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NEChal 1 Progress Test 3A
NEChal 1 Progress Test 3A
Class______________________________
_____ cant run so I cant go school. I like that! In the 9 _____ holidays we usually
take the 10 _____ to Switzerland and go skiing there because my parents like the cold
weather in the mountains.
A wet
B cold
A snow
B snowy C snowing
A ice
B icy
A ferries
B canoes C balloons
A wind
B fog
A sunshineB sunny
A ice
B icy
C icing
A horses
B trains
C sledges
A summer B spring
10 A plane
B rocket
C hot
C icing
C windy
C sun
C winter
C horse
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phone
_____
b) money
cross
_____
c) of cola
bottle of
_____
d) peanuts
say
_____
e) equipment
space
_____
f) holidays
carry
_____
g) water
a can
_____
h) goodbye
summer
_____
i) card
raise
_____
j) station
10 carton of
_____
k) the border
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GRAMMAR
3
Complete the text with the verbs in the Present Simple, Present Continuous or
Past Simple.
It is (be) eight oclock and at the moment I 1 _______________ (watch) a film with
my friends. We 2 _______________ (eat) popcorn and we 3 _______________
(drink) cola. Every Saturday evening we usually 4 _______________ (watch) films
because we 5 _______________ (like) them and we 6 _______________ (study) film
making at school at the moment. Ryans father 7 _______________ (be) a filmmaker and he 8 _______________ (work) at the local TV station. He
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_______________ (be) in Africa for four months making his film. Susans mother
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it / rain / yesterday
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KEY EXPRESSIONS
5 Choose the correct words.
Shopkeeper: Good morning. Can / Do I help you?
William:
Yes, Id like two 1 packets / bottles of crisps please, and Id also like two
cans of 2 cola / water.
William:
Is / Thats a good idea. We havent got any chewing gum. You finished
LISTENING
6
Listen to a science radio programme. Read the sentences (18). Are the
sentences true () or false ()?
TRACK 6
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7 Listen to four people talking. Match the activities (AH) with the speakers.
Write Speaker 1, 2, 3 or 4. There is one extra activity.
TRACK 7
goes to Europe
Speaker 2
A uses a ferry
_______________
_______________
C visits Ireland
_______________
D travels by train
_______________
E belongs to a club
_______________
_______________
_______________
_______________
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READING
8
_______________ of Apollo 8 were the first people to orbit the Moon. They orbited it
ten times in 5 _______________ 1968 and took the first picture of our 6
_______________ from space. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin 7 _______________
onto the Moon for the first time on July 20th 1969 and the third member of Apollo 11,
Michael Collins, stayed in the 8 _______________ travelling around the Moon.
Armstrong said the now famous 9 _______________ , Thats one small step for man,
one giant leap for mankind. Millions of people watched them on television. The two
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_______________ collected soil and rock samples from the surface of the Moon and
they prepared a solar wind 11 _______________ and put up an American flag. They also
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_______________ returned safely to Earth and landed in the Pacific Ocean near
Hawaii. 14_______________ were five more lunar 15_______________ after that until
1972 and scientists learned many things.
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9
Read the article in Exercise 8 again. Are sentences 18 Right (A) or Wrong
(B)? If there is not enough information to answer Right (A) or Wrong (B),
choose Doesnt say (C).
The first person in space was an American.
A Right
WRITING
10 You are visiting the United Kingdom for a month to study English. Write a blog
about your stay. Answer these questions to write your email.
Where are you?
Why are you there?
When did you arrive?
How did you travel to the UK?
What is the family like where you are staying?
Where are the other students in your class from?
What is the weather like in the UK today?
What are you doing at the moment?
Where were you yesterday?
Who do you miss from home?
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I am staying in _____________________________________
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11 Read the email from your friend and give your suggestions. Use lets, why dont
and can.
not / worry
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ask / Lena
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