Progress tests Straight to

First

4 Going away

1 Complete each gap using one word or 3 I don’t want to be late so we’d better up.
phrase from the box. Each word/phrase A hurry B to hurry C hurrying
may only be used once. 4 She offered the children while I went to my
appointment.
working holiday monotonous tour
A looking after B to look after C look after
package holiday journey overcrowded
bleak relaxed delayed public 5 This course offers a great opportunity your
trip bustling holiday IT skills.
A improve B to improve C improving
1 We always felt the children were welcome as
the hotel had a very atmosphere. 6 James can’t stand so I always try to be
on time.
2 Monday is a(n) so most of the
shops and banks will be closed. A wait B to wait C waiting

3 My parents go on a(n) every year 7 I really don’t think you should the contract
without reading it properly.
because they prefer the travel agent to make
all the arrangements for them. A sign B to sign C signing
4 The flat farmland we were travelling 8 I managed to get my professor’s permission
through was extremely and we couldn’t my assignment one week late.
wait to get to the mountains. A to hand in B handing in C hand in
5 The market used to be with 9 Parents should make their children their
shoppers but I’m sorry to say these days homework as soon as they get home from
it’s almost deserted. school. A to do B do C doing
6 Swimming was impossible because the 10 They’re very excited about to stay with us
hotel pool was so . next month.
7 It took six hours to reach the island by boat A come B to come C coming
and the return was even longer 11 To be honest, I’d rather that movie as I’ve
due to bad weather. heard it’s quite violent.
8 The flight has been by at least A to not see B not to see C not see
two hours due to very heavy fog. 12 My grandmother has difficulty the stairs when
9 This business is expected to last she visits our house.
three nights but if necessary we’re prepared A using B use C to use
to extend our stay.
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10 My cousin spent his teaching
English in a school in Japan. 3 Complete sentences 1–10 with the correct
11 We stayed in a hut with no electricity in a very form of the verb in brackets.
location near the cliffs. 1 The ink cartridge needs (change) so
12 So far on her of Europe, my you can’t use the printer at the moment.
cousin has been to France, Switzerland, 2 Melissa has been trying (contact)
Austria and Italy. her cousin for days.
/ 12 3 By the afternoon we felt really hungry, so
we stopped (get) some food.
2 Complete the sentences 1–12 by
4 I tried (ask) my friends for
choosing the correct option A, B or C. advice, but I didn’t like any of their
1 I can’t believe his parents let him to that suggestions.
party at the weekend. 5 I’m sure she didn’t mean (be)
A go B to go C going unkind but what she said really upset me.
6 John did text me about the party but I forgot
2 One of my colleagues at (phone) him back.
suggested Golden Sands Hotel. the
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7 She has lost weight since she stopped

(eat) crisps and cakes.
8 I’ll never forget (meet) my first
boyfriend’s parents.
9 I didn’t take the job because it meant
(commute) for over an
hour every day.
10 My teacher says I need
improving my grammar.
Reading and Use of English Part 3
Word formation
5 For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use
the word given in capitals at the end of
some of the lines to form a word that fits
in the gap in the same line. There is an
(focus) on example at the beginning (0).
Example:
/ 10 (0) MISERABLY

Reading and Use of English Part 2 Relax on a canal holiday

Have you ever sat (0) MISERABLY MISERABLE
Open cloze
in a traffic jam for hours with hundreds
4 For questions 1–8, read the text below of other (1) HAPPY
and think of the word which best fits holidaymakers? Or been trapped on a
each gap. Use only one word in each long-distance bus with a screaming
gap. There is an example at the baby? FRUSTRATE
Or groaned in (2)
beginning (0).
as an airport announcement informs
Write your answers IN CAPITAL LETTERS. you that your flight has been delayed
Example: by a further four hours? Most of us
have experienced just how STRESS
My train travels in India (3) reaching
Although my friend, Hardeep, had told me that Indian your holiday destination can be.
train stations were usually a bit chaotic, I was But here at ‘Canal Cruising’, we
absolutely amazed by (0) THE sight of all the believe you can avoid the worry and COMFORT
jostling passengers crowding around the departure (4) of getting there.
board. From the moment you step onto
Remembering Hardeep’s advice, I bought (1) one of our beautiful canal boats,
snack for the journey (2) one of the many you are SPACE
food stalls around the concourse. Then I spotted a already on vacation! The
free space on a bench where I could rest for a accommodation is surprisingly (5)
moment. As I sat there, I tried (3) to worry that I and the best thing is, your holiday
couldn’t understand any of the announcements which home is always with you. We provide HURRY
(4) echoing from the speakers maps, training and advice to ensure an
above my head. (6) and relaxing
After ten minutes or so, I (5) my way to holiday travelling the waterways
Platform 5 and waited patiently for my train to of Britain.
PATIENT
arrive. Of course, boating holidays don’t
When the train did pull in, it was completely full so usually appeal to (7) types,
(6) we could get on, hundreds of so be prepared to take it slow. And we LEGAL
passengers needed to get (7) . I had to hold do mean really slow – on British canals
(8) tightly to my luggage as I was pushed it’s (8) to drive at any
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8 8
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