Student Name

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH EMPOWER

A2 PROGRESS TEST

Test 5

Time 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so.
Read the instructions for each part of the paper carefully.
Answer all the questions. Write your answers on the question paper.

INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS

There are five parts to the test.
Part 1 is a listening part.
All questions carry one mark.
There are 40 questions.

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Part 1

Questions 1 – 8

You will hear eight short sentences. For each one, choose the best reply.
You will hear each sentence twice.

1 A A post office? No, there isn't.

B A post office? Turn left at the station.
C A post office? This is the concert hall.

2 A Where’s the metro station?

B Are you certain?
C Is there?

3 A Are you sure?

B That's right - the bank is on the left.
C Yes, go straight on, and turn into Albert Street.

4 A Right into Surrey Street?

B OK, turn left.
C The bank is on the right.

5 A Turn right at the supermarket, then left.

B Is that left into Park Street?
C So, the stadium is straight along here.

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6 A Turn right for the supermarket.

B The cinema is on your left.
C Go straight along Black Street.

7 A That’s right.
B Are you sure?
C Great, thanks.

8 A I think so.
B I don't know - where is the city centre?
C Go straight on for about 500 metres.
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Part 2
Questions 9 – 16

Read the sentences about things you can find in the city or your home.
Choose the missing word A, B or C for each space.

9 People usually only visit a ............ when they have a problem.

A concert hall B football stadium C police station

10 Every morning I look in the ............ and think 'Wow, I look great!'

A lamp B mirror C cupboard

11 This is my favourite ............ where I sit and watch TV.

A cooker B armchair C bookcase

12 Every morning, I wash the dishes in the kitchen ............ .

A washing machine B sink C mirror

13 A very long ............ goes over the river near my house.

A stadium B bridge C building

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14 Geraldo lives in a fantastic new ............ opposite the post office.

A theatre B apartment C centre

15 I clean the curtains in the ............ when they are very dirty.

A cooker B mirror C washing machine

16 In the centre of my city, there's a beautiful ............ with many interesting buildings.

A square B theatre C apartment

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Part 3
Questions 17 – 24

Read the descriptions of things you can find in the city or your home.
The first letter is already there. There is one space for each other letter in the word.

For questions 17 – 24, write the words.

17 This is a place in the city where you can get a train. m____
s______

18 At night, you can use this to help you see when you want to read. l___

19 When you want to send a letter, you go to this place. p___ o_____

20 You can find this in the kitchen and use it to make a hot meal. c_____

21 At home, when you want to get something to read, you can find b_______
something in here.

22 People use this to keep things in. c_______

23 There are often apartments and offices inside one of these. b_______

24 People walk on this when they go over a river. b_____

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Part 4
Questions 25 – 32

Read this text about an unusual house.

Choose the best answer (A, B or C) for each space.

For questions 25 – 32, mark A, B or C.

An Unusual House
You can visit a very unusual house in Pennsylvania, in the USA. I think it's great. Like other
houses, there (25) ………… a normal front door and there are normal windows, but this house is
actually very different from a house like yours or (26) ………… . It's a very, very big shoe! In Shoe
House, (27) ………… a living room, but only one bedroom and one bathroom. It's a big shoe
outside, but the house is actually very small inside and (28) ………… much furniture.
So, (29) ………… house is this? Carla Farrow and her husband Ron live there now. In the house,
you can see a picture of Martin Boston, the first owner. In (30) ………… hands, of course, there is
a pair of shoes!
(31) ………… unusual houses near you? Do you live in one? If (32) ………… is unusual, email me
some pictures of it.
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25 A is B are C has

26 A mine B his C theirs

27 A there are B It is C there's

28 A there is B there are C there isn’t

29 A who B whose C who's

30 A Martin’s B Martin C Martins

31 A Is there some B Isn’t there any C Are there any

32 A theirs B yours C ours

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Part 5
Questions 33 – 40

Read the sentences about things you can find in the city or your home.
Choose the best answer, A, B or C for each space.

33 There ............ three theatres in the town where I live.

A is B are C has

34 Why ............ there any milk in the fridge?

A isn’t B aren’t C hasn’t

35 My sister's room is next to ............ .

A my B your C mine

36 Go straight along the street and ............ a supermarket on your left.

A there are B there's C this is

37 There are ............ good places to listen to classical music in your town.

A lots B some C any

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38 John and Sally live in New York and my apartment is next to ............ .

A they B their C theirs

39 London is my ............ favourite city.

A brother's B brothers C brother

40 ............ bedroom is this?

A Whose B Who C Who’s

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