Diagnostic Test

NAME ......................................................................................................... DATE .....................................

CLASS .......................................................................................................... MARK ––––––
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(Time 60 minutes)

Vocabulary
A Choose the correct answer.
11 My .......... friend moved to France so I only see
1 My teacher has got short brown hair and is her during the holidays.
of .......... height. A best B most C excellent D high
A small B middle C average D tall
12 We all .......... from different directions and met at
2 My mother taught me to always .......... the truth. the cinema.
A tell B say C speak D state A turned B arrived C showed D came

3 Hello, could you please .......... me through to Mr 13 My brother .......... his time in the evening playing
Watson in marketing? computer games.
A take B give C get D put A passes C spends
B wastes D completes
4 Steve is a very .......... person, he always gives
money to charity. 14 We can’t .......... to go to Disneyland in Florida,
A generous C polite USA.
B honest D shy A expect B stay C hold D wait

5 I .......... my old friends so I keep in touch with 15 This applicant .......... a degree in business and
them over the Internet. experience working in an office.
A miss B left C leave D forget A has B takes C keeps D owns

6 Some trees blew over from the .......... winds and 16 The two girls .......... exactly alike but their
damaged some cars. characters are very different.
A heavy B hard C extreme D strong A seem B see C look D show

7 My dad suffers .......... high blood pressure so he 17 Student doctors have to work .......... hours
can’t eat salt. before they qualify.
A of B from C in D with A far C additional
B long D spare
8 This is a nice photograph of all the .......... of my
family. 18 I would like to .......... for the position of assistant
A residents C members at your camp.
B people D parts A ask B try C put D apply

9 The customer .......... angrily at the waiter for 19 I .......... previous experience working in a busy
spilling soup on him. restaurant.
A spoke C talked A have B keep C hold D take
B called D shouted
20 I thank you for your time and .......... forward to
10 You are in .......... of hurting yourself if you don’t hearing from you.
warm up properly before exercising. A expect B see C watch D look
A trouble B danger C risk D threat

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21 I wish you all the best and hope you .......... in 31 What was the .......... that you left your last job?
your new career. A cause C reason
A succeed C gain B purpose D intention
B win D earn
32 We will .......... for you outside the cinema.
22 You can .......... books for free from the library as A stay B hold C keep D wait
long as you return them on time.
A loan B borrow C lend D use 33 He .......... me the story of how he was rescued
from the avalanche.
23 I am .......... in applying for the position you have A told B said C spoke D talked
available.
A curious C keen 34 I couldn’t believe that it rained for the .......... trip.
B excited D interested Our holiday was ruined.
A all C whole
24 This dress is .......... expensive, I think I’ll look for B complete D full
something cheaper.
A rather B much C enough D over 35 The painting really .......... your attention because
it is so lifelike.
25 It’s really easy to get around the city on .......... A draws C takes
transport. B pulls D makes
A general C public
B social D common 36 I’m sorry to .......... that you are unwell and I hope
you get better soon.
26 They introduced a fee for using the roads A listen B catch C pick D hear
because of the .......... traffic in the city centre.
A large B heavy C serious D huge 37 My mum is angry because my brother .......... to
clean his room.
27 Please .......... a seat, the doctor will be with you A denies C says
in a moment. B avoids D refuses
A keep B hold C catch D take
38 Ruth is in bed .......... from the flu.
28 We went from one shop to .......... looking for the A getting C improving
perfect souvenir of our holiday. B recovering D healing
A another C each
B other D different 39 Many people dream of moving to the country to
enjoy the .......... life.
29 The festival takes .......... every August in the city. A simple C honest
A part C post B plain D calm
B place D position
40 He .......... some extra money at the weekend
30 We should work together to .......... a solution to doing odd jobs for the neighbours.
deforestation. A wins B gains C obtains D earns
A realize C decide
B meet D find
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NAME ......................................................................................................... DATE .....................................

