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Progress Test A
Name: ___________________________
Vocabulary
Grammar
Write the book words.
0 This person writes books.
uahtor
Circle the correct words.
0 Have you decided / Did you decide where to
go on holiday yet?
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3
author
1 I just had / have just had a great idea!
1 If you have a good imagination,
you will love this type of book.
yfnatas
2 We saw / have seen a really good film last week.
3 They didn’t go / haven’t gone to the car boot
sale last Saturday.
2 These books are light and easy
to carry around.
kpercapsba
4 The maths test yesterday was / has been easy.
3 Take this with you if you visit
a foreign country.
eprahsokbo
5 I lived / have lived in my house since I was
born.
4 This is sometimes more
interesting than the book!
orevc
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5 This type of book is about
things that aren’t real.
cfnitio
Alice:
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Ben:
Well, yes and no! I 1 (spend)
a lot of time looking at dad’s old books.
I 2 (find) a really interesting
atlas last week. There were some old maps
of our town in it too. It’s amazing how
things 3 (change) since dad
was young.
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Complete the dialogue. Use the present
perfect or the past simple.
Complete the text.
Use btw, e.g., asap, PS, LOL, i.e.
Charlotte
From:
To:
Dan
Subject: e-reader
Alice:
That sounds very interesting.
Ben:
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Alice:
I 5 me next time!
Hi Dan,
Guess what! I’ve got an e-reader, 0 i.e. what you need
to read an e-book. The thing is, I haven’t got an e-book
yet! 1 ! Actually, they’re easy to get,
2
you can download old texts free from
the Internet. 3 , there’s a great free site
you might know, www.gutenberg.org. I’ll show you the
e-reader at the weekend.
Have you read (read) any good books so
far this summer holiday? I can’t believe it’s
almost time to go back to school!
(you / go) to the car boot
sale two weeks ago? There were some
interesting old books there too.
(not know) about it. Call
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See you on Saturday!
Charlotte
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Please call me 5 !
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Circle the correct words.
0 I took a photo of them while they
didn’t look / weren’t looking.
0 The mountain rescue team was able to find the
lost climbers.
1 He didn’t hear his phone because he
was listening / listened to music.
1 She
finish her homework because
she was very tired.
2 When I was arriving / arrived, they were
cooking pizzas.
2 He lost his keys but luckily he
in through an open window.
3 She broke a finger while she
was playing / played volleyball.
3
4 What did you do / were you doing when the
storm started?
5 While I was walking to school this morning
I was losing / lost my new scarf.
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Complete the sentences. Use was able to (x2),
could (x2), couldn’t, weren’t able to.
Complete the text. Use the past simple or
the past continuous.
get
you read when you were four years
old?
4 She
nine.
play the piano when she was
5 It’s a shame they
party.
come to our
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Functions
8
Complete the dialogue. Use these words.
What do you want me to do Of course
Would you mind Do you think you could
Could you the problem
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Ann:
Hello Guy. 0 Could you help me for
a minute?
Guy:
Sure. What’s
Ann:
I really don’t understand this maths
homework. 2
help me with it?
Guy:
3
Ann:
That’s great! Also, there’s something else.
Guy:
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Ann:
5
Guy:
No problem.
?
1
.
?
lending me your notes from
yesterday’s class too?
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Vocabulary
10
Grammar
25
Functions
5
Total
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