DIAGNOSIS TEST – ENGLISH IV

STUDENT NAME: ______ALANIS SUSANA GONZÁLEZ LLAMOJA_________ DATE: January 04th , 2017

TEACHER: JOSE MARTIN GIL LOPEZ

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I. Past Tense: Put one of these verbs into the correct form in each sentence. (6 PTS)

(NOT)BE (NOT)CATCH TEACH THROW NEED (NOT) HURT BUY FALL BE SPEND
SELL

TAUGHT WAS
1. Tom’s father ___________________ him how to drive when he ___________________ 17.
FELL DIDN’T HURT
2. Ann ___________________ down the stairs this morning but she ___________________ anything.
NEEDED SOLD
3. We ___________________ some money so we ___________________ our car.
DID SPEND
4. A: ___________________ Sue ___________________ a lot of money yesterday?
BOUGHT WEREN’T
B: No, she ___________________ a dress and jeans but they ___________________ expensive.

THREW DIDN’T CATCH

5. Jim ___________________ the ball to Sue but she ___________________ it.

II. Making questions: Write a question for each one. They can be yes-no questions or Wh- questions. (8 PTS)

A WHAT DID TOM DO YESTERDAY?

B Tom went to a concert yesterday.
A DID THE PLANE LEAVE THE AIRPORT?
B Yes, the plane left at 0600.
A WHAT TIME DID THE MOVIE FINISH?
B The movie finished at 9 o’çlock.
A WHAT WAS KEVIN’S BREAKFAST?
B Kevin had bread and milk for breakfast.
A DID YOU GO TO THE OFFICE YESTERDAY?
B No, I wasn’t in the office yesterday. I was sick.
A WHO DID MARY SEE AT GINA’S PARTY?
B Mary saw Kevin at Gina’s party.
A WHERE WAS THE MANAGER?
B The manager was in the cafeteria.
A DID YOU SEE A MAN NEAR THE HOUSE?
B Yes, there was a man in front the house.
 III. Correct the mistakes. Is the sentence right or wrong. If wrong correct it. (3 PTS)

1 what were you buy in Metro? WHAT DID YOU BUY IN METRO?

2 did he was in class in the morning? WAS HE IN CLASS IN THE MORNING?

3 when I was waking up it rained. WHEN I WOKE UP IT WAS RAINING.

4 where was he meet his friends last night? WHERE DID HE MEET HIS FRIENDS LAST NIGHT?

5 Tom wasn’t go to work last week. TOM WAS NOT GOING TO GO TO WORK LAST WEEK.

6 did they went to the hospital? DID THEY GO TO THE HOSPITAL?

IV. PRESENT PERFECT or SIMPLE PAST? . (5 PTS)

1. A: (you / play / already) Have you already played the new computer game?

2. B: No, not yet. I only (buy) bought it yesterday and I (have / HAVEN’T HAD
not) _________________ the time yet.

3. A: (you /DID
go) YOU GO
_________________ to the cinema last night?

4. WAS_________________ there with Sue and Louis. (you HAVE

B: Yes. I (be) YOU BEEN
/ be) _________________ to the cinema

recently? WENT

5. A: I last (go) _________________ to the cinema two weeks ago.

B: So you (see / HAVEN’T SEEN

6. not) _________________ the new action film yet.

7. DID YOU
A: No, unfortunately not. (you / enjoy) ENJOY
_________________ it?

8. LOVED
B: Oh, I really (love) DIDN’T
_________________ it. But Sue (like / not) LIKE
_________________ it - too much action!

V. ACTIVE OR PASSIVE VOICE?: Change the sentence to the opposite. (3 PTS)

Ex. Kevin painted the house. (A)  The house was painted by Kevin. (P)
Ex. The room was cleaned by her. (P)  She cleaned the room. (A)
1 A letter was written to her some days ago. SOMEONE WROTE A LETTER TO HER SOME DAYS AGO. (A)
2 Tom was bitten by a monkey. A MONKEY BITE TOM (A)

3 I was given a book by her. SHE GAVE ME A BOOK (A)

4 We lost our keys. OUR KEYS WERE LOST BY US (P)

5 You can’t see dolphins here. DOLPHINS CAN’T BE SEEN HERE. (P)
 6 Did the tourists see the valley? WAS THE VALLEY SEEN BY THE TOURISTS? (P)

VI. CONJUNCTIONS: Complete with an alternative. (3 PTS)

in order to as soon as although despite because while however

DESPITE
1. ________________________ his bad reputation, the politician won the elections.

