Diagnostic Test: Vocabulary and Grammar

DIAGNOSTIC TEST Name: Mark: .
Vocabulary and Grammar (70 points)

1 Complete the chart with the words below. (15 points)
tiny • cry • pilot • nephew • ferry • buy • boring • waiter • grandson
aeroplane • nurse • daughter • smile • polite • motorbike
Family Jobs Transport Adjectives Verbs
2 Circle the word that doesn’t belong. (6 points)

1. police officer • security guard • nurse • detective
2. toothbrush • shampoo • soap • weapon
3. keyboard • mouse • monitor • path
4. play a trick • move • get a job • graduate
5. tree • flower • rock • grass
6. calculator • bridge • scissors • stapler
3 Choose the correct answer. (7 points)

1. I want to grow up / go to university / get divorced to study art.
2. I like to look at the ships at the port / park / post office.
3. The tourists want to go sightseeing / take a class / go abroad around the city.
4. Our friends and family sometimes are born / get together / go to the cinema at our house.
5. Stop when the traffic light / corner / roundabout is red.
6. Don’t run on the wet floor. You can get lost / hurt yourself / find your way.
7. Turn off / Clean up / Use up the heater. You’re wasting electricity.
4 Complete the sentences with the words below. (6 points)

ring • honest • fingerprints • mirror • joke • tornado
1. The police found on the window.
2. A destroyed our house.
3. I believe Jane’s story. She’s very .
4. My friends laugh when I tell a .
5. I can see my face in the .
6. You wear a on your finger.
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5 Match the descriptions in A to the words in B. (6 points)

A B
1. This takes people to hospital. a. fly
2. This helps people get up. b. ambulance
3. This is a type of insect. c. volunteer
4. This person has got a husband. d. sandals
5. These are shoes for the summer. e. alarm clock
6. This person works but doesn’t get money f. wife
6 Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the correct form of the tenses listed. (16 points)
Present Simple
like • ride • graduate • sell
1. Roy often his motorbike.
2. This shop sandals, only trainers.
3. you onions?
4. Every year, about 2,000 students from the university in my town.
Present Continuous
chase • run • laugh • order
1. Dad a pizza right now?
2. I because that joke isn’t funny.
3. Two police officers a criminal.
4. Why you in the park in the rain?
Past Simple
go • bring • move • celebrate
1. The waiter us our food. It was cold.
2. We sightseeing yesterday because the weather was bad.
3. your parents their anniversary last week?
4. My family to a new house last year.
Past Continuous
call • investigate • play • cry
1. The detectives the murder for months.
2. Why you with a ball in the living room yesterday afternoon?
3. The baby . He was quiet.
4. you for help for a long time? We didn’t hear you.
7 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the correct form of the Present Perfect Simple. (4 points)
1. Tom never (be) to Italy.
2. My uncle (have) children yet.
3. you ever (break) your leg?
4. Who is that? I (see) him before.

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8 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjectives in brackets. Use comparatives, superlatives
or (not) as … as, too or (not) … enough. There may be more than one correct answer. (10 points)
1. Jim is impolite. He is (nice) his easy-going brother.
2. Pam can’t carry that box. She is (strong).
3. The baby elephant doesn’t like noise. It’s (nervous) the other animals.
4. My dad is (calm) person in my family. He rarely gets angry.
5. Ted is only 14. He’s (young) to drive a car.
6. That is (dangerous) bridge in the world!
7. I want that handbag. It’s (trendy) mine.
8. The blue dress is (pretty) the green one. I prefer the green one.
9. Sharon is very shy. She is (outgoing) student in our class.
10. I don’t want to go out. I’m (tired).
Written Production (10 points)

Word Order
Write the words in the correct order to make sentences. Add capital letters. (10 points)
1. jacket / your / didn’t / David / borrow / .
2. in / staying / are / now / London / you / ?
3. vacuum cleaner / I / a / use / never / .
4. in / laptop / January / his / bought / he / .
5. Dan’s / a / is / uncle / dentist / ?
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02 Oral Comprehension (10 points)
Exchanging Information
1 Listen to Emma and Ray and choose the correct answer. (5 points)
1. Ray went to the sports centre / to the park / climbing in Scotland.
2. Ray stayed with his cousin / uncle / friends during the holiday.
3. The weather was warm / cool / snowy in the mountains.
4. Right now, Emma is going to the mountains / to the climbing wall / to meet friends.
5. Emma volunteered / climbed trees / stayed with friends in the city.

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2 Listen again and complete the sentences with one or two words. (5 points)
1. When Ray started climbing, he felt .
2. Ben Nevis is the in the UK.
3. Ray was in Scotland in the month of .
4. Emma planted during the summer.
5. Ray thinks that Emma’s summer activities are than his.
Oral Production (10 points)

Student A
1 Ask your partner questions with the words below using to be, have got or the correct form of the verbs.
Write your partner’s answers.
1. where / you / live
2. you / any pets
3. what / your favourite / school subjects
4. you / want / to go / to university
5. who / you / usually / have lunch / with
2 Answer your partner’s questions.
Student B
1 Answer your partner’s questions.
2 Ask your partner questions with the words below using to be, have got or the correct form of the verbs. Write your partner’s
answers.
1. you / brothers or sisters
2. who / be / your best friend
3. how / you / get / to school
4. what / job / you / want / in the future
5. you / prefer / noisy or quiet places

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DIAGNOSTIC TEST Name: Mark: .

Vocabulary and Grammar (70 points)

Family Jobs Transport Adjectives Verbs

2 Circle the word that doesn’t belong. (6 points)

3 Choose the correct answer. (7 points)

4 Complete the sentences with the words below. (6 points)

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5 Match the descriptions in A to the words in B. (6 points)

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Written Production (10 points)

2. in / staying / are / now / London / you / ?

3. vacuum cleaner / I / a / use / never / .

4. in / laptop / January / his / bought / he / .

5. Dan’s / a / is / uncle / dentist / ?

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Oral Production (10 points)

2 Answer your partner’s questions.

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