Progress test 1

Reading
1) For each question, choose the correct answer.
2) Here is a text about an English city. Look at the sentences and decide if they are TRUE or FALSE.
1) The River Wensum flows through East Anglia. _______

2) People have lived by the River Wensum for at least 2000 years. _______

3) In the 11th century, Norwich was a small village. _______

4) Norwich has been a city since its first cathedral was built. _______

5) Norwich has always been one of the smallest English cities. _______

6) There are more than 50 churches in Norwich. _______

7) The number of students in Norwich is increasing. _______

8) The Norwich City football team is called ‘The Canaries’ because of the colours the players wear. _______

9) ‘The Castle Mall’ took more than two years to build. _______

10) Norwich people still like using the old market as well as shopping in ‘The Castle Mall’. _______

Grammar
1) Complete the dialogues. Use the correct present simple or present continuous form of the
verbs in brackets.
Ryan Hi, Ava. What 1) ______________________________ (you / do)?
Ava I 2) ______________________________ (look) for a present for Laura.
I 3) ______________________________ (go) to her party tomorrow night.
Ryan Me too. But I 4) ___________________ usually ______________ (not buy) her a birthday .
present.
Ava I 5) ______________________________ (want) to get her something.
. 6) ______________________________ (she/like) DVDs?
Ryan She 7) ______________________________ books, I think. She 8) ________________________
. (read) the Lord of the Rings novels at the moment. Maybe she would like a new one.
Ava Great idea! Thanks!
2) Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple.

Two summers ago we 1) ___________________ (have) a holiday in Scotland. We

2) ___________________ (drive) there from London, but our car 2) ___________________ (break)
down on the motorway and we 3) ___________________ (spend) the first night in Birmingham. When
we 4) ___________________ (get) to Edinburgh we 5) ___________________ (go) to our hotel, but
they 6) ___________________ (not find) our reservation. We 7) ___________________ (not know)
what to do, but finally we 8) ___________________ (stay) in a Bed and Breakfast for the week. We
9) ___________________ (see) the castle and 10) ___________________ (buy) a lot of souvenirs. The
weather wasn’t very good – it 11) ___________________ (start) raining on the day we left London,
and it never 12) ___________________ (stop)!