DIAGNOSTIC TEST

Basic English I
Name: ___________________________________________________ Class: ___________
General instructions:
The exercises in this test have the objective to find out your level of
English
IMPORTANT!
Dont panic when you think the exercise is difficult, relax and answer
based on what you really know
I. Match the questions with a correct answer a-i.
1. ___ What is this in English?

a. Thats right
b. Its a notebook
c. J-U-L-I-A
d. N-O-T-E-B-O-O-K
e. Portugal
f. A-L-V-A-R-E-Z
g. Marta Lazzeri
h. Felipe Gonzales

2. ___ How do you spell your first name?

3. ___ Where is he from?
4. ___ What is his name?
5. ___ How do you spell your last name?
6. ___ What is your name?
II. Write a or an
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

____ ticket
___ orange
___ car
___ newspaper
___ house
___ camera

7. ___ telephone
8. ___ ice-cream
9. ___ student
10. ___ bag
11.___ apple

III. Complete the text. Choose eight words from the box.
from
want

language
like

hospital

country

live

doctor

have

is

are

in

My names Margarita Snchez and Im a (1) ______________. I (2) ___________ 35

years old. Im married and I (3) ________________ three children. They (4)
_________ five, seven and ten years old. I (5) ________________ in a big house (6)
___________ Bilbao in the north of Spain. I (7) ______________ to learn English
because its an international (8) _____________________.
IV. Complete the sentences with the names of the jobs from the box

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barman postman
accountant

receptionist interpreter

shopkeeper

nurse architect

pilot
journalist

1. A ___________________________ delivers letters.

2. A ___________________________ sells things.
3. An __________________________ looks after money.
4. A ____________________________ serves drinks.
5. A ____________________________ gives people information.
6. An ___________________________ design houses, buildings, etc.
7. A ____________________________ flies to different places.
8. A ____________________________ looks after people in hospital.
9. A ____________________________ writes for a newspaper.
10. An ___________________________ translates from one language to another.
IV. Complete the sentences with the correct form of a verb from the
box.
fly

play

live

teach have

speak

drink give

1. My sister works in France. She ______________ English in Paris.

2. He ___________________ breakfast at half past seven.
3. My son ______________ tennis every week.
4. My friend _______________ three languages.
5. My sister is a flight attendant. She _________________ to hundreds of cities.
v. Write the time

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VI. Write the months of the year in the correct order.

1.
2.
3.
4.

5.
6.
7.
8.

9.
10.
11.
12.

VII. Write questions. Use is or are.

1. (at home/ your mother) Is your mother at home?
2. (interesting/ your job) ______________________________________ ?
3. (the stores/ open today) ____________________________________ ?
4. (interested in sports/ you) __________________________________ ?
5. (near here/ the post office) _________________________________ ?
VIII. Write true short answers (Yes, I am. No, it isnt, etc.)
1.
2.
3.
4.

Are you married? No, Im not

Is it cold today? ____________________
Are your hands cold? _______________
Are you a teacher?

IX. Write questions. Read the answers first.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

(name?) Whats your name?

(married or single?) _________________________________ ?
(Australian?) _________________________________________?
(how old?) ___________________________________________?
(a lawyer?) __________________________________________?
(wife a teacher?) _____________________________________?
(from?) ______________________________________________?
(her name?) _________________________________________ ?
(how old?) ___________________________________________?

Paul.
Im married.
No, Im Canadian.
Im 30.
No, Im a teacher.
No, shes a nurse.
Shes Mexican.
Ana
Shes 27.

THANK YOU!