English Diagnostic Test

Complete the sentences with the most suitable verb (Simple Present or Present Continuous)

My parents are both doctors. They ____________ (work) at the local hospital.

Complete the sentences with the most suitable verb (Simple Present or Present Continuous)

Sorry, I can't talk now. I __________________ (have) dinner.

Complete the sentences with the most suitable verb (Simple Present or Present Continuous)

Sshh! Be quiet! We ______________________ (watch) a really good film.

Complete the sentences with the most suitable verb (Simple Present or Present Continuous)

You can borrow my laptop. I ____________________ (not use) it at the moment.

Complete the sentences with the most suitable verb (Simple Present or Present Continuous)

He's vegetarian so he ___________________ (not eat) hamburgers.

Complete the sentences with the most suitable verb (Simple Past or PastContinuous)

We _________ (see) Niagara Falls when we _______________ (fly) over Canada.

• saw; were flying

• had seen; flew

• were seeing; flew

• have seen; have flown

Complete the sentences with the most suitable verb (Simple Past or Past Continuous)

I ___________________ (look) at my phone when I ______________ (walk) into a police officer.

• was looking; was walking

• looked; was walking

• was looking; walked

• looked; walked

Complete the sentences with the most suitable verb (Simple Past or Past Continuous)

You _____________________ (not hear) what I said because you _______________________ (not listen).

• did not hear; did not listening

• did not hear; were not listening

• were not hearing; were not listening

• did not hear; was not listening

Complete the sentences with the most suitable verb (Simple Past or Past Continuous)

Sorry, I _____________________ (do) my homework when you _____________ (call), so I didn't answer.

• was doing; were calling

• did; called

• were doing; called

• was doing; called

Complete the sentences with the most suitable verb (Simple Past or Past Continuous)

My sister ____________________ (not go) to the family party because she _________________ (travel) for work.

• did not go; was travelling

• wasn't going; was traveling

• did not go; travelled

• did not go; were travelling