PROGRESS TEST

Task 1
Fill in the sentences with the missing words.

Jet on slums abandoned about by bucket

off up with dodgy

Exorbitant off the beaten track

1. Some travel bloggers air their life   the road.

2. You’ll have about three hours to roam   the town.

3. I can’t put   this rude hostess. Where is a hotel

manager?

4. - Honey, let’s book a suite in Hilton. – Dear, the prices

are   there. I don’t think it’s’ a good idea.

5. Having come back from the luxurious holiday in Seychelles, they

have to get   .

6. There’re many   areas in Mexico where tourists aren’t

welcome.

7. Be careful at the markets in Istanbul!  Local traders can easily rip

you   .
 8. Life in the   causes Europeans a culture shock when
they visit India for the first time.

9. Chornobyl is the largest   area in Ukraine. Nobody has

lived there since 1986.

10. – I’d like to visit Brazil, especially the Samba Carnival. – Is it

on your    list?

11. Let’s    off to somewhere where nobody can find

us.

12. Make sure you know the route because Terry said that the
cottage is   and it’s quite difficult to get there.

Task 2
Fill in the sentences with the missing words.

Doomed Persevere Out Visionary daunting techies

hazardous persecuted anticipated

Settle Hostile

1) All his attempts to provide some changes in the company

were   to fail.
2) People used to be   for their origin and believes.
3) In a business, people work in a   environment. Everyone
might set you up. 
4) She was a true   and a social reformer as the city
prospered under her leadership.
5) He was one of those men who stood    in the crowd.
6) Dealing with     problems will definitely make you more
confident and bring you a feeling of accomplishment.
7) Further technological development might result in    
effects on the environment and worsen the ecological situation.
8) Would you   in peaceful Iceland or noisy India?
9) If you’ve decided to change a job, don’t pay attention to   
prospects and just keep reaching your goal.
10) Ukrainian    get more popular on the international IT
market and easily promote their startups.
11) It might seem challenging at first, but   and you’ll benefit
from it.
12) Detectives   all the details and came to the conclusion
that Mr. Jackson wasn’t guilty.

Task 3
Choose the correct option.
1. If you have nothing ______, let's move on to the voting.

 to be saying
 saying
 to say
  being said

2. It's worth _______ for campaigning for the cause you believe in.

 to arrest
 to be arrested
 arresting
 being arrested

3. You can't deny ______ this phone, we've got the evidence. Besides,
there's a CCTV camera footage.

 stolen
 to steal
 to have stolen
 having stolen

4. That guy over there claims ______ to this party by you. Is it true?

 to invited
 to have been invited
 to have invited
 to invite

5. Can you live for a day without _______ a story on your Instagram
every 5 minutes?

 to post
 to be posted
 posting
 being posted

6. He seems ______ for something. Do you think we should help?

 to look
  looking
 to be looking
 being looked

7. Can you imagine? I saw Jared Leto ______ three songs in the streets
of Kyiv! He borrowed a guitar from a street musician.

 to sing
 sing
 singing
 having sung

8. I'd rather _______ everything. It wasn't the best day ______ a job
interview.

 to forget; passing
 forget; passing
 forgetting; to pass
 forget; to pass

9. Don't make me ________ my decision. If you do, I won't let you

_______ anywhere at all.

 to regret; to go
 regret; go
 regretting; going
 regret; to go

10. Who was the first _______ the game? - Mike claims _______ first.

 finishing; to finish
 to finish; to finish
 finishing; to have finished
 to finish; to have finished