NAME

CLASS
Progress Test  Files 6–10 ENGLISH FILE
Intermediate
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation   A

GRAMMAR 6 I asked Jon whether did he speak / he spoke Chinese.

7 Excuse me, could I have a little / few more milk in my
1 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of
the verb in brackets. coffee, please?
8 My house is easy to find / finding – it’s opposite the
Example: The house was built (build) in 1906.
train station.
1 James ________ (like) pasta, doesn’t he? 9 If I needed to buy a car, I had borrowed / would
2 If I ________ (be) taller, I’d be a brilliant basketball borrow money from the bank.
player. 10 There are any / no good sports facilities in this town.
3 As soon as Tina gets here we _______ (start) the 11 I don’t think I can afford going / to go abroad on
meeting. holiday this year.
4 If we don’t burn less oil and coal, global warming 12 She can’t / mustn’t be at home. Her car isn’t there.
_______ (get) worse.
13 You forgot turning / to turn off the television when
5 You would have passed the exam if you _______ you went to bed last night.
(answer) all the questions.
14 Steve said he would call you later, did / didn’t he?
6 I _______ (get) home much earlier if the train had
15 If you’d asked me, I ’d be / ’d have been glad to help
been on time.
you.
7 Whales _______ often _______ (see) off the coast of
15
Norway in winter.
8 Elena rang and said that she _______ (call) back
later.
3 Complete the sentences with one word.
9 The doctor told me _______ (sit) down and take my Example: The letter was posted last week.
shirt off. 1 Pizza, ________ originally came from Italy, is eaten
10 My car _______ (repair) at the moment so Dave gave all over the world.
me a lift to work today. 2 Your brother ________ still get the job he applied
11 When we _______ (check in), I’ll ask for a window for, we just don’t know yet.
seat for you. 3 Stavros asked me ________ I’d ever been to Greece.
12 That photo _______ (take) so long ago, it doesn’t 4 Belinda eats meat, _______ she?
even look like me now!
5 Stratford-upon-Avon is the town _______
13 Fran is celebrating. She _______ just ______ (offer) a Shakespeare was born.
new job.
6 You haven’t really enjoyed this party, _______ you?
14 ________ (go) to live in New Zealand if you had the
7 We’ll wait _______ he arrives and then we’ll all leave
opportunity?
together.
15 Landing cards ________ (hand) out in a few minutes
8 That’s the boy _______ mum works at the school.
before the plane lands.
9 I wouldn’t have known it was Vicky _______ you’d
15
told me.
10 ‘Is there any milk in the fridge?’  ‘No, there’s
2 Underline the correct word or phrase. ________ at all.’
Example: I don’t mind to wait / waiting. 10
1 Gillian must / can’t be paid well. She’s always going
Grammar total 40
on foreign holidays.
2 I’m really bad at to cook / cooking, but I’m very good
at buying takeaways.
3 I didn’t have time enough / enough time in the exam to
check my answers.
4 It’s too much / too cold in here – can you put the
heating on?
5 People who / what ask questions usually learn the
most.

English File Intermediate Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2013 1

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

VOCABULARY 4 Ian lives ________ the outskirts of London.

in at on
4 Underline the odd word out.
5 My physics teacher isn’t very _______; she only
Example: soundtrack  plot  special effects  comedy explains things once.
1 roof ceiling outskirts chimney patient impatient patiently
2 clap stare point throw 6 Sara has a lot of _______ but she still can’t find a job.
3 selfish immature patient stubborn qualifications salaries training courses
4 timetable professor student pupil 7 We met at _______. We were colleagues at a
computer company.
5 department store  baker’s  shopping centre
work college school
supermarket
8 I loved the _______ when he jumped off the balcony
6 full-time retire permanent part-time
into the sea!
7 luckily fortunately carelessly comfortable
script plot scene
8 painter music inventor cyclist
9 My husband wants to ________ from work when
9 comfort fortunate lucky careful he’s 60.
10 detective evidence suspect witness retire sacked promote
10 10 The film was ________ on a novel by Anne Tyler.
set directed based
5 Match the words that go together. 10

slope fiction belt friend station rank 7 Complete the words in the sentences.

