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4542 Diagnostic Vocabulary Test

The document provides a diagnostic test for a class on teaching English as a foreign language. The test contains multiple choice and matching questions to assess vocabulary, grammar, and comprehension. It covers topics such as famous painters, food, weather, verbs, and objects. Students are asked to complete sentences, match terms and pictures, and choose the correct alternative to demonstrate their English language skills.

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4542 Diagnostic Vocabulary Test

The document provides a diagnostic test for a class on teaching English as a foreign language. The test contains multiple choice and matching questions to assess vocabulary, grammar, and comprehension. It covers topics such as famous painters, food, weather, verbs, and objects. Students are asked to complete sentences, match terms and pictures, and choose the correct alternative to demonstrate their English language skills.

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Universidad de Concepción.

Pedagogía en Inglés.

Diagnostic test

Name: _____________________________ Date: ____________

Grade: _______________

I.- Complete the text with the words provided in the box .
shot cut off live red born sky ill razor

gallery express paintings worked

Remember!

There are extra


words you will not
use

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.

gun fields twice scissors fox frightened

spoon hard-boiled eggs twins gift


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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