MEGA English Placement Test

Instructions 

  1. You must not use a dictionary during the test
  2. Complete the Placement Test below. Try to write as much as you can for the writing section.
  3. After completing the Placement Test, record a video or audio file of 1-2 minutes for your speaking component (You are required to upload the file via Google Drive at the bottom of the page).
  4. We will send you or your agent a letter with your English level.
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Hi and welcome to MEGA ELICOS - Placement Test!

You have 90 minutes to complete the test.

Please turn off your phone and do not use a dictionary.

Grammar
Reading
Writing

Speaking - Please read the instructions at the bottom of the current web page

Time's Up!

Your MEGA - ELICOS Placement Test will be submitted automatically.

You will be contacted shortly after submitting this test for the speaking test.

Thank You!


MEGA ELICOS - Placement Test

For students over 18 years of age (Adults)

Click [] button on the top right to complete the test in fullscreen

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Category: Personal Details

Where are you from (nationality)? 

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Category: Personal Details

What is the name of your Agent? (write n/a if you don't have one)

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Category: Personal Details

What English classes do you want to study?

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Category: Personal Details

Which timetable do you prefer?

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Category: Personal Details

What VET classes do you want to study?

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Category: Personal Details

Do you plan to study at university in Australia?

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Category: Personal Details

If yes, which university and course? (If no, please type "No" below)

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

... did you eat for lunch?

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

The children usually arrive at school ... 9 o'clock

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

In this match, some players are going to do ... than others

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

Jenny has the ... eyes in the world.

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

Can you please ... me where the supermarket is?

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

"Do you often go to the library?" "I used to, but I haven't been ... a long time."

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

He was feeling sick, so I told ...

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

He's working today, but ...

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

He .... to music and couldn't hear me.

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

You can't have any coffee because we haven't got ...

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

When I was young, I used ... a bicycle to school.

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

Steve will go to Perth if ...

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

We can go out if ...

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

"Has he seen a dentist?" "Not yet, he ... one soon."

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

Greg enjoys

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

... people like learning grammar.

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

Robert became a grandfather in 1985. He ... a grandfather for many years.

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

They gave ... looking for the treasure after they lost the map.

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

If you have a dryer, you ... hang your clothes on the washing line.

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

Do you have any money?

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

I had dinner ... my friend's house.

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

The man drowned when he went in the ocean because he ... to swim.

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

"Do you feel better?" "I just ... a cold.

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

I can't stay.

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

... Andrew come home yet?

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

I didn't have enough money. But if ...

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

The train ... when I got to the platform.

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

I'm sure you would like this Kiwi fruit if you .. it.

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

If you ... a car in Australia, you have to drive on the left.

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

That question was easy to answer. ... answered by a 10 year old.

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

I stopped ... to have a rest.

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

The passengers were told that, due to technical difficulties, the plane ...

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

Some people may have more difficulty than others ... languages.

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

Every day, the baby cries for food ... she wakes up.

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

It's late. We'd better ...

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

I'm not going to eat ... you get here.

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

New Zealand is ... Australia.

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

She still loves him, ... he moved away.

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

Jim lives in Adelaide, ...?

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Category: ELICOS - Grammar

Are you going ... work today?

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Category: ELICOS - Reading

A cat is bigger than a mouse but smaller than a horse.

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Category: ELICOS - Reading

Pedro is American, but Sally isn't. She's Australian.

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Category: ELICOS - Reading

She is the oldest woman in the world.

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Category: ELICOS - Reading

You can't enter without a ticket.

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Category: ELICOS - Reading

They only have one car for the family.

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Category: ELICOS - Reading

Ben is looking after the children.

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Category: ELICOS - Reading

What do you like?

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Category: ELICOS - Reading

He hopes to go out, but he may have to work.

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Category: ELICOS - Reading

I want you to clean the car when you come back.

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Category: ELICOS - Reading

She used to work in a shop.

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Category: ELICOS - Reading

Shall I take you to the station?

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Category: ELICOS - Reading

They should talk more slowly.

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Category: ELICOS - Reading

Karen remembered to call the doctor.

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Category: ELICOS - Reading

Lady May has lived nearly 110 years.

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Category: ELICOS - Reading

She can hardly see it.

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Category: ELICOS - Reading

Yuki had her house painted yesterday.

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Category: ELICOS - Reading

Either teacher knows the answer.

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Category: ELICOS - Reading

I'd rather be a millionaire.

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Category: ELICOS - Reading

You don't have to eat the dessert.

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Category: ELICOS - Reading

If Kerry had been there, he would have won.

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Category: ELICOS - Writing

What have you studied before? Write about school or university classes you have attended in the past.

