Progress test Unit 1

Grammar
1 Choose the correct answers.
1 Did you see Jan at the concert? She wore / was wearing a red coat.
2 Peter wouldnt lend me his dictionary because he didnt finish / hadnt finished his
homework yet.
3 I saw your sister in town yesterday. She talked / was talking to a coule o! !riends.
" Jake honed me #ust a!ter he was leaving / had left the arty.
$ %hen the e&am results came throu'h we all were celebrating / celebrated(
) %hile I was walkin' to the shos* it suddenly started / was starting to 'et +ery windy.
, -hey had waited / had been waiting !or hal! an hour by the time Da+id arri+ed.
. %hen I 'ot to the classroom* the teacher already started / had already started the
lesson.
Mark: ___/8
2 Complete the sentences with the present perfect simple or continuous form of the
verbs in brackets.
1 I ////////////////// 0ha+e1 this cold since I went swimmin' last 2riday.
2 3ow o!ten ////////////////// 0you be1 to the 4S5?
3 I ////////////////// 0o!ten wonder1 i! learnin' another lan'ua'e would be di!!icult.
" %here ////////////////// 0you stay1 !or the last !ew days?
$ %hat ////////////////// 0you do1 to your hair? It looks 'reat(
) 3ow lon' ////////////////// 0you 'o out1 with 2reddy?
, %hat ////////////////// 0you eat1? -here are red marks on your shirt.
. 6aty and I ////////////////// 0know1 each other since we were at rimary school
to'ether.
Mark: ___/8
!ewrite the sentences beginning with the words in bold.
1 I had ne+er be!ore seen such a beauti!ul sunset.
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2 %e not only went out !or a meal but we went dancin' too.
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3 -hey had no sooner started the e&ercise than the lesson bell ran'.
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" -here has rarely been such a hi'h wind.
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Mark: ___/4
:ocabulary
" Complete the sentences with the words in the bo#.
ar'umentati+e 'rumy tolerant nai+e reser+ed !le&ible stubborn hot9headed
courteous le+el9headed
1 -he sta!! at the airort were all +ery ///////// to us. It was a leasant surrise.
2 ;y cousin is <uite ///////// and doesnt say much.
3 I was +ery ///////// when I went to uni+ersity but Im much more e&erienced now.
" Dont be so ///////// ( =ou can always !ind somethin' to smile about.
$ In todays society eole need to be ///////// and listen to others oints o! +iew.
) ;y dad was +ery ///////// when he was youn' and 'ot into a lot o! trouble.
, I dont think winnin' a lot o! money will chan'e Sam. 3es +ery ///////// .
. ;y sister is so ///////// youll ne+er ersuade her to aolo'ise to him.
> =oure bein' +ery ///////// today( =ou+e disa'reed with e+erythin' I+e said(
1?%ere lucky to ha+e Jill as an emloyee. Shes ///////// and can chan'e her hours i!
we need her to.
Mark: ___/10
@istenin'
$ %".&1' (isten to the people talking about being lucky. Complete the sentences with
the correct speaker )*+.
1 Seaker /// sa+ed some money.
2 Seaker /// had a surrisin' e&am result.
3 Seaker /// was success!ul because heAshe was rela&ed.
" Seaker /// didnt e&ect to achie+e what heAshe did so <uickly.
$ Seaker /// doesnt lan ahead.
Mark: ___/10
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Beadin'
, !ead the te#t.
ITS A SMALL WORLD
Picture this: Youre in a boat, a small one, easily 4,000 miles away from home. Youre
being tossed from one wave to another in appalling conditions. Your mast has been
damaged in a fierce storm and you havent eaten for two days whilst trying to fix your
craft and remain afloat. ! """""""""# You wait, hoping beyond hope that someone
has heard you and can reach you before conditions worsen still further.
Youre luc$y. %he message gets relayed to a cruise liner that is carrying thousands of
passengers on the holiday of a lifetime and &ust happens to be in your vicinity.
' """"""""""# You are very grateful. You are ta$en on board where youre given food
and medical assistance and start to feel human again. You travel with the liner safely to
land. Your small boat has unfortunately had to be abandoned in the ocean but you are
safe than$s to the cruise liner.
(o far, a straightforward sea rescue. ) """"""""""# *ts certainly not unheard of for
large vessels to come to the aid of smaller ones, particularly in the big oceans where
you can drift for days without seeing another boat. 4 """"""""""# %he yachtsman
whose boat got into trouble was +ohn ,ielder, a thirty-two-year-old man from a tiny
village on the south coast of .ngland called /arsash. 0ast year +ohn was sailing a
trimaran called 1appropriately2 34angerous /hen /et from the 5aribbean island
6ntigua to 7hode *sland, north of 8ew Yor$, when he got into trouble. 9 """"""""""#
(he was the latest addition to the fleet of the :( based Princess 5ruises and it was
captained by 5aptain 5lar$. 5aptain 5lar$ and +ohn ,ielder had never met before,
which is not surprising. /hat is surprising is that it turned out the two men live round
the corner from each other in that tiny village of /arsash on the south coast; *n all
probability they buy their newspapers from the same shop but didnt meet until their
paths crossed 4,000 miles away in the middle of the ocean;
6n ama<ing coincidence; *f you can beat that write in to 3/hat a coincidence;, People
Today Magazines, =ristol. /ere waiting for your story.
- Complete the te#t with sentences )*.. /here is one sentence you do not need.
5 -his haens !rom time to time when small boats run into di!!iculties in hea+y weather.
C Cut there is a twist to this tale.
D @ess than two hours later the enormous boat is alon'side you* ha+in' altered course to
come to your rescue.
D 2inally you admit de!eat and ut out an S8S call.
E 3e was stunned by the coincidence.
2 -he cruise liner that came to his assistance was the Drown Princess.
Mark: ___/10
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%ritin'
0 1magine you witness a large fire and see fire2fighters save a young child from the
building. 3rite the story of the rescue for a maga4ine. Use the writing guide to help
you.
Paragraph 15 Say what you were doin' when the !ire started.
Paragraph 25 Say what haened and describe the scene.
Paragraph 5 Describe how the !ire9!i'hters sa+ed the child.
Paragraph "5 Domment on the bra+ery o! the !ire9!i'hters and what haened to the other
eole in+ol+ed.
Mark: ___/10
Total: ___/60
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