store effects injured jam course
Example: The audience loved the film.
Example: department  store 1 The TV isn’t working because you didn’t
1 special _______ pl________ it in!
2 golf _______ 2 I can give you £20, but only if you pay me b________
tomorrow.
3 get _______
3 They failed their exams because they made too many
4 close _______
c________ mistakes!
5 traffic _______
4 The police are still trying to s________ the crime
6 science _______ after ten years.
7 ski _______ 5 Who is in ch_______ of this department?
8 police _______ 6 It’s 3.30. I have to p_______ up my children from
9 taxi _______ school.
10 seat _______ 7 The meal was so bad that we c_______ to the
10 manager.
8 Students shouldn’t ch_______ in exams. It’s
6 Complete the sentences with the correct word(s). dishonest.
Example: They made the story into a film. 9 My exams start next week so I have to r_______ over
on into off the weekend.

1 He was ________ very badly by his parents. 10 I can’t t_______ the salt in this pasta. I think it needs
some more.
taught brought up educated
10
2 I’ve ________ chocolate recently, so I don’t have it
very often. Vocabulary total 40
cut away  cut out  cut down on
3 If you understand what I’m saying, just ________
your head.
smile nod point

English File Intermediate Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2013 2

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

PRONUNCIATION
8 Underline the stressed syllable.
Example: lo|ca|tion
1 de|mon|strate
2 un|comfor|ta|ble
3 e|le|men|tary
4 tem|pora|ry
5 qua|li|fi|ca|tions
6 sub|ti|tle
7 e|vi|dence
8 am|bi|tious
9 dis|co|nnect
10 in|he|rit
10

9 Match the words with the same sounds.

receipt term queue comfort wall
could fine  house terrace care  coin

Example: owl  house

1 up ________
2 snake ________
3 horse ________
4 tree ________
5 chair ________
6 bull ________
7 bike ________
8 boot ________
9 bird ________
10 key ________
10

Pronunciation total 20

Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation total 100

English File Intermediate Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2013 3

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

READING 2 He used his camera to show details that _______ by

the human eye.
1 Read the text and tick (✓) A, B, or C. A  had never been seen before  ■ 
B  could sometimes be seen  ■ 
The first film maker? C  couldn’t usually be seen  ■
3 His photos showed that a running horse _______.
When we think of animated films, it’s often Walt Disney’s
name that first comes to mind. However, there is another
A  always has two hooves on the ground  ■ 
less-known person whose work is very important to
B  briefly doesn’t touch the ground  ■ 
animators. Eadweard Muybridge was a photographer who C  always has one of four hooves on the ground  ■
taught us more about animal and human motion than any 4 Muybridge started to learn photography _______.
other, and who, with his camera, recorded details that A  before he moved to the US  ■ 
couldn’t be seen with the human eye. It could be argued B  before he had an accident  ■ 
that he is also one of the very earliest cinematographers, C  after he’d had an accident  ■
coming up with a device which let him show moving images
5 _______ Muybridge became famous for his
just like a film projector. He is particularly famous for
photographs of California.
discovering that, for a moment, a moving horse lifts all four
hooves off the ground at the same time.
A  In 1860  ■  B  After 1860  ■ 
C  Before 1860  ■
Muybridge was an Englishman who moved to the United
States in the 1850s, taking up photography after he was 6 He was asked to photograph a horse running
seriously injured in a road accident. If he hadn’t suffered _______.
serious head injuries when he was thrown out of a vehicle, A  along a road  ■  B  around a racetrack  ■ 
he might never have chosen the creative profession that he C  in a field  ■
did. 7 Before Muybridge’s film, artists painted moving
By the 1860s, Muybridge was already well known for his horses that were _______.
landscape photos of California, but in 1872 he was hired by A  very different to his photographs  ■ 
a race horse owner to try and work out the exact sequence B  just like his photographs  ■ 
of movements of a horse. By placing cameras along the C  almost the same as his photographs  ■
edge of the track, Muybridge managed to capture a series
8 Muybridge gave lectures _______.
of images which he then copied on to a disc. Using his
A  around the US  ■  B  in the UK  ■ 
invention, the zoopraxiscope, he was able to create a little
film which proved that horses moved quite differently from
C  all over the world  ■
how artists used to paint them. 9 He _______ after he’d committed a serious crime.
He then took thousands of images not only of animals, but A  avoided going to prison  ■ 
also of people doing athletic activities and performing B  was sent to prison  ■  C  went abroad  ■
everyday tasks such as walking up steps, or throwing water 10 In Chicago, people could see his films _______.
from a bucket. As travel became easier, he was able to give A  in the world’s first cinema  ■  B  at home  ■ 
lectures around the world. With his careful, patient art, C  in an animation exhibition  ■
Muybridge contributed a great deal to science. He didn’t
10
have a quiet personal life, however. In 1874, he killed a man,
but was later acquitted of murder.
In 1893, Muybridge charged the public to see his moving 2 Match five of the highlighted words / phrases with
images in a hall in Chicago that was built specially for the the definitions.
purpose. This building should really be called the first ever Example: people who make animated films like
cinema. His extraordinary photos are still an invaluable cartoons  animators
reference for cinema animators.
1 movement _______

