Grammar & Writing 3
Summer 2014 Diagnostic Exam
Name: ________________________
Points: __________/100
A. Fill in the blank. Use do / does / is / are / am (______/12 points)
1. What color ____are____ your eyes?
2. When ______do______ your brothers go to work?
3. My friend _____does______ not eat meat.
4. How often ____do___ you call your children?
5. Why ____are____ your friends sad?
6. What time _____does____ your friend finish school?
7. ___Are_____ your parents from India?
8. _____Do____ your parents live in Seattle?
9. I _____do_______ not smoke cigarettes.
10. ___Are________ you having a good time?
11. Who ___is______ talking to the teacher right now?
12. Seattle ____does______ not have a very good public transportation system.
B. Write the correct verb in the blank. Use simple present, present progressive, simple
past, or future. (______/15 points)
1. I always (call) ________call___________ my sister in the evening.
2. I (buy) ________bought___________ a car eight years ago.
3. We (read) _______will read/ are going to read___________ the book next week.
4. They (not, have) ________didn’t have_____________ a grammar test last week.
5. We (take) ________are taking_________ a quiz right now.
6. We (have) ______will have / are going to have____________ break in ten minutes.
7. ___Did_________ you (go) ______go_________ to the mall last weekend?
8. _____Will / Are______ you (go)____go / going to go___ to the movies next weekend?
9. _____Is________ she (go) _____going______ to the restaurant right now?
10. Three years ago I (teach) ______taught_______ at the University of St. Louis.
11. Be careful! A car (come) ______is coming_________ !
12. If Sophia (get) ____gets___________ a job, she (earn) _______will earn_____________
lots of money!
13. Before your teacher (begin) ____began_________ teaching at NSCC, she (work)
_______worked__________ in Asia.
C. Write the part of speech of the words that are underlined. (noun, adjective, verb,
conjunction, adverb, article, preposition, pronoun) (______/14 points)
conj
verb
noun
Example: Sandy and her sister went to school.
