NAME CLASS

American
Progress Test Files 6–10
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation A ENGLISH FILE 4

GRAMMAR 11 I’m ________ to this kind of heat. I lived in Egypt

1 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of
the verb in parentheses.
Example: We don’t mind going (go) out tonight.
1 Dogs must not ________ (bring) into the park unless
they are on a leash.
before I moved here.
12 Do you have a ________ of scissors? I need to cut
some wrapping paper.
13 That sounds ________ a really bad idea.
14 I don’t want a coffee. I’d ________ have tea.
15 I have good chats with my hairdresser while I’m
m

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2 I enjoyed the movie, despite ________ (see) it before. ________ my hair cut.
3 Carla denied ________ (leave) the car window open. 15
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4 It ________ (think) that the gang escaped in a black

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4 x 4. 3 Underline the correct form.
m.
5 People used ________ (give) longer prison sentences
Example: It took me a long
ng time to be
e / get
g used to
in the past.
being retired.
d.
6 The art thieves are believed ________ (take) two
1 I know it’ss difficult
icult with this noise, please try
noi but p

en
priceless paintings.
to go / going to sleep.
7 I’m so sorry – I completely forgot ________ (buy)
any milk. 2 Wee used to live / living in Scotla
Scotland. It was nice, but
the weather
ther wasn’t great.
grea
8 I remember ________ (play) volleyball in the garden
3 Do
o you feel as iff / like watching
wat a movie tonight?
when I was little.
9 Janet convinced me ________ (not go) straight to
college after finishing high school.
10 The business is going to ________ (sell) next week.
ek.
ec 4 I’m going to gett my car
m going
car tomorrow.
5 I’m
tomorr
ca serviced / get serviced my

g i to (–) / the hospital tomorrow to visit my

’m going
ag
aunt.
unt.
10
0 6 All the
the staff
st in this restaurant is / are incredibly
friendly.
friend
2 Complete the sentences with one word. 7 There’ll
T be (–) / a terrible traffic if you leave now.
gu

Example: This package of cookiess has already

ready been 8 Every / All room in the hotel has a wonderful view.
opened – take it back
k to the store.
ore 9 Any / None of the children wanted to go ice-skating,
1 ________ of my sisters are older
er than me – I’m 23 so we went bowling instead.
and they’re 26 and 29.
9. 10 Winter is a great time to go to the / (–) Canary
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2 Please close doorss quietly so ________ no disturb

not to di Islands.
other residents.
s. 11 You can’t / may have seen Gary here yesterday. He
3 You ________
____ have spoken your father like that; it
oken to you took the day off.
was very
ry rude. 12 We’re going for a walk this weekend, whatever /
4 My brother’s insisted ________
r’s with me – he in however the weather is like.
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coming.
g. 13 Despite / In spite of setting off late, we arrived in
eirdre ________ ha
5 Deirdre gone home – her coat is still
have gon good time.
on her chair.
chai 14 I bought a book and a magazine in the store. The / A
book is for my sister.
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Wee love Indi

6 W we can’t ________ used to eating
India, but w
spicy foo
food every dday. 15 I recommend to visit / visiting the new Acropolis
7 I loved
lo the music,
mu even ________ it was a bit too loud. Museum in Athens.
8 ________ the cold, we had a fantastic time exploring 15
Greenland.
Green
Grammar total 40
9 Sally
Sal looks ________ if she’s had some really bad
news. Is she OK?
10 We’ll have to leave that box. There’s ________ more
room in the van.

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 NAME CLASS
American
Progress Test Files 6–10
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation A ENGLISH FILE 4

VOCABULARY 6 Underline the correct word.

4 Underline the odd word out. Example: I never raise / rise my voice in an argument.

Example: rash blister toothache sunburn 1 The drug was withdrawn because of its harmful side
results / effects.
1 point wave kneel scratch
2 We’re looking for volunteers / donors to work in
2 biased accurate sensational censored the thrift store on Saturdays.
3 robbery evidence blackmail fraud 3 We’ll have to cut carbon emissionss sooner or later
ate /

.ir
4 heel calf wrist ankle now or never.
5 judge verdict jury witness 4 Did you notice / realize whether supermarket
er the supermarke
6 duvet pillow yawn blanket was open when we drovee past?

