NAME CLASS

American
Progress Test Files 1–6 ENGLISH FILE
Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation and Starter
Practical English A

GRAMMAR 3 A What time _______ they get up?

B At seven thirty!
1 Underline the correct word(s) in each sentence. 4 A How _______ you today?
Example: Are / Is / Do you John Jackson? B I'm fine, Thank you.
5 A _______ Peter from Australia?
1 Where they are / are they / they’re from?
B Yes, he’s Australian.

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2 A Is she American?
6 A What _______ people do in the winter
inter in
i
B No, she not / she isn’t / is not.
your country?
3 A What / How / Where old are you? B They often go skiing.

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B I’m twenty-six.
7 A Are you cold?
4 He’s old man / a old man / an old man. B Yes, I _______.
5 That’s an umbrella / umbrella / a umbrella? 7
6 Are this / those / that your books.

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7 I have a sister. His / Her / She name is Paula. 3 Complete
ete the sentences
entences with the wo
words from
8 Where is Jack / Jacks / Jack’s father? the box.
ox.
9 They are very expensives / expensivs / expensive
watches. an don’t
on We
W doesn’t
doesn’t
o never
n is Their
10 It’s a nice bag / a bag nice / nice bag.
11 Do / Is / Does she like tea?
12 Mark and Jane teach / teachs / teaches German
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Ex
Peter
1 P
Wh do you
ample: Where

eter ____
yo live?
on vacation.
_______ o
ag
at school. 2 JJane
ane and
an I come
co from New York. _______ are
13 Anne doesn’t / don’t / do not eat meat. American.
Americ
America
14 He has / have / haves pasta for lunch. 3 Paul
aul iisn’t Canadian. He _______ come from Canada.
15 I drink never wine / never drink wine / drink 4 A Do they live in Japan?
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wine never. B No, they _______.

16 A Do you always get up at 6:00?
:00? 5 I live in _______ old house.
B No, sometimes / never er / always
lways I get up at 7:00.
7:0 6 I have two sisters. _______ names are Sheila and
16 Penny.
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7 A Do your parents sometimes go to restaurants?

2 Complete the questions
ions or answers w
with th
the B No, they _______ go to restaurants.
correct auxiliary
liary verb.
7
Example: A D
Doo you like fruit?
Grammar total 30
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B Yes, I do
Yes, do.
1 A Where
here _______ they?
th
B They’re
T hey’re at the party.
p
2 A _______ Carol
C drink coffee?
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B I don’t
don’t kn
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 NAME CLASS
American
Progress Test Files 1–6 ENGLISH FILE
Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation and Starter
Practical English A

VOCABULARY 5 Complete the description with the correct verb

from the box.
4 Complete the sentences with the correct word.
have get play read go
Example: Nice to meet you.
watch take have listen to go
hello meet excuse
On Sunday mornings, I don’t work, so o I 1 _________ u
up

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1 Ana is from _______.
late. I ________ a shower. I usually
2 ly ________
3 ______ eggs and
Spanish Mexican Brazil
coffee for breakfast, then I 4 ________
______ the newspaper. In
2 Joe and Susie have three _______. the afternoon, I 5 ________ tennis
ennis or I 6 ________ to the

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child childs children gym. Then I 7 ________ something
mething to eat. In the
3 The opposite of slow is _______. evening, I 8 ________ TV or I 9 ________ the ra radio, o
or
fast short cheap sometimes I 10 ________
_____ to the movies.
4 My grandmother is ________ years old. 10

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seven-sixty sixty-seven six-seventy
5 Mrs. Jones has two children – a son and a _______. 6 Complete
lete the dialogues with
wit the qu
question words
daughter sister wife and prepositions the boxes.
ositions from th boxes
6 I always _______ coffee in the morning. When
n What Where
Wh Who
W How
eat cook drink

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7 On the weekends – Saturdays and _______ – I always
get up late.
Thursdays Mondays Sundays
en What When
When Wh

on in at in at on from in on
ag
8 Jenny is _______ – she works in a hospital. Example: A When do you usually go out with friends?
Example
a waitress a lawyer a doctor B On Friday nights.
9 In the morning, I always _______ the radio.
1 A _______ do you live?
watch read listen to
gu

B I live in the city. But I go to my parents’ house

10 What _______ is it? _______ weekends.
time hour clock
2 A _______ time do you get up?
11 Teachers usually work in _______.
___ B _______ eight o’clock.
hotels schools hospitals als
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3 A _______ old are you?

