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Progress Test Files 1–4 A ENGLISH FILE

Elementary

G R AM MAR
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the 14 What sports do you do _______ winter?
verb in brackets. 15 A _______ is this umbrella?
Example: They have (have) a new car. B I don’t know. It isn’t mine.
15
1 _______ you _______ (like) pop music?
2 I _______ (not like) watching football on television.
3 Underline the correct word or phrase.
3 My sister never _______ (eat) fast food.
4 How often _______ you _______ (do) exercise? Example: I usually go to bed on / at eleven o’clock.

5 What _______ (be) your brother’s name? 1 Is that my / mine book?

6 My daughter _______ (go) to bed very late. 2 I like these / those blue shoes here.
7 He _______ (not be) English. He’s Scottish. 3 Peter is Davids’ / David’s friend.
8 ‘Are they American?’ ‘Yes, they _______’ (be). 4 Does he can / Can he drive a car?
9 The letters _______ (not be) on the table. 5 Jack has a girlfriend pretty / pretty girlfriend.
10 What time _______ you _______ (get up) in the 6 Her cousin is a / an teacher.
morning? 7 I’m a good student. I’m never / I never am late for
11 My sister and her husband _______ (have) a big house. class.
12 Where _______ your brother _______ (work)? 8 That’s Mike’s wife, Laura. Do you know she / her?
13 He always _______ (read) the newspaper on 9 Do you work / work you in a shop?
Saturdays. 10 What time is it? It’s / I have half past five.
14 She _______ (not teach) Spanish. She teaches French. 10
15 _______ (be) his father a lawyer?
Grammar total 40
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2 Complete the sentences with one word. VO C AB U L ARY

Example: My father’s an engineer. 4 Underline the odd word out.

1 This _______ Peter. He’s from England. Example: Tuesday Friday July Sunday
2 I can speak Japanese, but I _______ write it very well. 1 dictionary magazine TV newspaper
3 My brother doesn’t like _______ television. 2 daughter uncle mother sister
4 We usually go shopping _______ Mondays. 3 rich fair tall thin
5 A This isn’t my bag. Is it _______? 4 bad beautiful dangerous dirty
B No, it isn’t mine. 5 nephew son father aunt
6 My grandparents always come to our house _______ 6 eat drink watch cook
Christmas.
7 bedroom garden dining room kitchen
7 They _______ at home with Tom’s friends.
8 coffee lunch dinner breakfast
8 Our English lesson starts _______ nine o’clock.
9 Christmas Easter January New Year
9 _______ you help me, please? I don’t understand this
10 nurse journalist pilot brother
question.
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10 She’s our new English teacher. _______ name is Sarah.
11 Tom Cruise is a good actor, but I don’t like _______
very much.
12 This isn’t my dictionary. Give it to Maria. It’s _______.
13 Do you like _______ to the cinema?

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Elementary

5 Write the opposite. 7 Can you ________ a computer?

make use write
Example: safe dangerous
8 I’d like to be a ________. I love playing the guitar.
1 empty _______ 6 fast _______ musician painter music
2 fair _______ 7 tall _______ 9 Rob ________ a lot of exercise. He cycles to work every
3 cheap _______ 8 start _______ day.
4 dirty _______ 9 turn on _______ practises makes does
5 always _______ 10 wake up _______ 10 What do you usually do ________ the weekend?
10 by at to
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6 Complete the words in the sentences.
Vocabulary total 40
Example: I usually sleep for eight hours every night.

1 Please t_______ off your mobile phone. P R O N U N C IATI O N

2 My brother has a guitar. He plays in a b_______. 8 Underline the stressed syllable.
3 I want to go home. Can you c_______ a taxi, please?
Example: orange
4 I always h_______ breakfast before I go to work.
5 I r_______ a newspaper every weekend. 1 newspaper 6 grandmother

6 Helen and her sister are both very tall, but her brother 2 Japan 7 Italian
is very s_______. 3 study 8 Wednesday
7 They want to g_______ married in July. 4 expensive 9 twentieth
8 My sister’s a bank manager. She works in an o_______. 5 hairdresser 10 husband
9 I usually w_______ up very late at the weekend. 10
10 Jackie’s son loves planes. He wants to be a p_______.
9 Match the words with the same sounds.
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find high him tall open cousin glasses
7 Complete the sentences with the correct word. receptionist shopping June house

Example: I usually pay in shops with my credit card. Example: owl house
stamps credit card identity card
1 zebra _______
1 I usually go ________ at 6.00. 2 horse _______
home to home at home
3 phone _______
2 Every morning I buy a ________.
4 clock _______
dictionary news newspaper
5 shower _______
3 My son likes ________ to the radio.
6 bike _______
having hearing listening
7 fish _______
4 My mum’s a ________. She works in a hospital.
housewife nurse journalist 8 snake _______