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7 commentator newsreader ad presenter 5 Remember / Remind nd mee to buy some stam
stamps
8 stalking robbery mugging burglary when we’re in the convenience
enience store.
8
6 My wallet was en / robbed from out of my
as stolen
jacket when
en I went bathroom.
ent to the bathro

en
7 I hope / expect
ct Helen will ccome on S
Saturday. It
5 Complete the sentences with the correct word(s).
would
uld be a shame not to see her.
Example: The boys were really tired after their trip. In 8 It was a long and difficult
difficu trip, but we arrived safe
fact, they were exhausted. andd sound / sound
oun and safe.sa
exhausted desperate stunned
1 The film tells the story of a bank ________ that goes
horribly wrong.
burglary theft robbery
ec This
9 T his branch did / made the biggest profit last year.
10 It’s
isn’t obviously
obvio
biased / objective journalism that
It s hard to find bia
left- or right-wing.
le
ag
11 I’ve
I’vve had
ha plenty
plen of downs and outs / ups and
2 The government plans to ________ thousands
nds of downs in my 20-year career.
public sector jobs.
Prices have raised / risen by over 10% since last
12 Prices
clash axe quit year.
ye
3 There was a big advertising campaign
aign to
o ________
_______ 12
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their latest cell phone.

produce launch manufacture cture
4 The conferences are ________,
_, in June and
______,
November.
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multiannual postannual
stannual biannual
biannua
5 A ________ is somebody
ebody who studies rocks.
rocks
physicist geneticist geologist
6 Have you ever advice from the
er asked for advi t ________ in
thiss newspaper?
aper?
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advice columnist critic

c paparazzi
pap
7 I have
ave to wake my brother
bro up when he ________
u
because
cause it’s so lou
loud!
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ores sleepwalks
snores
sn slee yawns
Wee ________
8 W ____ most
mo of our manufactured goods from
Ch
China.
import
imp expands export
9 Two
T men
m have been ________ with bribery.
charged arrested questioned
cha
10 My neighbors won’t ________ if you park your car in
front of their house.
notice mind matter
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 NAME CLASS
American
Progress Test Files 6–10
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation A ENGLISH FILE 4

7 Complete the words in the sentences. PRONUNCIATION

Example: You should brush your teeth at least twice a 8 Underline the stressed syllable.
day.
Example: pre|sen|ter
1 You’re such a h________ – you’re always imagining
that you’re sick! 1 co|mmen|ta|tor
2 I’ve sent Jenny a lovely b________ of flowers for her 2 lone|li|ness
birthday. 3 black|mail

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3 I l________ on the couch all afternoon yesterday 4 me|ga|ci|ty
watching TV. 5 or|ches|tra
4 I’m so tired, I can’t stop y________. 6 com|pa|ny

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5 The audience clapped so long that the singer gave 7 sci|en|tist
another e________. 8 con|vince
6 I’d hate to suffer from i________ because I love 9 a|sto|nished
sleeping!

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10 eye|brows
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7 The traffic going past the hotel kept me a________
10
all night.
8 This hard drive is so small you can hold it in the
p________ of your hand. 9 Match the words with the same
sa sound.

of evidence.
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9 The men were tried but a________ because of a lack

10 I always enjoy his reviews – I think he’s the best film

c________ around.
m
advertisement
adv
d er tisemen heart
ertisement
jury theory
jury
heart refuse caught branch
th ry tongu

Example:
Example axe
tongue pretty violin grow

branch
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10
0 1 guilty
gui ty
uilty _________________
2 deny
deny _________________
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3 judge
ju _________________
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4 market _________________
5 journalist _________________
6 comb _________________
7 law _________________
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8 review _________________
9 lungs _________________
10 volunteer _________________
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Pronunciation total 20

Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation total 100

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 NAME CLASS
American
Progress Test Files 6–10
Reading and Writing A ENGLISH FILE 4

