DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION, ENGLISH III

WRITE THE VERB TO BE IN PRESENT TO COMPLETE THE STATEMENTS.

1. Jake ___________ my friend.

2. Carl and Clake ___________ soccer players.
3. Where ____________ you from?
4. I _________ a student.
5. __________ your house big?
6. There _______ a book on the table.
7. How many students __________ there in your classroom?
8. They _________ doctors.
9. The capital city of Germany _________ Berlin.
10. How old _________ your siblings?

CHOOSE THE CORRECT FORMO F THE VERB TO BE COMPLETE THE SENTENCES.

1. ____________ you at home last night?

a) Were b) Was
2. My father _________ in his office until 9:00 pm yesterday?
a) Was b) Were
3. They _________married for five years.
a) Was b) Were.
4. Alex _______ a layer. He ______ an accountant.
a) Isn´t/is b) isnt’/is
5. I ______exited. Today _________ my birthday.
a) Am/is b) is/am
6. I __________ eating sandwich when you called. I ________ eating a salad.
a) Wasn’t/wasn’t b) wasn’t/was
7. My friens and I _________ studying English last night.
a) Was b were
8. Who __________ in your house yesterday in the afternoon?
a) Was b) were
9. Who _________ this?
a) Is b) are
10. We _________ ridding our bikes.
a) Are b) were

WRITE THERE IS/ THERE ARE/ THERE WAS/ THERE WERE IN THE CORRECT FORM. PAY
ATTENTION TO THE KEY WORDS.

1. How many people _______________________ in the concert yesterday?

2. __________________ a lot people in your last birthday party.
3. __________________ a policeman in the building. I can see him.
4. __________________ a circus near my house.
5. __________________ a Doctor on last Monday?
6. __________________ a fun party last night?
 7. How much milk ________________ in the fridge?
8. _______________ many tourists in Cancun every year.
9. I don’t like that restaurant. ________________ any delicious food.
10. _____________ thirty doctors in the hospital last week.

CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION TO COMPLETE THE DIALOGUE.

INTERVIEWER: Bill, I expect life IS/WERE very different today than a hundred years ago. What as it
like?

BILL: Yes, it IS/ISN’T very different. Life was much quieter then. There ARE/IS so many cars now.
There WEREN’T/WERE any cars when I as a boy.

INTERVIEWER: WERE/ARE you happy as a child?

BILL: Oh, yes, I WAS/WERE very happy, but I’m still happy now!

INTERVIEWER: Tell me about your family.

BILL: Well, my father WAS/ WERE a postman and my mother WAS/WERE a cook. We WEREN’T/
WERE rich, but we weren’t poor either.

There WERE/WAS five children. My brothers and sisters WERE/WAS all younger than me but I’m
the only one still here.