12 Jerry doesn’t _______
____ Portuguese.
_____ Portuguese B I’m 22 _______ Thursday.
speak live make
4 A _______ do you do?
13 I go _______
___ work
ork by bus. B I’m a police officer. I work _______ the morning.
to at on
5 A _______ is that?
w.

14 In the evenings, _______.

venings, I watch __
_______ B It’s my sister’s husband. He's_______ Italy.
magazines
zines television
televisio gym
6 A _______ do you watch TV?
15 In the
the winter, in the
th north,
north it’s often very _______. B _______ the evening.
hot
o cold tired
hot
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7 A _______ do you go on vacation?

16
6 I don't
don't like to exercise.
exerc I _______ go to the gym. B _______ the summer.
always
alw never sometimes
14
16
Vocabulary total 40

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 NAME CLASS
American
Progress Test Files 1–6 ENGLISH FILE
Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation and Starter
Practical English A

PRONUNCIATION PRACTICAL ENGLISH

7 Underline the stressed syllable. 9 Match responses a-k to questions or phrases 1-10.
Example: ho|tel Example: How old are you? a
1 Bra|zil 1 Five dollars? Here you are. _____

r
2 I|ta|lian 2 What time is it? _____
3 What's her name? _____
__

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3 af|ter|noon
4 daugh|ter 4 What kind of coffee is that?
t? _____

5 hos|pi|tal 5 Where is she from? _____

6 re|mem|ber 6 Is this your laptop?? _____

__

ntr
7 po|pu|lar 7 It's twelve thirty.
ty. _____
__
8 ex|pen|sive 8 How much
h is a cup
up of coffee? _____
9 se|ven|teen 9 What time do you start work?
wor _____
__
10 How
ow do you spell your nam
name? _____

e
10 ma|ga|zine 10

a I'm
m twenty-three.
t wenty-three.
nty three

8 Match the words with the same sounds.

two photo door son we’re hair

ec b It
It’s
Oh,
c O
t’s two thirty.
h, no. I'm late!.
d R-O-B-E-R-T-O.
R-O-B-E-R-T-O
-O-B-E
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computer you want watches work Yes,
e Yes, it is. It's new.
f At eight thirty.
At eigh
Example: room two Thanks.
g Tha
h Here's your change.
1 what _______ h IIt's a cappuccino.
gu

2 hear _______ i It's Marcia Lewis.

3 there _______ j She's from Brazil.
4 too _______ k It's three dollars and fifty cents. 10
5 music _______
___
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Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation, and Practical English total 100

6 finishes _______
______
__
7 sister _______
_
8 morningg _______
___
9 summer
mer _______
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10 home _______
_____ 10

Pronunciation total 20
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 NAME CLASS
American
Progress Test Files 1–6 ENGLISH FILE
Reading and Writing A Starter

READING
1 Read the text and answer the questions. 6 Does Peter like working on Saturday?
______________
7 What does Peter do in the afternoon?
A day in the life of a mail ______________
carrier
7

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Peter Simpson is a mail carrier. He comes from a small town
in Pennsylvania but now he lives and works in Chicago, a big
k (✓) True or False.
2 Read the text again and check
city in the United States. Today, on World News Web, we ask
Peter about his life and his job. Example: Peter Simpson iss a teacher.

