This document contains a diagnostic test with multiple sections to assess different language skills. It includes listening, vocabulary, grammar, reading and writing questions. The listening section has students choose the correct words to complete dialogues. Vocabulary questions involve completing phrases with "be" or "have". Grammar questions cover the present simple, present continuous, past simple and question forms. The reading comprehension asks students to read a passage about a girl who won a talent show and then answer true/false questions. The writing prompt provides questions for students to answer and then write a paragraph. The test assesses skills across 100 total marks.

1. Diagnostic test 1PHOTOCOPIABLE © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Diagnostic test
Listening
1 4.14 Listen to the dialogue and choose the
correct words. (10 marks)
Jill works in a shoe shop / a bank /
a supermarket.
1 Jill’s friend / mum / boyfriend works in the
shop too.
2 This morning the man with big feet bought some
shoes on the internet / didn’t buy any shoes /
bought some red shoes.
3 Jill is wearing big shoes / red shoes /
winter shoes.
4 Mike’s mum came to school / home /
to the shop yesterday.
5 Mike’s feet are small / normal / big.
Vocabulary
2 Complete the phrases with be or have.
(10 marks)
a good time
1
2 a party
3 dinner
4 thirsty
5 a lie in
3 Write the past simple of the verbs. (10 marks)
see
1 buy
2 teach
3 go
4 do
5 ride
6 have
7 eat
8 get
9 give
10 speak
Grammar
4 Complete the sentences using the present
simple or present continuous form of the verb
in brackets. (10 marks)
He (not do) his homework. He’s
listening to music.
1 I usually (visit) my
grandparents at the weekend.
2 John isn’t here. He (play)
football in the park.
3 Kay (not sleep). She’s
reading her book.
4 I (prefer) rice to pasta.
5 They (not eat) meat –
they’re vegetarians.
5 Match the words to make questions. (14 marks)
How are your brother reading?
1 How often do you live?
2 What is meeting you after school?
3 What time do your parents smiling?
4 When does the train leave?
5 Where do you getting home?
6 Who is you phone him?
7 Why are you get up?
6 Complete the sentences using the -ing form of
the verb in brackets. (6 marks)
I can’t stand (be) late.
1 She doesn’t mind (get) up early.
2 We can’t stand (shop) on
Saturdays.
3 He loves (have) breakfast with
friends.
4 Do you like (dance)?
5 We love (chat) on the phone for
hours.
6 I don’t mind (play) tennis if it’s
sunny.

2. PHOTOCOPIABLE © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Diagnostic test 2
Diagnostic test
7 Complete the dialogue using the past simple
form of the verbs. (10 marks)
arrive be be interview see see
Becky you the news last night?
Ben No. Why?
Becky My best friend Sarah (1)
on the news. She (2)
at Madrid airport last night. There
(3) a lot of photographers
because the President arrived at the same
time. The journalists (4)
the President and I (5)
Sarah behind him!
8 Read the answers and write questions from the
prompts. (10 marks)
Who / you / see
The teacher saw me.
1 Who / you / see
I saw the teacher.
2 What / you / do
I phoned the police.
3 How many people / go / on the school trip
About a hundred people went.
4 Who / buy / the computer
I did.
5 Which / model / you / choose
I chose the latest model.
Reading
9 Read the text. Then read the sentences.
Write true or false. (10 marks)
Lottie was the oldest girl in the competition.
1 She appeared on TV.
2 Her album was very successful and everybody
bought it.
3 Today Lottie is fourteen.
4 Lottie helps younger children.
5 David still doesn’t speak.
Lottie Stevens won a TV talent show when she
was fourteen years old.She wrote and sang a song
and the judges loved it.She beat ten other children
who were all older than her.During the series she
became famous and everyone recognized her face
when they saw her in newspapers or on TV.After
the series finished,she and the other contestants
did a tour of the UK.Lottie signed a contract with
a record company and released her first album
a few months later.The new series of the talent
show started at the same time and the viewers
were more interested in the new contestants than
in Lottie Stevens.Lottie soon became last year’s
model.Her album wasn’t successful and soon
everyone forgot about her.
But Lottie is a special girl – and not just because
she has a special voice.She decided to use her
experience to help others.Today she is sixteen
and she works as a volunteer for a charity.She
works with younger children.These children all
have problems because at some point in their lives
something bad happened to them.Lottie helps
them understand that life isn’t always as you plan
it,but that it can always be exciting and fun.At
the moment she’s working with David and they’re
becoming good friends.David didn’t speak for two
years and now he phones and texts Lottie every
day.
Writing
10 Answer the questions. Then write a paragraph.
(10 marks)
1 What primary school did you go to?
2 Did you like it? Why / Why not?
3 How did you get there?
4 What school do you go to now? How is it
different from your primary school?
5 What is your favourite subject? Why? What are
you learning at the moment?
Total marks: Listening / 10 Vocabulary / 20 Grammar / 50
Reading / 10 Writing / 10 TOTAL / 100