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Progress Test 1A
1 Read the text and answer the guestions.
!'m Sting in my Sedroom ard wnbrg ths. IVe |ust g« baok from my trp to the USA wtb Oan. I've been on locs cf tnps abccad belcre. but IVe never been on one lite thi»!
I asted Dan to 90 with me beoause ne's usually a very socable person and I trougtit he woukl be a goad travellng companon But be was comptetety dilferent when we were travellng. W hen «e were ttslttng ctes. he ceni want to do any of the things I wanted to do. I ttougnt he was realty tazy. And he was mean tco. he never wanted to pay nts share. Whie we were tra.elmg aroond. he borrowed sots ot money trom me and 1 haven't had n back yet. Atso. be s usually a very contdent person, but he waśni lite that on tbe trtp. When we arrtved h a new olace. he was a ways neneus that scmecne would rob us. He thought everycne m the Street was a mogger! Ot course, nothng happened. And he was so mconsicerate! I tock a backpack but he tcok an enormous sutcase. He often sad it was loo heaey fet him and I had to cairy it! He oent care tnat« was hard tor me. 1 gol angry wtft hm guite otten but when 1 did. he goi upset and tok) me that I was betrg unknd to hm.
So it waśni exactty an enpyabe inp. Since we goi back. I haeenl seen Dan and ne hesnt coniacled me yet. But l'.e already staited ptanning my red trtp - to Scanciram 1 haven1 tcoted anythmg yet. but IVe already decded one thrg - l'm gong cn my own!
Question 1 Tick (✓) the correct box.
1 Where is the iexi front?
a □ an aiticle b □ a letter c □ a nowel
Questions 2-10 Write Tt-ue or Faluc. li the text doesn‘t say. write ?.
2 The writer is talking about something that
happened a long limę ago._
3 The writei often goes on trips abioad._
4 The writer has be en to the USA several times.
5 The writer didnt want Dan to go with him.
6 Dan wanted to do things the writer didn't want to
do._
7 The writer was geneious to Dan during the trip.
2 Write ahout your experiences ot' travelling. Include:
• your norinal travel habits, using the present simple and continuous, and fteąuency words and phrases
• places you have been to. using the piesent perfect
• a deseription of a particular irip. using the past simple and continuous
Include appropriate tiavel socabulaty.
Mark
3 (^trcl8)the correct answers.
1 During_1 met a lot of nlce people.
A I was staying B my stay C I stayed
2 _this kind of programme on TV.
A I don't watch usually B I don t usually watch C l*m not usually watching
3 He rang me whlle_rny homework.
A I did B I was doing C I doing
4 Have_a prize in a competition?
A you won ever B evei you won C you evei won
5 Do you know where_?
A he lives B does he live C he does live
6 _tliese instruetions?
A Are you understanding B Are you understand C Do you understand
7 My parents_to another country.
A have nev«r been B have never gone
C haven‘t nevet been
8 ‘Have you paid the bill_?' ‘No. I
haven't.'
8 Someone stole theu money during the nip.
9 Dan's suitcase was very heavy._
10 The writer plans to contact Dan again._
A already B just C yet
9 We airived_the hotel very late at night.
A to B at C in
10 The shop a&sistant was very_to us.
A intpohte B unpolite C inpolite
Total
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