English Diagnostics Assessment

Select the correct spelling.

The Company instructed its personnel to rent a car when THEIR / THERE Company car was being serviced.

Their
There

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The practice of using the firm’s telephone for private calls must SEIZE / CEASE immediately.

Seize
Cease

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The sales TEAM / TEEM are to be congratulated for last year

Team
Teem

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The supervisor suggested that they should HIGHER / HIRE a temporary typist to help them catch up with the work.

Higher
Hire

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The Marketing Manager wanted to NO /KNOW where the minutes of the last meeting had been filed.

No
Know

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One of the secretary’s responsibilities was to order the STATIONERY / STATIONARY for the department.

Stationery
Stationary

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Will you find out WEATHER / WHETHER the buyer has a banker‟s card?

Weather
Whether

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The SITE / SIGHT chosen for the new shop needs to be in a quiet area.

Site
Sight

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They had to decide WHERE / WERE the new desks would be put.

Where
Were

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You should CHECK / CHEQUE your work carefully before handing it in for marking.

Check
Cheque

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Bring some money AS WELL / ASWELL as your lunch.

As well
Aswell

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ALOT / A LOT of people are vegetarians these days.

Alot
A lot

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I got them all wrong, WHERE AS / WHEREAS my friend seemed to find them all easy.

Where as
Whereas

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I took my umbrella and raincoat ALL THOUGH / ALTHOUGH the forecast was for fine weather.

All though
Although

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He admitted to HIMSELF / HIM SELF.

Himself
Him self

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In the MEAN TIME / MEANTIME we will get some rest.

Mean time
Meantime

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You CANNOT / CANT take a driving test until you are 17.

Cannot
Cant

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She told HER SELF / HERSELF to stay calm.

Her self
Herself

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WHENEVER / WHEN EVER they met, they argued.

Whenever
When ever

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I looked in the mirror and hardly recognised MY SELF / MYSELF

My self
Myself

Read the following passage.

You may remember that I raised the matter of an exchange visit with colleagues working in a college in San Diego I have now received a request from them to send details of anyone interested in taking part in this exchange it may be necessary to have a meeting to discuss the matter further give me a ring if you are interested

Now rewrite each sentence into an answer box below, only changing to full stops, and capitals where needed.

If anything other than these is changed, including if there is any incorrect spelling, your answer will be incorrect.

Sentence 1:

Read the following sentences and then rewrite (copy and paste) them, adding commas where needed.

The sentence must be exactly the same other than the required coma(s), otherwise, you will get the answer incorrect. This includes spelling.

I got up late had no breakfast and ran all the way to the bus stop.

Read the following sentences and then rewrite (copy and paste) them, adding commas where needed.

The sentence must be exactly the same other than the required coma(s), otherwise, you will get the answer incorrect. This includes spelling.

I sent him to the shop to buy paint wallpaper and brushes.

Sarah please answer the telephone.

Read the following sentences and then rewrite (copy and paste) them, adding commas where needed.

The sentence must be exactly the same other than the required coma(s), otherwise, you will get the answer incorrect. This includes spelling.

James and Richard the two best tennis players met in the final.

You did lock the door behind you didn’t you?

Help: (Sam is the one behind the counter!)

Sam the boy behind the counter is hoping to become a dentist.

Read the following sentences and then rewrite (copy and paste) them, adding commas where needed.

The sentence must be exactly the same other than the required coma(s), otherwise, you will get the answer incorrect. This includes spelling.

With determination courage and application I think you will succeed at the job Mr Hewitt.

Can you sitting in an office fifty miles away hope to control a workforce of thirty people?

It is easy to handle reliable economical and fun to drive.

Read the following sentences and then rewrite (copy and paste) them, adding commas where needed.

The sentence must be exactly the same other than the required coma(s), otherwise, you will get the answer incorrect. This includes spelling.

November December and January are the darkest months of the year.

Rewrite the following, inserting apostrophes where necessary.

Dont worry, I know shell be here before long. In the meantime, can you try to borrow Franks calculator? Yours is not working. Johns not in because hes gone to collect the Managing Directors car. Its also important for you to make certain that all the typists desks conform to the health and safety standards. You can get the standards from the Personnel Managers secretary.

