Diagnostic Test

NAME:
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Complete the grammar test. Then check your answers. Pay attention to the areas of
grammar that you have problems in, by referring to the respective units in the
Grammar Practice.

Part 1
For each of the following questions, choose the best answer from the options
A, B, C and D.
1

Dont buy __________ T-shirt you saw at

the shop yesterday.
A a
C an
B the
D -

I was going _______ to the post office

when you came.
A in
C at
B

to

D by

If you eat the whole _________ of

bananas, you will be sick.
A cluster
C bundle
B comb
D set

It would not be wrong ________

yourself if you are threatened.
A to defend
B having defended
C is defending
D defends

1
1

Sunny ________ by the reporter as

he was a witness to the accident.
A interviewed

Ali and Halimah were given a

__________ applause for their
performance.
A thunderous C excitement
B loudly
D expand

Encik Ahmad came to school _________

D had written

1
0

B was interviewing
C was interviewed
D have interviewed
1
2

1
3
7

C was not being returned

D is not returning
She _________ for the magazine
whenever she has the time.
A is writing
C wrote
B writes

They went into the hall _________ so as

not to disturb the other students.
A quietly
C quieter
B quiet
D quietest

Anna is taller __________ Sofiah even

though Anna is two years younger.
A as
C than
B like
D from

It was late but Mary ___________

home yet.
A had not return
B shall not return

They were told _________ for being

rude to the adults.
A of
C for
B from
D at
She ________ the table for dinner
before the guests arrived.
A lay
C laid

as his motorcycle broke down along

the way.
A lately
C untimely
B late
D desperate
1
4

________ you show me the way to

Jalan Hadi? the stranger asked Pei
Fun.
A

1
5

1
6

Could

B lie

1
7

B Should
D Shall
He accidentally kicked the ball
________ the window.
A from
C down
B through
D among
The computer has been taken
_________ for repair for a month
already.
A away
C over
B of
D along

He would only withdraw from

the badminton tournament
_________ the doctor
recommends it.
A as
B if

C Have

D laying

C since
D because

1
8

His father was as __________ as

the judge when he heard the
bad news.
A grave
C strict
B quiet
D fierce

1
9

Alina stood ________ Idris when

he was accused of stealing
money.
A by
C on
B at
D with

2
0

Those trophies, _________ you

see on the shelves, were won
by my brother.
A who
C which
B whose
D whom

Part II
Each question in the text below refers to a numbered blank. For each
question, choose the best answer from the options A,B,C and D to fit the
numbered blank.
Eric Lim saw a death at a tender age. He grew up with it, therefore it
should not be ___(21)___ that he makes death a part of his business. This
may sound depressing to most of us, ____(22)____ Lim has made a success so
far of a profession little spoken ___(23)___ .
Lim is a mortician, or more popularly known as a funeral undertaker, who
is responsible for having taken his family business to greater ___(24)___ ever
since he ___(25)___ the business. Lim is a second generation undertaker,
___(26)___ the trade during his growing years when he followed his father, an
undertaker company manager then, ___(27)___ his rounds.

Many may wonder what brought him into ___(28)___ business, when others
choose more ___(29)___ careers in finance, law or other areas.
First of all, I have ___(30)___ thought of this career as being unusual. I
grew up as an undertakers son, so naturally I do not have the fear of death
unlike most people, said Lim.
21. A unlikely
C surprising
C heights
B amusing D unfortunate
lengths
22. A but
B and

C or
D so

23. A in
B at

C of
D about

26. A have learnt

B having learnt
C will have learnt

D have been learning

27. A on
B in

C at
D with

28. A this
B that

C these
D those

24. A levels
B events
25 A
B
C
D

inherited
admitted
received
accepted

29. A steady
B healthy
C profitable

D ordinary

30. A
B
C
D

often
never
seldom
sometimes

Part III
Underline the errors found in each of the sentences. Then write the correct
answers in the space provided.
31. My neighbor have five cats which are quite noisy.
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32. They were eating satay at the new opened stall.
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33. My father has been working in the police force since he is twenty.

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34. The boys prefer hot dogs to hamburgers.
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35. The smell of friend fish form the kitchen fills the room and making me
hungry.
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36. My mother game to me a bag as a birthday present.
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37. He goes every weekend to skating.
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38. Usually during the north-east monsoon this place is very prone to floods.
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39. My father likes living in the village where it is without noisy and pollution.
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40. This is the new book which I bought it last week.
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41. Although he was unwell but he still came to school.
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42. They are struggling with their assignments for the last two days.

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43. The students in my class who has been naughty are now well-disciplined.
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44. That house being watched by the police.
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45. When my family went for a holiday, my mother bought new luggages.
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46. There are her magazines and those are theirs.
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47. I have studied in this school on 2005.
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48. She did not finished her work by midnight.
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49. I was very annoy when he broke the vase.
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50. Please of the lights.
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