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How do you start a normal working day, Peter? True lse ✓
False
Well, I get up at three thirty in the morning, I have breakfast 1 Peter lives in a small
mall town.
own.
and take a shower. I eat eggs and I always drink a lot of coffee
True False
alse
before I start work. It’s dark outside and it isn’t easy to get up

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when it’s so early and so dark. Then I walk to the mail sorting
2 Peter doesn’t
esn’t take
ake a shower in the morning.
th morn
center. It’s about 20 minutes from my house. True False
lse
3 Peter
eter thinks up in the morning.
inks it’s difficult to get u
What do you do at the mail sorting center?
True Falsese
I work with ten other mail carriers. We work for four hours

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putting letters into bags. It isn’t difficult to do but we work
very fast.

Then what do you do?

At about 8:30, I take my big bag of letters and walk outside.
4 Peter
eter goes to the mail
True
5 Peter
False
l
Peter lives 20 min
True
m sorsorting center by car.

minutes from the mail sorting center.

False
Fal
ag
On a normal day, I deliver letters to 600 addresses. 6 Peter works in the mail sorting center for five hours
Peter w
work
every m
morning.
Do you like your job?
True False
Yes. Well, usually. I don’t like it when it rains. And I don’t
n’t like
s in bed. But
working on Saturday morning when everybody is B 7 Peter
P often delivers letters to six hundred houses
gu

ndly and I
I meet a lot of people. Old people are very friendly in a day.
n’t talk to many
always talk to them. Some old people don’t True False
people in a day so I think it’s importantt to say hello and be 8 Peter doesn’t meet many old people in his job.
friendly. And after lunch I’m free. I don’t
’t work in th
the True False
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opping or go biking when other

afternoon, so I can go shopping
people are at work. That’s
’s great! 8

Reading total 15
Example: What does Peter do?
He’s
H ’s a mail carrie
carrier. WRITING
w.

1 What time does Peter get up? ______________ Answer the questions and write about your life.
2 Where
here does Peter live? ______________ r
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3 W hat does Peter eat and
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______________
_________ morning before you go to work / school?
Who
4 W ho does Peter work with? ______________
o doe r
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5 What
Wh hat time does
d Peter leave the mail sorting center to student? What time do you start work or start
start his w
walk? classes? What do you do on a normal day? What time
______________
___ do you go home?
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What do you like about it?
Writing total 10

Reading and Writing total 25

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 NAME CLASS
American
Progress Test Files 1–6 ENGLISH FILE
Listening and Speaking A Starter

LISTENING SPEAKING
1 Listen to Joanne telling Nick about her city. Check Student A
(✓) True or False.
1 Ask your partner these questions.
1 Joanne comes from a big city.
1 What do you do?
True False
2 Where do you live?
2 Joanne lives in the city now.
3 What do you do in your free time?
True False

.ir
mer in your country?
4 What do people do in the summer
3 Joanne likes the restaurants in the city.
True False 5 What languages can you speak?
eak?

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4 Joanne doesn't like to watch people.
2 Now answer your partner’s
tner’s
r’s questions.
True False
5 The Ottawa River is nice in the summer. 3 Your partner has
as information
ormation about Josephine.
Joseph
J
True False Ask questions
ns and complete
omplete the table.
tab

en
5 job
ork
place of work
2 Listen to five conversations and underline the wo
hours of work
correct answer.
ponsibilitie
responsibilities

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1 Joe’s car is blue / red.
2 Karen’s sister is single / married.
3 Yuki usually drinks tea / coffee for breakfast.
4 Raul often works in the morning / evening. 4 Read
Read
anguages
languages

ad the
th infor
information about Ben’s job. Then
ag
5 Simon usually goes to bed at ten thirty / eleven
even answer your
y partner’s questions.
thirty on weekends. job
jo office assistant
5 place of work office in the city
gu

hours of work 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Listening
ning total 10
1 0
responsibilities speaks on the phone; reads
documents; writes emails
languages English, Japanese
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Speaking total 15

Listening and Speaking total 25

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