Progress Tests x–x – Answer Key 1

Progress Tests – Answer Key

Progress test 1 5  Places of work
1 a hotel 2 a school 3 a café
Grammar 4 a hospital 5 a shop
1  Questions
1 Where are you from? Sounds and spelling
2 Are you from Tokyo? 6  The letters th
3 I’m from Paris. And you? /ð/  mother; with; father; the
2  It’s…, Where is…? /T/  birthday; think; three; thanks
1 Where’s / Where is Miami?; It’s (It is) in the USA.
2 No, I think it’s (it is) in Vietnam.; Keyword
No, Shanghai’s (Shanghai is) in China. 7  have (1)
3  I / We + verb 1 I have three TVs and two computers.
1 not 2 no 3 not 2 The child has a bicycle and an MP3 player.
3 My friends have three children and a dog.
vocabulary 4 Many people have five children or more.
5 The boys have two mobile phones.
4 Countries 6 My house has a television in every room.
1 Russia 2 England 3 China
5  big, small
1 It’s a big house. 2 It’s a small car. 3 It’s a big room. Progress test 3
4 It’s a big car. 5 It’s a small house. Grammar
6  Numbers 0–10 1  there’s, there are
1 five 2 nine 3 six 4 four 1 There are 2 There’s 3 There’s 4 There are
7  boy, girl …
1 child; girl. 2 children; boys vocabulary
2  Towns
Keyword 1 church; shops 2 houses; trees 3 street; people
8  this 3  Places in towns
1 This 2 It’s 3 This 4 It 1 cinema 2 airport 3 restaurant 4 station

Explore speaking 4 Clock times

1 6.45 2 9.00 3 11.55
9 Say hello and goodbye
1 Are you OK? 2 I’m OK. And you? 5  morning, afternoon
3 Yes. Fine, thanks 4 Nice to meet you 1 morning; evening 2 night; morning
5 Goodbye; See you 3 afternoon; night
6  in, on, at
1 on 2 in 3 at 4 on 5 at
Progress test 2
Grammar Sounds and spelling
1  lives, works, has 7  The letter a
1 have 2 works 3 live 4 has 5 work //  map; thanks
6 lives 7 has 8 work 9 live 10 have /a:/  garden
/eI/  play; name
vocabulary
Keyword
2  Numbers 11–20
1 thirteen 2 sixteen 3 twenty 8  at
1 Tom is at work. 2 Let’s meet at the theatre.
3  Family 3 Cindy works at home. 4 My parents are at the shops.
1 mother 2 husband 3 daughters
4  work in, work for Explore Speaking
1 work in 2 work in 3 work for 9 Responding to questions
4 work in 5 work for 1 I’m not sure 2 I am 3 it’s not

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Progress Tests 4–6 – Answer Key 2

Progress test 4 3  this, these

1 Look at this T-shirt. 2 I really like these books.
Grammar 3 This carpet is very nice. 4 This is my cup.
1  I don’t (like) …
1 They don’t like 2 We speak 3 I play vocabulary
4 I don’t go 4  Numbers
2  Do you …? 1 seventy-six 2 eighty-three 3 seventeen
1 Do you drink coffee? 2 Do you live here? 5 Clothes
3 Do you have an MP3 player? 4 Do you speak 1 pullover 2 trousers 3 skirt 4 jeans 5 suit
Chinese? 5 Do you like meat? 6 Do you work in an
office? 7 Do you go to university? 6 Colours
1 white 2 green 3 yellow 4 blue 5 brown
vocabulary
Sounds and spelling
3 Activity verbs
1 watch; listen 2 play; watch 3 read; play 7  the sound /@/
1 e 2 a 3 e 4 e 5 a 6 e
4  Food
1 fish 2 fruit 3 vegetables 4 meat 5 bread Keyword
6 rice 7 salad
8  in, on
Sounds and spelling 1 on 2 in 3 on 4 on

5  e, ee and ea Explore Speaking

/e/  text; tennis; question
/i:/  teacher; see; Chinese 9  sorry / excuse me
1 Sorry 2 Sorry 3 Excuse me 4 Excuse me
Keyword
6  go Progress test 6
1 We go shopping on Saturday.
2 My parents go out every Friday night. Grammar
3 I go to a mosque every day. 1  Present simple: -s / -es endings
4 We sometimes go to a café for breakfast. 1 watch 2 go 3 come 4 finishes
5 Lots of young people go to college.
2  There is / are, you can…
Explore Writing 1 …you can go to work by boat.
2 …there are two cathedrals.
7  and / but 3 …can walk to the city centre in one hour.
1 The food is this restaurant is very good but the 4 There’s a bus to the beach every…
prices are high. 5 You can fly to Brussels or go…
2 Her flat is very small but it’s in a beautiful city.
3 I love cats but I don’t like dogs. 3  Present simple questions
4 They have a cup of coffee in the morning and (they 1 How do you travel to work?
have) another one after lunch. 2 Where do you have lunch?
5 There are lots of cafés near my house but (there are) 3 When / What time do you get up?
no restaurants. 4 When / What time do you have dinner?

vocabulary
Progress test 5 4  Transport
Grammar 1 tram 2 plane 3 underground 4 taxi 5 train

1 Singular and plural nouns 5 Adjectives

1 sunglasses 2 pens 3 newspapers 4 postcards 1 cheap 2 fast 3 expensive 4 good 5 slow
5 stamps 6 watches
2  He / She doesn’t + verb
1 doesn’t like 2 doesn’t wear 3 plays