READING pursued and retrieved; if found floating out at sea, it could

set off a coastal-wide emergency search.
1 Read the article. For questions 1–5, choose the At any one time, there are eight lifeguards on duty, either
correct answer (A, B, C, or D). scanning the waves or patrolling the beach (lifebelts need
checking and telephones need to be kept working in case

Beach heroes of emergency calls). The team works five days a week,
eek, and
constantly has to rotate tasks as this helps the lifeguards
uards
There is no more welcome sight on beaches all over the maintain maximum attention. The other thing
g that keeps
ps

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world than a lifeguard. them alert is the fact that they all get along well
ell together.
You can spot the lifeguards a mile off – which is, of course, “It’s not as if we’re all sitting there in silence,”
e,” says Lis
Lisa.
half the point. Not only do they wear highly conspicuous red her, either
“We’re always talking to each other, her in person or

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uniforms, but somehow they manage to look better than down the two-way radio.”
the rest of us, too. ason is something
In fact, each summer season omething o
of an old friend’
friend’s
“Last year, we only had to make five rescues,” says head venth year Pete has worked
reunion; this is the seventh work here,
lifeguard Rod Terry, 22. “Another year, we helped 29 people while it’s the fifth for Rebecca.
ecca. Come winter time, th
they go
in the space of three hours. You never know what you’re off around the world – Pete’s been surfing
surf in Mex
Mexico and

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going to be called upon to do, which is why you need ust back
Rebecca’s just k from Bali, Haw
Hawaii, and Ne
New Zealand. It’s
lifeguards who can cope with any situation.” You’d think, of a case of not yet wanting to give u
up their seasonal , sunlit
course, they’d all be excited to perform some public d of beaches.
round ches. “There’s plenty
ple of ttime for a proper job
heroics, but Rod is quick to rebuff any such suggestions. ater,” says
later,” ays Rebe
Rebecca.

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“As far as we’re concerned, we’d far rather stop someone
getting into trouble than have to get them out of it.”
One of the lifeguards in Rod’s team is 24-year-old Rebecca
Surridge. She says, “One minute you can find yourself
1 A
According
ccording to Rod Terry,
A athletic.
B flexible.
fle
Ter lifeguards need to be …
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ha
dealing with minor cuts and scrapes, and the next with C attentive.
atte
attentive
s
situation where one group of people on the beach is D hardw
hard
hardworking.
ngs
annoying another group. You have to handle things
2 Reb
Rebecca Surridge says that lifeguards …
guard
sensitively, too.” Even if they do talk tough, the lifeguards
A operate in limited areas.
gu

ck up their
have no legal authority with which to back heir words.
B have limited powers over people.
meone wants
“We can only advise,” adds Rod. “If someone ants to ignore
ag is what the
a red flag, they’re free to do so.” A red flag
C are trained to deal with limited injuries.
ea’s too rough for swimming.
lifeguards put out when the sea’s D watch over a limited number of people.
Exactly when that momentt is reached
ched is something that 3 According to the text, which factor affects a
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eguard since the age of 14,

Rod alone decides. A lifeguard 14 first as a lifeguard’s decision to put up a red flag?
volunteer, he’s now a paid
d member of the town
tow counc
council’s A the presence of something dangerous in the sea
ices department.
recreational services rtment. “You take
tak into account
a a B the quality of the water in the sea
ngs: you
variety of things: u listen to the weather
weath reports
rep and C the environmental conditions
forecasts, and you
ou assess the stren
strength of tthe wind.” Other D the number of swimmers
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s to be considered, depending
factors depen on location, of course,
4 In order to maintain their concentration levels,
ngers that may be
are the dangers b lurking in
i the water.
lifeguards …
The vast
st majority of swimmers
sw ttake notice of a red flag, but
A sometimes ask their colleagues for feedback.
there
ere are always those who d
don’t, and long before they
B regularly change the duties they perform.
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start
tart getting into real trou
trouble, lifeguards will be on their way
C usually take several days off each week.
out to them, d
dragging with them a “torpedo” buoy, which is
D often take long breaks during the day.
a long s
sausage-sha
sausage-shaped inflatable on the end of a rope. This
can help them b
bring in swimmers suffering from cramps, 5 It’s common for a group of lifeguards …
bro
brought on b
by swimming too soon after a meal, or fatigue, A to have another job at the same time.
aused b
caused by swimming out too far. “Then you get the silly B to meet up when they’re not working.
ones who jump off the harbor wall,” sighs Rod. “Mostly, C to work together at the same location.
though, swimmers stick within our exclusion zone.” D to go travelling together when the summer is over.
The exclusion zone is a 300 ft x 300 ft patch of sea. The
10
prime rule of this zone is that boats are forbidden to enter it
– and humans forbidden to leave it. Even a rubber ring is

