Progress Test

U N I T 4 Grammar
1 Complete the conversations. Use the Present Simple passive form of the verbs in brackets. Score
A This is my first day in the kitchen and I don’t really know what I’m doing.
B Well, the morning food delivery 1
(bring) to the back of the
hotel and it 2
(take off) the lorry immediately.
A What time 3
(the food / deliver)?
B Before 6.30 in the morning. All the boxes 4
(open) and
everything 5
(check).
A OK. 6
(that / do) by the chefs?
B No, no. That’s your job! Then if the order is OK, the documents
7
(sign) by the manager.
A OK. So how 8
(the delivery / pay for)?
B The hotel has an account. OK, then the food 9
(prepare) in
different sections of the kitchen.
A So meat 10
(cook) in a different section from fish?
B That’s right. And all the desserts 11
(make) by a chef in a different
kitchen.
A Wow. It’s a busy place. So when 12
(the food / serve) in the hotel?
B All day, every day.
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2 Complete the conversations. Use the Past Simple passive form of the verbs in brackets or
short answers.
1 A When (the Internet / invent)?
B (A network of computers / develop) in the 1960s.
2 A When (the laptops / steal) from the office?
B (They / take) sometime over the weekend.
3 A (the books / publish) all over the world?
B No, they . (They / sell) only in Europe.  /2
4 A (Anita / invite) to the project meeting?
B No, she . (She / tell) that they didn’t  /2
need her there.
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3 Correct the underlined mistakes in the conversation. Write the correct words.
A I spoke to Liz at InWear this morning. She wasn’t happy. What happened with their order?
B The order took 1
by phone, but the sales department made a mistake.
C Yes, 1,000 boxes was order 2
, not 100.
But the order didn’t check 3
before delivery.
A So 1,000 boxes sent 4
to the client instead of 100.
B Yes. But the extra boxes didn’t pay 5
for, so the client didn’t lose any money.
A No, but we lost time and money. 1,000 boxes put 6
on a lorry
and 900 was return 7
!
C Yes, it was very stupid. The sales department did gave 8
a warning yesterday.
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Total 0  /30

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Progress Test U N I T 4 Vocabulary
1 Correct the underlined mistakes in the conversations. Write the correct words. Score
1 A What’s your new job like?
B OK. My colleagues are very friends 1
, but the office is quite formal.
A Why? Do you have to put 2
a suit every day?
B Yes, everyone dresses very smart 3
.
In my old job, people dressed more casual 4
.
2 A Who shall we give the job to?
B Yuko is very good to 5
problem-solving.
A Yes, but she’s also a bit quietly 6
.
Do we need someone who is more talking 7
?
B I think the most important thing is that she is hard-work 8
.
C What about Max? He has 9
only 24 years old but
he’s very ambition 10
.
B He seems very inefficient 11
too, which is great.
A Yes, and he also has a good feeling 12
of humour.
B Let’s give them both a second interview.
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2 Complete the conversations with these words.

blue  comfortable  convenient  expensive  long
medium-height  reasonably priced  stylish
1 A Is your hotel OK?
B Yes, thanks. My room is quite big with a 1
bed. I always sleep well!
And the location is 2
for the station.
A And what about the cost? Is it 3
?
B No, actually, it’s pretty 4
.
2 A What does Brigitte Schiller look like? I have to meet her at the airport this afternoon.
B She’s 5
– about five foot four.
A OK, thanks. Anything else?
B Well, she’s got 6
eyes and light brown hair.
I don’t think it’s very 7
– about medium-length.
And she wears very 8
glasses – I think they’re a famous designer brand.
A How old do you think she is?
B She’s in her forties, I think.
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Total 0  /20

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Progress Test U N I T 4 Work skills
1 Put the sentences from a meeting in the correct order. Number the sentences 1–10. Score
a Ali, would you like to talk about some of our competitor’s products?
b OK. Shall we make a start? The main aim today is to plan future product development.
c Thank you all very much for coming. That’s all for today, I think.
d Thanks for that. So, let’s move on to the next item on the agenda …
e Good afternoon, everyone. Let’s introduce ourselves …
f OK. The last item for today is costs …
g We meet again on May the 22nd at the design studio.
h Before we finish, has anyone got any questions about what we’ve discussed?
i The first item on the agenda is our main competition in the market.
j So just to confirm that you all need to check your budgets after today’s meeting.
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Progress Test U N I T 4 Functions
1 Complete the conversations. Write the words in brackets in the correct order. Score
1 A (we advertise that should think you do) for a new programmer?
 /2
B (think I so no don’t). I think the team can finish the project in time.
 /2
2 A (speak think need we I to to) a different design company.
 /2
B (agree I totally). They didn’t do a very good job last time.
 /2
3 A (need think you don’t change to we) the delivery date? We don’t have much time.
 /2
B (point see but your I) the clients need the order quickly.
 /2
4 A (giving feel about how you do) the job to a freelancer?
 /2
B (but I’m sure we finish to need not) the project quickly.
 /2
5 A (you about what think do) the website?
 /2
B I think it needs to be a lot easier to follow.
C (you’re think yes right I).
 /2
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UNIT 4 TEST:  Grammar 0  /30 Vocabulary 0  /20  Work skills 0  /10 Functions 0  /20  Total 0  /80

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