) valid
- D) gradual
Clear communication is _____ when several teams are working on the same complex project.
- A) optional
- B) minor
- C) crucial
- D) random
Public libraries have changed considerably in recent years. In addition to lending books, many now provide study areas, internet access, workshops and community events. These services are particularly useful for people who may not have reliable internet or quiet places to study at home. Although digital resources have become more common, libraries continue to serve an important social and educational role.
What is the main idea of the passage?
- A) Modern libraries provide a wider range of community and educational services than book lending alone.
- B) Printed books are no longer available in public libraries.
- C) Libraries are useful only for people without internet access.
- D) Digital resources have made libraries unnecessary.
Public libraries have changed considerably in recent years. In addition to lending books, many now provide study areas, internet access, workshops and community events. These services are particularly useful for people who may not have reliable internet or quiet places to study at home. Although digital resources have become more common, libraries continue to serve an important social and educational role.
Which service is specifically mentioned in the passage?
- A) Free university degrees
- B) Home delivery of computers
- C) Private offices for every visitor
- D) Internet access
Public libraries have changed considerably in recent years. In addition to lending books, many now provide study areas, internet access, workshops and community events. These services are particularly useful for people who may not have reliable internet or quiet places to study at home. Although digital resources have become more common, libraries continue to serve an important social and educational role.
What can be inferred about modern libraries?
- A) They can help reduce barriers to learning and access to information.
- B) They have stopped serving readers who own computers.
- C) They mainly exist to organise social events.
- D) They provide fewer services than they did in the past.
Public libraries have changed considerably in recent years. In addition to lending books, many now provide study areas, internet access, workshops and community events. These services are particularly useful for people who may not have reliable internet or quiet places to study at home. Although digital resources have become more common, libraries continue to serve an important social and educational role.
The word 'reliable' is closest in meaning to:
- A) expensive
- B) temporary
- C) public
- D) dependable
Public libraries have changed considerably in recent years. In addition to lending books, many now provide study areas, internet access, workshops and community events. These services are particularly useful for people who may not have reliable internet or quiet places to study at home. Although digital resources have become more common, libraries continue to serve an important social and educational role.
What is the author's main purpose?
- A) To explain how the role of public libraries has expanded
- B) To argue that all digital resources should be removed
- C) To compare the prices of different libraries
- D) To criticise people who study at home
Sleep plays an important role in learning. During sleep, the brain does more than simply rest; it processes and organises information acquired during the day. Research suggests that adequate sleep can improve attention before learning and help consolidate new memories afterward. By contrast, chronic sleep loss can make concentration more difficult and may reduce the ability to recall recently learned material.
What is the main idea of the passage?
- A) People should study only immediately before sleeping.
- B) Adequate sleep supports both learning and memory.
- C) The brain becomes completely inactive during sleep.
- D) Sleep affects physical health but not learning.
Sleep plays an important role in learning. During sleep, the brain does more than simply rest; it processes and organises information acquired during the day. Research suggests that adequate sleep can improve attention before learning and help consolidate new memories afterward. By contrast, chronic sleep loss can make concentration more difficult and may reduce the ability to recall recently learned material.
According to the passage, adequate sleep can improve:
- A) the amount of information taught in class
- B) the speed at which teachers speak
- C) attention before learning
- D) the number of hours in a study session
Sleep plays an important role in learning. During sleep, the brain does more than simply rest; it processes and organises information acquired during the day. Research suggests that adequate sleep can improve attention before learning and help consolidate new memories afterward. By contrast, chronic sleep loss can make concentration more difficult and may reduce the ability to recall recently learned material.
Which conclusion is best supported by the passage?
- A) More study time always compensates for severe sleep loss.
- B) Reducing sleep to create extra study time may sometimes harm learning.
- C) Memory is formed only while a person is asleep.
- D) Sleep is important only after learning, not before it.
Sleep plays an important role in learning. During sleep, the brain does more than simply rest; it processes and organises information acquired during the day. Research suggests that adequate sleep can improve attention before learning and help consolidate new memories afterward. By contrast, chronic sleep loss can make concentration more difficult and may reduce the ability to recall recently learned material.
The word 'consolidate' is closest in meaning to:
- A) erase completely
- B) strengthen and stabilise
- C) translate immediately
- D) ignore temporarily
Sleep plays an important role in learning. During sleep, the brain does more than simply rest; it processes and organises information acquired during the day. Research suggests that adequate sleep can improve attention before learning and help consolidate new memories afterward. By contrast, chronic sleep loss can make concentration more difficult and may reduce the ability to recall recently learned material.
Why does the author use 'By contrast' in the final sentence?
- A) To introduce an example of effective studying
- B) To add another benefit of adequate sleep
- C) To contrast the benefits of adequate sleep with the effects of sleep loss
- D) To show that the previous information was incorrect
As electricity systems incorporate more solar and wind power, energy storage has become increasingly important. Large batteries can store surplus electricity when production is high and release it when demand rises or renewable generation falls. Some communities are also developing microgrids, local networks that can operate independently from the wider electricity system during disruptions. Together, storage and microgrids can improve resilience, although cost, battery lifespan and raw-material supply remain significant challenges.
What is the main idea of the passage?