1. Alexn and hisadj girlfriend enjoyv concerts.
2. Hepro drove his newadj car carefullyadv.
3. Bill boughtv tickets, soconj Sally got to go toprep theart concert.
4. Xuanmai and Fatima arev veryadv intelligentadj studentsn.
D. Circle the letter of the best answer. (______/10 points)
1. What time ________ last night?
a. did you arrive
b. are you arriving
c. you arrived
2. What time ________________ up every morning?
a. are you wake
b. do you wake
c. you waking
3. When ____________ home? B: At 10:00 p.m.
a. did you came
b. you came
c. did you come
4. My friend Roger ________ to Spokane last weekend.
a. drives
b. drove
c. did drive
5. Dalva worked at a hospital. She _______________ at a fast food place.
a. didn’t work
b. not work
c. doesn’t worked
6. My ____________ apartment is very small.
a. friend
b. friend’s
c. friend is
7. Mr. and Mrs. Rice own that boat. It’s ____ boat.
a. they
b. they’re
c. their
8. You should ____ ready to work hard this quarter!
a. to get
b. get
c. got
9. What ___ after you graduate?
a. are you going
b. you going to
c. are you going to do
10. Ryan and Charlie ___ friends since they were 5 years old.
a. have been
b. were
c. are
E. Answer the following questions with complete sentences. (______/14 points)
1. How many countries have you visited?
____________
________________________
2. What is the teacher doing right now?
____________
__________________
3. What is the most beautiful place you have ever seen?
_____________________________
4. What were you doing at 8:00 last night?
_________________________
5. What do you usually do on weekends?____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
6. What is something you have got to do before class tomorrow?
7. What is something you can do better than your best friend?
F. Circle the correct answer. (______/15 points)
1. My mom doesn't buy (many / much / a few) meat at the store.
2. My two sisters failed (hers / their / theirs) driving tests.
3. John and (his / him / he) parents went to the beach for vacation.
4. My parents are coming for a visit. It will be fun to see (their / them / they)!
5. My brother was angry with (him / he / himself) for not studying.
6. Laurie has many friends (who / whom / whose) make delicious food!
7. Elizabeth's car is the one (who / whom / which) is bright red.
8. Ellie entered her classroom when she (was getting / getting / got / was got) to school.
9. I went to the mall with Jim and (her / hers / she).
10. Most students enjoy (are play / play / to play / playing) video games.
11. I have decided (to apply / apply / applying / applied) to university in the U.S.
12. What places are you interested in (to visit / visit / visiting / visited) in the U.S.?
13. Pizza is (more healthier / healthier / most healthy / healthiest) than a Big Mac.
14. Qatar is (the richest / most richest / richer / more richer) country in the world.
15. This scarf (made / was made / make / to make) in China.
G. Write the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. (______/20 points)
Last week I (lose)
lost
my job. It was one of the worst days
I (have)
have had
in my life. Here is what happened: my coworkers
and I (eat)
were eating
lunch in the company cafeteria last week when
the boss suddenly (tell)
told
me to go to his office. He (say)
said
, "I'm
sorry to tell you this, but we don't have a job for you anymore. Right now the
company (experience)
is experiencing
start looking for a new job." After I (leave)
(speak – not)
have not spoken
Right now I (look)
buy
(go)
left
am looking
for a new job. Every day, I (buy)
look
the wall. There (be)
(write)
in the help-wanted section. I
to see a job counselor several times since I (lose)
lost my job. Yesterday afternoon, while I (wait)
counselor, I (look)
his office, I went home. I
to my boss since that day.
a newspaper, and I (look)
have gone
problems with money. You need to
looked
was waiting to see the
at some interesting job announcements on
were several interesting job announcements, so I
wrote down the information.
Tomorrow morning, I (call)
will call/ am going to call
numbers. I hope that I can get an interview. I (find out)
these
will find out
about computer classes, too. I hope that I can find a job soon! I (be – not)
haven’t been
this worried for a long time.
Grammar & Writing 3 – Writing Diagnostic Fall 2014
Name _____________________________________________
Points ____________/100
Write a paragraph about a place that you have visited and liked (NOT your
hometown). Give reasons why you liked this place and what you did there. Try to use
interesting words. You may not write more than this page. Check your spelling,
punctuation, and verbs before you give this to your teacher. Please write clearly.
Scoring Criteria
Points
Topic sentence that includes the topic and a controlling idea
/6
The topic sentence addresses the prompt
/2
At least 8 supporting sentences that are on topic and in logical
order. No sentences are off topic or out of order.
/ 10
Correct grammar overall, especially grammar from this quarter:
time clauses
reviewed verb tenses
present perfect
modals
gerunds
infinitives
comparatives
superlatives
passive voice
adjective clauses
/ 30
Mechanics: Correct use of transitions, articles, count/non-count
nouns, spelling, capitalization, periods, and commas (no
fragments, splices, or run-on sentences)
/ 30
Vocabulary: use of interesting words and correct parts of speech
/5
Variety of sentences (simple, compound, and complex)
/6
Concluding sentence reflects the topic sentence (but doesn’t
repeat it) with appropriate transition
/6
Format (heading, title, margins, indented first line, double-space)
/5
Total points
/ 100
Grammar & Writing 3
Fall 2014 Grammar Diagnostic
Name: ________________________
Points: __________/100
A. Fill in the blank. Use do / does / is / are / am (______/12 points)
1. What color ____________ your eyes?
2. When ______________ your brothers go to work?
3. My friend _______________ not eat meat.
4. How often __________ you call your children?
5. Why ___________ your friends sad?
6. What time ____________ your friend finish school?
7. ____________ your parents from India?
8. ____________ your parents live in Seattle?
9. I _______________ not smoke cigarettes.
10. ________________ you having a good time?
11. Who _____________ talking to the teacher right now?
12. Seattle _______________ not have a very good public transportation system.
B. Write the correct verb in the blank. Use simple present, present progressive, simple
past, or future. (______/15 points)
1. I always (call) ________________________ my sister in the evening.
2. I (buy) ______________________ a car eight years ago.
3. We (read) ______________________ the book next week.
4. They (not, have) __________________________ a grammar test last week.
5. We (take) ______________________ a quiz right now.
6. We (have) ________________________ break in ten minutes.
7. _________________ you (go) __________________ to the mall last weekend?
8. _________________ you (go)________________ to the movies next weekend?
9. ________________ she (go) ________________ to the restaurant right now?
10. Three years ago I (teach) _____________________ at the University of St. Louis.
11. Be careful! A car (come) _____________________ !
12. If Sophia (get) ___________________ a job, she (earn) __________________________ lots
of money!