5 Penny goes to work. Her husband stays ________ 9 flower _______

home with the baby. 10 jazz _______
at on by
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6 I can’t ________ the housework now because I have to Pronunciation total 20
go out.
make have do Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation total 100

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Elementary

R EAD I N G
1 Read the text and tick (✓) A, B, or C. 8 Molly likes shoes.
A True ■ B False ■ C Doesn’t say ■
The shopping habit 9 Molly buys her clothes on the Internet.
A True ■ B False ■ C Doesn’t say ■
Kate and Molly are both students. They go to the same
college in London and they’re very good friends. They 10 Molly always buys the right size.
both enjoy the cinema and going to the gym and, like all A True ■ B False ■ C Doesn’t say ■
young people, they both love shopping. But they go 10
shopping in very different places.
Kate likes shopping in town. She likes going into different 2 Now read the text again and answer the questions.
shops to look at different clothes and takes her
boyfriend Sam with her. He doesn’t like shopping, but he 1 Where does Kate go shopping?
likes Kate! He goes shopping with her every Saturday 2 Where does Molly go shopping?
and sits and waits in the shops. Sometimes Kate stays in
3 Why does Sam go shopping with Kate?
town for five hours. She looks at clothes in different
colours and sizes and tries them on. Her favourite 4 Why doesn’t Kate buy a lot of clothes?
designer is Calvin Klein, but he’s quite expensive, so Kate 5 What does Molly look for on her computer?
doesn’t often buy his clothes. She doesn’t have a lot of
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money and she can’t buy a lot of clothes, but she loves
looking. Reading total 15
Molly also likes designer clothes. She loves buying shoes
and she has a lot in her room. But Molly doesn’t go
shopping in town. She prefers to use the Internet. She WR ITI N G
loves shopping online. She sits at her computer for hours
Answer the questions. Write 25–35 words for each
and looks for cheap clothes and shoes. Sometimes when
question.
the clothes arrive, they aren’t the right size. Sometimes
they aren’t the right colour, but that’s no problem for 1 Describe the clothes you usually wear.
Molly. She returns them and buys more. Molly doesn’t 2 Describe your family.
like going to the shops in town where there are a lot of
3 What do you usually do on Sundays?
people. She likes her computer – it’s her favourite shop!
Writing total 10
Example: Kate and Molly are sisters. Reading and Writing total 25
A True ■ B False ■ ✓ C Doesn’t say ■
1 Kate and Molly are friends.
A True ■ B False ■ C Doesn’t say ■
2 They live in the same part of London.
A True ■ B False ■ C Doesn’t say ■
3 They go to the same gym.
A True ■ B False ■ C Doesn’t say ■
4 Kate goes shopping alone.
A True ■ B False ■ C Doesn’t say ■
5 Kate goes shopping on Saturdays.
A True ■ B False ■ C Doesn’t say ■
6 Kate has a lot of money.
A True ■ B False ■ C Doesn’t say ■
7 Molly doesn’t have a boyfriend.
A True ■ B False ■ C Doesn’t say ■

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Elementary

LI STE N I N G S P EAKI N G
1 Listen to two people who are meeting for the first 1 Ask your partner these questions.
time. Tick (✓) A, B, or C to complete the sentences. 1 Where are you from?
1 Samantha has _____________ hair. 2 How do you spell your first name?
A long ■ B red ■ C short ■
3 Do you have a big family?
2 The man’s name is ______________.
4 Do you like cooking?
A Tommy ■ B Danny ■ C Tony ■
5 What do you usually do after school / work?
3 Samantha would like a cup of ____________.
6 What TV programmes do you like?
A milk ■ B coffee ■ C tea ■
7 What’s your favourite food?
4 The man works for a(n) _______________ magazine.
A American ■ B British ■ C Canadian ■ 8 What do you like doing on holiday?

5 Samantha’s phone number is ______________. 9 Can you play any sports?

A 799653 ■ B 799643 ■ C 799633 ■ 10 Who is your favourite film star?
5 Now answer your partner’s questions.

2 Listen to five conversations. Write A–E in the boxes 2 Read the information and answer your partner’s
to show where each conversation takes place.
questions.
Conversation 1 ■
Conversation 2 ■ Parkway Fitness Centre
Conversation 3 ■ Downton Town Centre, near the car park
Conversation 4 ■ Opening times: 7.30 a.m. – 11.00 p.m.
Conversation 5 ■ Swimming: £5.00 per hour
A On the phone Table tennis: £4.00 per hour
B At an airport Gym: £4.00 per hour
C In a classroom Lessons: swimming / tennis / gymnastics. Please ask for
D In a shop information at reception.
E In a café
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3 Now ask your partner these questions about a
Listening total 10 cinema.
• How many films / Saturday?
• Who //actors?
What films?
• What time / films start?
• How much / tickets?
• Speaking total 15

Listening and Speaking total 25

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