Progress test 3A (Unit 3)

Grammar and vocabulary

1 Complete the sentences with the correct
form of the verb in brackets (present
perfect simple or present perfect
continuous).
1 Dad __________________________ (work)
in this company since 2005 and he still
enjoys it.
2 We ________________________ (not /
have) lunch yet.
3 Complete the text with the correct words
3 I ___________________________ (not /
see) Brenda for a long time.
4 Mike _______________________________
(decorate) his room all day today.
5 ‘Phil is having some problems at work.’
‘__________________________ (he /
speak) to his boss yet?’
6 It’s the end of August. School
_______________________ (not / start) yet.
7 Ben ________________________ (not / run)
for months. Not since he broke his ankle.
8 I’m glad I ________________________
(finish) the project. Now I can have a rest.
9 I ____________________ (already / have)
three cups of coffee today, that’s enough!
10 Why are you so dirty?
___________________________ (you /
clean) your bike?
7 Would you like to have everything /
something sweet for dinner?
8 I haven’t seen Jim everywhere / anywhere.
9 Anything / Everything is finally clean.
10 Somewhere / Anywhere we travel, we can
find someone who speaks English.
Mark: ___ / 10
A–C.
If you want to find 1___ nice to spend a night or
two, never ever choose the guest house I ended
up in last month. When I saw it for the first time, I
was completely confused. I even looked 2___ the
address in my tourist guide, wondering where
the five stars came from. 3___ equipment was
quite old-fashioned. The reception was empty
and no one 4___ the guests. When the
receptionist finally appeared, she seemed
extremely 5___ by the guests. She kept chewing
gum and replying with the phrase ‘I don’t know’,
to almost every question. I have 6___ met such
an 7___ person before. The doorperson looked
like 8___ who hadn’t slept 9___ ages and his
10
___ of English was so poor that you could
hardly understand him. The rooms were small
and the furniture old and uncomfortable. I’d
rather not mention the bathrooms …
1 A somewhere B anywhere C nowhere

Mark: ___ / 10 2 A down on B into C up

3 A– B The C An
2 Circle the correct indefinite pronouns in
each sentence. 4 A welcomed B welcome C doesn’t
welcome
1 Someone / Anyone saw Peter jogging along
the river. 5 A annoying B annoyed C annoyance
2 I think anyone / everyone knows about it. 6 A never B ever C yet
3 There’s anything / nothing interesting on at 7 A unreliable B unselfish C impolite
the cinema.
8 A anyone B someone C everyone
4 She lost the keys and had somewhere /
nowhere to go. 9 A from B since C for

5 I’m afraid anyone / no one can help you. You 10 A condition B level C
have to solve the problem yourself. Mark: ___ / 10
6 Ben was bored, he didn’t know anyone / no
one at the party.

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Listening
4 [06] Listen to a conversation between
a man and a woman and for questions
1–4 circle the correct answer A–C.
1 The two speakers …
A agree the new car park is a good idea.
B each have a shop or a café in the centre.
C don’t share the same ideas about the
planned changes.
2 The town suggests …
A replacing some old buildings with a new
car park.
B not worrying about the old buildings and
build a car park.
C reconstructing some old buildings and
build a car park somewhere else.
3 The woman believes the new car park …
A will make the situation in town even worse.
B is a part of the newly introduced
programme.
C will encourage people to walk to the shops
and cafés.
4 The man …
A disagrees with the town’s plan.
B says the buildings are worth
reconstruction.
C believes the car park will help business in
town.
5 [07] Listen to a short text about a flat
and decide if the statements 1–4 are true
(T) or false (F).
1 The flat is near a park. ___
2 The equipment was really old. ___
3 Edison was one of the previous inhabitants.
___
4 The speaker got on well with his flatmates.
___
Mark: ___ / 4
6 [08] Listen to a conversation between
Mark and Trude. Complete statements
1–5 with Mark, Trude or –.
1 _________ wants to rent a flat to somebody.
2 _________ is looking for a flat to live in.
3 _________’s friend is a very busy person.
4 _________ will contact the person who is
looking for a flat.
5 _________ knows the real value of the flat.
Mark: ___ / 4

