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GXP B1 Progress Test 2
GXP B1 Progress Test 2
Name Class
Grammar
1 Complete the sentences with the past simple form of these verbs.
get go play see speak watch
1 What film did you watch last night?
2 Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous form of the verb in
brackets.
1 I worked (work) very hard yesterday.
my friend’s mum 3) _______________ (be) there and she 4) _______________ (take) me to hospital
by
mum 6) _______________ (phone) her she 7) _______________ (come) to the hospital straight away.
I 8) _______________ (not stay) in hospital – I 9) _______________ (go) home the same day. That
night I 10) _______________ (watch) TV when all my friends 11) _______________ (arrive) to visit
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Vocabulary
4 Complete the sentences with these words.
explains mean pronounce say translate understand
1 ‘What does this word mean?’ ‘I don't know. Look it up in the dictionary.’
2 Our teacher asked us to listen and _______________ the words after her.
3 My sister’s really clever – she _______________ Turkish songs into English in her free time.
5 Nobody understands Dad on holiday. He can read Spanish but he can’t _______________ the
words very well.
6 A foreign language is really useful if you want to _______________ to people from other
countries.
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2 She went because she wanted to try some new sports. ____
4 The young people at the camp usually spoke English together. ____
5 At the end of each day the groups got together and had a big party. ____
6 Patricia was really excited about going home at the end of the camp. ____
5 I _______________ so much!
6 I made new friends and we all _______________ each other really well.
Speaking
9 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
1 on / the / Just / TV’s / a second, Just a second, the TV’s on.
Ben: Yes. 1) Just a second, the TV’s on. My sister’s watching a cartoon. That’s better – I’m in the
kitchen now.
Ben: Fine, I’m … 2) _______________ . My mum’s singing. OK. 3) _______________ I can hear
you now though – go on! Liz?
3 Roxana’s friend told her about the Spanish evening class. ____
4 Roxana went to the class because she was interested in languages. ____
5 Roxana was very excited about meeting her new classmates. ____
6 Roxana felt nervous at the beginning of her first Spanish class. ____
8 Roxana’s mum and dad can both speak Spanish well. ____
10 Roxana is happy she saw the advert for the Spanish class. ____
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holiday and eating lots of 2) _______________ food! However, things went very wrong at the airport in
Paris. Unfortunately, my bag with all my clothes got lost on the plane. I was 3) _______________
because some of my favourite clothes were in that bag. I didn’t have anything to wear on holiday! I met
an 4) _______________ kind woman in the airport. She saw me crying and asked me what was wrong.
When she heard my story, she gave me some of her clothes. The trouble is that the clothes were huge on
me – my brother thought I looked 5) _______________ . He didn't stop laughing for a week! I really
enjoyed my holiday in the end but I think I looked 6) _______________ most of the time!
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