Eleventh grade diagnostic test

Name:

1. Choose the correct tense.

1 ‘How long have you waited / have you been waiting for the bus?’ ‘Only about five
minutes.’
2 I’ve recorded / been recording the last three episodes of my favourite soap.
3 I’ve learned / been learning French for three months. I’m about elementary level.
4 My hands are dirty because I’ve worked / been working in the garden.
5 I’ve been / been going to Italy, but I’ve never visited / been visiting France.

2. Write the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1 you / went / eaten / Had / you / breakfast / out / before / ?

Had you eaten breakfast before you went out?

2 long / They / bus / waiting / the / hadn’t / arrived / been / when

They hadn’t been waiting long when the bus arrived.

3 been / swimming / because / just / was / he / cold / he’d

He was cold because he’d just been swimming.

4 before / London / he / living / to / Where / he / had / been / moved / ?

Where had he been living before he moved to London?

5 so / expected / presents / get / hadn’t / She / to / many

She hadn’t expected to get so many presents.

3. Choose the correct options (a-c) to complete the text.

How would you feel if you 1……… the right to vote as an adult? Or 2……… you lived in a
country where it was illegal not to vote – how would you feel then? In many countries where
voting isn’t compulsory, the number of people doing so has fallen dramatically. If their
ancestors 3……… that fewer than 60% of the public would vote during the US presidential
elections, they 4……… have fought so hard for that right. But there are 22 nations around the
world where you’d have to vote in an election, 5……… you didn’t want to. And if you lived in
Australia, you could be fined 6……… you voted!

1 a hadn’t b didn’t have c hadn’t had

2 a unless b even if c supposing
3 a had known b knew c would know
4 a couldn’t b might not c hadn’t
5 a supposing b unless c even if
6 a unless b even if c supposing

4. Complete the second and third conditional sentences with the correct form of the
verbs in brackets.

1 You …would save… money on your electricity bill if you didn’t leave the lights on. (save)
2 If I …… hadn’t missed………the train, I wouldn’t have been late for my job interview. (not
miss)
3 You … wouldn’t have failed… the exam if you’d bothered to study. (not fail
4 If we ……spoke …… to the head teacher, do you think it would make a difference? (speak)
5 I … would have lent …… you some money if you’d asked me. (lend)

5. Complete the sentences with the words below.

hard open quick self thick well

1 The students are always …WELL…….-behaved in their English class.

2 Amber isn’t very ………OPEN………….-minded and she doesn’t like trying new things.
3 Sean is usually quite ……HARD…….-working, but he didn’t study a lot for these exams.
4 He’s …………QUICK……………….-witted and he gave fast answers to the questions in the
test.
5 You need to be …THICK….-skinned to be a politician.
6 Max is ……SELF………….-confident, but he knows talent is not enough to succeed.

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