ENGLISH DIAGNOSTIC TEST

Pre-intermediate

Name: ______________________________________________________ Number: ___________ Class: _______________

Reading/Vocabulary
HOW TO BE AN ASTRONAUT
An astronaut trains for five years before a space trip, it is
very hard work. But if you have the chance to go to space
it will be a fantastic experience!
All the food is in small plastic bags. An astronaut chooses
a bag of the right colour (red for one man; blue for
another; white for another) and looks at the inscription.
The inscription tells him what type of food it is. He adds a
drop of water to the food, squeezes the bag for five minutes, and then puts it into his mouth.
The water is in a long tube, when they drink they can see if the water level is low.
The astronauts can’t shave because the little hairs from his face fly around the spaceship and
go into the engine. They only wash themselves with some small wet cloths (10 cm x 10 cm) and
when they wash their teeth they swallow the toothpaste!
An astronaut can take personal things into the spaceship, but he must have them in a small bag
(20 cm x 10 cm). Astronauts usually keep photos of their families or the Bible in the little bag.
The first moonlanding only happened on July 20, 1969. Everybody was watching it on TV
everywhere. Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the moon – it was unbelievable!

A. Are the following sentences TRUE or FALSE according to the text?

Find evidence in the text!
1- Astronauts train for five months before going to space. _____________
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2- Going to space is a fantastic experience. _____________
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3- The food is in little boxes of different colours. _____________
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4- The small plastic bags have an inscription. _______________
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B. Vocabulary – Match the words on the left taken from the text with the correct equivalents on the
right:
1. hard a) writing 1.
2. bag b) kind 2.
3. inscription c) mechanism 3.
 4. type d) difficult 4.
5. engine e) ingest 5.
6. swallow f) container 6.

C. Answer the next questions according to the text in complete sentences:

a) How does an astronaut choose the type of food?
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b) Can the astronaut eat the food instantly? Explain.
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c) Why can’t the astronauts shave?
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d) What type of personal things do the astronauts usually take into the spaceship?
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e) Do you think that the first moonlanding was interesting for the people? Why?
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II- USE OF ENGLISH

1) Choose the correct option to complete the following sentences.

1. The host country for the Olympic Games _______ been chosen.

1. already 2. has 3. yet 4. have

2. Sometimes things _______ work as they should.

1. hasn’t 2. didn’t 3. don’t 4. haven’t

3. When the journalist arrived, the photographer _______ already taken some pictures of the accident.
1. hasn’t 2. have 3. has 4. had

4. She must _____________ all day long.

1. had slept 2. have slept 3. sleep 4. has sleep

5. The people ______________ live in the city don’t recycle.

1. where/that 2. which/that 3. who/that 4. whom/that

6. This house is …………….. ………..one.
1-The most beautiful 2- more beautiful 3-beautiful

7. She ______________ to work in politics but as a researcher.

1. used 2. don’t use 3. doesn’t use 4. didn’t use

8.They travel by plane, ______________?

1. do they 2. don’t they 3. doesn’t they 4. didn’t they

2 Complete the sentences with the words below. Use too … or (not) … enough.

busy • big • old • far • loud • warm

1. I can’t hear you. The radiotoo loud

is ………………………
 2. You can’t put all your clothes in that bag. It’s ……………………………… .
3. I can’t come to your house today. I’m ……………………………… .
4. We can’t go swimming today. It’s ……………………………… .
5. Bill is eighteen. He is ……………………………… to drive a car.

3 Read the notes then write meaningful sentences.

OBLIGATION ADVICE NOT NECESSARY

take an umbrella 

wear a uniform 
pay £5 
tell her 
1 ____________________________________________
2 ____________________________________________
3 ____________________________________________
4 ____________________________________________

4- Rewrite the sentences using the going to or will form

of the verb in brackets.
1 I think she____________________________ (appear) on TV, so she ___________________ (be) famous.
2 My brother _____________________________ (attend) a single-sex school, so he ____________________ (not know)
any girls.
3 I guess They ____________________ (go) on holiday to Greece, so they _______________ (get) brown.

III- LISTENING

Listen to intervierws with two immigrants to United states and complete the chart.

IV-PRONOUNCIATION

Divide these Syllable Syllable

Syllable1 Syllable4
words into parts 2 3
correctly cor rec tly
classroom
computer
conversation