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The Mystery of King Richard III: Gold Experience B1+ Progress Test 6
The Mystery of King Richard III: Gold Experience B1+ Progress Test 6
The Mystery of King Richard III: Gold Experience B1+ Progress Test 6
Name Class
Grammar
1 Complete the text with the past simple or past perfect simple form of the verbs in
brackets.
2 Rewrite the sentences using the words given. Use between two and five words, including
the word given.
1 There is no other mountain in the UK higher than Ben Nevis.
THE
Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the UK.
2 I wasn’t very interested in studying history until I went to a fantastic museum.
MUCH
I was ________________________________ in studying history after I went to a fantastic
museum.
3 I don’t think that studying art is as useful as studying history.
LESS
SLOWLY
AS
THE
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Vocabulary
3 Choose the correct answers.
1 It’s difficult to work out/work through the exact date of a fossil.
2 I don’t often come up with/come across dinosaurs in my everyday life!
3 She had a lump in her throat/spine when she told them the sad news.
4 The cat’s sharp claws/wings scratched her leg.
5 Your terrible singing is really breathing/getting on my nerves!
6 We set out/set up early on our trip to the museum, so we would have lots of time.
4 Complete each space with one adjective only. The first and last letters are given to help
you.
An exciting performance
The most exciting thing I ever saw was a performance by some acrobats, who did 1) amazing tricks
which looked absolutely 2) t________g – I was afraid they would hurt themselves! Their routines were
very 3) c________d, as they twisted and turned through a number of very fast movements. It was
4) f________g to watch and very entertaining. All the audience loved it and the applause at the end was
5) d________g! I couldn’t hear myself clap because it was so loud! It was 6) w________l and I’ll never
forget it.
2 Christi uses the word ________ to describe the Arctic light in winter.
3 Christi wished she had taken some ________ with her on her first trip.
4 Christi warns everyone not to leave any ________ when they are away from the hotel.
5 In Christi’s opinion, the Northern Lights look like ________ because of the way they move.
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Reading
6 Read the extract from a story and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).
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5 ________ that week I heard that the police had arrested a thin man with a gold necklace.
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