DIAGNOSTIC TEST FOR LEVEL V – VI

NAME: Luis Silva

Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple present or present progressive)
1. Look! Sara (go) ………………is going …………………………… to the movies.
2. On her right hand, Sara (carry) …………is carrying ……………………………. her handbag.
3. The handbag (be) …………………is……………………. very beautiful.
4. Sara usually (put) …………puts……. on black shoes but now she (wear) ……………. white trainers.
5. And look, she (take) ………is taking …….. an umbrella because it (rain) ………raining………….
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or past perfect)
1. When he (wake up) ……woke up…………. , his mother (already /prepare) …had already
prepared……………… breakfast
2. We (go) …………went………… to London because our friends (invite) ………had invited………… us
3. He (hear) …………heared…… the news, (go) ……went……….. to the telephone and (call) called ………
a friend.
4. When she (start) …………started……….. learning English she (already /learn) …………………………
French.
5. Jane (already / type) …had already type…………………… three pages when her computer
(crash) ……………………. .
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple past or present perfect).
1. I (just / finish) ………………have just finished………………………… my homework.
2. Mary (already / write) ……………has already written…………………………………… five letters.
3. Tom (move) ……………………………moved…………………….. to his home town in 1994.
4. My friend (be) ……………………was………………………. in Canada two years ago.
5. I (not / be) ……………………had be……………….. to Canada so far.
Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).
1. The receptionist (welcome) ……………welcomed…… the guests and (ask) …………asked…….. them to
fill in the form
2. The car (break) ……………broke……………. down and we (have) ……………had……………. to walk
home.
3. The boys (swim) …………swwimming…………………… ….while the girls (sunbath) …………were sun
bathing…………………….
4. My father (come) ………come……. in, (look) …looki…………and (tell) ………told……….me to tidy up my
room.
5. While one group (prepare) …preparing………………dinner the others (collect) ……were
collecting………… wood for the campfire.
Put the verbs into the correct tense (simple future or future perfect)
1. Tomorrow I think I (start) ……………… will start……………………… my new project.

2. I (finish) …………… will have finished……………… it by the end of this month.

3. The teacher (probably/assign) …… will probably assign…………………………….. a test to his
students next Monday.
4. He (correct) ………………………… will have corrected…………………………. it by the end of next
week.
5. My friend (certainly/get) …………… will certainly get……………………………. a good mark.

PAST SIMPLE or PAST CONTINUOUS

1. The children (play)………………………was playing ………………………… in the park when it started to

rain.
2. I was watching a movie when I (notice)………noticed ……………………………… him standing outside.
3. She arrived when I (have)………………having……………………… a bath, so I couldn't answer the door!
4. I (see)……………saw…………… a famous celebrity when I was shopping on Oxford Street yesterday.
5. She was drinking too much so she (fall)……fall………………………. . I hope she learnt her lesson!

Choose the correct tense (simple past or past perfect).

1. The wind …… blew……………away the paper serviettes that I …………… had left ……….. on the garden
table.
2. The teacher … corrected…………………the essays that his students …… had
written………………………….
3. The girls …………… laughed…………. at the pictures that they ……… had taken ……………….. the day
before.
4. Yesterday, Mandy (go) …………went………………………… to a café after work.
5. She (sit) ……sat……………….down at a table outside the café and (look) ………looked………….at the
menu.

Used to and Would. Choose the correct answer.

1. I didn’t ……use to………………………….. live in this city.

2. We …… wouldn’t……………… often go on holiday.

3. When I was a child, we ……used to……………… have a dog.

4. As a student, he never …………used to ………………….. have any money.

5. My dad …………would ………………… always read to me before bed.