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DIAGNOSTIC TEST | Version A

10 Sammy fell and hurt her leg while she ___ to college.
PART A A walk
Choose the correct answer, A, B, C or D. B walked
1 Jason ___ around Chile at the moment. C was walking
A travel D had walked
B travels
11 We ___ the programme but we’d like to.
C is travelling
A ’ve never seen
D are travelling
B never watch
2 I ___ you! It can’t be true! C never watched
A ’m not believe D ’d never watched
B ’m not believing
12 I’ve been to Croatia twice. I ___ there in 2016 and 2019.
C don’t believe
D doesn’t believe A went
B was going
3 We ___ friends from school from time to time. C have been
A see D had been
B sees
C ’re seeing 13 Luciano ___ his phone. Have you seen it anywhere?
D ’s seeing A lost
B was losing
4 ___ coffee after 7 p.m. isn’t a good idea. C has lost
A Drink D had lost
B To drink
C Drinking 14 The dentist can’t see me ___ 4.30 p.m.
D To drinking A between
B until
5 I promise ___ you when I’m home. C on
A message D during
B to message
C messaging 15 I’ll be ready to go ___ ten minutes.
D to messaging A on
B at
6 This is ___ game! C in
A quite a fun D after
B a quite fun
C quite fun 16 How many countries ___?
D fun A have you been to
B have you been
7 It’s ___ easy to find your way around the city. C went you to?
A quite an D did you go?
B a quite
C a pretty 17 Who ___ the lesson this morning?
D relatively A did teach
B did you teach
8 I woke up tired yesterday because I ___ a late night. C you taught
A have D taught
B had
C was having 18 Jan and I ___ at the train station at 8.45 a.m. Our train
D ’d had leaves at 9.
A meet
9 We left the party and ___ the bus home. B are meeting
A take C going to meet
B took D might not meet
C was taking
D had taken

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DIAGNOSTIC TEST | Version A

19 A: What are your plans for tonight? 28 A: Where’s Alfie?

B: I don’t know. I think I ___ for a run. B: He’s playing ___ on his computer.
A go A game
B ’m going B a game
C ’ll go C the game
D going D games

20 Paulo ___ come out tonight. He has to work late. 29 What’s the best place you ___?
A ’s going to A ’s seen
B is B ’ve been to
C will C visited
D might not D went to

21 We all ___ without any problems. 30 This is ___ breakfast I’ve ever had!
A got the bus on A strange
B got on the bus B stranger
C the bus got on C the strange
D on the bus got D the strangest

22 A: Can I ___? 31 Autumn is usually the time ___ I take a holiday.

B: Of course! A where
A take my jacket off B which
B my jacket take C when
C off my jacket D whose
D my jacket take off
32 Ben is the man ___ I was telling you about.
23 He ___ walk home in the dark. It’s not safe. A that
A mustn’t B whose
B has to C which
C doesn’t have to D when
D needn’t
33 I like watching TV programmes ___ teach me things.
24 It’s not a good idea to be late. You ___ try to be on time. A where
A need B when
B mustn’t C who
C don’t have to D which
D should
34 ‘I haven’t been to Brazil.’
25 You ___ wait outside. You can wait inside if you want. She told me that she ___ Brazil.
A needn’t to A didn’t go
B mustn’t B wasn’t in
C don’t have to C hadn’t been
D shouldn’t D wasn’t going to

26 Is Enzo at ___? 35 ‘I’m going to find a new job.’

A the work He said that he ___ a new job.
B a work A are going to find
C work B was going to find
D works C was finding
D had to find
27 Could you open ___ for me?
A doors
B door
C a door
D the door

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DIAGNOSTIC TEST | Version A

36 ‘You can borrow my laptop.’ 45 I’ve known Felix ___ he was a little boy.
She told me that I ___ her laptop. A since
A will borrow B for
B had to borrow C yet
C borrowed D never
D could borrow
46 If you put some pepper in the sauce, it ___ nicer.
37 It’s raining heavily. It ___ be a fun walk to work. A is tasting
A ’s probably going to B taste
B definitely won’t C ’ll taste
C might D don’t taste
D won’t possibly
47 Alex ___ me in the morning if he’s free tomorrow.
38 They’re a good team so we ___ win on Saturday but I A message
feel confident we can do it. B messages
A might not C ’ll message
B aren’t going to D don’t message
C won’t possibly
D definitely won’t 48 You won’t do well in the interview if you ___.
A prepare
39 My brother and I ___ go swimming twice a week. B don’t prepare
A never use to C ‘ll prepare
B use to D won’t prepare
C used to
D didn’t used to 49 Your bag looks heavy. You’ve got ___ things in it!
A too many
40 Where ___ live? B much
A did you used to C a bit
B do you use to D enough
C do you used to
D did you use to 50 We’ve got about ten people coming for dinner so we
need ___ food.
41 Our trip away was ___ we wanted it to be. A plenty of
A more short than B too much
B shorter than C hardly any
C the shortest D many
D as short
51 I’ve spent a lot today. I’ve only got ___ of money left.
42 Of all my friends, I live ___ from college. A hardly any
A furthest B a bit of
B the furthest C lots of
C further than D a few
D as far as
52 Help ___ to food. It’s in the kitchen.
43 My cousins live really far from here so I ___ them for A yourselves
years. B ourselves
A didn’t see C themselves
B aren’t seeing D myself
C don’t see
D haven’t seen 53 The cooker light just turned ___ off for no reason.
A himself
44 The company hasn’t fixed our power problem ___. B herself
A for C myself
B since D itself
C yet
D never

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DIAGNOSTIC TEST | Version A

54 Becoming a doctor wasn’t easy but I ___ do it by

studying hard.
A can
B could
C couldn’t
D was able to

55 Valentina ___ four languages! She’s very clever!

A could speak
B is speaking
C can speak
D is able speak

56 I think this report ___ by James last month.

A was written
B is written
C is being written
D has been written

57 Around 200 items of clothing ___ from our shop each

year.
A has been stolen
B was stolen
C are stolen
D are being stolen

58 The flowers I ordered for my mum ___ right now.

A are delivered
B were delivered
C have been delivered
D are being delivered

59 I can’t stand ___ around for long periods of time!

A wait
B to wait
C waiting
D to waiting

60 I look forward ___ from you soon.

A hear
B to hear
C hearing
D to hearing

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