13. Before your teacher (begin) ______________________ teaching at NSCC, she (work)
__________________________ in Asia.
C. Write the part of speech of the words that are underlined. (noun, adjective, verb,
conjunction, adverb, article, preposition, pronoun) (______/14 points)
conj
verb
noun
Example: Sandy and her sister went to school.
1. Alex and his girlfriend enjoy concerts.
2. He drove his new car carefully.
3. Bill bought tickets, so Sally got to go to the concert.
4. Xuanmai and Fatima are very intelligent students.
D. Circle the letter of the best answer. (______/10 points)
1. What time ________ last night?
a. did you arrive
b. are you arriving
c. you arrived
2. What time ________________ up every morning?
a. are you wake
b. do you wake
c. you waking
3. When ____________ home? B: At 10:00 p.m.
a. did you came
b. you came
c. did you come
4. My friend Roger ________ to Spokane last weekend.
a. drives
b. drove
c. did drive
5. Dalva worked at a hospital. She _______________ at a fast food place.
a. didn’t work
b. not work
c. doesn’t worked
6. My ____________ apartment is very small.
a. friend
b. friend’s
c. friend is
7. Mr. and Mrs. Rice own that boat. It’s ____ boat.
a. they
b. they’re
c. their
8. You should ____ ready to work hard this quarter!
a. to get
b. get
c. got
9. What ___ after you graduate?
a. are you going
b. you going to
c. are you going to do
10. Ryan and Charlie ___ friends since they were 5 years old.
a. have been
b. were
c. are
E. Answer the following questions with complete sentences. (______/14 points)
1. How many countries have you visited?
2. What is the teacher doing right now?
3. What is the most beautiful place you have ever seen?
4. What were you doing at 8:00 last night?
5. What do you usually do on weekends?____________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________
6. What is something you have got to do before class tomorrow?
7. What is something you can do better than your best friend?
F. Circle the correct answer. (______/15 points)
1. My mom doesn't buy (many / much / a few) meat at the store.
2. My two sisters failed (hers / their / theirs) driving tests.
3. John and (his / him / he) parents went to the beach for vacation.
4. My parents are coming for a visit. It will be fun to see (their / them / they)!
5. My brother was angry with (him / he / himself) for not studying.
6. Laurie has many friends (who / whom / whose) make delicious food!
7. Elizabeth's car is the one (who / whom / which) is bright red.
8. Ellie entered her classroom when she (was getting / getting / got / was got) to school.
9. I went to the mall with Jim and (her / hers / she).
10. Most students enjoy (are play / play / to play / playing) video games.
11. I have decided (to apply / apply / applying / applied) to university in the U.S.
12. What places are you interested in (to visit / visit / visiting / visited) in the U.S.?
13. Pizza is (more healthier / healthier / most healthy / healthiest) than a Big Mac.
14. Qatar is (the richest / most richest / richer / more richer) country in the world.
15. This scarf (made / was made / make / to make) in China.
G. Write the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. (______/20 points)
Last week I (lose)
I (have)
my job. It was one of the worst days
in my life. Here is what happened: my coworkers
and I (eat)
lunch in the company cafeteria last week
when the boss suddenly (tell)
me to go to his office. He (say)
, "I'm sorry to tell you this, but we don't have a job for you anymore. Right
now the company (experience)
problems with money.
You need to start looking for a new job." After I (leave)
office, I went home. I (speak – not)
his
to my boss since
that day.
Right now I (look)
for a new job. Every day, I (buy)
a newspaper, and I (look)
section. I (go)
in the help-wanted
to see a job counselor several times since I (lose)
my job. Yesterday afternoon, while I (wait)
to see the counselor, I (look)
at some interesting job
announcements on the wall. There (be)
job announcements, so I (write)
several interesting
down the information.
Tomorrow morning, I (call)
that I can get an interview. I (find out)
classes, too. I hope that I can find a job soon! I (be – not)
this worried for a long time.
these numbers. I hope
about computer
Grammar & Writing 3 – Writing Diagnostic Fall 2014
Name _____________________________________________
Points ____________/100
Write a paragraph about a place that you have visited and liked (NOT your
hometown). Give reasons why you liked this place and what you did there. Try to use
interesting words. You may not write more than this page. Check your spelling,
punctuation, and verbs before you give this to your teacher. Please write clearly.