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American
Progress Test Files 6–10
Reading and Writing A ENGLISH FILE 4

2 Match five of the highlighted words / phrases to

the definitions.
Example: to bring or get something back retrieve
1 easily seen
2 an unkind refusal of an offer or suggestion
3 a sudden pain in your body when your muscles
contract

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4 feeling of being extremely tired because of hard
work or exercise

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5 the main or most important thing
5

Reading total 15

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WRITING
Write an article on one of the questions. Write
140–180 words.
1 Describe a piece of music that you like and explain
why you like it.
2 How do you prefer to get the news and why?
re
3 What do you like and dislike about the place where
ec
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you live?
Writing total 10
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Reading and Writing total

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 NAME CLASS
American
Progress Test Files 6–10
Listening and Speaking A ENGLISH FILE 4

LISTENING
1 Listen to five people talk about things they collect
as a hobby. Choose from the list (A–H) what each
person enjoys most about their collection. Use the
letters only once. There are three extra letters you
do not need to use.
A being reminded of visits I’ve made
SPEAKING
1 Make questions and ask your partner.
1 Which city / most like to visit and why?
2 What / do / if / president of your country?
3 you / rather / work indoors or outdoors? Why?
4 Which famous person / you like to look like? Why?

.ir
B using it for creative purposes 5 Which musical instrument / most
st like to learn how
C something they collect with friends to play?
D having something attractive to look at 6 How / science helped us most in the last 100 years?
years

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E showing it to other people 7 crime / last hear about?
t?
F learning about the past 8 If / could work on a newspaper,
wspaper, which job / like to
G knowing it will increase in value do?
H feeling proud of the achievement
9 What social ms / your capital city have?
al problems h

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Speaker 1: 10 What / last ad you saw?
Speaker 2:
Now answer
wer your partner’s quest
questions.
Speaker 3:
Speaker 4: 2 Listenn to your partner yo agree with him /
partner. Do you
Speaker 5:

2 Listen to an interview with a snowboarder.

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5
her??

Talk about one

3 Talk
whether
on of the statements below, stating
hether you agree or disagree. Give reasons.
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1 “In
In ou
our lifetim
lifetime, newspapers will become a thing of
Underline the correct answer. the pas
past.”
1 Helen started snowboarding because she
he wanted d to 2 “If
“If you have to make a speech or presentation, it is
join a local team / keep up with other
ther family
mil best to prepare it very carefully and work from
bes
members / have an opportunity y to excel in a detailed notes.”
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sport. 3 “It’s better to live in a city which has good shops than
2 To learn new snowboarding
ng tricks,
ks, Helen a city which has good museums or art galleries.”
recommends consulting ng an expert / watching
Speaking total 15
nternet / making variation
video clips on the internet variations
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eady know.
to moves you already
ready know. Listening and Speaking total 25
3 The aspect of snowboarding
boarding Helen particularly
particula likes
pa
is perfecting
ing a new move / putting
puttin in the
t
al effortt required / pushing
physical push herself
h to a
higher el..
her level.
level
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4 What does Helen say about

abo the course she went on?
She did spec local project. /
id it as part of a special
She while doing a vacation job at
he was offered it whil
resort. / She
a nearby re Sh was promised a job
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assisting the
th instructors
instr if she completed it.
5 In the
the immediate
immedia future, Helen plans to pursue
im
both
bot academic
acade study and professional
snowboarding
snowboa
no / focus on snowboarding at an
international
intern level / keep up her snowboarding
by instructing others.
5

Listening total 10

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