4542 Diagnostic Vocabulary Test

Universidad de Concepción.
Pedagogía en Inglés.
Diagnostic test
Name: _____________________________ Date: ____________
Grade: _______________
I.- Complete the text with the words provided in the box .
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Vincent Willem Van Gogh

(1853-1890)
Dutch post-impressionist painter, whose work represents the archetype of
expressionism, the idea of emotional spontaneity in painting. Van Gogh was (1)____ on
March 30, 1853, in Groot-Zundert, son of a Dutch Protestant pastor. Early in life he
displayed a moody restless temperament.
By the age of 27 he had been in turn a salesman in an art (2)_____, a French tutor, a
theological student, and an evangelist among the miners in Belgium. His experiences as
a preacher are reflected in his first (3)_______ of peasants. Dark and somber, sometimes
crude, these early works evidence Van Gogh’s intense desire to (4)_____ the misery and
poverty of humanity as he saw it among the miners in Belgium.
In 1886 Van Gogh went to Paris to (5)____ with his brother Theo, who (6)_____ as an
art dealer, and became familiar with the new art movements developing at
the time. However, Van Gogh was mentally (7)____.
During one of his fits of madness he attacked his friend Paul Gauguin with a (8)____;
the same night in deep remorse Van Gogh (9)_____ part of his own ear. For a time he
was in a hospital at Arles. He spent a year in the nearby asylum of Saint-Remy, but he
did not get any better. Finally, on Sunday 27 July, 1890, in the small village of Auvers,
north of Paris, Vincent Van Gogh took a gun, went into a cornfield and (10)____ himself
and died.
II.- Matching: Match the words on the left with the most appropriate group of
words on the right. Write the number in the spaces provided.
1) Improve a: _____ a place where you buy presents
2) Healthy food b: _____ a nutritious meal for your body
3) Gift shop c: _____ rise/ better/ enhance
4) Defeat d: _____ to win over someone or something
5) Challenge e: _____ award
6) Reward f: _____ to confront /combat
7) Heat g: _____ reduction/ pay less
8) Discount h: _____ potent/ strong
9) Harmful i: _____ hot/ high temperature
10) Powerful j: _____ bad/ damaging
III.- Alternatives: Choose the correct word to complete each sentence. Circle
only one letter.
1) Milk is a very _______ food, with lots of vitamins and minerals.
a) Bad. b) Nutritious. c) Sweet. d) Unhealthy.
2) _______ means to reuse materials to create a new and usable element.
a) Remix. b) Recycle. c) Retort. d) Round.
3) The _______ these days is unpredictable, one minute it is sunny and

suddenly it starts to rain.
a) Storm. b) Conditions. c) Weather. d) Wind.
4) It is very _______ to see a cow swimming! I’ll go get my camera!
a) Unusual. b) Common. c) Usual. d) Sad.
5) You need to _______ the oven before putting the bread in it.
a) Cold. b) Heat. c) Watch. d) Touch.
6) A chef is a person who _______ for a living.
a) Cleans b) Washes c) Uses d) Cooks
7) To play tennis we need a ______ in the middle of the court.
a) Web. b) Net. c) Cable. d) Line.
8) The menu has a great variety of ______ to choose from.
a) Dishes. b) Cups. c) Forks. d) Knives.
9) Alexander the Great _____ his troops to the mountains.
a) Led b) Introduced. c) followed d) Presented.
10) The government took heavy _____ to reduce pollution.
a) Measures. b) Limits. c) laws. d) Limitations.
IV.- Matching: write the name of the object given in the cloud under the correct
picture.
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1. _______ 2.________ 3. _________ 4. ___________
5. ______ 6. ________ 7. ______ 8. _____________
9. ____________ 10. _________
Well done!
Take your time and remember you must transfer your answers on
to the answer sheet. Good Luck!
Universidad de Concepción.
Pedagogía en Inglés.
Answer Sheet.
Name: _____________________________________ Date: ______________
Grade: _______________
I.- Complete the text with the words provided in the box .
1. 5. 9.
2. 6. 10.
3. 7.
4. 8.
II. Matching.
A: F:
B: G:
C: H:
D: I:
E: J:
III. Alternatives.
01. a b c d 06. a b c d
02. a b c d 07. a b c d
03. a b c d 08. a b c d
04. a b c d 09. a b c d
05. a b c d 10. a b c d
IV. Matching.
1. 5. 9.
2. 6. 10.
3. 7.
4. 8.

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Universidad de Concepción.

Name: _____________________________ Date: ____________

gallery express paintings worked

There are extra

Vincent Willem Van Gogh

2) Healthy food b: _____ a nutritious meal for your body

3) Gift shop c: _____ rise/ better/ enhance

4) Defeat d: _____ to win over someone or something

5) Challenge e: _____ award

6) Reward f: _____ to confront /combat

7) Heat g: _____ reduction/ pay less

8) Discount h: _____ potent/ strong

9) Harmful i: _____ hot/ high temperature

10) Powerful j: _____ bad/ damaging

a) Bad. b) Nutritious. c) Sweet. d) Unhealthy.

2) _______ means to reuse materials to create a new and usable element.

a) Remix. b) Recycle. c) Retort. d) Round.

3) The _______ these days is unpredictable, one minute it is sunny and

a) Storm. b) Conditions. c) Weather. d) Wind.

4) It is very _______ to see a cow swimming! I’ll go get my camera!

a) Unusual. b) Common. c) Usual. d) Sad.

a) Cold. b) Heat. c) Watch. d) Touch.

6) A chef is a person who _______ for a living.

a) Cleans b) Washes c) Uses d) Cooks

7) To play tennis we need a ______ in the middle of the court.

a) Web. b) Net. c) Cable. d) Line.

8) The menu has a great variety of ______ to choose from.

a) Dishes. b) Cups. c) Forks. d) Knives.

9) Alexander the Great _____ his troops to the mountains.

a) Led b) Introduced. c) followed d) Presented.

10) The government took heavy _____ to reduce pollution.

a) Measures. b) Limits. c) laws. d) Limitations.

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5. ______ 6. ________ 7. ______ 8. _____________

9. ____________ 10. _________

Name: _____________________________________ Date: ______________

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