Progress Test 1-5 B

Grammar

Complete the sentences

1 This time tomorrow I _________________________ squash with Frank.

2 We _________________________ lunch when the accident happened outside.

3 Chewing gum is not _________________________. It is against the rules.

4 I _________________________ in Madrid for six years before I moved to Barcelona.

5 _________________________ finished his dinner, he went for a walk.

6 I can't stand _________________________ to classical music.

7 She is nowhere near _________________________ me at tennis. I beat her every time.

8 _________________________ when he spoke did I remember having met him before.

9 _________________________ enough, he is usually on time for these meetings.

10 If I'd known it was her birthday, I _________________________ her a present.

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Pronunciation

Underline the stressed syllable in each word

11 polyglot

12 engineering

13 demotivated

14 infrastructure

15 self-sufficient

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Vocabulary

Complete the sentences

16 I'm absolutely sick and __________ of waiting for you.

17 She's always __________ me for money and I never give her any.

18 He's incredibly __________ -skinned. He never lets what anybody says affect him.

19 The film's not all it's __________ up to be. It was a bit disappointing.

20 Don't __________ the new film by Almodovar. It's great.

21 If you're at a loose __________ this weekend, give me a call.

22 “Could you lend me a few quid?” “Sorry, I'm totally __________.”

23 “Do you know where the station is?” “Sorry. I __________ a clue.”

24 I'd like to __________ in my dad's footsteps and go into banking too.

25 He always __________ to the challenge and succeeds in what he has to do.

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Reading

Dear John, Thanks for the email. Sorry it's taken so long to get back to you but I've been really busy. It was great to hear from you and I'm glad to hear you're doing well apart from the problems at work. I must admit I didn't know that teachers had to work so hard. I've been working really hard recently too and I have to admit I'm sick and tired of what I do. It's a dead-end job and I'm not going anywhere. At first I had my sights set on a managerial post but I've realised there are relatively few promotion prospects. And on top of everything else I'm not very well off at the moment because I've just bought a new flat. It cost me an arm and a leg though it's a beautiful flat. It's on the edge of town and looks out over the mountains. When I was young I'd spend summers in the mountains and I know them like the back of my hand. I'd love to retire to one of the little villages round here one day but I don't know if I could afford it. The houses in the villages used to be dirt cheap but that seems to have changed. Anyway I hope you'll be able to get up to pay me a visit soon. Let me know when you're free. All the best, Tom

True or False

26 Tom used to think that teachers didn't work very hard.

27 He started as a manager in the company.

28 His new flat wasn't very expensive.

29 He knows the countryside near the mountains very well.

30 He thinks that he wouldn't have enough money to retire to a house in a village.

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Listening

Track 5

True or False

31 Some of the monuments were in bad condition.

32 He knows quite a lot about history.

33 He thought the traffic in Rome was worse than in London.

34 He thought Rome wasn't too expensive.

35 He bought a handbag for his girlfriend in a department store.

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Writing

Write a web page of advice to students about the best ways to study English outside class. Include information about the following areas:

cinema/TV

books

internet

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