Starter Progress Test Units 7–8A

Vocabulary and Grammar

Listening
3 Underline the correct alternatives.
1 Track 7 Listen and answer the questions. Use
1 We were in/on a taxi.
one, two, three or four words.
2 I had/was ill for a week.
1 When did Jed get home on Friday evening? 3 The film/food was delicious!
4 We arrived/ moved home six times when I was
half past nine
young.
2 Did Jed have a good weekend? 5 Was the concert good? Yes, it was great/terrible.
6 We didn’t have/weren’t a very good time.
                                                                
7 How was Kai’s time in hospital? It was bad. He
3 What did Jed do on Friday evening? laughed/cried a lot.
8 My birthday is the twenty-first/twenty-one of June.
                                                               
9 Let’s not wait/start for the bus.
4 When is Jed’s birthday?
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5 How many tickets did Amy have?
4 Match the verbs and nouns.
                                                                1 They had   h    a) television.
2 We met in       b) Joseph and Kate.
6 Did Jed like the music?
3 I sit between       c) of October.
                                                                4 I sit behind       d) the local food.
5 I wasn’t at       e) the city centre.
7 How was the weather?
6 We went       f) Andrea.
                                                                7 I was on       g) camping in Germany.
8 They don’t eat       h) a good time.
8 Where was the concert?
9 It’s the fifth       i) the party.
                                                                8

9 Where was Jed yesterday?

5 Underline the correct options.
                                                               
1 I            there last year.
a) go b)   went
8 2 Where _____ he?
a) were b) was
3 How _____?
Pronunciation a) was the film b) the film was
2 Track 8 Listen and underline the stressed word. 4 Did he            here?
a) walk b) walked
1 He was at home. 5 Who            at the party?
2 Were you alone? a) were b) was
6 What did you            ?
3 It was terrible! a) took b) take
4 I danced with her. 7 I didn’t            you on the beach.
a) see b) saw
5 Did you want to? 8 Where            go?
6 He didn’t do it. a) you did b) did you
9 Did he            here?
10
a) come b) came
10 I don’t know. I            there.
a) didn’t b) wasn’t

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 Starter Progress Test Units 7–8A

6 Complete the conversation with the correct

form of the verb in brackets. Reading
A: Where did you 1  meet   (meet) your best friend? 8 Read the article and complete the sentences.
B: We                 (be) on a train.
2
National Days around the World
A: A train? 3                 (be) it somewhere exciting? What happens on national days in different
countries?
B: No, it 4                (not / be). I 5                (have) a 6th February
job in the city centre at that time and it 6                There aren’t any big political celebrations on New
Zealand’s national day. There are concerts and
(be) a normal journey to work. The train was late music festivals to celebrate peace and love. A lot of
and we 7                 (start) to talk. We 8                 people go to the beach with their families.
1st August
(not / stop)! This is Switzerland’s national day. People light fires
A: What did you talk about? and have barbecues with friends and family. There
are a lot of fireworks in the evening.
B: I don’t know … We laughed a lot. He 9                 9th August
(give) me his phone number and we 10                 Every year on this date the Prime Minister of
Singapore speaks to the nation on TV. There is a
(met) for a drink a few days later. We 11                 national day parade in the city streets, and in the
(become) good friends after that. evening there are big displays of fireworks.
7th September
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There are military parades and concerts on this date
in Brazil. People walk in the streets with flags and
7 Rewrite the sentences in the past tense. balloons. In the evening there are fireworks.
12th October
1 I work in a shop. This is Spain’s national day. It is a public holiday,
I worked in a shop.  but there aren’t usually any big celebrations.
18th November
2 I go to university. Many people wear national dress on national day in
                                                                       Oman. People dance and there are events like camel
racing.
3 I think about it every day.
                                                                       ‘I was in 1Singapore on 29th August. The Prime
Minister was on TV. We saw some fantastic
4 Do you like it? fireworks in the evening.’
                                                                      
‘We were in 3                          on 4                         .
5 I don’t have a job. Our friends had a barbecue and lit a big fire. We
                                                                       saw a lot of fireworks.’
6 He often says that. ‘I was in 5                         on 6                         . There
                                                                       were a lot of families on the beach. We went to a
great music festival.’
7 I’m not hungry.
                                                                       ‘We were in 7                          on 8                         .
All the shops were closed but we didn’t see any big
celebrations.’
6
‘We were in 9                          on 10                         .
A lot of people were in the streets to celebrate. They
had flags and balloons.We went to a concert in the
evening.’

‘I was in 11                          on 12                         .

There were flags everywhere. People wore national
dress and danced.’

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 Starter Progress Test Units 7–8A

10 g) How about you?

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Speaking
Writing
9 Underline the correct response.
1 Excuse me. 11 Tick the correct sentences. Correct the
a) Yes? mistakes in the other sentences.
b) Let me check. 1 This is great! 
                                                                           
2 How was the concert? 2 No we weren’t.
a) Great, very good. (High intonation ) No, we weren’t.
b) Great, very good. (Low intonation ) 3 We didn’t have any water so I was thirsty.
                                                                           
3 Where’s the meat? 4 How are you.
a) It’s behind the vegetables.                                                                            
b) You know – beef, lamb, chicken … 5 They’re in jamaica.
                                                                           
4 Let me check. The cakes are in front of the cereal. 6 We talked.
a) Yes, that’s right.                                                                            
b) Delicious, just right. 7 I walked so there weren’t any buses.
                                                                           
5 Fruit? What’s that?
a) Fruit? It’s over there. 5
b) Fruit, for example apples, bananas, oranges.
12 Reply to the email below. Write 60–90 words.
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Subject: Last weekend

Hi,
10 Complete the conversation with responses a)– I didn’t see you last weekend. Where were you?
g). What did you do? Did you go out or stay at home?
Best wishes,
A: Where were you last night?
Lee
B: 1  e    
A: How was it? I’d like to see it.
B: 2         Hi Lee,                                                      
A: Why’s that?                                                                                     
B: 3        
A: Oh.                                                                                     
B: 4      . Where were you?                                                                                     
A: I was at Jasmine’s party.
B: How was it?                                                                                      
A: 5                                                                                            
B: That’s good.
A: 6                                                                                           
B: DJ? What’s that?                                                                                     
A: 7      
B: Oh, yes.                                                                                     
                                                                                    
a) It was all right. Not fantastic.
b) The DJ was great.                                                                                     
c) The actors were OK, but the music wasn’t very
                                                                                    
good.
d) You know, someone who plays different music at                                                                                     
clubs and parties.
                                                                                    
e) I was at the cinema. I saw Our Blue Yesterdays.
f) It was fantastic. The music was good and I met Best wishes,
some very interesting people.

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 Starter Progress Test Units 7–8A

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Total: 100

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