Progress Tests With Answer Key

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1

Use

a

noun

formed

from

the word

in

capitals

to

complete each sentence.

1 The

20

managed

to swim

to

an

island,

and waited there

to

be rescued.

2 l've

always

wanted

to

become

a

because I

love books.

3

The

TV cameras

focused on

the as the

presenter

asked him a

question.

4 ln

those days,

the

rich

paid

no

taxes and

had

to

do everything

for them.

5 We're looking for

new

who will

put

money into our

football

club.

6 We'd

better

call

an

if

the

Iights

go

out again.

7

Our

has

told

us

we must

get

a

lot

fitter if

we

want

to win

matches.

8 One day

I want

to

be

a

.

,sol'm

learning

how mechanical things

work.

9

One of the

flight

asked me

to

put

my seat belt on before

we

landed.

10

Sports equipment

hope

the

Olympics

will increase

sales of their

products.

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For

each of

1-15,

choose

from

the three alternatives.

In

some cases, no relative

pronoun

is

necessary.

The first time

The

first

time I went mountain biking

was

two

years

aqo,

(t)

which

|

-

|

when I was

seventeen.

I was

with

some friends

(Z)

who

I

which

/

-

already had lots

of

experience,

(3)

-

I

thot

I

which made me feel a little

nervous.

I was using a

fairly

old bike

(+)

who

I

-

|

whose

my

elder brother had

lent me,

and

wearing

a

helmet

(5)

thot

I

who

I

-

was a

little

too

big

for me,

(A)

-

|

thot

I

which

is not

a

very

good

idea.

At

first

all

went

well as we rode up to the top of the

biggest hill,

(7)

-

|

where

I

which all

the

best

tracks

started.

I

said to Jessica,

(8)

rryhose

|

-

|

whowas

riding alongside me,

that it

was much easier than l'd

expected, but she

told

me

that

would

all change

in

a

minute,

(g)

-

I

thot

I

when

we began

to

go

downhill.

She

was right. Within

seconds

we were racing

down a track

(10)

where

|

-

I

thot

led

towards the

bottom of a

valley

('11)

which

|

-

|

where seemed

to

be covered in huge

rocks.

I couldn't believe

how

quickly

I was

going,

but the others,

(12)

which

I

whose

I

-

bikes were better than mine, were

going

even

faster. I

tried to catch up

with

them, but as

I

came

into

a bend

(13)

-

/

thot

I

where was much

tighter than

l'd

expected,

my

back

wheel lost

grip

on

the dusty

surface

and I went sliding across the

ground

until

I

hit a

large rock. My

left

leg,

(14)

thot

I

which

|

-

was badly cut,

was

very

painful.

But when

lsaw

the damage

to

my helmet

(15)

-

I

which

I

thot

caused by

hitting

that

rock, I realised

just

how lucky

l'd

been.

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Progress test 3

Units 5-6

Compact

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by Peter

\,4ay

Ooambridge University

Press

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Replace the verbs

in

italics using

phrasal

verbs with

take.

1 I

started

playing

volleyball when

I was

at secondary

school.

2 I found it hard to understan d completelythe

fact

that

l'd won

the

gold

medal.

3 l'll

have

to

obtain a loan

from

a bank

to

puy for my

studies.

4 A foreign Ulttionuir" iu t

n,.r,

,,.,rr-,, or o,u,rfootball

club.

5

The arts festival has really b"co*"a big success

since the

media

started covering

it.

6 lf

you

accept

"r"

;"r;.;rtb

lt;;;;

";;.,0,

,.,

expect

to

be

paid

more.

7

At

first I

wasn't sure if I liked Laura,

but

now l've

started

to

/ike her

a

lot.

8

The local restaurunt,

ul*uy.

"nnpttoymore

staff

in

the summer

months.

4

Complete

the dialogues

with

phrasal verbs. Use

the

correct

forms

of these verbs

plus

up.

I

clear

heal

speak speed split

use

,

1

'That

was a

nasty

cut

on

your

knee. How

is

it

now?'

'Better,

thanks.

lt's

quite

well.'

2

'Are

Paula

and Costas

still

going

out together?

'No,

they

a couple of

weeks

ago.'

3

'ls

it

still cloudy outside?'

