Pre-intermediate Progress Test 2

Grammar

1 Past Simple

Write complete sentences using the prompts.

What / you / buy / at the supermarket?

What did you buy at the supermarket?

1 We / not sell / our old car last year

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2 I / see / a good film yesterday

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3 Sarah / teach / English / for twenty years

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4 Paul / be / a good ice hockey player

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5 When / you / leave / the US?

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2 Present Perfect Simple: experience

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs from the box.

do eat see not be read hear

We’ve done a lot of grammar exercises this week.

1 _______ you ever _______ of a band called Midlake? They’re really good.

2 I _______ to many countries because I don’t like flying.

3 Jack _______ Mariah Carey in concert three times.

4 I _______ all the Harry Potter books – I love fantasy books.

5 _______ you ever _______ sushi?

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3 questions

Complete the dialogues with question words or phrases.

A: When did you go to Canada?

B: In 2005.

1 A: _______ did you become a doctor?

B: I wanted to help people.

2 A: _______ did your iPhone cost?

B: $400.

3 A: _______ did the concert last?

B: Almost 3 hours.

4 A: _______ do you go swimming?

B: Once a week.

5 A: _______ were you born?

B: In Amsterdam

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Vocabulary

4 music

Put the letters in the correct order to make music words.

talin Latin

1 cheton _______

2 slaclasci _______

3 gragee _______

4 avyeh latme _______

5 tunryco _______

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5 music

Complete the music words.

Ist Chris Martin the lead singer with Coldplay?

1 What are they singing about? I can’t understand any of the l _ _ _ _ _ .

2 There are usually about twelve songs on an a _ _ _ _ .

3 Robbie Williams was in a band called Take That before he left and went s _ _ _ .

4 Mozart is my favourite c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . I love the music he wrote for the piano.

5 Their last record was a f _ _ _ and didn’t sell many copies.

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6 achievements

Choose the correct words in italics.

I learned to speak/talk French and German when I was at school.

1 I’ve always made/done a lot of work for charity.

2 I wanted to earn/take a lot of money when I was young.

3 I passed/did my driving test yesterday. I’m so pleased.

4 I did/won an award for journalism when I was a student.

5 When I was twenty-five I said/gave a speech at an international conference.

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Pronunciation

7 have and has

Is the pronunciation of the underlined sounds weak (/ə/) or strong (/æ/)?

Have you ever been to Mexico? weak

1 A: Has Joanna ever met your parents? _______

B: Yes, she has. _______

2 A: Have your brothers ever played basketball? _______

B: Yes, they have. _______

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3 A: Have you ever been to New York? _______

B: No, we haven’t. _______

4 A: Has ever seen a live concert? _______

B: Yes, he has. _______

5 A: Have the Browns ever invited you to their house? _______

B: No, they haven’t. _______

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8 intonation in questions

Does your voice go up (  ) or down (  ) at the end of each question?

What kind of music do you enjoy listening to? __

1 Have you ever been to a classical concert? _______

2 When do you usually listen to music? _______

3 Why haven’t you bought the new Shakira CD yet? _______

4 Do you like listening to heavy metal? _______

5 Which bands have you seen live in concert? _______

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How to …

9 refer to past times

Complete each sentence with one word.

I was born on 15 March 1975.

1 We moved to London _______ 1977.

2 I started working for a record company15 years _______ .

3 I changed jobs _______ year.

4 _______ spending five years as a manager, I decided to go travelling.

5 I got married _______ the late nineties.

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Reading

10 Read the magazine article. Then write the questions.

Sing!

Today a lot of singers and actors use their fame to raise money for charity. You only
have to go on the internet and you can see just how many things they do. A celebrity
name at a charity event can raise thousands of dollars and it is a good way for these
people to give something back to the world that has made them rich and famous.

One such person is Scottish singer songwriter Annie Lennox. She was born on 25
December 1954 into a poor family. She grew up and went to school in Aberdeen and
when she was seventeen she moved to London and went to the Royal Academy of
Music where she studied the flute and classical music for three years.

A few years later she met Dave Stewart and between 1977 and 1980 they were in a
group, The Tourists, where she was the lead singer. When the band split up, Annie and
Dave formed a new band: Eurythmics. Together they recorded several albums. They
sold more than 75 million albums worldwide, with over twenty international hits. They
didn’t officially separate but Annie started a solo career in the 1990s. Her first solo
album, Diva, was released in 1992 and sold around six million copies. Since then she
has recorded several albums.

However, Annie Lennox isn’t just a successful singer and musician. She is a dynamic
charity fundraiser* and over the years has achieved many great results. In 2007, she
recorded a fundraising single called Sing with a 23-member choir of female celebrities
including Madonna, Shakira, kd lang, Dido and Celine Dion. The money they raised
went to Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), an organisation which works on the
African continent.

Multi-award winning Annie Lennox has come a long way since the 1980s when she was
the singer with Eurythmics. Since then, she has become a successful solo artist and has
raised money for many charities including Amnesty International, Greenpeace and
Nelson Mandela’s 46664 Foundation. She does a lot of her charity work through the
internet, which she calls ‘Laptop Activism’, and encourages everyone to do something
to make a difference.

*Fundraiser: someone who collects (or ‘raises’) money for charity by organising events

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Write the questions.

What do a lot of singers and actors do?

They use their fame to raise money for charity.

1 ________________________________________ ?
She’s a singer songwriter.

2 ________________________________________ ?
On 25 December 1954.

3 ________________________________________ ?
More than 75 million.

4 ________________________________________ ?
Madonna, Shakira, kd lang, Dido and Celine Dion.

5 ________________________________________ ?
Through the internet.

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