Diagnostic test 1

Present tenses
Write the correct form of the words in l2 Hewitt certainly
brackets to complete the sentences. Use only (not/play) his best tennis at the moment.
the present simple le.g. arrivesldoesn't arrive)
or the present continuous (e.9. is/are arriving).
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Example 14 'Sorry I haven't phoned. I lost my address
It's nearly half past ten ''''''t/eu
Do ''' '' -/'' "ut'''"
'', alttaus book.''Oh, you ............
(they/always/eat) this late in Spain? (always/loseJ your address book! Why don't
1 Carina you keep everything on the computer?'
(enjoy)
hospital dramas so she 15 The part-time philosophy course
(watch) ER every (consist of) twenty
week. evening lectures and five full-day seminars.
2 Japanese cooking t6 shourd
{not use) a lot of dairy food. ,ir"* ,"i" i;,; ;; ;;;,Yo"yii#i#"
3 .,............. station?
.. the interest rate
(usually/cha nge) t7 We can't leave a ten-year-old child on her
because of inflation? own. What on earth
(you/think) o?
Craham won't give up cigarettes. He
(smoke) about fifty l8 Don't ask him! He
a day. {be) really difficult at the moment.
Britney Spears 19 Would you like to try these champagnes? We
(stay) in the Waldorf Astoria on this visit to (taste) them to write
New York. a reviel for the wine club newsletter.
We ............. .... (take) a 20 We............. .... (guarantee) that
two-week winter holiday in Cstaad every you ivon't be disappointed with the
year. performance of our new washing machine.
I ................. (feed) the
neighbour's cat this week while she's in
hospital.
The court
{not/usually/send) first-time offenders to
prison, but it is possible in exceptional
circumstances.
Then you (mix] all
the ingredients together quickly and
(put) the mixture in
a hot oven for twenty minutes.
l0 I can see the leaders. The three front runners
(turn) the corner into
the stadium complex now.
ll Julie, listen to this. lt's Thursday evening
(get) home

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Diagnostic test 2
Past tenses
Underline the correct verb form in italics. t5 The early rains were a disappointment as we
expectedlhad expected to reach the coast
Example before the monsoon set in.
The lncas didn't havelweren't having a written
scri pt. l6 At the time of the take-over the company's
shares had declinedlhad been declining in
1 The pool in the hotel was absolutely filthy so value for several months.
we didn't swamlswim in it. 11 Brendan was surprised to find the gas tank
2 We stopedlstopped at the first service station empty as he had onlg been usinglhad onlg
we came across. used lhe truck twice that week.
3 The thieves ran out of the bank, iumpedlwere 18 Before the advent of satellite television
jumping into their car and sped away up the viewers didn't used to haveluse to have a
high street. very wide selection of channels.
4 Rameses ll was rulinglruled over ancient 19 The staff were usedlused to be paid weekly
Egypt for more than fifty years. but now they receive a monthly salary.
5 lntervention was urgently required - the 20 Things have certainly changed - lhere would
starving children grewlwere growing weaker belused to be loads of small shops around
by the day and there waslwas being little here when I was young.
sign of an end to the drought.
6 By the middle of the nineteen sixties many
parts of Europe experiencedlwere
experiencing a tremendous economic boom.
7 Jim leftlwos leaving on the early flight the
next morning so he made his excuses and left
the party before midnight.
B Many of the survivors worked/were working
in the fields when the earthquake struck.
9 Phil stood at the door soaked from head to
toe; he had been runninglwas running in the
rain .

l0 Denise had to leave school early on

Wednesday because she tooklwas taking her
driving test.
1 I By the third month of the war rebel forces
tooklhad taken most of the province.
12 At the time of the trial last summer Hinkley
hod beenlwas in prison for eight months.
1 3 We missed the first act of the play because
when we arrived at the theatre the
performance alreadg startedl had alreadg
started.
l4 At midnight Mr Rochester had climbedl
climbed the stairs and went into his
bedchamber.
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 Diagnostic test 3
Past to present tenses
Underline the best choice of words in italics.
Example
Has the package arrivedlDid the package arrive
safely yesterday?
We still hold meetings in the old manor
house, which stoodlhas stood on the same
spot for over two hundred years.
Beethoven has wriXenlwrofe some of the
most accomplished symphonies you will ever
listen to.
I didn't seelhaven't seen Keith at all
yesterday morning.
The nurses' strike increasedlhas increased
the current waiting time for minor surgery by
two to three weeks.
Only one British female astronaut spentlhas
spent time on a space station.
News is coming in of an incident in
Parliament. A group of armed men
surroundedlhas surrounded the building and
is holding hostages.
He's really much more handsome in the flesh
than I thought/have thought.
We eatlhave been eating much less beef
recently because of the crisis, but we think
it's safe to start again now.
This country has been welcominglhas
welcomed the latest influx of political
refugees from the Balkans.
10 The incidence of street crime hos risenlhos
been rising by five per cent in the last two
months.
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All of the sentences below contain a
grammatical mistake. Find and correct the
mistakes.
Example
this country for over twenty
littinnlhas'lipel,
''" "'J'"" "'
It Hurry up! We have been waited for you for
twenty minutesl
12 We have been using this supplier since two
years and we've never had problems before
t3 There were seven police dramas on TV so far
this week - and it's only Thursdayl
t4 Only halfway through the financial year and
British Aerospace already announced that its
pre-tax profits will be down by seventy per
cent...........
15 The lndian Covernment has imposed a ban
on tiger hunting five years ago.
l6 Several drivers have been badly injured
during the I 999 racing season.
17 This farm is growing organic vegetables for
more than ten years now.
t8 She has been playing with the symphony
orchestra three times this season.
r9 'l haven't seen you for ages.' 'No, I've
travelled in South-East Asia.'
20 Oasis has been recording a new album. lt
was a great success on its release last week.
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