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Progress Test B Name: ___________________________

Vocabulary Grammar
1 Write the book words. 3 Circle the correct words.
0 This person writes books. 0 Have you decided / Did you decide where to
uahtor author go on holiday yet?

1 This is sometimes more 1 The maths test yesterday was / has been easy.
interesting than the book! 2 I just had / have just had a great idea!
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3 I lived / have lived in my house since I was
2 If you have a good imagination, born.
you will love this type of book.
yfnatas 4 We saw / have seen a really good film last week.
3 This type of book is about 5 They didn’t go / haven’t gone to the car boot
things that aren’t real. sale last Saturday.
cfnitio   /5
4 These books are light and easy
to carry around. 4 Complete the dialogue. Use the present
kpercapsba perfect or the past simple.
5 Take this with you if you visit Alice: 0
 Have you read (you / read) any good
a foreign country. books so far this Christmas holiday? I can’t
eprahsokbo believe it’s almost time to go back to
school!
  /5
Ben: I’m reading a good book at the moment,
2 Complete the text. but I 1        (not finish) yet.
Use btw, e.g., asap, PS, LOL, i.e. I 2         (buy) it at a car
boot sale in the park two weeks ago.
3
        (you / go)? There were
From: Dan
some interesting books there.
To: Charlotte
Alice: I 4        (not know) about it. Call
Subject: e-reader
me next time!
Hi Charlotte, Ben: OK, I will. Hey, I 5       
(already / do) the holiday homework! What
I haven’t got any e-books yet, but guess what! I’ve got about you?
an e-reader, 0 LOL! Isn’t that cool? Can you believe some
Alice: Don’t remind me …
people, 1        my mum, don’t know what one
  /5
is? Amazing.
Anyway, e-books are very easy to get, 2        you
can download old texts free from the Internet.
I’ll show you my new e-reader at the weekend and we can
search the web together.
Dan
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       4        Dave’s having a party
tomorrow. Tell me if you want to come 5        !

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5 Circle the correct words. 7 Complete the sentences. Use was able to (x2),
0 I took a photo of them while they could (x2), couldn’t, weren’t able to.
didn’t look / weren’t looking. 0 The mountain rescue team was able to find the
lost climbers.
1 What did you do / were you doing when the
storm started? 1 you read when you were four years
old?
2 While I was walking to school this morning
I was losing / lost my new scarf. 2 It’s a shame they come to our
party.
3 When I was arriving / arrived, they were
cooking pizzas. 3 She finish her homework because
she was very tired.
4 He didn’t hear his phone because he
was listening / listened to music. 4 He lost his keys but luckily he get
in through an open window.
5 She broke a finger while she
was playing / played volleyball. 5 She play the piano when she was
nine.
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6 Complete the text. Use the past simple or
the past continuous.
Functions
8 Complete the dialogue. Use these words.
Beach Rescue
Sure Would you mind What’s
Do you think you could Could you help
Two local teenagers, Martin Smith and Zoe
problem
MacDonald, 0 were enjoying (enjoy) their Saturday
morning sail with the Stanmarket Sailing Club last
week when a storm 1 (appear) from Ann: Hello Matt. 0 Do you think you could help
nowhere. They 2 (have) a lucky me for a minute?
escape. Matt: Of course. 1 the problem?
‘We 3 (sail) at Pebble Beach
Ann: I really don’t understand this geography
near Stanmarket, when the weather suddenly
homework. 2 me with it?
4
, (change)’, said Zoe. Martin told us,
‘We completely 5
(lost) control of the
Matt: 3
.
boat and the wind blew us right out to sea’. Ann: That’s great! Sorry, but there’s more!
The club called the coastguard, who sent out special 4
lending me your notes from
boats to rescue the worried teenagers. yesterday’s class too?
Matt: No 5
.
/5
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Vocabulary 10
Grammar 25
Functions 5
Total 40

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