Example: Walt Disney is _______ in film animation. 2 an area of countryside  _______

A  the most famous name  ■ ✓  3 take or catch  _______
B  the only name  ■  C  not important  ■ 4 a lot or a significant amount  _______
1 Eadweard Muybridge’s photographs showed 5 reason or aim  _______
_______. 5
A  people and animals  ■  B  the human eye  ■ 
C  film cameras  ■ Reading total 15

English File Intermediate Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2013 4

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

WRITING
Answer one of the questions and write 75–100
words.
1 What do you like or dislike about shopping?
2 What is your favourite film and why?
3 Write about the advantages and disadvantages of
computers.

Writing total 10

Reading and Writing total 25

English File Intermediate Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2013 5

 NAME CLASS
Progress Test  Files 6–10
Listening and Speaking   A
LISTENING
1 Listen. Tick (✓) the five tips which the expert
mentions.
1 Try to get up earlier.  ■
2 Put your revision plan where everyone can see it.  ■
3 Make sure you get plenty of sleep when you’re
revising.  ■
4 The best time to study is after lunch.  ■
5 You should have at least an hour’s break for
lunch.  ■
6 Writing questions and answers will help you
remember words.  ■
7 Your computer can help you revise.  ■
8 Remember to turn your mobile phone off while
you’re studying.  ■
9 It’s a good idea to revise with a friend.  ■
10 Remember why the exam is important to you.  ■
2 Listen to five conversations. Tick (✓) A, B, or C.
1 Fay doesn’t usually like _____ in science-fiction
films.
A  the plots  ■  B  the special effects  ■ 
C soundtrack ■
2 John would prefer to live _____.
A  in the country  ■  B  on the coast  ■ 
C  in the city  ■
3 Sally’s sister regularly sells _____ on the internet.
A  the latest fashions  ■  B  old clothes  ■ 
C  antique furniture  ■
4 Nowadays, it takes Kate _____ to get to work.
A  more time than it used to  ■ 
B  less time than it used to  ■ 
C  the same amount of time it used to  ■
5 Rob’s friends think his profile picture is _____.
A strange ■  B hilarious ■  C boring ■
Listening total
English File Intermediate Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2013
ENGLISH FILE
Intermediate
SPEAKING
1 Make questions and ask your partner.
1 Where / like to live? Why?
2 What university degree / most useful?
3 you / believe in / pay / for education?
4 What / best / job / ever / have?
5 like / be / self-employed? Why?
6 still see / any school friends?
7 ever lost / information on / computer?
8 How much TV / watch everyday?
9 ever / complain / in shop? Why (not)?
10 Which film location / like to visit?
Now answer your partner’s questions.
2 Talk about one of the statements below, saying if
you agree or disagree. Give reasons.
1 ‘School is the happiest time of your life.’
2 ‘The internet is killing the music industry.’
3 ‘It’s more important to be happy at work than to earn
5
a high salary.’
3 Listen to your partner. Do you agree with him /
her?
Speaking total 15
Listening and Speaking total 25
10
6
 NAME CLASS
Progress Test  Files 6–10 ENGLISH FILE
Intermediate
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation   B

