diagnostic test of English

Section I.
Essential grammar and vocabulary.

• most of the questions of this section have only one correct answer. In a few cases, you will be asked to mark 2 correct answers.
• The first 6 questions are connected. (связаны по смыслу)

This man has dark ________________

and ________________ .

He is ________________ a T-shirt.

He is sitting at some ________________.

and he is thinking about _____________.

Perhaps, he ________________

Peter works in London. He ____________________ .

A train is ________________ a bus.

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Situation # 1. You arrive at a party at 8 p.m. What do you say?

Situation #2. At the party, someone offers you a drink. You don’t want it. What do you say?

Well — the questions are getting a bit more difficult. You need to insert 2 words now.

Henderson ________________ going ________________work.

He is ________________to ________________a car.

James ________________ to him ________________ the phone.

________________ early ______   the morning?

I asked __________________________ .

but I _________________ him in Frankfurt ________________

He made ________________ money ________________ last year.

He ____________________ swim very ____________________ .

I spoke ________________, but he ________________ understand me.

He took ________________ cheese remaining on the plate.

________________ you look________________ the blackboard and read what is on it, please?

________________ of cigarettes ________________ every year.

The last Olympic Games ________________ in Barcelona.

I won’t go ________________ Cambridge if it ________________ tomorrow.

Smith went ________________ abroad last year. He ________________ abroad before.

• In this question, MORE THAN ONE ANSWER IS CORRECT. Mark all of them.

He hasn’t come to class ________________. If he doesn’t come, he ________________ what to do tomorrow. —.

• In this question, TWO ANSWERS ARE CORRECT. Mark both of them.

He speaks English very well ________________ he’s only 12.

• In this question, TWO ANSWERS ARE CORRECT. Mark both of them.

I’ll speak to him when he________________

• In this question, TWO ANSWERS ARE CORRECT. Mark both of them.

It’s June. In August he ________________ for us for 25 years.

Would you mind ________________ the door?

‘Don’t do that,’ I said. = I ________________ him not to do that. = I wanted ________________ doing that.

I ________________ the Prime Minister’s ________________ very carefully.

The committee ________________ a session ________________.

I ________________ this test for at least ________________ now.

He never ________________ risks. He’s a very ________________ man.

He has a ________________ experience of marketing in ________________.

I’d like to put ________________ a suggestion, if I may.

Section II.
English in natural conversation.

• for all questions in this section, choose all correct variants — 1, 2 or 3. All of the questions in this section will be part of one dialogue.

Conversation

Mr. and Mrs. Wallace want to buy a house, so they go to the office of an estate agent.

Agent: Good morning. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace?
Mr. Wallace: Mrs. Hogan?
Mrs. Wallace: I spoke to you on the phone. This is my husband.
Mr. Wallace: _____________________.

Agent: How do you do. ________________ sit down. (They all sit down at a desk)

Which variant is NOT possible?

Agent: I understand from our telephone conversation that you’re ________________ in buying a property for about £ 85,000, is that________________ ?

Mrs. Wallace : ________________. Well the price is right, but — er — well, we have a problem. ________________  here for the last ten years —

Mr. Wallace : Longer ________________ that.

Mr. Wallace: Yes, you see ________________ prefer to live in town, in a centrally located flat.

Mrs. Wallace: Yes, ________________ I am really keen to live in ________________ country.

Mrs. Wallace: (continues) I want a big garden. I want a new view. I want to be ________________ to teach!

Mr. Wallace: Well, I’m sure you ________________ teach in London, in town, honey.

Mr. Wallace: And I want to live in a flat with maintenance ________________. You ________________, — you pay for all services.

Mr Wallace: I mean, I’m not a do-it-________________ man. I don’t like to mend leaky________________ , and that ________________ of thing.
Agent: Well, Mr. and Mrs. — it’s quite a tricky task we’re facing choosing an estate to suit you both…

Mrs. Wallace: Yes, but ________________, I think the chances ________________ a job are probably much greater in a village school, and I’d like to be part of the community again, darling.

Section III.
Using English naturally and appropriately.