Copy and paste into each sentence in the box below it, add apostrophes where needed.

Dont worry, I know shell be here before long.

Uses of inverted commas or quotation mark.

For direct speech (the actual words someone had said), e.g. She said, “ I like your hair”.
For a quotation e.g. He wrote, “ I do like to be beside the seaside”.
For slang e.g. The speaker admitted that he wasn‟t “with it” that morning.

Rewrite/copy the following sentences putting inverted commas where necessary.

If you don’t copy the sentence exactly, apart from changing the quotation, your answers ill be incorrect. This includes extra spaces or incorrect spelling.

If the quotation ends a sentence or is a sentence in its own right, place the final full stop before the final quotation mark.

The chairman said, I welcome you to this meeting.

Mary, have you seen the cash book.

I doubt whether the key will fit.

How many capital letters are required for the following:

there are many colleges in britain.

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5

How many capital letters are required for the following:

she wants to attend bristol university.

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5

How many capital letters are required for the following:

mary and danny went to nottingham to visit the boots factory.

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5

How many capital letters are required for the following:

the smiths extend from staffordshire northwards to scotland.

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How many capital letters are required for the following:

“the mousetrap” has been running in london for over forty years.

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How many capital letters are required for the following:

it took me three weeks to read “wuthering heights” by emily bronte.

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How many additional capital letters are required for the following:

he was embarrassed to ring the AA when his rolls royce broke down.

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How many capital letters are required for the following:

bugs bunny is a cartoon rabbit invented by warner brothers.

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The typists say that posture chairs are very comfortable.

Complete
Incomplete

Since we are not ready to advertise the new product.

Complete
Incomplete

The stapler is a ‘must’ in any office.

Complete
Incomplete

The following is a list of words in their singular form. At the side of each word, fill in the blank box with the plural form.

Don’t use any punctuation in your answers.

1. Box
2. Brush
3. Leaf
4. Glass
5. Watch

At the side of each word, fill in the blank box with the plural form.

Don’t use any punctuation in your answers.

1. Loaf
2. City
3. Fly
4. Lady
5. Business

At the side of each word, fill in the blank box with the plural form.

Don’t use any punctuation in your answers.

1. Half
2. Knife
3. Company
4. Life
5. Army

At the side of each word, fill in the blank box with the plural form.

Don’t use any punctuation in your answers.

1. Shelf
2. Thief
3. Wolf
4. Chief
5. Roof

At the side of each word, fill in the blank box with the plural form.

Don’t use any punctuation in your answers.

1. Hero
2. Potato
3. Piano
4. Valley
5. Echo

At the side of each word, fill in the blank box with the plural form.

Don’t use any punctuation in your answers.

1. Woman
2. Mouse
3. Brother in Law
4. Child
5. Sheep

At the side of each word, fill in the blank box with the plural form.

Don’t use any punctuation in your answers.

1. Tooth
2. Secretary
3. Facility
4. Supply
5. Industry

At the side of each word, fill in the blank box with the plural form.

Don’t use any punctuation in your answers.

1. Chimney
2. Folio
3. Wheat
4. Stepchild
5. Burglar

At the side of each word, fill in the blank box with the plural form.

Don’t use any punctuation in your answers.

1. Tomato
2. Injury
3. Foot
4. Gentleman
5. Cargo

At the side of each word, fill in the blank box with the plural form.

Don’t use any punctuation in your answers.

1. Laundry
2. Puppy
3. Studio
4. Handful
5. Deer

To explain how to use a calculator

Bar Chart
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Poster in French
Diagram
Map
Instructions

To explain to an English person how to get from home to a campsite in France.

Bar Chart
Photograph
Poster in French
Diagram
Map
Instructions

To say how many people eat at a particular café on each day of the week.

Bar Chart
Photograph
Diagram
Poster in French
Map
Instructions

To accurately show the layout of a work area.

Bar Chart
Photograph
Diagram
Poster in French
Map
Instructions

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