'No,

the weather's

su n

ny.'

now.

It's

quite

4

'Can

you

hear me?'

'Not

very

well, it's noisy here. You'll have

to

t'

5

'Do

you

think

he'll win

the

race?'

'Only

if he a lot in

the

last 400 metres.'

6

'Have

you

got

any of

that

paint

left?'

'l'm

afraid not. I it

all

doing the ceiling.'

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5 Complete each sentence

with

the

c:r:.:.

It

l *""', be

going

to

the

match

| .....

.

...

.

. away on Friday

a

'll

go

b

'm

going

c

'll

have

been

going

2

As

soon as

I

hear

the

final

score

^

-.-

-

'

,

-

you

a

text

messag:

a

'm

sending

b

'll

have

sent

c

'llsend

3

lt's

a

long way

from

here to the

s:,:

-

^-

you

there if

you l

ke.

a

'm

driving

b

'm

going

to drive

c

'lldrive

4 lf you

come to the athletics

track a:

.:

:

--

in

the

1500 metres,

a'3

me on

a

'll

be

running

b

'll

run

c

'm

running

5 That

player

joined

our club in

the

autumn, so h

the end of the season

he ..................... ........... here fo

months.

a

'll

have

been

playing

b

'll

be

playing

c

's

going to be

playing

6We

any idea who's

playing

in

the

match until

the

managers announce their teams

a

won't

be

having

b

won't have

c aren't having

7

l'm sorry,

but

I

can't

go

shopping

with you

on

Saturday afternoon because

I ..................

a

play

b

'm

playing

c

'll

play

8 lf

you

carry on

running

around

as

fast

..

all

your

energy

by

half

t

a

're

using up

b

'll

have been

using up

c

'll

have used up

tennrs

C

Progress test

3 Units

5-6 87



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1

Replace the expressions in italics usingphrases with

these

words

and

in.

In some cases

you

need

to

add

other words.

5

6

course

doubt favour

meantime

mind

practice progress term

Please

be

quiet

in

the

corridor. There's an

examination

being done

in

that

room.

It's

an

expensive machine,

but

over

a

long

period

of

time it

may save

the

firm money.

It

seemed a

good

idea

to

build a dam

here,

but

the

real

situation

is

that

it's harmed

the

local

environment.

I agree

with

the

idea

of

creating

less waste in our

everyday lives.

We

cannot confirm

your

test scores

yet,

but

you will

be

told

at a suitable time.

The commercial

success

of

the

new aircraft

is not

certain

given

its

high

fuel

consumption.

When companies

close

down factories, they should

thtnk about the effect on the workers.

My

plane

doesn't

leave

for another hour, so from

now

until then

l'll

do some shopping.

Complete the sentences using

these words.

i

contrast

despite

even fact

hand

i

nevertheless

spite

whereas

1

Studying

science can

be

hard work.

On

the other

..

,

it can be very interesting.

2

They're going

to

build a

huge new

bridge,

in

. of the enormous cost.

3 Some experiments

take only

a

few seconds. ln

others

go

on

for years.

4

most

cars use

petrol,

this one

runs

entirely on electricity.

People were walking on the ice,

despite

the

..

that

it

was

extremely thin.

There was

thick

fog

at the

airport. .

....,

some

planes

were taking off.

The new

laptops

are

selling

very well,

though

they

are so expensive.

.

the

terrible

weather

condltions, the

team

finally reached

the South

Pole.

Put the words in the correct order to form passive

sentences.

1

tree

/

lightning

I old /struck /

the

/

by

/

was

should

/

sooner

/

repaired

/

been

/

the

/

have

/

damage

3 known

/

university

/

be

/

excellent

/

that

I

is

/

to

4

present

/

being / stadium

/

rebuilt

/

is

/

the

/

at

been

/

fire

/

carelessness

/

the

/

thought

I

have

I

to

I

caused

/is/by

6

is

/that /

reduced

/

pollution

/

it

/

be

/

will

/

hoped

7

announced

/

government

/

been

/

policies

/

by

/

new/the/have

8

to

/

leaked

I

sea

/believed linto

/oil

/

have

/

is

/

the

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Progress

test

4

Units

7-B

Compact

First

by

Peter May

@Cambr

dge University Press 2014 Photocopiable



4

Match the sentence halves using collocations as clues.

