Diagnostic TestNAME: ________________________________________________________________________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 1For each of the following questions, choose the best answer from the options A, B, C and D. 1Dont buy __________ T-shirt you saw at the shop yesterday.8It was late but Mary ___________ home yet.

AaCanAhad not returnshall not return

BtheD-B

2I was going _______ to the post office when you came.Cwas not being returned

Dis not returning

AinCat9She _________ for the magazine whenever she has the time.

BtoDbyAis writingCwrote

3If you eat the whole _________ of bananas, you will be sick.BwritesDhad written

AclusterCbundle

BcombDset10It would not be wrong ________ yourself if you are threatened.

Ato defend

4They went into the hall _________ so as not to disturb the other students.Bhaving defended

Cis defending

AquietlyCquieterDdefends

BquietDquietest

11Sunny ________ by the reporter as he was a witness to the accident.

5Ali and Halimah were given a __________ applause for their performance.Ainterviewed

AthunderousCexcitementBwas interviewing

BloudlyDexpandCwas interviewed

Dhave interviewed

6Anna is taller __________ Sofiah even though Anna is two years younger.12They were told _________ for being rude to the adults.

AasCthan

BlikeDfromAoffCfor

BfromDat

13She ________ the table for dinner before the guests arrived.

7Encik Ahmad came to school _________ as his motorcycle broke down along the way.AlayClaid

AlatelyCuntimelyBlieDlaying

BlateDdesperate

17He would only withdraw from the badminton tournament _________ the doctor recommends it.

14________ you show me the way to Jalan Hadi? the stranger asked Pei Fun.

Aas Csince

ACouldCHaveBifDbecause

BShouldDShall

15He accidentally kicked the ball ________ the window.18His father was as __________ as the judge when he heard the bad news.

AfromCdown

BthroughDamongAgraveCstrict

BquietDfierce

16The computer has been taken _________ for repair for a month already.

AawayCover19Alina stood ________ Idris when he was accused of stealing money.

BoffDalong

AbyCon

BatDwith

20Those trophies, _________ you see on the shelves, were won by my brother.

AwhoCwhich

BwhoseDwhom

Part IIEach 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 unlikelyC surprising24. A levelsC heights B amusingD unfortunate B eventsD lengths

22. A butC or25 A inherited B andD so B admitted C received23. A inC of D accepted B atD about

26. A have learnt29. A steady B having learnt B healthy C will have learnt C profitable D have been learning D ordinary 27. A onC at30. A often B inD with B never C seldom28. A thisC these D sometimes B thatD those

Part IIIUnderline 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. ___________________________________________________________________________32. They were eating satay at the new opened stall. ___________________________________________________________________________33. My father has been working in the police force since he is twenty. ___________________________________________________________________________34. The boys prefer hot dogs to hamburgers. ___________________________________________________________________________35. The smell of friend fish form the kitchen fills the room and making me hungry. ___________________________________________________________________________36. My mother game to me a bag as a birthday present. ___________________________________________________________________________37. He goes every weekend to skating. ___________________________________________________________________________38. Usually during the north-east monsoon this place is very prone to floods. ___________________________________________________________________________39. My father likes living in the village where it is without noisy and pollution. ___________________________________________________________________________40. This is the new book which I bought it last week. ___________________________________________________________________________41. Although he was unwell but he still came to school. ___________________________________________________________________________42. They are struggling with their assignments for the last two days. ___________________________________________________________________________43. The students in my class who has been naughty are now well-disciplined. ___________________________________________________________________________44. That house being watched by the police. ___________________________________________________________________________45. When my family went for a holiday, my mother bought new luggages. ___________________________________________________________________________46. There are her magazines and those are theirs. ___________________________________________________________________________47. I have studied in this school on 2005. ___________________________________________________________________________48. She did not finished her work by midnight. ___________________________________________________________________________49. I was very annoy when he broke the vase. ___________________________________________________________________________50. Please off the lights. ___________________________________________________________________________