Progress Check 9 (Units 17-1BJ

Fill in: next to, beside, between, behind, against, across, in, over (x2), along,
on or under.

Tai and his father are fishing

1) ... •b~p.idt{ .... the river. Tai 's dog is lying
2) ..•..•...••••.• him. His sister Lin is leaning
3) •..••••..••••.• a tree. There is a boat
4) ...•••..•.•••.• the bridge and a man
5) .••.•...•..••.. the boat. He is fishing, too.
There is a man riding his motorbike
6) ............... the road. A man is driving
1 ~=!!M~~f:i~=~!.;~J~
~ ~ , his car 7) ............... the bridge. There is
a man 8) ............... the motorbike. He is
walking 9) •..••.......••. the road. There are some birds flying 10) ..•.....•..•••• the
river and there is a girl lying 11) ............... the grass 12) ............... two trees.

Fill in: at, on, under (x2), in, behind, out of, opposite, in front of.

1 The cat is .. ..uJJd~r. ... 2 They are sitting 3 Pedro is walking

the table. . •••.••.•••.• each other. . ...•.•••.•.• Juan.

4 Rosa is .. .. .. .. • .. .. .... home. She is 5 The woman is sitting . . . • . . . . . . . . . .. the

watching TV. She is sitting ............. . sunshade. The man is sitting ......•.....
the armchair. The TV is .............•... the deckchair. The boys are coming
her. . ................ the sea.

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 Progress Check 9

Fill in at, in or on .

. . . in ... the afternoon 4 ..•...•• noon 7 .......• the weekend

2 ......•• August 5 ........ 2005 8 ........ spring
3 ....••.• Wednesday 6 ........ September 12th

Fill in the where necessary.

~~iiir.=ii~!!!~===~==:::;;" 1) ... -;-.•..• Cyprus is 2) ......... third largest island in

3) . . . . . . . .• Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of
4) ......... Lebanon , south of 5) ........ Turkey and
north of 6) .....•... Egypt. 7) .... . . . .. people who live
there speak both 8) .......•. Greek and 9) ........ .
Turkish. Cyprus is one of 10) ...•..... most popular tourist
-~....- II!!!) destinations. Millions of tourists visit Cyprus every year.

Fill in a, an or the where necessary.

A: Do you know where ... tb~... 5 A: Which is faster, ......... tiger or

Mississipi River is? . ff?
......... glra e.
B: Yes, It is in .•..•••.. North America. B: I think ....•.... tigers are faster than
. .....•.. giraffes but cheetahs are
2 A: Have you ever been to . . . . . . . •• New
......... fastest of all.
York?
B: No, but I've been to ..•...... 6 A: Did you know my cousin is ........ .
Washington, D.C. and I met ...•... actor?
President when I was there. B: Really? I had no idea.

3 A: Would you like to go to ......... 7 A: Is ......... Mum busy at the moment?

cinema tonight? B: Yes, she is. She's making ........ .
B: I'd love to. There's ......... great film dinner.
on at . . . . . . . .. Plaza.
8 A: Who is going to open the new hospital?
I 4 A: We're planning to go to Spain this B: I think ......... Queen is going to do
summer. it.
B: I'm sure you 'll enjoy yourselves .
. . . . • .. Spanish are wonderful people.

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Progress Check 9

Underline the correct form.

Browns / The Browns live in a beautiful
house.
2 China is in Asia / the Asia.
3 Jimmy usually watches TV in evenings / the
evenings.
4 Do you know how to play guitar / th'e
guitar?
5 This is my best friend , Pamela / the Pamela.
6 Sahara / The Sahara Desert is in Africa /
the Africa.
7 We have dinner / the dinner at 7 o'clock.
8 Coliseum / The Coliseum is in Rome / the
Rome.
9 Let's play volleyball / the volleyball.
10 The Earth / Earth goes around Sun / the
Sun.
11 We 're going to Canary Islands / the
Canary Islands for our summer holidays.
12 Austria is in Europe / the Europe.

QI You will hear a man asking for information about buying a bus ticket.
Listen and complete questions 1-5. You will hear the conversation
twice.

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".'11 '1·] ;, BUS LINES

To: Amsterdam

Date of journey: 11 1................................ 1

Bus leaves at: 121 ··· ............................. 1

Return ticket costs: 131€ .. · .... ······ .... · .. ······ .. ·· 1

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... .......
...... .
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Bus Ticket Office
opening hours: 141 .................... to 11:00 pm

Address: 15 1108 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Road 1

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