HOWEVER
2. He doesn’t study very much ________________________ he gets good grades at school.

ALTHOUGH
3. ________________________ Jack is not very tall, he is an excellent Basketball player.

BECAUSE
4. The cargo got damage ________________________ they didn’t close the hatch cover tightly.

IN ORDER TO
5. They closed the hatch covers tightly ________________________ avoid the cargo get wet.

WHILE
6. ________________________ I was reading the manual, John was checking the valves.

VII. Grammar: Comparative – Superlative. Complete 1-5 with one comparative/superlative and one as…as (4 PTS)

Example: This city was quieter (quiet) than now. The people weren’t as aggressive as (aggressive) now. I’m sure this
city is the noisiest (noisy) city in Peru.

VERY YOUNGER
I don’t go out __________________________ (often) I used to when I was ___________________________

(young).
AS QUIET AS
When I first moved here, the neighborhood was ____________________________ (quiet) a mouse. But now it’s
NOISIER
___________________________ (noisy) than Delhi!
AS SMALL AS
Smartphones are not ___________________________ (small) normal cell phones, but they are
BETTER
_________________________ (good) because you use the internet easily.

FASTER
My mom types ___________________________ (fast) than most secretaries, but she’s not
AS GOOD AS
_________________________ (good) me with the computer.

HEAVIEST
Wow, John’s lost a lot of weight. He used to be the ____________________________ (heavy) guy at work. Now
BETTER THAN
he looks _______________________________ (good) he did 10 years ago!
VIII. Sentence Transformation. Use no more than 3 words: (4 PTS)

1. It’s not cool enough to play football.

TOO HOT
 It’s _____________________________ to play football.

2. They said I was too old to start to learn the piano

YOUNG ENOUGH
 They said I wasn’t _____________________________ to start to learn to play the piano.

3.He was too slow to play tennis professionally.

FAST ENOUGH
 He wasn’t ………………..…………………………..…….. . to play tennis professionally.

4. This neighborhood is so noisy that you can’t sleep quietly.

A VERY
 This is ________________________________ noisy neighborhood that you can’t sleep quietly.

5. This is such a small desk that you cannot do your homework.

TOO LITTLE SO
This desk is ________________________________ you cannot do your homework there.

6. Sarah’s smartphone is very similar to her father’s smartphone.

AS
 Sarah’s smart phone is nearly the same ______________________________ her father’s smartphone.

7. His sister doesn’t plays tennis as well as him.

BETTER THAN
 He plays tennis ……………………………………………..……………….. his sister.

8. This will be my first visit to Brazil.

NEVER BEEN
 I’ve ___________________________________ to Brazil before.

9. The exhibition includes a free documentary film.

IS INCLUDED
 A free documentary film ______________________________ in the exhibition.

10. I prefer playing soccer to playing tennis.

PLAY SOCCER THAN

 I ‘d rather _____________________________ play tennis.
IX. Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses + ING / ED. (4 PTS)

DEPRESSING
1. The images of the war were very_________________________________________. (Depress) 
BORING
2. I nearly fell asleep in the cinema. The film was so_________________________________________ .
ENCOURAGED
(Bore) 

3. She had such good marks that she was very___________________________________________.

ANNOYING
(Encourage) 

4. Can you tell me where that______________________________________________ noise comes from?

VERY DISAPPOINTING THAT
(Annoy) 

5. They were__________________________________________ the weather wasn’t good yesterday.

FASCINATED
(Disappoint) 

6. My sister was______________________________________________ by my old toys. (Fascinate)

CONFUSED
7. I think he was________________________________ because he called me Mary and my name is Rose.

(confus)  AMUSING

8. That film is not___________________________________________despite being a comedy. (amus)