GRAMMAR
1 Complete the sentences with one word.
Example: The letter was posted last week.
1 Kostas asked me ________ I’d ever been to Athens.
2 I would never have realized it was Thomas _______
you’d told me.
3 You haven’t really enjoyed this holiday, _______ you?
4 ‘Are there any biscuits in the cupboard?’  ‘No, there
are ________ at all.’
5 Pizza, ________ is popular all over the world,
originally came from Italy.
6 My sister ________ still get the job in London – we
won’t know until next week.
7 Dan drinks coffee, _______ he?
8 Edinburgh is the city _______ the Harry Potter
novels were written.
9 Wait _______ Dave arrives and then we can all go
together.
10 Oh no! That’s the man _______ car I crashed into
last month!
10
2 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of
the verb in brackets.
Example: The house was built (build) in 1906.
1 When we _______ (check in), I’ll ask for a room with
a view.
2 If we don’t drive less, global warming _______ (get)
worse more quickly.
3 This passport photo _______ (take) ages ago – it
doesn’t really look like me now!
4 Exam papers ________ (hand) out in a few minutes,
just before the exam starts.
5 Nathalie is really pleased. She _______ just ______
(offer) a job in Paris.
6 Leo’s car _______ (repair) today so I gave him a lift
into work.
7 As soon as Peter arrives, we _______ (start) the
meeting.
8 If you ________ (be) a bit taller, you’d make a
fantastic basketball player.
12 Zoe rang. She said she _______ (call) back this
evening.
13 We _______ (get) back much earlier if the flight
hadn’t been delayed.
14 The nurse told me _______ (sit) down and take my
jumper off.
15 If I _______ (answer) all the questions, I would have
passed the exam.
15
3 Underline the correct word or phrase.
Example: I don’t mind to wait / waiting.
1 I forgot turning / to turn off the lights when I went
out.
2 Could I have just a few / little more milk in my tea?
3 There are any / no good restaurants in this town.
4 She asked Lorna whether she spoke / did she speak
Greek.
5 Bob can’t / must earn a good salary because he’s
always eating out.
6 I’m not very good at to cook / cooking, but I like
watching cookery programmes on TV.
7 If she’d told me she was worried, I ’d be / ’d have been
happy to help her.
8 Will can’t / mustn’t be in his office. His light isn’t on.
9 Helen said she was coming round later, did / didn’t
she?
10 It’s too / too much hot in here – can you turn the
heating down?
11 If we had to get a new car, we would borrow / had
borrowed money from my parents.
12 It’s the students who / what ask questions who
usually learn the most.
13 I wish I’d had enough time / time enough to check my
work more carefully.
14 Karen’s new house is really easy to find / finding. It’s
next to her old one!
15 We really can’t afford going / to go to restaurants
these days.
15
Grammar total 40

9 Dolphins _______ often _______ (see) off the coast

of Scotland.
10 Charlotte ________ (like) chicken, doesn’t she?
11 ________ (go) back to work if you won a lot of
money?

