Gold Experience B1 Progress Test

Name: Mark:

Grammar
1 Choose the correct option for each sentence.
1 What are you doing at the moment? I m reading/read a book.
2 What are you doing/do you do when the weather is hot?
3 My friend is really clever. She always is doing/does well at school.
4 I m living/ live in Spain for a year because my mum has a job there.

2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjective in brackets.
1 Before our English exams, our teacher is more nervous (nervous) than we are!
2 The weather in Greece is _______________ (hot) than the weather in England.
3 The shops in the centre are _______________ (expensive) than the shops near my house.
4 My sister is _______________ (good) at ballet than I am.
5 The students at my new school are _______________ (friendly) than the students at my old school.
6 Maria is _______________ (tall) than all her friends.

3 Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous form of the verb in brackets.
I ____________________ (play) football with my friends when I _______________ (break) my leg. Luckily,
my friends mum _______________ (be) there and she _______________ (take) me to hospital by car. My
mum _______________ (work) that afternoon, but when my friends mum _______________ (phone) her she
_______________ (come) to the hospital straight away. I _______________ (not stay) in hospital I
_______________ (go) home the same day. That night I _______________ (watch) TV when all my friends
_______________ (arrive) to visit me. They brought me lots of chocolates and a card!

4 Complete the sentences with will or the correct form of going to.
1 Do you want to come to my house tonight?
No, thanks. I _______________ visit my grandmother. She isnt very well at the moment.
2 What are your plans for next summer?
I _______________ travel to Greece with my family! Im so excited!
3 Ive forgotten my packed lunch and Im really hungry.
Dont worry. I _______________ give you one of my sandwiches.
4 Im having a party for my birthday. Can you come?
Great! I _______________ ask my mum.
5 I _______________ travel to Japan next year on a school trip.
Really? Thats so exciting!
Vocabulary
5 Complete the sentences with these words.
clever bossy confident shy sporty rude
1 John is really ___________. Hes always telling me what to do.
2 Hes so ______________ he never says please or thank you.
3 Im not very ______________ I never feel sure of myself.
4 Sara is ______________. Yes. Shes really intelligent, isnt she?
5 He doesnt like going to parties because hes really ______________ .
6 They play football every day and they go everywhere by bike theyre very ___________ .

Listening
6 Listen to an interview with Patricia. Are the sentences (16) true (T) or false (F)?
1 Patricia went to an international camp last summer. ____
2 She went because she wanted to try some new sports. ____
3 The camp was for a week in August. ____
4 The young people at the camp usually spoke English together. ____
5 At the end of each day the groups got together and had a big party. ____
6 Patricia was really excited about going home at the end of the camp. ____

7 Listen to the conversation again and complete the sentences.

1 Well, I thought it sounded great.
2 I was _______________ a group with four other students.
3 We _______________ all between fourteen and sixteen years old.
4 We went on trips together to interesting _______________ nearby.
5 I _______________ so much!
6 I made new friends and we all _______________ each other really well.
Reading

Homes of the future

Here at Teen Talk we just love exciting new gadgets and technology! Last week we visited the
Homes of the Future exhibition in the city of Liverpool to answer this question: What will
our homes be like in the year 2050? We spoke to technology expert Mr Oswald, a science
teacher who helped to organise the show.
So, Mr Oswald. What will homes be like in the year 2050?
Well, as you can see, they will be very different from homes today. Look at a typical home today
people have lots of equipment in their kitchens. Almost every home has a fridge, microwave and
washing machine. Everything needs to be switched on and off this costs us a lot of money and
energy. That is going to change by the year 2050. The household machines we use nowadays are
quite big, but the new technology will be small and there wont be so much of it. Our homes will
maybe just have one machine to do everything, and with this one machine people will be able to
cook, chat to their friends, shop and even study. You will be able to switch your house on or off with
one button. It will be good for people old people think technology is very difficult so this new
technology will be quite easy for them.
Wow! Thats very exciting! Will there be robots in every house of 2050?
Well, its quite possible that there will be robots in every house. You will plug your robot in before
you go to work in the morning. When you are at the office, the robot will do everything you need
around the house. Some robots will even be able to look after children and work in the garden!
But what will people do? Do you think that people will become lazy with all this new technology?
Well, I suppose some people will become lazy. There will be people who wont go out any more
because they have everything they need at home, but there will also be a lot more time for sport and
hobbies. I think its going to be very interesting because it will really change the way we live.
Well, we cant wait to see what the future will be like! Thanks very much for talking to us! Were
going to go and see some of these robots now.

8 Are the sentences (16) true (T) or false (F)?

1 The Homes of the Future Exhibition shows what homes will be like in the year 3000. ____
2 Mr Oswald thinks that homes in 2050 will be very different from the homes of today. ____
3 The homes of the future will have lots of different gadgets. ____
4 There wont be any robots in the homes of the future. ____
5 Mr Oswald thinks that people will have nothing to do in the future. ____
6 Mr Oswald thinks that the future will be interesting. ____

9 Read the text again and choose the correct answer (A, B or C).
1 Where is the exhibition?
A London
B Liverpool
C Paris
2 What is Mr Oswalds job?
A Hes a journalist.
B Hes a technology expert.
C Hes a teacher.
3 Why do our homes cost us a lot of money?
A because they use a lot of energy
B because we have to heat them
C because things are always breaking down
4 What will the difference be between our homes now and the homes of 2050?
A Houses will be smaller.
B We wont have so many different machines.
C Houses will be underground.
5 Why does Mr Oswald think that these homes will be good for old people?
A Robots will look after the old people.
B They will teach old people about technology.
C Technology in the future will be easier to use.
6 What will the robots do?
A work in offices
B go to the shops and buy your food
C do jobs around the house when you are not there
7 What does Mr Oswald think most people will do with their free time?
A sleep more
B take part in hobbies and sports
C nothing much
8 Why does he think that the future is going to be very interesting?
A Robots will take over the world.
B Technology will change our way of life.
C Scientists will keep making new gadgets.
9 Who does he think the future will be bad for?
A lazy people
B young people
C poor people
10 The Teen Talk reporter thinks the future will be
A exciting.
B frightening.
C boring.
11 What is the Teen Talk reporter going to see at the exhibition?
A a microwave
B a dishwasher
C the robots

10 Write a paragraph about the technology you cant live without. Use these headings to help you.
Why you cant live without this technology
How often you use it
What you do with this technology
Why you like to use it