1 It's often cheaper to make long-distance

2 You

just

click

here if

you

want

to

attach

3

ln storms like this, the emergency

4

Before

I

buy anything online,

I

browse

5

The

Olympics are seen by television

6 The

Space

Agency is

planning

to

launch

7

In

ten

years, petrol

will

cost up to three

8

Scientists say they're

going

to

carry out

a viewers across

the world.

b a rocket carrying two astronauts into space.

c

a

few websites

to

compare

prices.

d times

as

much

as

it

does

now.

e calls using a

phone

card.

f an

experiment deep underground.

g

a

{ile

ro an email.

h services are always very busy.

Rewrite

the sentences using if,

1 Without

rain,

plants

don't

grow.

2 I

won't go

out unless

it

stops

raining

3 I don't have enough money to buy a new laptop

4

Fish

can't

live

in

this

river because

the

water's

so

polluted.

5

I don't know Marta's

phone

number, so

I

can

her.

I

didn't wear

boots

because

I

didn't

know

the

pai['

would

be so muddy.

7

We

didn't

take

any

food with

us,

so

we were hung:

8

I

can

find a

job

in Brazil because

I

studied

Portuguese.

6

Find

and

correct sixteen

mistakes

with arlicles

-::

::-=

text

below.

I

really hate living

in

this cold

part

of the country

in

mrdcie

of

winter. Sometimes, temperature

drops

to

twenty degrees

below the

zero,

and sun doesn't come up until

nearly ten

o'clock in the morning. l'm student,

and

I

have to

get

ou:

c'

the

bed

very

early

to

catch earliest bus

into the

city

s0

tha:

I

can

get

to school

0n

time. Sometimes there is the

heavy

snow

and bus

is

very late,

or

I

have

to

stay at

the home

ail

day.

That always

seems

t0

happen 0n

the

days

when I have

interesting lessons, for instance the

chemistry, or

music. I

really

enjoy

playing piano.

I

wish

I

could

live

in

a

place

that

has

the sunshine every

day,

like

an

island in Pacific

0cean,

or

ctty

where

it's always warm, such as Miami in

United

States.

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4

Units

7-8

Bg



PlOUlGss tc$

5

','1,gt;,.,;ii

,.

:

1 Replace

the words

ir,italics

with

these extreme

adjectives.

I

absurd bizarre breathtaking

delightful

a"rexlll_

rdeal

massive

"t"td

,

1 When

you first

see

the

Himalayas, they are a

surprising sight.

2

I love meeting famous

people,

so being a TV

interviewer

is

suitab/e

work for me.

3

A newspaper

had a

really

si//y story about a 1940s

aeroplane being found on

the

moon

4

lt was

a

very

pleasant

programme about young

animals in spring.

5

lt's

a very big media organisation, owning TV

stations and newspapers around the world.

6

The

bdght colours of the

flowers

make this

a

beautiful

scene.

7 Programmes

about

very

strange

things

that

have

actually

happened

are

very

popular.

8

That's a very bad

programme.

l'm amazed anybody

watches

it.

2

Complete the sentences

using

nouns formed

from

these verbs

with

suitable suffixes.

coincide explain entertain guide

intelf

plomote

produce

"r::ry

1 Despite a lot

of

expensive

,

the

film

was not a commercial

success.

2

As a

young

actor, I received some useful

from established

TV

stars.

3

The film

studio is

working

on a new

of

Shakespeare's

play

Romeo and

Juliet.

4 Working in

the industry, for example

on

TV

or

in films,

can be

great

fun

5

lt was never my

to

become

famous

Somehow

it

just

seemed

to

happen.

6

You will have

to

give

the

police

an .

of

exactly what happened to

the

money.

7 lt was a complete

that

my cousin and I

both

became celebrities in the same

year.

8

There is

a

huge in

prices

here.

Some

clothes are cheap, and others cost a fortune.

Correct the

mistakes

in

the

verb

forms.

1 I

wish

I

earn more money

in

this

job.

2

|

missed

the

bus

this morning.

I

wish

I

get

up earlier.

3

I

can't

find

my

keys

anywhere.

I

wish

I

can remember

where

I

put

them.

4 I wish I

won't

have

to

go to

that

meeting tomorrow.

