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1 Progress Test  50 minutes Name Score  100

1 CD3 34 Listen to five people talking about things 3 Write these colloquial words/phrases.
they like doing at the weekend. Match speakers 1–5 1 stupid or silly: c razy
to activities a–f. Use each letter once only. There is
2 find somebody attractive: f
one extra letter which you don’t need to use.
3 a British pound: a q
1 Speaker 1 a relaxing with the Sunday
4 go somewhere for a short time: p i
papers 5 relax: c o
2 Speaker 2 b doing some DIY
6 worried and anxious: s o
3 Speaker 3 c doing some gardening
7 fashionable: t
4 Speaker 4 d preparing a meal for friends
8 do something wrong or badly: m u
5 Speaker 5 e watching sport on TV
9 a friend: a m
f doing routine jobs at home 10 throw something away: c o
10 11 a toilet: a l

12 a man: a g
2 Listen to a radio interview with Karen Thomas, 13 quite, but not extremely: p
a sports therapist. Choose the correct answers.
14 annoy or worry somebody: b
15 something that is annoying because it causes
problems or is difficult to do: a h
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4 Complete the idioms in these sentences.
1 Thanks for the card. It really made my day .
2 I had no idea I was going to get promoted – it
1 Recent research has shown that the number of
came completely of the .
sports injuries has ...
3 My parents live in the of . It
a gone down.  b stayed the same.  c gone up.
takes an hour to drive to the nearest shop!
2 Karen says that more people over 30 are taking up 4 I love living in New York, but it’s a cry
exercise because they ... the small village where I grew up.
a want to join a sports club.  b want to lose weight.
5 Sarah, I’ve lost my watch. Could you an
c have serious health problems. out for it when you’re tidying up?
3 Karen thinks people are more likely to get injured 6 I was so tired when I went to bed last night that I
if they ... like a .
a have just started exercising.  b have been 7 I’ve been working so hard recently. I’m going
exercising for years.  c hire a personal trainer. to the countryside for a week to my
4 Most of the people she sees have physical .
problems because they ... 8 That exam was a of . I got
a go running.  b need to lose weight.  every question right.
c don’t exercise at all. 9 No, don’t worry, he was only your
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5 Karen advises people who want new sports shoes . You shouldn’t take him seriously.
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to ... 10 That documentary on global warming certainly

a buy fashionable trainers.  gave me for .
b go to a shop with well-trained staff.  11 When everyone arrives, let’s play some party
c get the most expensive pair they can afford. games to the .
6 She thinks the best exercise for people who haven’t 20

done any before is …
a walking.  b going to the gym.  c jogging. 12


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 b  nd look, there are seven text messages for him
A
5 Fill in the gaps with these words/phrases. There from someone called Bill.
may be more than one possible answer.
a Oh dear, that’s his boss. He 7must/may
in excess of  give or take  tons of  or so  -ish   (try) to get hold of James about something
tiny  around  roughly  vast  -odd  far (+ -er) important.
b Do you know why James has gone to Canada?
1 My cousin’s company made profits in excess of
a Er, he 8might/can’t (give) a talk at a
£100,000 in their first year of business.
conference, but I’m not sure.
2 We’ll have food for the party so you
b Have you checked your computer? He
don’t need to bring anything. 9
may/can’t (send) you an email.
3 It takes twenty minutes to drive to my house, a Yes, that’s good. I hadn’t thought of that.
a minute or two.
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4 Let’s leave the house eight in the 
morning. 7 Fill in the gaps with the positive or negative
5 They said the book would get here in a day forms of these verbs and the correct form of the
. verb in brackets.
6 The house looks great. There was only a
would  need  should  could
bit of work to be done.
7 Shall we invite people round for seven 1 I don’t know whether he would have studied
or is that too early? (study) harder in another school.
8 They ate a amount of food! 2 We (go) to the airport because
9 She thinks it’s three days’ work but Gina’s boyfriend had already picked her up.
it’s difficult to be sure. 3 He (buy) that house if he’d
10 That job took (long) known that the roof leaked.
than I expected. 4 I know I was wrong. I (do)
11 There must have been forty teenagers what you told me, but I didn’t.
at my son’s party. It was crazy. 10 5 We (stay) longer at the party

last night, but we decided to leave early.
6 Read this conversation. Choose the correct 8
modal verbs and fill in the gaps with the correct 
form of the verbs in brackets. 8 Tick the correct sentences. Change the incorrect
a I ’m so worried. James flew to Canada today and ones.
he hasn’t phoned. to pass
b It’s a long journey. He 1 must /can’t be (be) tired. 1 She managed passing her driving test.
a Or his plane 2can’t/might (crash). 2 I slept like a log last night. ✓
b Don’t be silly. That must/can’t
3 3 He warned me to not talk to them.
(happen). It would have been on the news. 4 I’ll have finish by the time you get home.
a Yes, you’re right. But why hasn’t he phoned? 5 They finally persuaded Joe to help them.
b W hat time is it in Canada now? 6 We’re having our kitchen redesign next month.
a Er, about three in the morning, I think. 7 At midday I’ll be driving to the hotel.
b That’s it, then. He 4can’t/must (be) 8 No one want to come to the cinema with me!
asleep. 9 They replaced the window themselves.
PROGRESS TESTS:
a Yes, of course. I suppose he 5can’t/might 10 Peter denied not stealing my mobile.
(try) to text me when he landed, but perhaps his
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11 I don’t want neither of my parents to come.

phone doesn’t work over there. 12 My brother was accused for shoplifting.
b Isn’t that James’s mobile on the floor?
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a Oh no! It 6must/can’t (fall) out of his 
pocket when we were having breakfast.

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