Examen Diagnóstico de Inglés I | A1

The answer 'Yes, he is' tells you the subject is one person, so the question should start with 'Is'.

'Parents' means two people, so you need the plural 'are', not 'is'.

'I' always goes with 'am' in the verb to be, so the negative is 'am not', never 'isn't' or 'aren't'.

This sentence only has the verb 'to be', not 'do'. With 'we', the negative form is 'aren't'.

'Keys' is plural — check the answer 'they're on the table' for a clue about the number.

'This' (singular) needs 'Is', matching the second part of the sentence: 'is it Ana's?'

Look at the answer 'she isn't' — that tells you the subject is singular, so the question needs 'Is', not 'Are' or a do/does form.

This is a fixed expression: 'How old...?' — English speakers never say 'What old'.

The answer to this question is a time, so it needs 'When', not 'What' or 'Where'.

Since the answer is a person's name, you need 'Who', not 'What' or 'Where'.

'A park' is one thing, so it needs the singular form 'There is', not 'There are'.

'A restroom' is one place, so the question needs the singular 'Is there'.

Pictures hang 'on' a wall — 'in the wall' or 'under the wall' don't make sense here.

'Hot' starts with a consonant sound, so it needs 'a', not 'an'.

'Umbrella' starts with a vowel sound, so the article must be 'an', not 'a'.

Read the whole sentence: 'never gets angry' describes someone calm, so the answer is 'patient', not its opposite 'impatient'.

Since 'name' comes right after the blank, you need the possessive adjective 'her', not a subject pronoun like 'she'.

Peter is a man, so the possessive form is 'his', not 'her' or 'its'.

Be careful: 'its' (possessive) has no apostrophe. 'It's' with an apostrophe means 'it is', which doesn't fit here.

The symbol @ is always read as 'at' in English, not 'dot' (which is for the period before 'com').

The clue '15 or 16?' refers to how old someone is, so the answer is 'age', not 'name' or 'address'.

Commands with 'please' still use the base verb form: 'close', not 'closes' or 'closing'.

Imperatives always use the base form of the verb: 'Open', not 'Opens' or 'Opening'.

Exact clock times always use 'at' (at 8 o'clock), not 'in' or 'on'.

Specific dates use 'on' (on the 14th), while months alone use 'in' (in July).

This sentence counts students (how many), so it needs the cardinal number 'thirty-two', not an ordinal form like 'thirty-second'.

Careful — the language people speak (Portuguese) is not always the same as the nationality word. The nationality for Brazil is 'Brazilian'.

Before a noun like 'color', you need the adjective 'favorite', not 'prefer' (which is a verb) or 'favor'.

'Too much' suggests a problem (like 'too sweet to eat'), but this sentence is positive, so the correct word is 'very'.

Since no noun follows the blank, you need the possessive pronoun 'yours', not the possessive adjective 'your'.

Since no noun follows the blank, use 'mine' (never 'mines' — that's a common mistake).

'Person' is irregular — its plural is 'people', not 'persons' (which is used in very formal/legal contexts, not A1 English).

Regular nouns just add -s for the plural: 'pens', with no apostrophe.

Free books to borrow — that's the definition of a 'library', not a 'bank' or 'bakery'.

Think about where you get medical help — that's a 'hospital', not a 'library' or 'gym'.

For a person's height, English uses 'tall', not 'high' or 'narrow' — those describe buildings or spaces, not people.

The sentence is about capacity (fitting books), so 'small' is correct — 'heavy', 'short', 'low' and 'narrow' describe different dimensions, not size.

Preparing meals at a restaurant is the job of a 'cook', not a 'driver' or 'teacher'.

The sentence says 'she isn't a doctor', so the answer must be another hospital job: 'nurse'.

In a formal situation with someone in authority, use a formal greeting like 'Good afternoon, how are you?', not casual slang.