Diagnostic Assessment

Name: ……................................ Class :…………… Marks ………./100

A. MAKING NEGATIVES
Make the following sentences negative.
Example :
Crocodiles live in Europe.
Crocodiles don’t live in Europe. They live in Africa.
1. An airplane flies very slowly.
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2. Bananas come from England.
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3. The temperature rises at night.
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4. The French won the World Cup in 2006.
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5. Brazilians speak English.
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B. COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES
Write the comparative and superlative form of the adjective.
Fast ........................... ...............................
Funny ........................... ...............................
Cheap ........................... ...............................
Expensive ........................... ...............................
Hot ........................... ...............................
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C. OPPOSITES
Match the words and phrases in column A with their opposites in column B.

A B
clean late
early to be wrong
to travel abroad to tell the truth
to be right dirty
to tell lie to stay at home

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D. DESCRIPTIONS
Match a line in column A with a line in column B.

A B
What’s the weather like? Playing football.
What’s Wissal like? They are too strict with her.
What was the film like? It’s quite hot.
What does she like doing? It was really exciting.
What are her parents like? She is very nice.

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E. SILENT LETTERS
Three words in the lines below have one silent letter each. Cross them out and circle the
word where the letter is pronounced.
sign - foreign - signature - eight
knock - key - know
poster - listen - castle - fasten
would - could - should - shoulder
write - wrong - when - who

F. WHO SAYS WHAT? 05

Match lines 1 – 5 with lines a – e

1. May I see your passport, please? a- A passenger

2. I’d like to book a flight to London, please. b- An air hostess
3. Would you like to open your suitcase please? c- An immigration officer
4. Excuse me, sir. This sitting area is for non-smokers. d- A flight captain
5. On behalf of British Airways, I would like e- A customs officer
to welcome you on board this aircraft.
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G. IRREGULAR PAST TENSES
Here are thirty verbs – fifteen are regular and fifteen are irregular. Write in the Past
simple and the Past Participle for the irregular verbs only.
Stem Past simple Past participle
Ask
Answer
Be
Begin
Borrow
Buy
Come
Cook
Dress
Drink
Eat
Give
Go
Greet
Have
Imagine
Like
Listen
Look
Love
Live
Make
Play
Put
Read
Say
Send
Talk
Travel
write
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H. SENTENCE STRUCTURE
Put yet or already in these sentences.

1- I have spoken with my teacher about my project.

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2- We haven’t finished the exercise.
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3- I am planning to fly to Oran next week but I haven’t bought the plan ticket.
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4- Have you done your homework?
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5- No, I haven’t done
it. ............................................................................................................................................
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I. VERB PATTERNS
Complete the following questions using would you like or do you like.
1. ............................... swimming?
2. ............................... to go to the cinema with me?
3. ............................... going to the cinema?
4. What....................... to drink?
5. .............................. to go for a walk in the park?
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J. THE FUTURE
Complete the sentences with a form of going to or will.
1-‘Why have you bought so much food?’
‘Because I________ (cook) a meal for ten people.
2-‘So you have registered at the university?’
‘ That’s right: I __________ (study) Geology at the university of Boumerdes.’
3-‘ My car has broken down.’
‘Ask Hassen the mechanic. I am sure he ________(help) you.’
4-‘ I have passed my exam, Mom!’
‘That’s great! We__________ (give) a party to celebrate that!’
5-‘Why have you got your old jeans on?’
‘ Because I _____________ (clean) the garden.
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K-RELATIVE PRONOUNS
Fill in the blanks with who, where, which or whose.

The Life Guards are soldiers ____1____ protect royal building. They wear uniforms
____2____ consist of a red tunic, black trousers and big brown hats. The royal building
___3___ the Queen lives is called Buckingham Palace. The Life Guards, ___4___ hats are
made of bear skin, are hated by people ____5___ love wild animals.
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L-PRESENT PERFECT OR PAST SIMPLE
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets: the present perfect
or the simple past.
1- Assia Djebar _________ (write) a lot of books. She _______ (write) her first book in 1955.
2- ______ you ever ______ (try) Chinese food?
3- I ________ never _________ (be) to Morocco.
4- She __________ (live) in Tlemcen for three years and then in 2003 she _______ (move) to
Oran.
5- We _________ (meet) Ahmed three years ago. How about you? How long _______ you
________ (know) him?
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M- MODALS
Complete the following sentences using the correct form of can, must or may.

1. You -------------- visit Edinburgh, because many people think it is the most
beautiful city in Scotland.
2. -------------- play the guitar?
3. You -------------- knock on the door before entering.
4. You ------------ take an umbrella, because it is going to rain.
5. You mustn’t drive so fast, you ---------- have an accident.
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N-PUNCTUATION AND CAPITALISATION

There are ten mistakes in the draft letter below. Find them and write the corrections in
the margin on the same line.

Dear Rima,
i am in London at the moment, I am
visiting my friend Alison? I arrived here
yesterday afternoon: I went to visit
buckingham Palace this morning. The
life Guards were very colourful with
their red tunics; black trousers and
brown hats we are going to see a film
tonight. It is called The lord of the
Rings.
I’ll tell you all about it in my next letter,
Love,
Anis

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