English File Intermediate Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2013 1

 NAME CLASS
Progress Test  Files 6–10 ENGLISH FILE
Intermediate
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation   B

VOCABULARY 6 I need to r_______ tonight for the history exam

tomorrow.
4 Complete the sentences with the correct word(s).
7 Can you t_______ the salt in this food? I think it
Example: They made the story into a film. needs some more.
on into off 8 Who is in ch_______ of the training department in
1 My wife wants to ________ from work when she’s your company?
60. 9 The police are still trying to s________ the crime
promote retire sacked after ten years.
2 The film Atonement was ________ on the novel by 10 I’ll lend you £30, but only if you can pay me
Ian McEwan. b________ tomorrow.
based set directed 10

3 You can have lots of _______, but it doesn’t mean

you’ll find a job. 6 Underline the odd word out.
salaries qualifications training courses Example: soundtrack  plot  special effects  comedy
4 Our science teacher isn’t very _______. He only
1 music inventor cyclist painter
explains things once.
impatient patiently patient 2 supermarket department store baker’s 
shopping centre
5 My favourite _______ was when she jumped out of
the helicopter into the sea! 3 fortunately comfortable luckily carelessly
scene plot script 4 timetable professor student pupil
6 We’ve ________ coffee recently, so we don’t drink it 5 suspect witness detective evidence
as often. 6 throw clap stare point
cut away  cut out  cut down on 7 retire permanent full-time part-time
7 She was ________ well by her parents, even though 8 ceiling roof outskirts chimney
they were very young.
9 patient selfish immature stubborn
educated taught brought up
10 lucky comfort fortunate careful
8 Paula and I met at _______. We were colleagues in an 10
insurance company.
work college school
7 Match the words that go together.
9 If you understand what I’m saying, just ________
your head. slope  fiction  belt  friend  station  rank
point smile nod store  effects  injured  jam  course
10 Anna lives ________ the outskirts of Edinburgh.
at in on Example: department  store
10 1 close _______
2 traffic _______
5 Complete the words in the sentences. 3 ski _______
Example: The audience loved the film. 4 taxi _______
1 I failed my exams because I made too many 5 police _______
c________ mistakes! 6 get _______
2 The hotel was so dirty that we c_______ to the 7 seat _______
manager. 8 special _______
3 I must go and p_______ my children up from school 9 science _______
– it’s nearly 3.30. 10 golf _______
4 Students know they shouldn’t ch_______ in exams. 10
It’s dishonest.
5 The computer isn’t working because you didn’t Vocabulary total 40
pl________ it in!

English File Intermediate Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2013 2

 NAME CLASS
Progress Test  Files 6–10 ENGLISH FILE
Intermediate
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation   B

PRONUNCIATION
8 Match the words with the same sounds.

wall  coin receipt term terrace comfort
could fine queue  house care

Example: owl  house

1 key ________
2 chair ________
3 bull ________
4 boot ________
5 bird ________
6 up ________
7 horse ________
8 snake ________
9 bike ________
10 tree ________
10

9 Underline the stressed syllable.

Example: lo|ca|tion
1 dis|co|nnect
2 e|vi|dence
3 qua|li|fi|ca|tions
4 sub|ti|tle
5 am|bi|tious
6 tem|pora|ry
7 de|mon|strate
8 in|he|rit
9 un|comfor|ta|ble
10 e|le|men|tary
10

Pronunciation total 20

Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation total 100

English File Intermediate Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2013 3

 NAME CLASS
Progress Test  Files 6–10 ENGLISH FILE
Intermediate
Reading and Writing   B