CLASS .......................................................................................................... MARK –––––– /100

(Time 60 minutes)

Grammar
B Choose the correct answer.

1 Simon and I .......... both ten years old. 11 The weather .......... warmer these days.
A are B am C is D have A get C gets
B getting D is getting
2 These are .......... books. They aren’t Mary’s.
A I B my C mine D me 12 We .......... each other since 2008.
A know C knew
3 There’s .......... noise in here. Let’s go to a B have known D have been knowing
different café.
A a little C too much 13 Karen .......... as a teacher in this school for ten
B a few D too many years.
A has been working C works
4 Ben is slightly .......... than Bob. B is working D has worked
A taller C the tallest
B tall D very tall 14 Alan .......... in the sea when he saw a shark
coming towards him.
5 All of Mary’s .......... are grown up and married. A is swimming C swam
A child C children’s B was swimming D swim
B children D child’s
15 At first I didn’t like Indian food, but I soon ..........
6 .......... colour do you like best for the walls of the to it.
kitchen? A used C got used
A What C Whose B was used D use
B Who D Which
16 The old woman was crossing the street when
7 .......... olive oil should I add to the salad? she .......... and fell.
A How C How many A was slipping C slips
B How much D What B slipped D have slipped

8 We always .......... our grandparents on Sundays. 17 Since I .......... my homework, I could relax for the
A visit C is visiting rest of the evening.
B are visiting D visiting A had done C have done
B did D had been doing
9 You .......... my laptop! Why don’t you buy one for
yourself? 18 Tom was exhausted as he .......... the furniture all
A always use C always are using morning.
B are always using D use always A had moved C was moving
B had been moving D have been moving
10 The first train to Oxford .......... at 6 am.
A leaves C is leaving 19 I expect Harry .......... us as soon as he arrives at
B leave D leaving the station.
A will call C is going to call

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B calls D will be calling 22 Watch out! You .......... your bike over my flower
bed!
20 This time tomorrow, I .......... to Moscow. A will be riding C will ride
A will drive B are riding D are going to ride
B am driving
C will be driving 23 If you heat ice, it .......... .
D am going to be driving A will melt C would melt
B melts D is going to melt
21 Send me a copy as soon as you .......... the
report. 24 If we go sightseeing tomorrow, I .......... my
A finish C am finishing camera.
B will finish D will be finishing A would take C will take
B take D going to take

25 I’d probably buy this book if it .......... so

expensive.
A isn’t C hadn’t been
B wasn’t D haven’t been

26 If the road hadn’t been so icy, the

accident .......... happened.
A won’t have C would have
B wouldn’t D wouldn’t have

27 I wish I .......... more time to relax in the evenings.

A would have C have had
B had D had had

28 “………. me a bedtime story, Dad,” said the little

girl to her father.
A Say B Tell C Ask D Speak

29 The passengers .......... about having to wait for

two hours before boarding their flight.
A complained C explained
B recovered D suffered

30 Philip asked Mary why she .......... to become a

doctor.
A decided C had decided
B have decided D decide

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31 Rome .......... by millions of tourists every year. 36 Do you know the reason .......... Frank became
A is visited C was visited so upset?
B is visiting D has visited A which B why C when D what

32 Jon .......... at the garage last week. 37 ………. her being ill, she still went to work.
A is having his car repaired A Despite C Even though
B had his car repaired B Although D However
C has his car repaired
D had had his car repaired 38 Let’s go to the cinema tonight, .......... we?
A don’t B will C won’t D shall
33 Steve likes .......... board games with his brother.
A playing C play 39 Helen’s eaten hardly .......... at all today.
B plays D to be playing A any C nothing
B anything D everything
34 I’d love .......... that film in the cinema.
A seeing C to see 40 Did the children enjoy .......... at the zoo today?
B see D to be seeing A themselves C the
B them D itself
35 You .......... use the computer now, if you like.
A may B shall C might D should Marks ____
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