5

lf

only

I

wasn't

unkind

to

Rosa yesterday.

6

I really wish

people

stopped

parking

on the

pavement.

lt's

so annoying.

I

wished

I

would have

entered that

talent

show

because I might have won.

8 lf only I would

sing

a

little bit

better.

l'd

be a

star

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Progress

test

5

Units

9-10

Compacl

First by Peter May

Ooambridge

University Press

2014 Photocopiable



2

3

Rewrite the words

in

italics

using phrasal verbs

with out.

1

When

are

you going

to

put

those horrible

old

c/othes

in

the

bin?

I

always

like to come home

late

on Saturday

nights.

Draw a line through any

mistakes,

then

write the

correct

word above.

I

took Alonso's

new

skateboard down the

big

hill

to

see what

it was like.

Jane

/eft in a hurry and

forgot to

close the

front

door.

lf we don't

go

to the shop

for more

bread,

we'll

have none /eft soon.

The

seller

changed his

-indabout

the agreement.

Dad's

gone

to bed

because

he's

extrernely

tired.

Rewrite the sentences using the

correct

form

of

causativehave.

1 While

I

waited, a nurse

took

my

temperature.

2

Nobody's decorated

our

flat for

many

years.

3

l'm

going

to urt

tt''r",

,.

O"

,""r,n"

Orr.",

,.a"r.

4

Someone

stole my wallet

while I was in the

gym.

5 When

you go

through

Airport

Security, they'll

take

your

photo.

7

I

would've

gone

for a haircut

if

=

".:

8 They cut off the electricity because

the bills.

Complete the second

sentence

So

tr-i--

-i

-

:

.

same

as

the

first

sentence.

1

'l

don't

think

you

should spe'r

::

-

-

.

friend

said.

My

friend

advised

'l'm

sorry

I

upset

you

yestero'..

'

'='.-

:

Karen

apologised

'Let's go shopping tomorrc

,', -,'-

='

Carmen suggested

'l

won't wear a tie with

this

::.

=

My

brother

refused

'Would

you

like

to

have

ir'-=-

-:

Daniel

said

to

us.

Daniel invited

'Don't

forget

to

bring yorr'

:-=

r

-

said to me.

My

girlfriend reminded

'l

haven't

told

him what

yc-

-:=

l

Helen

denied

'l

left

all

my money at home :- :

-:--

-:

.

Mark.

Mark

explained

7

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Progress

test 5 Units

9-10

91



Progress

test

1

1i.

1d 2e 3a

4b

5f

6c

Do you

get

2

usually

take

3

'm/am

not

going

.

'm./amgetting

5

'rnlam

thinking 6 find

Does the

boss

know 8

'relare

taking

9

arrives

0

's/is

always

criticising

I I don't deserve

2

doesn't surprise

competitive

2

greedy

3

dishonest 4

aggressive

energetic

6

foolish 7

emotional

8

unreliable

enthusiastic

l0

unhelpful

was 2 told 3 had

decided 4

had

grown

5

went

used to

spend 7

'd

been

going

8 had

moved

missed 10 would send

l1

was

getting

12

'd

been

3'dbegun

14

realised

15'dmoved

lb 2a

3c

4b

5b

6a Jc

8a

Progress test 2

I

popular

with 2

capable

of 3 ashamed

of

4

supposed to 5 familiar with 6

prepared

to

7 informed of 8 obsessed with

lcompletely 2extremely 3quite

4rather

5abit

6

quite

7

totally

8

absolutely

9

very l0

really

I

walking 2

spending

3 to

go

4

to set

off

5 to be

6 to

get

up

7

having

8 to

get

going

9

to have

l0 doing

l1

towish

12

tobring

13

agreeing

14 sharing 15

to find

16

walking

I Your brother is too

young

to

travel on his own.

Your brother

isn't

old enough to travel on his own.

2 That team is too weak to win a single match.

That team isn't strong enough to win a single match.

It was

too

dark

(for

us) to see anything.

It wasn't

light enough

(for

us)

to see

anything.

The

hotel

was

too

expensive

for

us

to

stay another

night.

The hotel wasn't cheap/inexpensive enough

for

us to

stay another night.

One runner was too slow to keep up

with

the others.

