Pre-Intermediate Progress Test Unit 3 Test B

Name: ___________________________________________

Grammar
1 Choose the correct words.

1 Are there some / much / any roadworks in the city centre at the moment?
2 I learned a few / a little / much Spanish when I was on holiday.
3 I’m going to the shops. There isn’t many / some / any bread for breakfast.
4 She hasn’t read much / many / a few good books recently.
5 There are much / a lot of / a little cars in the car park this morning.
6 A few / Any / A little students are helping the teacher carry the books.
7 I haven’t got some / much / many money in my wallet.

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2 Complete the sentences. Use a, the or nothing (no article).

1 There’s ______ nice restaurant near our house.

2 We saw ______ President when he visited our city.
3 I want to be ______ doctor when I grow up.
4 The people in ______ village shop aren’t very friendly.
5 ‘Where’s Leo?’ ‘He’s in ______ garden.’
6 My sister doesn’t like ______ dogs – she prefers cats.
7 There’s a red car and a blue car in the car park. Ours is ______ blue car.

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3 Write affirmative () or negative () sentences or questions (?) with the correct form of there
is or there are.

1  a lot of foreign students / at our school _______________________________________

2  a lot of pollution / in the city centre
3 ? a lot of monuments / in your city
4  any milk / in the fridge
5  a lot of museums / in this area
6 ? much noise / from the road
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Vocabulary
4 Read the sentences and complete the words.

1 She lives in the cottage at the end of the l_ _ _.

2 There’s a p_ _ _b_ _ at the end of the road, so you can send your letter from there.
3 Our street is dark at night because the s_ _ _ _t l_ _ _s are broken.
4 There’s a pretty p_ _ _ in our village. You can’t swim in it, but there are lots of ducks.
5 You have to drive round the r_ _ _ _a_ _ _t and take the fourth exit.
6 We live in a big, old f_ _ _h_ _ _ _ in the countryside.
7 The city centre is full of b_ _ _b_ _ _ _s with adverts for expensive clothes.
8 There’s an old stone b_ _ _ _e over the river. It’s very pretty.

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5 Complete the sentences with the words below. There are two words you do not need.

crops damaged illegal land out-dated plough seeds upper-class

1 Fox hunting is now ____________ in the UK. It was banned a few years ago.
2 The hunt sometimes went across farmers’ fields and ____________ hedges and gates.
3 We planted some flower ____________ in the garden, but the birds ate them all.
4 The farmer will sell his ____________ at the local market.
5 My grandfather has a huge farm. All the ____________ around the village belongs to him.
6 Hunting was not just a(n) ____________ tradition. Poorer farmers also hunted to protect their
chickens from foxes.

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6 Choose the correct words.

1 Turn in / to / onto the lane and then go straight.

2 I saw Sam running at / straight / along Kings Road.
3 Go past / on / after the school.
4 Just follow / along / across the path across the field.
5 Go at / through / over the gate and park your car next to the house.
6 Turn in / – / up right at the church and you’ll see the cottage.

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Use of English
7 Complete the text. Choose the correct options, A, B, C or D.

Edinburgh is 1____________ the south east of Scotland, in the UK. The city is famous for its castle
on top of a hill in 2____________ centre of the city. And inside the hill there is another city – an
underground city! It's empty now and you can 3____________ it, but it's a little dark and
4
____________ in some parts. 5____________ the streets around the castle there are many
6
____________ and shops and you can buy a lot of 7____________. There aren't 8____________
trains to get around the city, but there are 9____________ buses that you can take. The best time to
go is in the summer for the 'Edinburgh Festival'. The city gets really 10____________ with tourists
but it's a very enjoyable experience.
1 A at B in C on D to

2 A a B an C the D there
3 A go B sell C take D visit

4 A indoors B relaxing C scary D sunny

5 A In B Across C Through D Over

6 A rivers B boats C dogs D cafés

7 A museums B souvenirs C trips D walks

8 A any B few C much D some

9 A a little B a lot of C any D much

10 A crowded B empty C outdoors D stressful

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Listening
8  Listen to the people talking about online games. Complete the sentences with the correct
speaker, A, B, C, D or E. There is one extra sentence you do not need.

1 Speaker ______ spends his/her money on things for his/her online farm.
2 Speaker ______ thinks online games are violent and the government should ban them.
3 Speaker ______ spent someone else’s money buying virtual things.
4 Speaker ______ thinks the online game he/she plays is useful for the future.
5 Speaker ______ thinks online games are for children.
6 Speaker ______ likes games that are creative and free.

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Reading
9 Read the text. Match the sentences A–F with the gaps 1–5 in the text. There is one extra
sentence you do not need.

A buzz about town

I’m in an expensive hotel in the centre of Paris. 1_____ The hotel owner, Jean Leforestier, tells me
that the honey is from the hotel’s own bees. I imagine that the hotel has a farm somewhere in the
countryside, but Jean is smiling. ‘Would you like to see the bees?’ he asks. ‘They’re upstairs.’
I’m surprised, but I follow Jean up the stairs. On the roof of the hotel, far above the busy streets of
Paris, there is a roof garden. 2_____ I can see them flying around. They live in six small hives made
of wood, and they make honey for the hotel’s guests.
3
_____ Some people have gardens, but you don’t need much room for a small hive. Like Jean at the
hotel, people are building them on rooftops or on balconies. In the city of Paris there are over 400
hives. It’s surprising, but research shows that bees in the city are healthier and produce more honey
than their country cousins.
Research suggests that the use of chemicals on farms, and the size of modern farms are not good for
bees. The farmers plant huge fields with just one type of crop. 4_____ When the farmers cut their
crops to sell them, the bees have almost no food left.
In the city, bees visit our parks, gardens, balconies and flower beds. 5_____ They can produce honey
for longer each year. Next time you’re in the park, look out for bees buzzing among the flowers.
There might be an urban bee keeper in your town too!

A In fact, more and more people in big cities are keeping bees. _____
B Alice Jennings keeps bees at her farm in Devon. _____
C It’s breakfast time and I’m putting some honey on my bread. _____
D This means that bees have only one type of food. _____
E Urban bees can have up to 250 different types of food. _____
F This is where the hotel keeps its bees. _____

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Writing
10 You are on a countryside holiday with your parents. Write a postcard to an English-speaking
friend.
 Say where you are.
 Say whether you are having a good time and why.
 Say what you did yesterday.
 Say when you are coming home.

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