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Diagnostic Intermediate – Part One

Christopher Columbus' Trip to the "East Indies"

 

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Ex.

Christopher Columbus was from Genoa. He was not a — Spaniard Spanish .

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A-Nationality

1.

Columbus asked Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand, "How — many much pieces of gold can you give me to find a shorter route to the East Indies?"

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Much / Many

2.

Columbus had a lot of — work works to do. He tried to find private financing, but that failed, so he approached the wealthy King and Queen of Spain.

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Count / Noncount

3.

In May of 1492, Queen Isabella turned Columbus down, but Ferdinand called him back and said, " — Say Tell me how you plan to make this journey."

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Say / Tell  Indirect Objects

4.

He said, " I plan to travel — on ship by ship . I need to build ships large enough to carry fresh supplies for a journey that could last several weeks. I will sail to the west.

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Prepositions

5.

Columbus needed a large amount of money. It was King Ferdinand, not Isabella, who gave him — this money these moneys .

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Count / Noncount

6.

Columbus believed that — world the world was round. However, he miscalculated the circumference of (measurement around) the earth.

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Known by Uniqueness

7.

— In August On August of 1492, Columbus departed with his three ships from Palos de la Frontera, Spain.

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Prepositions for Time

8.

His crewmen were looking forward to — see seeing land after weeks at sea.

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Verbs + Prep Phrases

9.

Columbus was eager to — raise rise the Spanish flag when he landed.

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Rise / Raise

10.

He planted his flag on the — beach's edge edge of the beach .

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Possessive Nouns

11.

They were unable to find — much food many foods .

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Much / many

12.

The — tired tiring men nearly died on their long journey.

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Participial adjectives

13.

They — lay laid down on the beach and kissed the ground.

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Lie / Lay

14.

The men — felt have felt grateful to be on land again.

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Reporting Source

15.

They appreciated — a help the help that God had given them.

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Count / Noncount  The-Earlier Mention

16.

Columbus told his men, " We will leave next year when spring — comes coming will come ."

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Time-related events

17.

Columbus — had forty-one years was forty-one years old at the time.

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Static verbs

18.

After searching the new land, the men were — disappointed in disappointed on what they found.

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Particpl & Prep

19.

Each day became — harder more hard than the one before.

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More / -er

20.

"You wanted to come on this journey, — did you? didn't you? "

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Tag questions

21.

Some of the men said, "We wish we — can go could go home."

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Wishes

22.

Columbus couldn't stand — to hear hearing the complaints of his men.

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Verbs + Prep Phrases

23.

Columbus' men spoke — the Spanish Spanish .

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A-Nationality

24.

Soon after arriving, Columbus met the native people who were living in the new land. He tried to find out what "riches" — these people this people had.

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Count / Noncount

25.

The natives shared their food.  — It There had been a long time since Columbus' men had eaten fresh food. 

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There / It Subj Pronouns

 

 

 

 

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