READING 2 His photographs showed details that _______ by the

human eye.
1 Read the text and tick (✓) A, B, or C. A  could sometimes be seen  ■ 
B  had never been seen before  ■ 
The first film maker? C  couldn’t usually be seen  ■
3 Muybridge discovered that a running horse _______.
When we think of animated films, it’s often Walt Disney’s
name that first comes to mind. However, there is another
A  briefly doesn’t touch the ground  ■ 
less-known person whose work is very important to
B  always has one of four hooves on the ground  ■ 
animators. Eadweard Muybridge was a photographer who C  always has two hooves on the ground  ■
taught us more about animal and human motion than any 4 Muybridge decided to learn photography _______.
other, and who, with his camera, recorded details that A  before he moved to the US  ■ 
couldn’t be seen with the human eye. It could be argued B  before he had an accident  ■ 
that he is also one of the very earliest cinematographers, C  after he’d had an accident  ■
coming up with a device which let him show moving images
5 Muybridge became famous for his photographs of
just like a film projector. He is particularly famous for
California _______.
discovering that, for a moment, a moving horse lifts all four
hooves off the ground at the same time.
A  before 1860  ■  B  in 1860  ■ 
C  after 1860  ■
Muybridge was an Englishman who moved to the United
States in the 1850s, taking up photography after he was 6 He used his series of photographs to _______.
seriously injured in a road accident. If he hadn’t suffered A  make a film  ■  B  invent a device  ■ 
serious head injuries when he was thrown out of a vehicle, C  help an artist  ■
he might never have chosen the creative profession that he 7 Before Muybridge’s film, artists painted moving
did. horses that were _______.
By the 1860s, Muybridge was already well known for his A  almost the same as his photographs  ■ 
landscape photos of California, but in 1872 he was hired by B  just like his photographs  ■ 
a race horse owner to try and work out the exact sequence C  very different to his photographs  ■
of movements of a horse. By placing cameras along the
8 Muybridge gave lectures _______.
edge of the track, Muybridge managed to capture a series
A  in the UK  ■  B  all over the world  ■ 
of images which he then copied on to a disc. Using his
C  around the US  ■
invention, the zoopraxiscope, he was able to create a little
film which proved that horses moved quite differently from 9 After he’d committed a serious crime, he _______.
how artists used to paint them. A  went abroad  ■  B  avoided going to prison  ■ 
He then took thousands of images not only of animals, but C  was sent to prison  ■
also of people doing athletic activities and performing 10 People were able to _______ in Chicago.
everyday tasks such as walking up steps, or throwing water A  see his films for free  ■ 
from a bucket. As travel became easier, he was able to give B  pay to see his films  ■ 
lectures around the world. With his careful, patient art, C  see his films at home  ■
Muybridge contributed a great deal to science. He didn’t
10
have a quiet personal life, however. In 1874, he killed a man,
but was later acquitted of murder.
In 1893, Muybridge charged the public to see his moving
2 Match five of the highlighted words / phrases with
images in a hall in Chicago that was built specially for the
the definitions.
purpose. This building should really be called the first ever Example: people who make animated films like
cinema. His extraordinary photos are still an invaluable cartoons  animators
reference for cinema animators.
1 inventing __________
2 a machine to show images on a screen  __________
Example: Walt Disney is _______ in film animation.
3 horses’ feet  __________
A  not important  ■  B  the only name  ■ 
C  the most famous name  ■ ✓ 4 a container for water  __________
5 extremely useful  __________
1 In his photographs, Muybridge showed _______.
5
A  the human eye  ■  B  film cameras  ■ 
C  people and animals  ■
Reading total 15

English File Intermediate Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2013 4

 NAME CLASS
Progress Test  Files 6–10 ENGLISH FILE
Intermediate
Reading and Writing   B

WRITING
Answer one of the questions and write 75–100
words.
1 What do you like or dislike about shopping?
2 What is your favourite film and why?
3 Write about the advantages and disadvantages of
computers.

Writing total 10

Reading and Writing total 25

English File Intermediate Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2013 5

 NAME CLASS
Progress Test  Files 6–10 ENGLISH FILE
Intermediate
Listening and Speaking   B

