Diagnostic Test

Name:________________________________________________________________________________
__
I am Tom. I am at the airport now.
I was a passenger on that plane. I was a little nervous there.
A. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb to be, in the Present ( am /are/
is), or Past ( was/were ) Tenses:
To be or not to be
1. Mr Douglas______an American.
He is in Washington now.
That is the question!
2. You ________a Brazilian.
3. The cars _______in the garage yesterday.
4. The students______in class now.
5. The teacher_______here, too.
6. Rio de Janeiro_______the capital until 1960.
7. I_____at home now.
8. New York ______a big city.
9. We______there in 1977.
10.
I _____here last week.
B. Choose the correct verb forms in the following sentences:
1. Mrs Ana ___________ a Brazilian.
6. ______London a big city?
( ) arent
( ) isnt
( ) werent
( ) Was
( ) Is
(
) Wasnt
2. You _________an American.
7. We _______there in 1977.
( ) arent
( ) m not ( ) wasnt
( ) wasnt ( ) arent
( ) werent
3. ______the students in class now?
8. The cars _______in the garage
yesterday.
( ) Is
( ) Are
( ) Was
( ) wasnt
( ) arent (
) werent
4. _____ the teacher here, too?
9. I ________here last week.
( ) Are
( ) Is
( ) Were
( ) m not
( ) wasnt (
) werent
5. I______at home now.
10. _________Rio the capital until
1960.
( ) arent ( ) m not ( ) wasnt
( ) Was
( ) Is
(
) Isnt
C. Fill in the blanks with Present Continuous Tense* of the verbs in parentheses:
1. I _____________________________English now. ( to speak)
2. The secretary_______________________________on the telephone. ( to talk)
3. She ____________________________________a new dress. ( to wear)
4. You ____________________________________now. ( to study )
5. The boys _______________________________to the radio now. ( to listen)
D. There is vase on the table. ( singular/presente h= existir)
There are some flowers in it. ( plural/ presente h, havia)
There was a ball on the street. ( singular/ passado =havia )
There were some boys there, too. ( plural/passado =haviam)
1._______________________seven days in a week.
2. _______________________no life on the moon.
3. Listen! _________________________someone in the kitchen!
4. ___________________________ an accident here yesterday.
5. ___________________________some good films last year.

6. ___________________________ a meeting at the club yesterday.

7. ___________________________tigers in Africa.
8. ___________________________two capitals before Brasilia.