Progress Test 1A

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Progress Test
1A

I – READING
Read the text.

Teen artist to exhibit at Royal Academy of Arts

Makenzy Beard, 14, from Swansea, Wales, is a pupil at

Bishopston Comprehensive School. She started painting
in her garden shed during lockdown and a portrait of
her neighbour, John Tucker, will go on display at the
5 prestigious Royal Academy of Arts, in London.

Makenzy, said: "I had some free time on my hands

and my mum used to love to paint so we had paints and
brushes. I thought 'why not give it a try' and it escalated
from there."
10 Using photographs of people to help her create the portraits, it can take many hours for Makenzy to
complete one. She estimates it took about 20 hours to complete the portrait of John during a three-week
period. "I was very busy at the time I decided to do this one, so I was taking five minutes before school,
an hour after school before sport. I never spent one long extended period of time on it", she said.
She decided to paint John, a local farmer. "John
15 is a wonderful person and he is really lovely, kind
and friendly", said Makenzy. "I thought, 'he'd be
a wonderful person to paint'. I used a photograph
because he's far too busy to be sitting down for
hours. So one evening there was some lovely light
20 and I went and snapped a couple of photographs
and used those."
A photograph of the portrait has been shared and liked thousands of times on social media after it
was posted by her school's Twitter account.
After seeing the response to her work being shared publicly online, Makenzy said: "It's a bit
25 overwhelming to be honest because I've never been someone who has had much contact with social
media. But seeing people from all over the world commenting on it and talking about the light, the
tones, and the texture, is just really wonderful for me."
Makenzy is now at school full-time and she does not have much time to paint. She also loves sports
and represents Wales in under-16s hockey, so playing hockey is another commitment which makes it
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difficult to spend too much time on her art work.
"I'm not sure what I want to do in the future yet," she said. "I enjoy too many things but I'd really love
to continue with art, I really enjoy it. I'm really passionate about school and sport too. I'd like to see art
in my future as well as many other things."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales (abridged and adapted)

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A. Tick (✔) Makenzy’s free time activities.

1 2 3 4

B. Are the sentences true or false? Write T (true) or F (false) and correct the false ones.
1. Makenzy is Welsh.
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2. She started painting because she had some free time.
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3. To create her portraits, she uses drawings of people.
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4. To paint John’s portrait, she painted for about three months, and it took about 20 hours.
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5. She painted a bit before school and then again after school.
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6. Her portrait became famous when she posted it on her Twitter account.
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C. Choose (✗) the message that Makenzy would NOT send.

1. Mum, can I use your paints

to make a new painting? 3. Sorry, I can’t go with you to
the cinema because I have an
important hockey game…
2. Hi, John!
What did you
think of the 4. Great photo! I’m going to post it on all
portrait? my social media accounts! If it isn’t on
social media, it didn’t happen!

D. Answer the questions. Give complete answers.

1. Where did Makenzy start painting?
_____________________________________________________________________________
2. Why did Makenzy decide to paint her neighbour John?
_____________________________________________________________________________
3. What does she want to do in the future?
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II – LANGUAGE

A. Look at the pictures and complete the sentences.

1. My favourite free time activity is _________________________________________________.

2. In my free time, I love _________________________________________________.
3. I usually _________________________________________________ with my friends.
4. I love _________________________________________________ in the park.

B. Underline the correct option to complete the text.

Hi! I’m John, I’m Makenzy’s neighbour and I’m going to tell you about my morning
routine. I’m a farmer, so I always 1 go to school / get up / have dinner really early. Then
I turn on the 2 coffee machine / air conditioning / robot vacuum because I need coffee
to 3 have a shower / wake up / go to bed! Then, I have 4 breakfast / dinner / a snack.
I love eating the typical English breakfast – it gives me energy for the day! Before going
to work, I often load the 5 laundry / basement / dishwasher and then I usually go to the
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kitchen / bedroom / garage because I go to work by car. I open the 7 gate / roof / garden
and I leave the house. When I pass by Makenzy’s house, she’s usually outside waiting for the
bus to 8 go to school / go to bed / paint.

C. Complete the text with words from the box. There are two extra words.

breaks stationer’s science playground music

parties maths teacher field trips

Hi! I’m James and I’m 21. I was a pupil in Bishopston Comprehensive School, which is
Makenzy’s school. It was great – my favourite subjects were 1______________ because I love
nature, and 2______________ because the 3______________ was really nice and taught me
how to play the guitar! Some classes were fun, but the best part was the 4______________
because I could hang out with my friends in the 5______________ and play basketball in
the sports 6______________ . We always had amazing Halloween 7______________ – there
was music and we had lots of fun. I also loved the school 8______________. My favourite
one was when we went to Paris for a week – it was unforgettable!

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D. Complete the sentences with pronouns and determiners from the box.

them mine he my us

1. Mary and I are going to the exhibition. Come with _______________!

2. Abdullah is my friend. _______________ is very intelligent.
3. I love this painting. It’s _______________ favourite!
4. My parents love going to the museum, so I’ll buy tickets for _______________.
5. Is this your brush? It’s not _______________…

E. Complete the sentences with present simple or present continuous (affirmative or negative).

1. Today is Monday, so Makenzy ___________________ (study) maths.

2. She ___________________ (not have) lunch in the canteen on Mondays and Wednesdays.
3. At the moment, she ___________________ (not do) the laundry.
4. Now she ___________________ (paint) because it’s her favourite activity.
5. Makenzy always ___________________ (read) a book on Fridays.

F. Complete the sentences with past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

1. Makenzy ___________________ (paint) in her garden when John ___________________ (arrive).

2. Last week, she ___________________ (give) an interview to the local newspaper.
3. Makenzy ___________________ (study) when she ___________________ (have) an idea: painting
John.
4. I ___________________ (go) to work when she ___________________ (ask) me to take a picture.
5. When you ___________________ (drive) to work this morning, I ___________________ (not wait)
for the bus.
6. Yesterday I ___________________ (not see) you at school.

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III – WRITING

Choose ONE of the following topics and write a text (50-90 words) about it.
1. Do you have a hobby? Write about it.
You can follow these guidelines:
• your hobby;
• place where you do it;
• how often you do it;
• who with;
• reasons why you do it/like it.

2. Do you remember your primary school? Write about it.

You can follow these guidelines:
• name of your school;
• your favourite school subject;
• school facilities;
• your favourite place;
• activities you remember;
• your opinion about it.

Topic ________________________________
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