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Category: ELICOS - Writing

Tell us about your English level. How long have you been studying it and where?

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Category: ELICOS - Writing

What are some of your interests or hobbies?

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Category: ELICOS - Writing

Why would you like to study in Australia?

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Category: ELICOS - Writing

What are your long-term goals?

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Hi and welcome to MEGA HSP - Placement Test!

You have 90 minutes to complete the test.

Please turn off your phone and do not use a dictionary.

Grammar and Vocabulary
Reading
Writing
Mathematics
General Aptitude

Speaking - Please read the instructions at the bottom of the current web page.

Time's Up!

Your MEGA - HSP Placement Test will be submitted automatically.

You will be contacted shortly after submitting this test for the speaking test.

Thank You!


MEGA HSP - Placement Test

For Under 18 Students Only!

Click [] button on the top right to complete the test in fullscreen

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Category: Personal Details

Where are you from (nationality)? 

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Category: Personal Details

How old are you? 

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Category: Personal Details

Which Australian high school year are you applying for and when will you start there? 

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Category: Personal Details

What is the name of your Agent? (write n/a if you don't have one)

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Category: Personal Details

What subjects do you like the most at school?

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Category: Personal Details

What are your goals for the future?

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Category: Personal Details

What are your hobbies?

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

Shikibu Murasaki, who wrote almost a thousand years ago, was one of the world’s ------------------------------- novelists.

Grammar and Vocabulary

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

The Chang children -------------------------- their parents by making sandwiches for the whole family.

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

As demonstrated by his last album, which was released after his death, Ibrahim Ferrer -------------------------------------- one of the most beautiful voices in Latin music.

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

After we saw the play, we had different opinions ------------------------ Vincent’s performance.

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

Having recorded many of the most beloved songs of the 1940s, jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald ---------------------------------- one of the most prominent musical performers of her time.

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

As we drove through the darkness, we saw another car coming ------------------------- the bend in the road.

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

Sonia is so determined and stubborn that she never ------------------------ until she gets exactly what she wants.

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

At only 43, John F. Kennedy was the ------------------------ American president ever to be elected.

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

Elena found a tomato that was much bigger than all the others in the garden. How did the tomato compare to the others in the garden?

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

When the popular entertainer canceled her appearance, the Latin American festival was postponed indefinitely. When will the festival likely take place?

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

Jasmine is never late to meet her friends and sometimes arrives a few minutes early. Which best describes Jasmine?

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

Bram Stoker is best known for his classic horror novel Dracula, which was published in 1897. What did Bram Stoker do?

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

Exhausted from her transatlantic flight, Judy could not stay up past 9 p.m. What did Judy do at 9 p.m.?

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

Eliot sleeps late whenever he can, leaves work early, and never does anything unless he absolutely has to. Which best describes Eliot?

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

Juanita rushed to her dance class and burst through the door in the nick of time. When Juanita got to her dance class, she was

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

------------------------ washing his sweater, Jacob hung it up to dry.

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

Dr. O’Hara is certain that someday, men and women will ------------------------- to Mars.

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

Water -------------------------- at a temperature of zero degrees Celsius.

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

----------------------------- you get a new haircut?

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

Jacques Cousteau will be remembered for his inventions and for ------------------------ to marine science.

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

The children, who were tired of traveling, kept asking, “When ---------------------- we get to the hotel?”

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

Galileo is most famous ---------------------- that Earth revolves around the Sun, rather than the other way around.

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

Men and women sometimes have difficulty understanding each other because they ----------------------------- differently.

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

---------------------------- you can speak more than one language, you have the opportunity to make more new friends.

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

Light ------------------------- faster than sound, which is why you see lightning before you hear the thunder.

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

Lisa plays the piano. Her sister Kelly plays the piano, too.

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

Kazuko took her dog for a walk. They went to the park.

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

We knew it might get chilly at the football game. We brought along some extra blankets.

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

Juan loves to play baseball. His friend Miguel enjoys baseball, too.

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Category: HSP - Grammar and Vocabulary

Wolves are pack animals. They are rarely spotted alone.

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Category: HSP - Reading

Television has been introduced to almost every country in the world, reaching a large number of viewers on every continent. About 600 million people saw the first person walk on the moon, and a billion people watched the twentieth Olympic Games. Television has in many ways promoted understanding and cooperation among people. It does this by showing educational and cultural programs. From this passage, a reader can most reasonably conclude that the author believes that...

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Category: HSP - Reading

People have different ways of learning. Some are better at making mental pictures of new ideas. Others are more comfortable with writing lists of things to memorize. Certain people can learn best when listening to music, while others need silence to concentrate. Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?