LISTENING SPEAKING
1 Listen. Tick (✓) the five tips which the expert 1 Answer your partner’s questions.
mentions.
Now make questions and ask your partner.
1 Keep your revision plan in a safe place.  ■ 1 prefer / live in big flat in city centre or small house in
2 Let other people see your revision plan.  ■ countryside?
3 It’s important to go to bed early when you’re 2 What school subject / would / like / be better at?
revising.  ■ 3 you / like / go / boarding school?
4 The best time to study for many people is before 4 What / worst / job / ever / have?
lunch.  ■ 5 How long / spend on / phone / every day?
5 Don’t study for more than an hour at a time.  ■ 6 you / have / favourite teacher / at school?
6 Write a list of questions and answers and then test 7 often / watch horror films?
yourself.  ■ 8 ever be / very lucky?
7 Make sure you have an internet connection.  ■ 9 you / patient or impatient person?
10 good idea / have / TV in children’s bedrooms?
8 Keep your mobile switched on so you can call a
friend for help.  ■ 2 Listen to your partner. Do you agree with him /
9 Working with a friend helps you remember her?
things.  ■
10 Be relaxed about the exam.  ■ 3 Talk about one of the statements below, saying if
you agree or disagree. Give reasons.
5
1 ‘Films should never be dubbed.’
2 ‘People who have good luck also usually work hard.’
2 Listen to five conversations. Tick (✓) A, B, or C. 3 ‘Teachers have more influence over children than
1 Rich would like to see _____ this weekend. their parents do.’
A  an action film  ■  B  a science-fiction film  ■  Speaking total 15
C  a thriller  ■
2 John would like to live _____. Listening and Speaking total 25
A  in an old, small house  ■ 
B  in a big, modern house  ■ 
C  in a modern flat  ■
3 _____ often sells things on the internet.
A  Sally’s sister  ■  B  Fred’s wife  ■ 
C  Sally’s friend  ■
4 Kate’s office is _____.
A  in the centre of town  ■ 
B  on the ground floor  ■  C  in her house  ■
5 Tess thinks that Rob should _____.
A  change his profile picture  ■ 
B  get better friends  ■ 
C  find a new girlfriend  ■
5

Listening total 10

English File Intermediate Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2013 6

 NAME CLASS
Progress Test  Files 6–10 ENGLISH FILE
Intermediate
Answer Key   A

Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation VOCABULARY

GRAMMAR 4 1 outskirts
2 stare
1 1 likes 3 patient
2 were 4 timetable
3 will / ’ll start 5 shopping centre
4 will get 6 retire
5 had / ’d answered 7 comfortable
6 would / ’d have got 8 music
7 are … seen 9 comfort
8 would / ’d call 10 evidence
9 to sit
10 is being repaired
5 1 effects
11 check in
2 course
12 was taken
3 injured
13 has / ’s … been offered
4 friend
14 Would you go
5 jam
15 will be handed
6 fiction
7 slope
2 1 must 8 station
2 cooking 9 rank
3 enough time 10 belt
4 too
5 who
6 1 brought up
6 he spoke
2 cut down on
7 little
3 nod
8 to find
4 on
9 would borrow
5 patient
10 no
6 qualifications
11 to go
7 work
12 can’t
8 scene
13 to turn
9 retire
14 didn’t
10 based
15 ’d have been
7 1 plug
3 1 which 2 back
2 might / may
3 careless
3 if / whether
4 solve
4 doesn’t
5 charge
5 where
6 pick
6 have
7 complained
7 until
8 cheat
8 whose
9 revise
9 unless
10 taste
10 none

English File Intermediate Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2013 1

 NAME CLASS
Progress Test  Files 6–10 ENGLISH FILE
Intermediate
Answer Key   A

PRONUNCIATION WRITING
8 1 de|mon|strate Student’s own answers.
2 un|comfor|ta|ble Task completion: The task is fully completed and the
answer is easy to understand. (4 marks)
3 e|le|men|tary
Grammar: The student uses appropriate structures
4 tem|pora|ry
to achieve the task. Minor errors do not obscure the
5 qua|li|fi|ca|tions meaning. (3 marks)
6 sub|ti|tle Vocabulary: The student uses a sufficient range of
7 e|vi|dence words and phrases to communicate the message clearly.
8 am|bi|tious (3 marks)
9 dis|co|nnect
10 in|he|rit
Listening and Speaking
9 1 comfort LISTENING
2 terrace
3 wall
1 1 ✓
2 ✓
4 receipt
6 ✓
5 care
8 ✓
6 could
9 ✓
7 fine
8 queue
9 term 2 1 A
10 coin 2 C
3 B
4 B
5 B
Reading and Writing
READING
SPEAKING
1 1 A
2 A Interactive communication and oral production:
3 B The student communicates effectively with his / her
4 C partner, asking and answering simple questions, and
5 C where necessary initiating conversation and responding.
6 B The student uses appropriate strategies to complete the
7 A task successfully. (5 marks)
8 C Grammar and Vocabulary: The student uses
9 A a sufficient range of vocabulary and structure to
10 A communicate clearly. Minor occasional errors do not
impede communication. (5 marks)
2 1 motion Pronunciation: The student’s intonation, stress, and
2 landscape articulation of sounds make the message clear and
3 capture comprehensible. (5 marks)
4 a great deal
5 purpose

