Self Study Guide - Diagnostic Test

1. ______ homeless are people who have nowhere to 9. He thinks I’ll feel better if he ______ to buy me an
live. expensive gift.

A) A A) shall promise
B) Those B) shall promise
C) — C) promises
D) The D) is promise
2. – Whose car is that in the drive? 10. The father was singing to his three-week-old
daughter _____ she fell asleep.
– I don’t know – not ______.
A) as
A) our B) when
B) your C) while
C) ours D) at
D) its
11. In Shakespeare’s famous drama, Macbeth receives
3. Mary’s ______ of the four girls. the Scottish throne by killing Duncan in battle and
______ by Duncan’s son.
A) tallest
B) taller A) is then defeated and kill
C) the tallest B) then defeats and kills
C) is then defeat and killed
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D) the taller
D) is then defeated and killed
4. Oh, I’ll buy this carpet! How much ______ here?
12. ‘Hamlet’ ______ by Shakespeare.
A) it is costing
B) is it costing A) supposes to write
C) does it cost B) supposes to be written
D) it costs C) is supposed to write
D) is supposed to be written
5. Sony Computer Science Laboratories in Japan ______
a little robot dog. What wonderful news! 13. This picture reminds me of the Botticelli painting of
Venus in Florence. Do you remember ______ it?
A) develop
B) has developed A) see
C) developed B) seeing
D) have developed C) to see
D) on seeing
6. I ______ when the volcano erupted.
14. The car-spotter was really disappointed at failing to
A) slept notice a white Jaguar ______.
B) was sleeping
A) to pass
C) had slept
B) to by-pass
D) used to sleep
C) to passing
7. I advised her to go on a diet as she ______ on weight.
D) passing
A) had been putting 15. When we were kids, my mum used ______ us out on
bikes all round the countryside.
B) were being put
C) put A) take
D) were getting B) taking
8. By 3 o’clock I ______ the shopping. C) to take
D) to taking
A) am doing
B) will have done
C) will do
D) do

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16. You ______ knock before you come into my room. 19. Whose ______?

A) may A) does the car belong to

B) can B) the car is
C) ought C) the car isn’t
D) must D) car is this
17. Don’t you know ______ 20. Miss Parker, do me a big favour, ______?

A) what the latest news about the situation in India? A) shall we

B) what’s the latest news about the situation in India. B) will you
C) shall you
C) what the latest news about the situation in India D) don’t you
is. 21. Look up in the newspaper if ______ a good film on
D) the latest news about the situation in India? tonight.
18. In this class, I was able to improve my results, ______
A) it is
helped me feel better about myself.
B) it’s
A) what C) there is
B) whose D) its
C) which
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D) who

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Answer Key:

1: D 12: D
2: C 13: B
3: C 14: D
4: C 15: C
5: B 16: D
6: B 17: D
7: A 18: C
8: B 19: D
9: C 20: B
10: B 21: C
11: D

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