Diagnostic Assessment

A .Making Negatives: Make
the following sentences negative.[5 points]

Example: Crocodiles live in Europe à Crocodiles do not live in Europe.
An airplane flies very slowly à

1. Bananas
come from England.
à

2. The
temperature rises at night. à

3. Brazilians
speak English. à

B. Comparatives and Superlatives: “Write the comparative and the superlative form of the
adjectives.” [ 5 points]

*Adjective*	Comparative	Superlative
Fast
Funny
Cheap
Expensive
Hot

C . Opposites : Match the pairs [ 5
points]

Words and phrases	Opposites
a. clean b. early c. to travel abroad d. to be right e. to tell a lie	1.late 2.to be wrong 3.to tell the truth 4.dirty 5.to stay at home

D. Descriptions: Match the pairs. [ 5
points]

A	B
1. What’s the weather like? 2. What’s Anissa like? 3. What was the film like? 4. What does she like doing? 5. What are her parents like?	a. Playing football. b.They’re too strict with her. c.It’s quite hot. d.It was really exciting. e.She is very nice.

E. Silent letters. [ 5 points] à Cross the “3” silent letters.

sign - foreign - signature – eight
knock - key – knife – know
poster –
listen – castle – fasten
would – could
– should – shoulder
write – wrong
– William – wrap

F . Who says what ? [ 5 points]

What?	Who?
1. May I see your passport, please? 2. I’d like to book a flight to London, please. 3. Would you like to open your suitcase, please? 4. Excuse me; sir .This sitting area is for non-smokers. 5.On behalf of British Airways	a. a passenger b. An air hostess. c. An immigration officer. d. A flight captain. e. A customs officer

G. Irregular past tenses: Write the past and the past participle for the Irregular verbs only.. [ 30
points]

“ ask – answer – be – begin – borrow – buy – come
– cook – dress – drink – eat – give – go – greet – have – imagine – like –
listen – look – love – live – make – play – put – read – say – send – talk –
travel – write .”

Stem	Past simple	Past participle
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10 11. 12. 13. 14 15

H. Sentence Structure: put - yet -
or - already - [ 5
points]

1. I have spoken to my teacher about my project.

2. We haven’t finished the exercise.

3. I am planning to fly to Oran
next, but I haven’t bought the plane ticket.

4. Have you done your homework?

5. No, I haven’t done it.

I. Verbs Patterns. Complete the following questions using “would
you like” or “do you like” [ 5
points]

1. …………..swimming?

2. …………..to go to the cinema with me?

3. ………….. going to the cinema?

4. What …………..to drink?

5. ……………. To go for a walk in the park?

J. The future: Complete
the sentences with “going to” or “will”. [ 5
points]

1. ‘ Why have you bought so much food ?’ because I
………(cook) a meal for ten people;’

2. ‘So, you have registered at university?’ ‘That’s
right. I ………… (study) geology at the University of Boumerdes.’

3. ‘My car has broken down.’ ‘Ask Hassan the mechanic.
I am sure he ……. (help) you.’

4. ‘I‘ve passed my exam, Mom!’ ‘That’s great! We……… (Give)
a party to celebrate that.’

5. ‘Why have you got your old jeans on?’ ‘Because I
……. (clean) the garden.’

K. Relative Pronouns. Fill in the
blanks with “who – where – which –
whose” [ 5 points]

The life Guards are soldiers……….protect royal buildings.
They wear uniforms……..consist of a red tunic, black trousers and big brown hats
.The royal building……

The Queen lives is called Buckingham Palace
.The life Guards,……..hats are made of bear skin ,are hated by people ……..love
wild animals.

L. Present Perfect or Past Simple.
Complete with the “present perfect “ or “the simple past” [ 5
points]

1. Assia Djebbar……….(write) a lot of books .She
…..(write) her first book in 1955.

2………you ever…….(try) Chinese food ?

3.I ……..never ……(be) to Morocco.

4. She ……(live) in Tlemcen for three years and then in
2003 she ……(move) to Oran.

5. We ……..(meet) Ahmed three years ago. How about you
? How long …….you ……..(know) him .

M. Modals : Complete using “can – should – must – may” [ 5
points]

1. You ……visit Edinburgh
because many people think it is the most beautiful city in Scotland.

2. ……..you play the guitar?

3. You ……knock on the door before entering.

4. You …..take an umbrella because it is going to
rain.

5. You mustn’t drive so fast .You …….have an accident.

N. Punctuation and Capitalisation : Correct
the mistakes [ 10 points]

24 August 2007

Dear KaRima,

i am in London at the moment , I
am visiting my friend Alison? I arrived here yesterday afternoon: I went to visit
bukingham Palace this morning. The Life guards
were very colourful in their red tunics; black
trousers and brown hats. We are going to
see a film tonight .It is called the lord of the Ring : I’ll tell you
about it in my next letter,

Love,

Anissa.

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