Diagnostic Exam 1

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Diagnostic exam.

Name: ___________________________________ Date: _____________


Complete the time expressions with in, at or on.
1. ________ Saturday
2. ________ summer
3. ________ the twenty-first century
4. ________ eight o´clock
5. ________ the 12th of March
6. ________ June
7. ________ the weekend
8. ________ the afternoon
Complete the sentences using the adjective once and the adverb once.
Careful Carefully
1. Be ___________! This cup is very hot.
2. Please listen ____________ to what I am saying.
Beautiful Beautifully
3. She has a lovely voice. She sings ___________.
4. Your dress is really _____________! I love it!
Quiet Quickly
5. Be __________! I cannot hear the TV.
6. Sh! Speak ____________! The baby is asleep.
Complete the sentences with a, an, or some.
1. There´s _________ food on the table. Come and get it!
2. I usually have ______ for breakfast.
3. Can you buy _______ bread at the shops?
4. I have ________ fruit every day.
5. Do you want _______ orange or ________ banana?
Tick the correct answer, A or B.
1. What do you like doing at the weekend?
a) I like going out with my friends.
b) I´d like to go out with my friends
2. It is your birthday! What do you want to do?
a) I´d like to go out with my friends.
b) I like going out with my friends
3. We are having a party at our house next Saturday.
a) Do you like to come?
b) Would you like to come?
Choose the correct answer.
1. One of the first places to ______________ is Manhattan. Here you can visit Times
Square, The Empire …….
a) Skyline b) Bite c) Head for
2. New York offers serious shoppers some of the best sops in the world – head for
Saks on 5th Avenue, and don´t forget Macy´s and Bloomingdale´s, even if it is only
____________!
a) Ferry ride b) Windows shopping c) Head for
3. …. And of course, there is Broadway, where you can see some of the best
performances in the world and ________________ the rich and famous!
a) Bite b) Rub shoulders with c) Ferry ride
4. He looked around, ___________ opened the door and went in.
a) As b) Then c) Suddenly
5. ___________, we heard someone screaming.
a) Suddenly b) As c) Then
6. The dog started to bark _____ Paul got into his car.
a) As b) Then c) As soon as
7. I _________ read and write when I was five years old.
a) Can b) Could c) Did
8. When ________ you born?
a) Were b) Was c) Did

Complete the sentences with some or any.


1. I don´t have _______ money on me. But I have __________ money in the
bank.
2. Are there ________ letters for me this morning?
3. I never have __________ breakfast.
4. You have _________ lovely pictures!
5. She doesn´t have _________ children.
Complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjective in bold.
1. It is not very warm today. It was ____________ yesterday.
2. He is not very clever. His sister is much ___________.
3. Your homework is good, but I think you can do ____________.
4. The news is bad, but it could be ____________.
Complete the conversations with do, does, have, or has.
1. ________ you got a computer? Yes, but it is an old one.
2. ________ he have any children? Yes, one daughter.
3. How much money ________ you got? I haven´t got any.
4. What sort of car _______ she got? I am not sure. A Golf, I think.
5. What _____ you have for breakfast? Tea and toast, usually.
Read, underline the correct preposition and complete the article using Past Simple.
We do not usually do very much 1) at/in the weekends, but last Saturday evening
we ____________ (drive) to our friend’s cottage. 2) In/On Sunday we _________
(get) up 3) at/in six o´clock 4) at/in the morning! We __________ (want) to go
fishing on the lake. We ___________ (catch) a lot of fish! We __________ (come)
back some time 5) on/in the afternoon. 6) At/On night we _________ (cook) the
fish over a fire outside. We _________ (sit) around for hours, eating and talking. It
________ (be) a lovely evening. We __________ (go) to bed 7) in/at around
midnight. Early the following morning, we ___________ (drive) back to the city. We
can´t wait for our next visit.
Fill in “who”, “whose” or “where”:

a) That´s the man __________ dog bit me.

b) He is the one __________ wrote the note.

c) Sally is the girl __________ brother saw a ghost.

d) The girl __________ is singing is Lyn.

e) That is the hotel __________ we stayed last year.

f) Roger Federer, __________ is a very famous tennis player, was born in Basle.

g) Basle, __________ Roger Federer was born, is a city in Switzerland.

h) Michael Jackson, __________ is called the King of Pop, started singing in the 60´s.

i) I hate parents __________ don´t take care of their children.

j) Florence; __________ Leonardo Da Vinci was born, is a medieval city.

Match formal phrases 1-6 with endings a-f to make full sentences. There may be more
than one posible answer.

1. ___ I am writing a) in a attaching your programme.


2. ___ I have pleasure b) to suggest changes.
3. ___ Please find attached c) to meeting you next month.
4. ___ I look forward d) your itinerary and hotel reservations.
5. ___ I would like e) to welcome you to our town.
6. ___ Please feel free f) to inform you that the conference dates have been
changed.

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