Name ______________________________________

Class ______________________________

1 Progress Test A

Vocabulary
1

Write the book words.

This person writes books.

uahtor
1

author
If you have a good imagination, you will love this type of book.

yfnatas
2

_________
These books are light and easy to carry around.

kpercapsba
3

Take this with you if you visit a foreign country.

eprahsokbo
4

_________

This is sometimes more interesting than the book!

orevc
5

_________

_________
This type of book is about things that arent real.

cfnitio

_________

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2

Complete the text. Use btw, e.g., asap, PS, LOL, i.e.

From:

Charlotte

To:

Dan

Subject:

e-reader

Hi Dan,
Guess what! Ive got an e-reader, 0 i.e. what you need to read an e-book. The thing is, I havent got
an e-book yet! 1 _____! Actually, theyre easy to get, 2 _____ you can download old texts free from the
Internet. 3 _____, theres a great free site you might know, www.gutenberg.org. Ill show you the ereader at the weekend.
See you on Saturday!
Charlotte

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___ Please call me 5 _________!

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Grammar
3

Circle the correct words.

Have you decided / Did you decide where to go on holiday yet?

I just had / have just had a great idea!

We saw / have seen a really good film last week.

They didnt go / havent gone to the car boot sale last Saturday.

The maths test yesterday was / has been easy.

I lived / have lived in my house since I was born.

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Complete the dialogue. Use the present perfect or the past simple.

Alice 0 Have you read (read) any good books so far this summer holiday? I cant believe its almost
time to go back to school!
Ben
Well, yes and no! I 1 _________ (spend) a lot of time looking at dads old books. I
2
________(find) a really interesting atlas last week. There were some old maps of our town in it too.
Its amazing how things 3 ______________ (change) since dad was young.
Alice

That sounds very interesting.

4
Ben
________________ (you / go) to the car boot sale two weeks ago? There were some
interesting old books there too.

Alice

I 5 _____________ (not know) about it. Call me next time!

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Circle the correct words.

I took a photo of them while they didnt look / werent looking.

He didnt hear his phone because he was listening / listened to music.

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When I was arriving / arrived, they were cooking pizzas.

She broke a finger while she was playing / played volleyball.

What did you do / were you doing when the storm started?

While I was walking to school this morning I was losing / lost my new scarf.
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Complete the text. Use the past simple or the past continuous.

BEACH RESCUE
Two local teenagers, Martin Smith and Zoe MacDonald, 0 had (have) a lucky escape last week. They
1
_____________(sail) at Pebble Beach near Stanmarket when the weather suddenly
2
___________(change).
Martin told us, We 3 __________ (enjoy) our Saturday morning sail with the Stanmarket Sailing
Club when a storm 4 _____________ (appear) from nowhere. We completely lost control of the boat
and the wind 5 __________ (blow) us right out to sea.
The club called the coastguard, who sent out special boats to rescue the worried teenagers.
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Complete the sentences. Use was able to (x2), could (x2), couldnt, werent able to.

The mountain rescue team was able to find the lost climbers.

She _______________ finish her homework because she was very tired.

He lost his keys but luckily he ________________ get in through an open window.

__________________ you read when you were four years old?

She _______________ play the piano when she was nine.

Its a shame they _____________________ come to our party.

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Functions
8

Complete the dialogue. Use these words.

What do you want me to do Of course

Could you
the problem

Would you mind

Do you think you could

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Ann:

Hello Guy. 0 Could you help me for a minute?

Guy:

Sure. Whats 1 ________________?

Ann:

I really dont understand this maths homework. 2 _________________ help me with it?

Guy:

Ann:

Thats great! Also, theres something else.

Guy:

_________________________?

Ann:

______________________ lending me your notes from yesterdays class too?

Guy:

No problem.

___________.

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Vocabulary

10

Grammar

25

Functions

Total

40

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