Mark: ___ / 4

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Reading
7 Read the article about a strange accident, and decide if the statements 1–8 are true (T) or
false (F).
WHO AM I?
On 3 July 2003, a thirty-five-year-old Englishman called Doug Bruce walked into a police station in Coney
Island, New York, and told the police that he did not know his own name. He had woken up a few minutes
earlier on an underground train, with a headache and a hurt hand and shoulder. At that moment, he had
no idea where he was going, where he had been, or who he was.
Doug went to a police station because he had nowhere else to go. He was wearing a T-shirt, shorts and
sandals and he had a backpack with a few things in it: a Spanish textbook, a bunch of keys and a map of
New York. The police were puzzled. ‘We’d never had anything like this before,’ says Lieutenant Pete
Pena. They sent Doug to Coney Island Hospital. On his name tag, the nurse wrote ‘Unknown white male’.
The doctors were surprised at how strong his memory loss was. Although Doug could form sentences, he
remembered nothing about his own past and seemed to know little about the world. One specialist at the
hospital, Dr Leonid Voroybyev, admitted that he’d only ever seen such a serious case ‘in the movies and in
my textbooks’.
The hospital would not let Doug go until they knew who he was. In the end, hospital staff found a phone
number inside the textbook in Doug’s backpack. It belonged to an ex-girlfriend’s mother, but when staff
contacted her, she had no idea who he was. However, when Doug spoke to the daughter, Nadine, she
recognised his voice at once. ‘Is that you, Doug?’ she asked. ‘I don’t know,’ came the reply. Nadine went
to the hospital, told the doctors who Doug was, and took him home.
‘Home’ was a very attractive apartment in downtown Manhattan, which he shared with two dogs and three
parrots. Doug discovered that he had previously lived in Paris, where he had made a lot of money working
in the banking industry.
Now that Doug knew who he was, he had to deal with other challenges. He was worried about meeting his
family and friends because he thought they would seem like strangers to him. However, when he met his
sisters, they told him that he had changed. Before the accident, he had been very friendly and sociable,
but rarely showed his feelings. According to them, he had become much more relaxed and wasn’t scared
to let people know how he was feeling. And indeed, to Doug, it felt like his life had started all over again as
he tasted strawberries, saw snow fall and watched fireworks explode for what seemed like the first time.

1 Doug Bruce was a rich American. ___

2 Doug had been learning a foreign language. ___
3 The police found the situation rather confusing. ___
4 The doctors decided to study similar cases in textbooks. ___
5 Doug’s ex-girlfriend gave the hospital his address. ___
6 Doug lived abroad in the past. ___
7 Doug’s family felt like strangers to him. ___
8 Dough was discovering common things once again, after the accident. ___

Mark: ___ / 8

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Writing
8 While attending a university preparation course, you are living in a rented flat, but the rent is
too high. You’re looking for a flatmate to share the costs. Write a description of the flat (60–
70 words) in which you …
 say where the flat is
 describe the flat
 say what the cost is
 say, how and when they can contact you

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

Mark: ___ / 10

TOTAL: ___ / 60

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Progress test 3B (Unit 3)
Grammar and vocabulary
1 Complete the sentences with the correct
form of the verb in brackets (present
perfect simple or present perfect
continuous).
1 We ____________________________ (buy)
a new lamp.
2 I ______________________________ (wait)
for you for two hours already!
3 ‘Why are you so tired?’ ‘I
_______________________________ (play)
tennis for five hours.’
3 Complete the text with the correct words
4 He _________________________________
(not / learn) English long, has he?
5 We ________________________________
(not / plan) our holiday yet.
6 This afternoon, Jane
______________________________ (write)
five letters!
7 Both my parents ______________________
(be) teachers all their working life.
8 ‘Look, Dad is watering the flowers.’ ‘Dad,
how long __________________________
(work) in the garden?’
9 ___________________________ (you /
read) 1984 by George Orwell?
7 Is there anything / anyone I can do to help
you?
8 I don’t think I’ve met Jim everywhere /
anywhere before.
9 We’re ready now. There’s anything / nothing
more to do.
10 Somewhere / Everywhere we go, we can find
someone who speaks English.
Mark: ___ / 10
A–C.
If you are looking for quality accommodation,
make sure you don’t choose the hotel I ended up
in last month. First of all, there is 1___ to park
your car. The hotel seems quite old-fashioned
from 2___ outside and the reception doesn’t look
any better. The receptionist seems like 3___ who
is always in a bad 4___ and she 5___ every
customer who doesn’t drive a Mercedes or wear
a Rolex watch. The doorperson continues to
chew gum while talking to you. He seems 6___
by any comment you make and answers your
questions in the most 7___ tone I 8___. The
rooms look as if they haven’t been cleaned 9___
ages. 10___ comes to change the towels and
take out the rubbish. To make matters worse, …

10 ‘I ____________________________ (travel) 1 A nowhere B anywhere

in Italy for a month now.’ C somewhere

Mark: ___ / 10 2 A an B– C the

3 A everyone B someone C anyone
2 Circle the correct indefinite pronoun in
each sentence. 4 A humour B feeling C mood
1 Have you seen no one / anyone jogging 5 A looks down on B looks up C looks after
along the river?
6 A annoyed B annoying C annoyance
2 I think anybody / somebody must know about
it. 7 A impolite B insecure
C unambitious
3 There’s anything / something interesting on
at the cinema, shall we go? 8 A ‘ve ever heard B ever heard
C ‘ve never heard
4 I don’t think anything / nothing like that will
happen. 9 A from B since C for

5 We couldn’t see anybody / nobody in the 10 A Someone B No one C Anyone

street. Mark: ___ / 10
6 We’d like to go somewhere / anywhere after
school. Will you join us?

