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This is a purely diagnostic test. Please only answer the questions that you are sure about. Since this is not an exam, please do not guess or use grammar books/dictionaries. Please stop as soon as you find the questions overwhelmingly difficult. Thank you for your co-operation.

Here are 60 short passages of English with some words left out. Choose the word or words from the four alternatives under each passage which you think an English-speaking person would be most likely to use.

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First Name

 

Surname

 

Phone

 

e-mail

 

Mother Tongue

 


1 How are you?

I'm here

I'm in London

I'm John

I'm fine

I'm a teacher

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2

He is a student

She am a student

They isn't a doctor

We wasn't teachers

You is a bank manager

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3

There is

It has

There have

It gives

There are

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..............seven days in a week.

4

Has he got

Do he have

Is he having

Have he got

Is he have

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..............a job?.

5 She earns................

any money

many money

a lot money

a lot of money

a few money

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6

She is more older as him

He is happyer that her

She is bigger as them

He is importanter than her

She is more interesting than him

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7

I never wear socks in bed

Never I wear socks in bed

Never wear I socks in bed

I wear socks never in bed

I wear never socks in bed

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8 I haven't got...

an umbrella

some umbrellas

a umbrella

its umbrella

any umbrella

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9

He's got sixteen years

He's thirteen old

She's been fifteen

She's seventeen

I have eighteen years old

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10

How often do you wash your hair?

What time do she wash your hair?

How long do you wash your hair?

When does you wash your hair?

How does they wash the hair?

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11

You can pass me the salt, please?

Could you pass me the salt, please?

Can you pass the salt, please?

Can you me pass the salt, please?

Could you pass to me the salt, please?

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12

What's your work?

What's your job?

What are you do?

What do you doing?

What do you work?

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13

Whose shoes are these?

Which shoes are this?

What shoes is those?

What for shoes are those?t

What colour of shoes are that?

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14 This soup

tastes very good

is smelling strangely

tastes well

is very well

drinks very well

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15 I don't know the score, I've

just switched the radio on

even turned on the radio

still switched the radio on

already turned on the radio

yet switched the radio on

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16 I...............to school yesterday.

doesn't come

came not

doesn't comes

didn't come

don't come

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17 "Listen!" I can't hear

nothing

anything

something

nobody

anywhere

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18 My brother...............born in 1972

is

were

has been

was

had

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19 It's too hot

that I drink it

than I am drinking it

to my drinking it.

for me to drink

for me drinking

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20 What......................tomorrow?

do you do

did you do

are you going to do

have you done

may you do

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21 My parents gave me 50 francs, but ....................

nobody else gave me anything

anyone other gave me something

no-one other gave me anything

anybody else gave me anything

anyone else gave me nothing

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22 How....................................is it from Paris to Nantes?

long

far

deep

wide

near

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23

I like an apples, please

I'd like some apples,please

I'm liking some apple, please.

I'd like a apple, please

I like an apple, please.

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24 Listen!.....................................in the bathroom.

Someone sings

Somebody are singing

Someone are singing

Somebody is singing

Someone does sing

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25 My parents have..................holidays in Bermuda.

her

their

your

yours

theirs

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26

Please to sit down, Mrs. Smith

Sitting down, please, Mrs. Brown

Sit not down, please, Mrs. White

Please don't sit down, Mrs. Black.

Doesn't sit down, please, Mrs.Green

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27

How long have you been married?

When do you marry?

How long are you married?

When have you got married?

When have you married?

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28

May you answer

Are you answer

Are you answering

Will you answer

Do you answer

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..........................the phone, please?

29 I...............

know not well that man

don't know very well that girl

don't know very much that lady

don't know that woman that good

don't know that boy very well

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30 He doesn't speak .....................he did.

as much than

as well as

so good as

better as

how well

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31 One of these days.................................find a job.

I'll have to

I had to

I've been able to

I'm able to

I should to

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32 I was tired yesterday evening because I

had swum

have swum

would be swimming

have been swimming

had been swimming

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33 I............

haven't had my lunch yet

didn't have my lunch already

already haven't had my lunch

didn't already have my dinner

haven't taken yet my breakfast

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34

Did you work when I was coming in?

Were you working when I came in?

Did you work while I came in?

Have you worked when I came in?

Have you been working when I was coming in?

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35 Why are you so late? What

have you been doing?

had you done?

had you been doing?

have you done?

did you do?

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36 The Eiffel Tower...................................in 1889.

is built

was built

has been built

was been built

was building

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37 "I think this is very simple"

I am agreed

I am agree

I agree

I'm agreeing

I'm not agree

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38 This is the hotel

at what I stayed.

at whom I stayed

who I stayed

I stayed at

I stayed at it.

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39 You.........................I can carry it.

have not to help me, thank you

needn't to help me, tahnks

mustn't help me, thanks

needn't help me, thanks

must not to help me, thank you

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40 "Is that the end?"

I hope it.

I don't hope so.

I don't think so.

I know it.

I'm not thinking so

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41 I've no idea...

what is his address.

what her address is.

if what is their address.

where is her address.

that it is her address.

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42 Since I arrived here

I've been able to relax.

I couldn't relax.

I could relax.

I'm able to relax.

I was able to relax.

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43 That famous author...............my best friend.

used to be

was used to be

is used to be

used to being

used to have been

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44 If I..................the right qualifications, I would apply.

have

had

were having

would have

have had

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45 There were several storms.....................the morning.

at

for

during

since

behind

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46 I'll phone you

when I will be ready.

as soon as I am ready.

once I will be ready.

by the time I'm ready.

until I've been ready.

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47 I'll answer the door. It................for me.

would be

can be

may be

ought be

is able to be

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48 Oh dear, I think that man over there................angry.

gets

becomes

is becoming

is being

is having it

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49 We'd like.................................at home here.

you feel

you feeling

you to feel

that you feel

you should feel

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50 I can't see you this afternoon, my parents ................to see me.

are coming

shall come

will come

come

will have come

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51 I'll call for you when.................dinner.

I have had

I'm having

I had

I will have

I will have had

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52 If I were you, I

would have the tooth taken out.

would have taken out the tooth.

would let the tooth taken out.

would make take out the tooth.

would get taken out the tooth.

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53 If I .......................you were ill, I wouldn't have come.

would know

have known

would have known

knew

had known

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54 It was.................................that half the audience walked out.

a so awful film

such an awful film

so an awful film

a such awful film

so awful film.

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55 You'll be able to get tickets for

whenever evening you like.

that evening which you like.

whichever evening you will like.

whichever evening you like

the evening what you like.

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56 He managed

to persuading me to go.

persuading me going

to persuade me going.

to persuade me to go.

to persuade me go.

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57 Why did you come by taxi?..............................some money.

You needn't have saved

You had better saved

You had needed to save

You can have saved

You could have saved

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58

Bill's thinking

Sam suggested

John's hoping

Fred's interested

Alan's interesting

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..................................to meet her again soon.

59 This guitar needs

to tune.

the tune.

tune.

tuning.

to be tune.

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60 I wish I

hadn't had to answer so many questions.

wouldn't have done such a long test.

didn't make so many mistakes in this test.

wouldn't have to do this test.

can start again.

Don't Know

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