Progress test Unit 2 Test A

Progress Test 2A
Name: ___________________________________________

Grammar
1 Decide whether the following sentences are correctly formed. Put a tick () next to the
correct sentences and a cross () next to the incorrect ones.
1 Where Alex would work she didn't earn half as much as she does here. ____
2 If I remember rightly, we would often walk through this part of town at night. ____
3 While he was at university Bill used to spend three summers working on a farm. ____
4 Jim would lose his temper and then Millie would go out and slam the door. ____
5 Chloe told us how she would have a dental brace when she was a little girl. ____
6 For the last three years my school friends would organise annual reunions. ____
7 His cousin used to play for Manchester United. ____
8 Elliot said he would be a bad driver once but he's got much better. ____
9 The twins used to get confused with each other when they dressed alike. ____
10 Last summer we used to go on short holidays several times. ____

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2 Complete the sentences using the verbs in brackets. Use the past perfect continuous or
simple.
1 I ______________________ (always, think) he was a kind man, but now I knew I was mistaken.
2 Mary ______________________ (see) Henry for over six months by then.
3 The gravestone ______________________ (become) overgrown with moss and was difficult to
read.
4 They thought we ______________________ (follow) them on purpose.
5 The teacher could see that Ava ______________________ (copy) while he was out of the room.
6 The last time he ______________________ (see) his brother was just before the earthquake.
7 At that point most of the class ______________________ (learn) English for three years longer
than I had.
8 He ______________________ (think) of changing his job for some time when he saw the
advert.
9 The team ______________________ (not play) well recently so we expected them to lose.
10 Jocelyn _____________________ (know) about her friend‘s addiction from the start.

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Vocabulary
3 Complete the text with the verbs below. There are two words that you do not need to use.
budget repay going get afford buy take

When you leave your parents' home and start living on your own, you have to
1
_______________ responsibility for your financial decisions. Lots of young people like to
2
_______________ pricey goods, which can 3_______________ them into debt, and they find it
impossible to 4 _______________ the money they've borrowed without 5 _______________ broke.

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4 Complete the gaps with the correct expressions and idioms so that the second sentence has
the same meaning as the first.
1 The boys received some money after their uncle died. The boys have _______
into _______ _______.
2 The holiday to Cyprus was very inexpensive. The holiday was _______ _______.
3 Why did you spend some of the money that you had saved to use later? Why did you _______
into _______ _______?
4 If you don’t have enough money for essentials, you should restrict your spending. If you scarcely
have enough money to live on, you should _______ your _______.
5 How much did you pay? You were seriously overcharged! How much did you say you paid for
your notebook? You've been _______ _______.

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5 Complete the sentences with an appropriate form of the words in brackets.

1 Property ___________ often knock down houses and build new ones in their place. (develop)
2 Squatters usually get ___________ in the end. (evict )
3 There is a nice fully- ___________ flat for rent on the sea front. (furnish)
4 The government is introducing a new housing scheme to reduce the number of ___________
people. (home)
5 Sometimes you have to pay a ___________ fee when you rent a flat. (maintain)

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6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words or phrases below and add
prepositions to make prepositional phrases.
get involved benefit be in danger have confidence donate
1 Children ____________ more ___________ being outdoors than watching TV.
2 Cyclists are ____________ serious head injury when not wearing a helmet.
3 I'm sure Lloyd will pass his exams. I have ____________ him.
4 Last year he ____________ several local sports organisations.
5 Every year my grandmother ____________ a large sum of money ____________ charity.

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Use of English
7 Complete the sentences with an appropriate verb from the words below in the correct form.
Use used to, would, the past perfect or past perfect continuous.
make have do take get

1 I ______ confidence in my boss, but not any more. I no longer trust him.

2 We paid the builders after they ______ a lot of maintenance to our property.

3 When we got home, the landlord ______ possession of the property. We should have paid the
rent!

4 A few years ago, Sally _____ stressed every time she had to perform, but nowadays she never
gets nervous about acting.

5 Jake ______ improvements to his property for months when, suddenly, the hurricane blew in
and destroyed everything.

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Listening
8  You are going to hear an interview with Mary Downing. Decide if the following statements
are true (T) or false (F).
1 Mary's husband is responsible for all the family finances. _____
2 Mary doesn't buy anything too costly due to lack of sufficient funds. _____
3 Mary's husband would have liked to spend money on luxurious items, but couldn't. _____
4 Mary's husband would sometimes buy goods without looking at how much they cost. _____
5 Mary's husband had to travel on business a lot in order to keep the family‘s financial situation
stable. _____

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Reading
9 Read the text. Match the sentences with the correct person A–D. There is one person you
need to use twice.
People and money: a peek into our financial lifestyles
A Jim Gareth
Money, or shall we say the constant absence of it, drives us crazy. I suppose it all started when I was at
university, and I'd borrowed quite a large sum by the time I graduated. When you are a fresh graduate, it's
difficult to find a good job and I got into debt quite rapidly. I haven't been able to repay what I borrowed for
some years now. My wife was in exactly the same situation when she graduated and she came into our
relationship with her own debts. Then there were the expenses with the wedding, of course, and now we're
totally broke!
B Karen Jones
Our situation became critical last year, as we were in danger of getting evicted from our house because we
weren't able to pay the mortgage. In the end we had to borrow a lot of money from my husband's family. It has
taught us a valuable lesson though: don't get a larger house than you can afford, especially for a rip-off price,
and certainly don't recklessly overspend on a lavish wedding if you're already in debt!
C Henry Pollack
My wife says that I am really stingy with money, but I would call myself sensible. I don't think spending
wisely is mean at all. You see, I have always been in charge of our family finances and I think my wife is
grateful to me for taking that responsibility solely on myself. All my married life, I have been sitting down
with a glass of sherry on a Sunday evening to work out a weekly budget from our total income, planning
carefully what we could afford to buy and how much we would have to save up for the more costly items, such
as a new TV or washing machine. Unlike our friends, we go on holiday every year, and I can assure you that
our earnings are quite modest.
D Evelyn Simmons
Our pensions are not much to boast about, but we are doing fine. We manage to pay our bills, we've paid off
our mortgage and we still have some money left over for life's little luxuries. And if times got really hard, we
have a few valuable items in our loft that could fetch quite a large sum at auction. We'll be fine, as long as we
have each other.
1 ___ almost had their house repossessed due to financial difficulties.
2 ___ is a precise financial planner.
3 ___ is planning to sell some of their possessions if difficult financial times come along.
4 ___ shared the same financial problems as his/her partner.
5 ___ has bought a property that was overpriced.

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Writing
10 Write a story (200-250 words) about someone, who comes into a lot of money. Include the
following points in your story:
 Describe how this person comes into a lot of money.
 What does this person do with it?
 What happens to all the money in the end?
 Give the story a happy or a sad ending.

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