English File Intermediate Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2013 2

 NAME CLASS
Progress Test  Files 6–10 ENGLISH FILE
Intermediate
Answer Key   B

Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation VOCABULARY

GRAMMAR 4 1 retire
2 based
1 1 if / whether 3 qualifications
2 unless 4 patient
3 have 5 scene
4 none 6 cut down on
5 which 7 brought up
6 might / may 8 work
7 doesn’t 9 nod
8 where 10 on
9 until
10 whose 5 1 careless
2 complained
2 1 check in 3 pick
2 will get 4 cheat
3 was taken 5 plug
4 will be handed 6 revise
5 has / ’s … been offered 7 taste
6 is being repaired 8 charge
7 will / ’ll start 9 solve
8 were 10 back
9 are … seen
10 likes 6 1 music
11 Would you go 2 shopping centre
12 would /’d call 3 comfortable
13 would / ’d have got 4 timetable
14 to sit 5 evidence
15 had / ’d answered 6 stare
7 retire
3 1 to turn 8 outskirts
2 little 9 patient
3 no 10 comfort
4 she spoke
5 must 7 1 friend
6 cooking 2 jam
7 ’d have been 3 slope
8 can’t 4 rank
9 didn’t 5 station
10 too 6 injured
11 would borrow 7 belt
12 who 8 effects
13 enough time 9 fiction
14 to find 10 course
15 to go

English File Intermediate Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2013 3

 NAME CLASS
Progress Test  Files 6–10 ENGLISH FILE
Intermediate
Answer Key   B

PRONUNCIATION WRITING
8 1 coin Student’s own answers.
2 care Task completion: The task is fully completed and the
3 could answer is easy to understand. (4 marks)
4 queue Grammar: The student uses appropriate structures
5 term to achieve the task. Minor errors do not obscure the
6 comfort meaning. (3 marks)
7 wall Vocabulary: The student uses a sufficient range of
8 terrace words and phrases to communicate the message clearly.
9 fine (3 marks)
10 receipt

9 1 dis|co|nnect Listening and Speaking

2 e|vi|dence LISTENING
3 qua|li|fi|ca|tions
1 2 ✓
4 sub|ti|tle 4 ✓
5 am|bi|tious 6 ✓
6 tem|pora|ry 9 ✓
7 de|mon|strate 10 ✓
8 in|he|rit
9 un|comfor|ta|ble 2 1 B
2 C
10 e|le|men|tary
3 A
4 C
5 A
Reading and Writing
READING
SPEAKING
1 1 C
2 B Interactive communication and oral production:
3 A The student communicates effectively with his / her
4 C partner, asking and answering simple questions, and
5 A where necessary initiating conversation and responding.
6 A The student uses appropriate strategies to complete the
7 C task successfully. (5 marks)
8 B Grammar and Vocabulary: The student uses
9 B a sufficient range of vocabulary and structure to
10 B communicate clearly. Minor occasional errors do not
impede communication. (5 marks)
Pronunciation: The student’s intonation, stress, and
2 1 coming up with
articulation of sounds make the message clear and
2 projector
comprehensible. (5 marks)
3 hooves
4 bucket
5 invaluable

English File Intermediate Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2013 4