Units 1-4 PROGRESS TEST version B Name: ……………………………….………... Date: ……………..

1 Complete the sentences with the correct words. Use one word in each gap.
1 The football games ________________ usually in the evenings.
2 I like yoga, ________________ I prefer doing karate.
3 We can go to the café now ________________ after the film. What do you prefer?
4 My brother really hates pizza and I hate pizza, ________________.
5 It’s cold, wet and it’s ________________ very windy.
6 Do you like my sunglasses? ________________’re new.

2 Complete the sentences with the correct words. Use the letters to help you.
1 My friend is Chinese. He comes from C________________.
2 In the winter when it’s cold, I always wear g________________.
3 My brother travels all the time for his job. He’s a f a________________. He loves flying!
4 In the evening, I often relax by playing the g________________. I love music!
5 My sister has a really nice daughter. I’m happy she’s my n________________.
6 You love art. Do you want to visit a g________________ this Sunday?
7 Every day Marta wakes up at 7 a.m. and then she h________________ a s________________.
8 I don’t like a________________ in my country. It’s often windy and foggy. I prefer summer.
9 My nephew is working as a w________________ this summer. He serves food in a restaurant.
10 My grandparents are from Lisbon and they live in Portugal. They’re P________________.

3 Find one mistake in each sentence and write the correct words.
1 Where is mine phone? ________________
2 We have not any milk. Judy is buying some this morning. ________________
3 He helps always me with my studies. We study together every day. ________________
4 Do you want to go to the cinema in the weekend? ________________
5 Julia doesn’t teaches Spanish. She teaches French and Italian. ________________
6 Simon and Kate usually go to bed on midnight on Saturdays. ________________
7 We always having a takeaway on Friday evenings. ________________
8 I really enjoy planing holidays with my family. We like going to different countries. ________________

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4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 My aunt ________________a chef. She loves her job. (be)
2 Who ________________with your parents at weekends? (you / visit)
3 I don’t mind ________________football on TV. (watch)
4 They ________________an Italian book at the moment. (read)
5 My wife and I have three young children. We hardly ever ________________out for dinner. (go)
6 He’s a builder and he loves his job. He enjoys ________________to work. (go)

5 Read the sentences and write the correct words.

1 A person from France is French. A person from Poland is ________________.
2 You use these to see or read. ________________
3 You pay this person to take you somewhere in a car. ________________
4 My uncle’s son is my ________________.
5 My mum keeps her money in her ________________.
6 I usually ________________ friends at our favourite café in town on Saturdays.
7 I love cooking and eating in the garden with friends and family. Let’s have a ________________.
8 I don’t drive in bad weather because it’s difficult to see when it’s raining, snowing or ________________.
9 The four seasons are ________________, summer, autumn and winter.
10 My sister and brother-in-law have two ________________. Their daughter’s name is Martha and their son’s name is
Paul.

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FUN ACTIVITY CENTRE

It doesn’t matter what age you are – from eighteen to eighty-eight, come and have fun at our new activity
centre. We have something for everyone! Come alone or with your friends!
Sports: There are a lot of activities to do: karate, yoga or bowling. You can go cycling or swimming, and you
can play golf or volleyball with friends, too. Are these sports new for you? Don’t worry – we have classes.
There are karate and yoga lessons on Mondays and Wednesdays. Golf lessons are in the mornings from
Thursday to Monday.
Music: Do you enjoy listening to music? In the mornings, perhaps listen to music and, in the afternoon, learn
to play the guitar or the violin and also to sing. You can practise with friends, too. Why not try dancing with us
at our evening classes? We have great teachers.
Culture: Our cultural activities are always after lunch. You can visit museums and galleries in the city with our
tour guide. We have a coach to take you into town – don’t worry. There’s a programme of films for you to
watch in the evenings. You choose the film! We have visitors from all over the world at the centre and you can
practise your languages from Swedish to Vietnamese.
Relaxing: You can relax at the centre and read a newspaper. You can meet your new friends and go out for a
coffee, too – or do you just want to sit and watch a football match on TV? Anything is possible.
Food: We enjoy our food at our centre. We cook breakfast and dinner for everyone every day, or you can
have a takeaway or a snack. We sometimes have a barbecue in the summer, too. Tell us what you like. It’s
your choice!
Accommodation: We sleep sixty people. All the rooms have two beds.
And we have everything here – a doctor, a hairdresser and a nurse. All you need to bring with you are warm
clothes, sunglasses and a torch for outside activities.

6 Read the text. Are the sentences true (T), false (F), or is there not enough information to decide
(N)? Write T, F or N in the box.
1 The centre is for adults, not children.
2 You can learn a new sport.
3 Cycling is on Fridays.
4 There is music all day.
5 You need a friend to dance with.
6 The centre has films in the mornings.
7 You can meet new people.
8 You can have coffee after lunch at the centre.
9 There are barbecues, but not every day.
10 You need sixty people to visit the centre.

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7 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.

Happy jobs?
Do you know which jobs make people happy? Teachers and nurses usually 1________________ (say) that
they really love their jobs. Builders and hairdressers 2________________ (be) also very happy at work. These
people don’t mind 3________________ (get up) early or 4________________ (finish) work very late. They’re
happy working at the weekends or in the evenings, and builders often 5________________ (work) in very bad
weather, too, but they 6________________ (not think) the weather is a problem because they love their job.
Some people also enjoy doing jobs that are sometimes dangerous, for example, police officers.
There are many different types of jobs, but many people really 7________________ (enjoy) jobs where they
help people or where they make something, and they 8________________ (not like) jobs where they always
9
________________ (do) the same thing every day. My sister Lucinda is a nurse and today she’s
10
________________ (work) late at the hospital. She says money 11________________ (not be) important. In
her job, she 12________________ (meet) new people every day and she really likes 13________________
(help) people, too.
14 15
________________ (you / love) your job? ________________ (you / do) something at the moment that
you enjoy?

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8 Complete the text with the words in the box. There are five words that you do not need to use.
also book but cousins cycling daughters do fifteen forty go
grandmother in or out play rainy relaxes see sunny your

Family first?
Family holidays are usually wonderful, 1________________ sometimes they are really difficult. The problem is
that a lot of the family members are different ages. Your fourteen- or 2________________ -year-old sons and
3
________________ want to 4________________ volleyball or go swimming in the afternoon, and their
5
________________ wants to sit and read a 6________________. You want to relax at home and listen to
music, but your wife wants to 7________________ shopping in the local town and visit a museum or gallery.
The weather is sometimes another problem, too. It’s sometimes 8________________ or cold on holiday.
We all want to be happy so we need holiday activities that everyone enjoys. For example, it’s nice to
9
________________ a film together, and 10________________ for the whole family to go
11
________________ for dinner. On 12________________ days, some people love getting on their bikes and
they go 13________________ with their family. On a great holiday, everyone 14________________ and has a
good time. And it’s 15________________ holiday, too. You need to do what you enjoy! It’s nice for families to
be together, but it’s hard to keep everyone happy.

Score out of 15

Total
out of 80
score

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