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Progress Tests 6–8 – Answer Key 3

Sounds and spelling Keyword

6  o, oa and oo 7  see, look at, watch
/ɒ/  sorry; not 1 saw 2 looks at 3 watch 4 watched 5 sees
/@U/  home; coat
//  son; brother Explore Speaking
/U/  book
8 Making requests
1 of course 2 Sure 3 you can’t 4 you can
Keyword 5 no problem
7  have
1 I always have lunch at home.
2 Most people have three meals every day. Progress test 8
3 She always has a shower in the morning.
4 We don’t have dinner with our parents.
Grammar
5 I never have coffee in the evening. 1  Past simple negative
1 I didn’t go out yesterday because I was tired.
Explore Writing 2 The children didn’t have dinner because they had a
big lunch.
so / because
3 Anna didn’t wake up early because she was on
1 Alexey can’t come to the cinema because he’s very
holiday.
busy.
4 There was a lot of noise in the street last night, so I
2 I often see my sister because she lives in the next
didn’t sleep much.
street.
3 It’s very cold so you need to take a coat. 2  Past simple questions
4 I always go to bed early because I start work at 6.30 1 Did you have 2 Did she like
in the morning. 3 Did Gill and Alain go 4 Did they stay
5 I never go to restaurants because it’s expensive. 3  Wh- questions
1 Where 2 When 3 What 4 Who
Progress test 7
vocabulary
Grammar 4 Expressions with go
1  Past simple positive 1 My children and I often go camping.
1 got up 2 watched 3 started 4 went 2 I often to clubs on Friday night.
5 phoned 6 cooked 7 listened 8 met 3 The market is a good place to go shopping.
9 stayed 10 wrote 4 I didn’t go to museums because it was a business
trip.
2  was / were
5 We go skiing every winter.
1 were 2 weren’t 3 was 4 wasn’t 5 weren’t
5 Weather
vocabulary 1 wet 2 cool / cold 3 sunny 4 hot 5 dry
6 warm
3 Activities
1 b) 2 a) 3 b) Sounds and spelling
4  Place expressions 6  /S/, /dZ/, and /tS/
1 at a party 2 on holiday 3 at home /S/  station; sugar
4 at a meeting /dZ/  jeans; manager
/tS/  watch; picture; lunch
5  A film called …, a book by …
1 I know a good Italian restaurant called Donatella’s.
Keyword
2 I read a good book by a Russian writer.
3 Last night I saw an interesting film by a Spanish 7  do
director. 1 What did you do last night?
4 We went to a small café called La Espinosa. 2 Did you do your homework last night?
3 Where does your brother live?
6 Adjectives
4 Where do your parents usually go on holiday?
1 boring 2 long 3 expensive 4 wonderful
5 What do you do at weekends?

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Progress Tests 8–10 – Answer Key 4

Explore writing Explore Speaking

8 A sequence of events 8 Replying to questions
1 I got up and had a shower. 1 do 2 isn’t 3 don’t 4 did
2 He went to the café and had a coffee.
3 We went to the club. Then we went home and went
to bed. Progress test 10
4 We arrived in London and then we went to the hotel.
5 Simon stayed at home and watched TV. Then he
Grammar
went to bed. 1  Past time expressions
1 in 2 for 3 When 4 until

Progress test 9 2  Questions: When… ?; How long… ?

1 When did you get your first job?
Grammar 2 How long did you work there?
3 When did your daughter start school?
1  Present progressive
4 When was the First World War?
1 have; ’m / am having 2 ’m / am going; go
5 How long were your parents on holiday?
3 see; ’re / are playing 4 go; ’re / are cooking
2  Present progressive (future meaning) vocabulary
1 Hugo is going on holiday next Saturday.
2 The children are having a party this afternoon. 3  Nationalities, jobs
3 Elena is meeting her friend tomorrow morning. 1 Mexican; writer 2 Italian; painter
4 My father is working next Saturday. 3 American; singer 4 Indian; musician
5 Wayne and his wife are staying at home tonight. 4 Years
1 nineteen seventy-seven 2 eighteen seventy
vocabulary 3 nineteen twenty-nine 4 two thousand and five
3  can, can’t 5  Past simple verbs
1 can’t 2 can 3 love 4 can’t 1 moved 2 lived 3 wrote 4 married 5 became
4  Telephone expressions 6 Life events
1 Hi, Norma, it’s Atousha. Are you busy?; Yes, I am. 1 grew 2 got 3 met 4 was
Can you call me later?
2 Look, I’m really busy right now.; OK, sorry. I’ll call Keyword
you this evening.
7  how
3 Sorry, Omar. I’m in a meeting.; Can I call you tonight?
1 How can I get to the train station?
5 Suggestions 2 How much are these shoes?
1 Let’s 2 We could 3 How about 3 How long was your brother in university?
4 How is your wife today?
Sounds and spelling 5 How far is your flat from the city centre?
6  the letter u
//  bus Explore Writing
/u:/  suit; blue 8 Say when things happened
/ju:/  university; student 1 When I was a child I lived with my grandparents.
2 After my brother left school he travelled around the
Keyword world.
3 When he moved to Spain he spoke very little
7  that
Spanish.
1 Oh, that’s wonderful!
4 After he finished university, he wrote his first book.
2 That’s a nice photo.
5 When we were in London we worked in a café.
3 That’s a good idea.
4 Really? That’s terrible.
5 Excuse me, I think that’s my jacket.

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