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Listening
4 [06] Listen to a conversation between
a man and a woman and for questions
1–4 circle the correct answer A–C.
1 The two speakers …
A run a business in the centre.
B have different opinions on the planned
changes.
C think using public transport may help the
situation in town.
2 The town suggests …
A repairing the old buildings instead of
building a car park.
B not worrying about the old buildings and
build a car park.
C building a new car park where the old
buildings are in town.
3 The woman believes the new car park …
A will make the situation in town better.
B will encourage people to drive to town.
C is what the newly introduced programme
suggests.
4 The man …
A agrees with the town’s plan.
B says the buildings are worth
reconstruction.
C doesn’t think the car park will bring more
people to town.
Mark: ___ / 4
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5 [07] Listen to a short text about a flat
and decide if the statements 1–4 are true
(T) or false (F).
1 The flat is close to a park. ___
2 The speaker shared the flat with friends.
___
3 The equipment was designed by Edison.
___
4 The flat consists of six rooms altogether.
___
Mark: ___ / 4
6 [08] Listen to a conversation between
Mark and Trude. Complete statements
1–5 with Mark, Trude or –.
1 _________ wants to rent a flat from
somebody.
2 _________’s friend is looking for a flat.
3 _________ thinks the flat is situated in a very
popular area.
4 _________ feels living in the flat might be
difficult sometimes.
5 _________ thinks flats in that area are very
expensive.
Mark: ___ / 4
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Reading
7 Read the text about a strange accident, and decide if the statements 1–8 are true (T) or false
(F).
WHO AM I?
On 3 July 2003, a thirty-five-year-old Englishman called Doug Bruce walked into a police station in Coney
Island, New York, and told the police that he did not know his own name. He had woken up a few minutes
earlier on an underground train, with a headache and a hurt hand and shoulder. At that moment, he had
no idea where he was going, where he had been, or who he was.
Doug went to a police station because he had nowhere else to go. He was wearing a T-shirt, shorts and
sandals and he had a backpack with a few things in it: a Spanish textbook, a bunch of keys and a map of
New York. The police were puzzled. ‘We’d never had anything like this before,’ says Lieutenant Pete
Pena. They sent Doug to Coney Island Hospital. On his name tag, the nurse wrote ‘Unknown white male’.
The doctors were surprised at how strong his memory loss was. Although Doug could form sentences, he
remembered nothing about his own past and seemed to know little about the world. One specialist at the
hospital, Dr Leonid Voroybyev, admitted that he’d only ever seen such a serious case ‘in the movies and in
my textbooks’.
The hospital would not let Doug go until they knew who he was. In the end, hospital staff found a phone
number inside the textbook in Doug’s backpack. It belonged to an ex-girlfriend’s mother, but when staff
contacted her, she had no idea who he was. However, when Doug spoke to the daughter, Nadine, she
recognised his voice at once. ‘Is that you, Doug?’ she asked. ‘I don’t know,’ came the reply. Nadine went
to the hospital, told the doctors who Doug was, and took him home.
‘Home’ was a very attractive apartment in downtown Manhattan, which he shared with two dogs and three
parrots. Doug discovered that he had previously lived in Paris, where he had made a lot of money working
in the banking industry.
Now that Doug knew who he was, he had to deal with other challenges. He was worried about meeting his
family and friends because he thought they would seem like strangers to him. However, when he met his
sisters, they told him that he had changed. Before the accident, he had been very friendly and sociable,
but rarely showed his feelings. According to them, he had become much more relaxed and wasn’t scared
to let people know how he was feeling. And indeed, to Doug, it felt like his life had started all over again as
he tasted strawberries, saw snow fall and watched fireworks explode for what seemed like the first time.

1 Doug Bruce lives in England. ___

2 When Doug woke up, he felt pain in his arm. ___
3 The police had no experience with cases like this. ___
4 The doctors had never seen such things in real life. ___
5 Doug’s ex-girlfriend knew his address. ___
6 Doug earned his money abroad. ___
7 Doug’s family didn’t recognise him. ___
8 Dough had to learn a lot of things again, after the accident. ___

Mark: ___ / 8

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Writing
8 This autumn, you’re starting university and are looking for a place to live. You would like to
share a flat with two or three other students. Write a description (60–70 words) of the place
you are looking for. In your description, say …
 why you are looking for the flat
 what location you are looking for
 what size and furniture you expect
 how and when they can contact you

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________________

Mark: ___ / 10

TOTAL: ___ / 60

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