One

runner wasn't fasUquick enough to keep up with

the others.

Marion

sang

too

badly

to win a

prize.

Marion didn't

sing well enough to win

a

prize.

voyage

2trip 3hitchhiking

4travel

expedition 6hiking

Ttour

8means

5l

-5

I

4

7

I

I

6 I

I

-urt

have finished

l:

.ur',

have

left

4

I

5

might have

gone

I

7

must

have

snowed

2 might have been

must have sold out

6 can't have

seen

8

might

have been

ll

5

:,.9

Progress test 3

survivors

2

librarian

3

interviewee

4 servants

investors

6

electrician

7 trainer 8

physicist

attendants

10 manufacturers

Zf t wnen 2who

3which

4- 5that

6which

IZ

*t"."

8

who

9

when l0 that l1

which

|

12 whose 13

that

14

which

15

-

3

|

I

took

up

2

take in

3

take out

4

taken over

I

5

taken off

6

take on 7

've

taken to 8 take on

4

|

I healing up

2 split

up

3 clearing

up

or

cleared up

|

4

speak

up

5

speeds up

6 used

... up

slrr 2c

3c

4a 5a 6b ib

8c

Progress

test

4

I

,

I in

progress

2 in the long

term

3 in

practice

:::

4

'mlam

in fhvour

of

5

in

due

collrse

6

in

doubt

'

7 bear in

mind

8 in the meantime

I

hand 2 spite 3

contrast

4

Whereas

5 fact

6

Nevertheless 7 even 8

Despite

The old tree

was

struck

by lightning.

The damage should have been repaired sooner.

That university is known to be excellent.

The stadium is being rebuilt at

present.

The

fire

is

thought

to have been caused

by

carelessness.

It

is hoped that

pollution

will be reduced.

New

policies

have

been

announced by

the

government.

Oil

is believed to have leaked into the sea.

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it

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plants

don't

grow.

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go

out if it doesn't

stop

raining.

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a

new laptop.

Fish

could

live in

this river

if

the water weren't/wasn't

so

polluted.

If

I

knew

Marta's

phone number,

I

could call her.

(orl'd

I

I

would call)

I

would've

/

I would

have

worn

boots if I'd /

I had

known

the

path

would

be so

muddy.

If we'd

/

we had

taken some

food with

us,

we wouldn't

/

would not

have been

hungry.

8 I couldn't / I could not find a

job

in Brazil

if

I hadn't

/

had not studied Portuguese.

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wouldn't

/

would

not

be

able

to

find)

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order of clauses also

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in

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3

below zero

4

the sun 5

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student 6 ofbed 7 the earliest

8 there is heavy snow

9 the

bus 10

at

home

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chemistry

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piano

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guidance

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entertainment

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intention 6

explanation

coincidence

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variation

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I

earned 2 wish

I'd / I

had

got

up

(or

could

get

up)

3 wish

I

could remember 4 wish

I

didn't

have

to

5 If only I hadn't

been

6

wish people would

stop

parking

(or

would not / wouldn't

park)

7 I wished I'd / I had entered

8

If only I

could

sing

I

throw out those old

clothes

or throw

those old clothes out

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3

Cross

out

4 try

it

out

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rushed

out

6

run

out

7

backed out

of

8

worn

out

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While I waited, I

had

my

temperature taken

(by

a

nurse).

2

We

haven't had our flat decorated

for many

years.

3

I'm

going

to

have the

parcel

delivered

later.

4 I had my wallet stolen while I was in the

gym.

5 When

you

go

through

Airport

Security,

you'Il

have

your

photo

taken.

6 I must

have

this washing machine fixed.

7 I would've had my hair cut

if I'd

had time.

8

We had

the

electricity

cut

off because

we hadn't paid

the bills.

I

2

J

me

not

to

spend

so

much

money.

for

upsetting

me

the

previous

day.

(or

the day before)

going

shopping or

(that)

we

should

go

shopping

the

next day.

(or

the

day after,

the

following

day)

to wear

a tie

with that

jacket.

us to have dinner

there that evening.

(or

in

the evening)

me

to bring my credit card.

telling

him what

I'd

/ I had said.

(or

that

she

had told

him.)

(that)

he'd

i he

had left

all

his money

at

home

that

morning.

(or

in the morning)

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