PROGRESS TEST 1B UNITS 1-4

1 Choose the correct answers.

A sudden knock at / in the door woke me up.

1 Melanie is always very tolerant / cheerful. She laughs all the time.

2 We have to learn this poem by heart / head.

3 I'm fed up / off with my brother and his stupid jokes.

4 Come in and take / make a seat.

5 Do you know the words to your country's international / national anthem?

6 I think these paintings are really interesting / interested.

7 You have to be polite / punctual. The boss hates people being late.

8 Did you take / make many photos?

9 Wait a minute while I test / check my emails.

10 Do you want to take part on / in the school play in June?

/ 5

2 Complete the sentences and questions using the correct forms of the words in brackets.

My mum never drives (drive) to work.

1 I ________________ (not/understand) this question.

2 ________________ (you/belong) to any school clubs?

3 What time ________________ (you/see) the dentist tomorrow?

4 My dad ________________ (buy) a new TV yesterday. It's great!

5 ________________ (you/tell) Cathy about the concert when you saw her?

6 Molly ________________ (wear) her new dress when the waiter dropped the soup on her.

7 Where ________________ (Max and Simon/go) when you met them?

8 My mum ________________ (not/use/worry) about us as much as she does now.

9 Could you tell me what time ________________ (the train/leave)?

• How about ________________ (go) shopping later?

/ 5

3 Complete the text with the words in brackets in the correct forms.

Dear Tom,

How are (be) you? I hope all is well with you. I ¹____________ (have) a difficult time at school at the moment. I ²____________ (use/be) good at exams but not any more. At the moment, I ³____________ (study) for a History test. It's now ten o'clock and I need a rest. How often ⁴____________ (you/have) tests and exams at your school? I ⁵____________ (not/understand) why we have so many. Our History teacher ⁶____________ (give) us a test every week.

By the way, what ⁷____________ (you/study) in History at the moment? ⁸____________ (you/know) anything about Henry VIII? I ⁹____________ (try) to find out about him on the Internet earlier this evening but my Internet connection is very slow and I didn't find anything. I ¹⁰____________ (get) a new computer in the summer but that's no good for my test tomorrow!

Oh well. I must do some more work. Hope you can help.

All the best

Liam

/ 10

4 Complete the text with one word in each gap.

I'll never forget the holiday I had in 2002. It was in Spain. I stayed ¹_______ my pen friend, Gabriella, and her family just outside Seville. At first, I was fed ²_______ because no-one spoke English and I wasn't very good ³_______ speaking Spanish. After a ⁴_______, though, I remembered more words and could understand them. I started joining ⁵_______ the conversations and felt much happier. They showed me Seville and Granada and I bought lots of souvenirs and ⁶_______ lots of photos. On my last day, one of Gabriella's friends telephoned. She ⁷_______ having a party and invited us. When I got there, I started talking to a girl called Maria. We ⁸_______ on really well and she gave me her address. I wrote to her when I got back to England and, a few days later, she wrote ⁹_______. I visited her again and, two years ¹⁰_______, we got married! Now I'm living in Spain and my Spanish is excellent!

/ 10

5 Complete the gaps with the correct forms of the words in capital letters.

Last week, I had a very stressful (STRESS) time at work so, on Friday, I decided to see a relaxing film at the cinema. The film told a very ¹____________ (DRAMA) story about a ²____________ (SCIENCE) who is working in New York when he discovers a ³____________ (MYSTERY) new illness which could kill millions of people. The film was very ⁴____________ (EXCITE) but, unfortunately, I didn't enjoy my time at the cinema, because the people behind me were very ⁵____________ (TALK) and were moving about all the time. I couldn't enjoy the film with all the ⁶____________ (DISTRACT).
At one point, I even told them to sit still and be quiet which is very ⁷____________ (USUAL) for me because I never complain about anything normally. It didn't do any good!

They were too ⁸____________ (SELF) to worry about what I thought. ⁹____________ (FINAL), I decided to move to a different seat but I was very ¹⁰____________ (EMBARRASS) because I stood on someone's feet in the dark!

/ 10

6 Choose the correct answers.

On my last holiday, all I wanted to do was to chill ______ and relax after a hard year at university. I went to the travel ¹______ and told her that I wanted good food, lots of fun, nice people and nothing too expensive. She came ²______ with the idea of a holiday in Turkey.

It wasn't very expensive, so I ³______ the flight and the hotel. The journey was terrible. When I arrived ⁴______ the airport, I found out that the plane was ⁵______ for three hours. That wasn't so bad because I love airports! They are like giant shopping ⁶______ and I love shopping! Moreover, I was very excited about going ⁷______ so three hours was nothing. Unfortunately, the three hours changed to five and then they told us that the flight was ⁸______. We could leave the next day on a different flight, but we had to sleep at the airport. And then I lost my passport! After a worrying two hours, someone found it and gave it in to the lost property ⁹______. Then, the next day, the weather was terrible and we couldn't fly to Izmir so we landed ¹⁰______ Istanbul and had a very long coach ride to the hotel. I needed the two weeks holiday just to relax from the journey!

a up b out c off d away

1 a agent's b centers c shops d offices

2 a up b out c off d away

3 a delayed b landed c cancelled d booked

4 a on b at c to d in

5 a cancelled b booked c arranged d delayed

6 a centres b offices c agents d halls

7 a foreign b border c international d abroad

8 a cancelled b booked c arranged d delayed

9 a centre b office c agent's d hall

10 a in b on c from d to

/ 10

TOTAL

/ 50

PHOTOCOPIABLE New Matura Success Pre-Intermediate © 2011 Pearson Central Europe Sp. z o.o.

5

Name _________________________________________________ Class ________________________

PHOTOCOPIABLE New Matura Success Pre-Intermediate © 2011 Pearson Central Europe Sp. z o.o.

1

---