Key to Progress Tests

Progress Test 1 Units 1-2 F

Reading
1
2
every
never Units 9 & 10
1B 2A 3C 4C 5D 6A 7B 8D 9B 10A 3 used
4 ago
Vocabulary 5 yet
6 would
A
1 joy G
2 fury 1 has existed
3 misery 2 share
4 anxiety 3 have been waiting
5 fear 4 were looking
6 pride 5 has ... visited
7 eagerness 6 Did you go
8 disgust 7 are you ... complaining
9 optimism 8 dont know
10 enthusiasm
H
B 1 used to like reading
1 Swiss 2 have lived here for/have been living here for
2 Brazilian 3 the first time Tom has
3 Swedish 4 did they arrive
4 Indian 5 hasnt/has not seen Miguel since
5 Chinese
6 Dutch Progress Test 2 Units 3-4
Reading
C
1 called out 1F 2D 3E 4A 5C
2 Calm down
3 call round Vocabulary
4 chickened out A
5 call her back 1 assistants
6 Cheer up 2 residents
7 called off 3 toned
8 bottles up 4 inner
5 unattractive
D 6 glamorous
1 business 7 inhabitants
2 curiosity 8 aristocratic
3 role
4 suspense B
5 empire 1 lived up to
6 regret 2 catch on
3 moved out
4 came in for
Grammar 5 settled down
E 6 going round
1 has been working 7 started out
2 look 8 look down on
3 used to be
4 grabbed C
5 hasnt eaten 1 in
6 are staying 2 Without
3 at
4 By
5 on
6 To
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 D B
1 home 1 sleep in
2 industrial 2 plug in
3 hit 3 got together
4 characters 4 ran into
5 privacy 5 set off
6 districts 6 feel up to
7 tenant 7 turn down
8 comment 8 hook ... up to
9 sit around
Grammar 10 switch on
E
1 hadnt been walking C
2 Had you known 1 press
3 had bought 2 steer
4 had been wondering 3 price
5 had been dieting 4 manual
6 had already driven 5 cash
6 missed
F 7 seat
1 when 8 awarded
2 since 9 lifelike
3 just 10 beat
4 for
5 before Grammar
6 already
D
1 may/can
G
2 must
1 bar
3 have/need/ought
2 glasses
4 able
3 is
5 could
4 much
6 Should
5 cars
6 any
E
7 wasnt
8 a little 1 should have
2 must have
H 3 could have
1 will have been watching 4 would have
2 after I have bought 5 might have
3 are going to leave 6 cant have
4 will be signing 7 should have
5 the concert will have started 8 neednt have

F
Progress Test 3 Units 5-6 1 to check
Reading 2 lift
3 updating
1B 2D 3C 4A 5B 6A 7D 8C 9D 10B
4 buying
5 watching
Vocabulary 6 to like
A 7 to join
1 beginner 8 hurry
2 appliances
3 outdoor G
4 proof 1 didnt you
5 harmful 2 Could you tell me whether/if
6 unappealing 3 havent you finished
7 addiction 4 went on explaining
8 enjoyable
9 evident
10 fascination

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 Progress Test 4 Units 7-8 G
1 wont stay
Reading 2 had arrived
1D 2F 3B 4A 5E 3 would be
4 hadnt ignored
Vocabulary 5 would have gone
A 6 installed
1 saw through
2 wiped out H
3 burst into 1 was attacked with
4 own up 2 denied being given
5 worn away 3 unless you tell me
6 get away with 4 must be stopped
7 taken in 5 on condition that
8 held up 6 will have the fertiliser delivered

B
1 sentence
Progress Test 5 Units 9-10
2 fuels Reading
3 alarm
1c 2b 3d 4a 5b
4 warming
5 case
6 level Vocabulary
7 bank A
8 weapon 1 dormitory
2 corrections
C 3 absence
1 reached 4 brainwave
2 stole 5 candidates
3 break 6 attendance
4 confessed
7 incomes
5 robbed
8 position
6 allowed
7 find
B
8 dismissed
1 figure out
D 2 take on
1 of 3 Keep up
2 of 4 hand in
3 to 5 fill in
4 for 6 look up
5 from 7 went over
6 with 8 dropped out

Grammar C
E 1 instructor
1 by 2 scholarship
2 be 3 availability
3 is 4 insurance
4 being 5 promotional
5 be 6 productive
6 to 7 employees
8 educational
F
1 You should have/get all that rubbish from your front D
garden removed. 1 run
2 I had my car broken into while I was at work. 2 hire
3 Grandma has had the locks replaced on her doors. 3 skip
4 Many people have smoke detectors installed in their 4 grasping
homes. 5 earned
5 The authorities will have the soil tested for chemical 6 got
poisoning.
6 Gary used to have his firewood delivered every winter.
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 Grammar C
E 1 get over
1 whose 2 set off
2 when 3 booked into
3 that 4 warm up
5 check out
4 where
6 passes out
5 which
6 who
D
1 fares
F
2 make
1 hiring
3 lay
2 wanting
4 travel
3 Having studied
5 catch
4 given
6 lost
5 Advised
7 took
6 Having been chosen
8 package
7 Caught
8 Having sent
Grammar
G E
1 not to be late 1 used
2 asked us 2 prefer
3 to stop 3 only
4 told 4 time
5 that 5 am
6 previous 6 wish
7 better
H 8 rather
1 if/whether my/our office was
2 told Angelo to leave F
3 accused me of lying about 1 the least/most interesting
4 where he had studied 2 absolutely furious/very angry/etc
5 asked us not to speak 3 Had I known
4 stylish red Italian
Progress Test 6 Units 11-12 5 as Paris is
6 did she complain
Reading 7 more cheaply
1A 2A 3C 4C 5B 6D 7A 8B 9C 10D 8 the harder it is

G
Vocabulary
1 Little
A 2 had he seen
1 on 3 were we told
2 in 4 than
3 from 5 should you
4 at 6 but
5 of
6 by H
7 for 1 would rather eat
8 within 2 hotter the climate, the healthier
3 wore a clean white cotton
B 4 you would stop complaining
1 departure
2 toned
3 distant
4 weight
5 reservation
6 dependent
7 boarding
8 seasonal

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