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Category: HSP - Reading

If you hold a piece of copper wire over the flame of a wooden match, heat will be conducted by the copper wire to your fingers, and you will be forced to drop the wire. You will, however, still be able to hold the match because wood is a poor conductor of heat. Which of the following is implied in the passage above?

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Category: HSP - Reading

Many people own different pets. Dogs, cats, birds, and fish are common household pets. Other pets are considered to be exotic animals. These include snakes, lizards, and hedgehogs. According to the passage, snakes are .....

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Category: HSP - Reading

When cartoonist Charles M. Schulz was a boy in elementary school, other boys teased him for being small and not very good at sports, and his art teacher told him he had no talent for drawing. He had few friends and was too shy to talk to a red-haired girl he admired. Later in life, Schulz used his childhood experiences in his comic strip Peanuts: the strip’s main character, the sad and lonely Charlie Brown, represents Shulz as a little boy. Peanuts was unique at the time because it contained no adult characters. Readers fell in love with Charlie Brown, and Peanuts eventually became one of the most popular comic strips of all time. What is the main idea of the passage?

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Category: HSP - Writing

A report by CNN says teenagers spend an average of nine hours a day consuming media, most of that via their phones, and another report says that fifty percent of teens say they are addicted to their phones. Obviously, that is not a very positive argument in favor of smartphones and yet the resources that mobile devices make available to teenagers—resources that can help them learn English—are a lot. Discuss your opinion in 150 words.

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Category: HSP - Mathematics

Which of the following is the least?

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Category: HSP - Mathematics

All of the following are ways to write 25 percent of N, EXCEPT

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Category: HSP - Mathematics

Which of the following is closest to 27.8 × 9.6?

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Category: HSP - Mathematics

A soccer team played 160 games and won 65 percent of them. How many games did the team win?

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Category: HSP - Mathematics

There are 3 people who work full-time and are going to work together on a project, but their total time on the project is to be equivalent to that of only one person working full-time. If one of the people is budgeted for 1/2 of his time to the project and a second person for 1/3 of her time, what part of the third worker’s time should be budgeted to this project?

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Category: HSP - Mathematics

32 is 40% of what number?

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Category: HSP - Mathematics

What is 1,345/ 99 rounded to the nearest integer?

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Category: HSP - Mathematics

Three of four numbers have a sum of 22. If the average of the four numbers is 8, what is the fourth number?

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Category: HSP - Mathematics

What is 12% of 120?

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Category: HSP - Mathematics

A box in a college bookstore contains books, and each book in the box can be a history book, an English book or a science book. If 1/3 of these books are history books and 1/6 are English books, what fraction of the books are science books?

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Category: HSP - General Aptitude

What number should replace the question mark?         0, 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 12, 16, ?

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Category: HSP - General Aptitude

Isotherm is to temperature as isobar is to:

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Category: HSP - General Aptitude

Identify two words (one from each set of brackets) that have a connection (analogy) with the words in capitals and relate to them in the same way. GRAM (energy, weight, scales) KNOT (water, height, speed) .

Please answer in the following format. GRAM - answer 1, KNOT - answer 2

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Category: HSP - General Aptitude

How many minutes is it before 12 noon, if 48 minutes ago it was twice as many minutes past 9 am?

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Category: HSP - General Aptitude

Alf has four times as many apples as Jim, and Jim has three times as many apples as Sid. Altogether they have 192 apples. How many has each? Alf? Jim? Sid?

Please answer in the following format. Alf - answer 1, Jim - answer 2, Sid - answer 3

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Category: HSP - General Aptitude

Which is the missing section?     

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Category: HSP - General Aptitude

Each number in the pyramid is the sum of the two numbers immediately below it. Write the missing numbers for each letter in the space below.

Please answer in the following format. A - answer 1, B - answer 2, c - answer 3

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Category: HSP - General Aptitude

Which is the odd one out?

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Category: HSP - General Aptitude

Switch A turns lights 1 and 2 on/off or off/on,     Switch B turns lights 2 and 4 on/off or off/on,     Switch C turns lights 1 and 3 on/off or off/on

*Switches C, A, and B are thrown in turn with the result that Figure 1 turns into Figure 2. Which switch does not work at all?

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Category: HSP - General Aptitude

Which is the missing tile?

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Please complete the above Placement Test before proceeding to below step

For the Speaking Section, please choose one of the below options and record yourself speaking for 1-2 minutes: 

  • Introduce yourself and tell us about a time in your life when you felt happy.
  • Introduce yourself and tell us about your life goals.

Click the button below to upload via Google Drive.