- A) Solar and wind power should replace every other energy source immediately.
- B) Microgrids operate only when national electricity networks are functioning normally.
- C) Energy storage and microgrids can strengthen renewable electricity systems, but challenges remain.
- D) Battery technology has eliminated all problems related to renewable energy.
As electricity systems incorporate more solar and wind power, energy storage has become increasingly important. Large batteries can store surplus electricity when production is high and release it when demand rises or renewable generation falls. Some communities are also developing microgrids, local networks that can operate independently from the wider electricity system during disruptions. Together, storage and microgrids can improve resilience, although cost, battery lifespan and raw-material supply remain significant challenges.
According to the passage, large batteries can:
- A) create raw materials for renewable technology
- B) prevent all electricity disruptions
- C) operate only when electricity demand is low
- D) store surplus electricity for later use
As electricity systems incorporate more solar and wind power, energy storage has become increasingly important. Large batteries can store surplus electricity when production is high and release it when demand rises or renewable generation falls. Some communities are also developing microgrids, local networks that can operate independently from the wider electricity system during disruptions. Together, storage and microgrids can improve resilience, although cost, battery lifespan and raw-material supply remain significant challenges.
What can reasonably be inferred about microgrids?
- A) They may help essential local services continue operating during wider network failures.
- B) They make energy storage unnecessary.
- C) They are useful only in areas without renewable energy.
- D) They permanently disconnect communities from national networks.
As electricity systems incorporate more solar and wind power, energy storage has become increasingly important. Large batteries can store surplus electricity when production is high and release it when demand rises or renewable generation falls. Some communities are also developing microgrids, local networks that can operate independently from the wider electricity system during disruptions. Together, storage and microgrids can improve resilience, although cost, battery lifespan and raw-material supply remain significant challenges.
The word 'resilience' is closest in meaning to:
- A) dependence on one energy source
- B) ability to reduce electricity prices permanently
- C) capacity to produce unlimited power
- D) ability to withstand and recover from disruption
As electricity systems incorporate more solar and wind power, energy storage has become increasingly important. Large batteries can store surplus electricity when production is high and release it when demand rises or renewable generation falls. Some communities are also developing microgrids, local networks that can operate independently from the wider electricity system during disruptions. Together, storage and microgrids can improve resilience, although cost, battery lifespan and raw-material supply remain significant challenges.
The author mainly presents energy storage and microgrids as:
- A) technologies with no practical limitations
- B) temporary alternatives to all renewable energy
- C) promising tools whose benefits must be weighed against continuing challenges
- D) systems designed primarily to increase electricity consumption
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
- A) Before the class began the students, reviewed their notes.
- B) Before, the class began the students reviewed their notes.
- C) Before the class began, the students reviewed their notes.
- D) Before the class began; the students reviewed their notes.
The road was closed because of heavy rain. _____, we took a different route.
- A) Nevertheless
- B) Therefore
- C) For example
- D) In contrast
Choose the best combination: 'The instructions were clear. Several participants still made the same mistake.'
- A) The instructions were clear, because several participants still made the same mistake.
- B) Being clear, several participants made the same mistake.
- C) The instructions were clear, so several participants still made the same mistake.
- D) Although the instructions were clear, several participants still made the same mistake.
Choose the sentence with correct parallel structure.
- A) The course helps students improve reading, to expand vocabulary, and writing clearly.
- B) The course helps students improve reading, expand vocabulary, and write clearly.
- C) The course helps students improving reading, expand vocabulary, and clear writing.
- D) The course helps students to improve reading, vocabulary expansion, and writing clearly.
Choose the sentence without a dangling modifier.
- A) After reviewing the data, the conclusion became obvious.
- B) After reviewing the data, several errors were obvious.
- C) After reviewing the data, the report seemed incomplete to the team.
- D) After reviewing the data, the researchers identified several errors.
Choose the most concise sentence.
- A) The meeting was postponed because the director was absent.
- B) The reason why the meeting was postponed was because the director was absent.
- C) Due to the fact that the director was absent, the meeting was postponed for that reason.
- D) The director being absent was the reason as to why the meeting had to be postponed.
Choose the sentence most appropriate for formal academic writing.
- A) The findings suggest that additional research is required.
- B) The findings kind of show that we should look at this again.
- C) The results are pretty interesting and need more checking out.
- D) Basically, the study says we need to do more stuff.
Choose the sentence with the clearest reference.
- A) When Ali called Omar, he said the schedule had changed.
- B) Ali called Omar because he wanted him to know it had changed.
- C) After Ali spoke to Omar, he explained it to him.
- D) Ali told Omar, 'The schedule has changed.'
Choose the sentence that correctly fixes the run-on: 'The lecture ended everyone left the room.'
- A) The lecture ended everyone, left the room.
- B) The lecture ended, and everyone left the room.
- C) The lecture ended because, everyone left the room.
- D) The lecture, ended and everyone left the room.
Which sentence best follows this statement? 'The company introduced a mentoring programme for new employees.'
- A) The company's first office opened twenty years ago.
- B) Some employees drive to work while others use public transport.
- C) As a result, new staff can receive guidance from experienced colleagues during their first months.
- D) The weather near the office is usually warm in summer.
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75:00Every applicant _____ a confirmation email after registration.