Pre-intermediate Progress Test 3B: Units 5–6

Pronunciation
1 Track 5 Listen and underline the stressed words.
What does your brother look like?
1 How tall is he?
2 Has he got a beard or moustache?
3 Has he got any tattoos?
4 What colour are his eyes?
5 How old is he?

2 Track 6 Listen and tick the sentence you hear.

a You’ll feel better in the morning. ü
b You’d feel better in the morning.
1 a It’ll be a good idea to take an umbrella.
b It’d be a good idea to take an umbrella.
2 a We’ll see you again.
b We’d see you again.
3 a I’m sure you’ll be fine.
b I’m sure you’d be fine.
4 a You’ll enjoy yourself if you relax.
b You’d enjoy yourself if you relaxed.
5 a I’ll never go to that hotel again.
b I’d never go to that hotel again.

Grammar focus
3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjective in brackets.
Who’s the tallest (tall) boy in your class?
1 Maria is                       (young) in her family.
2 That’s                       (bad) photo of you!
3 Mark is much                       (funny) his brother.
4 My hair isn’t as                       (long) it was when I was a child.
5 Alex is                                  (popular) John.

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 Pre-intermediate Progress Test 3B: Units 5–6
4 Write questions for these answers.
How old is she?                                         
She’s ten.
1                                                                   
Her hair’s long and wavy.
2                                                                   
She’s only 1 m 55.
3                                                                   
She’s small and quite slim.
4                                                                   
She’s very nice but serious.
5                                                                   
They’re green.

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5 Write complete sentences using future forms.

I / go / book / my holiday this week.
I’m going to book my holiday this week.                                      
1 Jo / not / go / organise anything special for her holiday.
                                                                                                    
2 I / rather / not spend / too much time sightseeing.
                                                                                                    
3 What / you / plan / do / this summer?
                                                                                                    
4 We / like / explore / the mountains this year.
                                                                                                    
5 I / not / plan / take / a holiday.
                                                                                                    

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6 Complete the sentences with will or won’t and a suitable verb from the box.
need organise enjoy be able to go have
I’m sure you’ll need a visa if you plan to go to China.
1 Where            you            if you can’t get a flight to Rome?
2 What are you worried about? I’m sure you                       a great time tomorrow.
3 I’m sure you                       going to all the museums as I know you love history.
4 We                       do everything we want to do but never mind.
5 Fred                       the trip, so don’t worry.

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 Pre-intermediate Progress Test 3B: Units 5–6

Vocabulary
7 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. You won’t need all the words.
tattoo straight brown beard curly dyed lipstick tall piercings
slim dark clean-shaven fair moustache attractive
Paul has a tattoo of a bird on his arm.
1 Jack hasn’t got a beard but he’s growing a            at the moment.
2 Amy’s incredibly           . I think she’s over 1 metre 85.
3 My hair is normally straight but it goes            in the rain.
4 I don’t know why so many people have            these days. Julia has three nose rings and
lots of earrings as well.
5 Jo has            skin so she has to be very careful in the sun.

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8 Complete the sentences with a suitable noun.

I hurt the big toe on my left foot recently.
1 Jennie plays tennis with her left           , but she does the ironing with her right.
2 I can’t smell anything because my            is blocked.
3 Ouch! I can’t see. There’s something in my            .
4 Dan has got really big           , so it’s hard to find shoes that fit.
5 My            are quite stiff so I can’t bend my legs.

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9 Complete the sentences with a suitable noun. You have the first letter to help you.
I forgot my camera so I couldn’t take any photos.
1 I always wear s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ when I go out in the sun as my eyes are very sensitive.
2 I usually get some f_ _ _ _ _ _ c_ _ _ _ _ _ _ before I go abroad so I have some cash when
I get there.
3 I have a special t_ _ _ _ to lie on at the beach. It’s much bigger than the one I have in the
bathroom.
4 I remembered my toothbrush but forgot my t_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ so I’ll have to buy some more.
5 It’s a good idea to take a g_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ with you when you go somewhere for the first time
as it’ll describe all the best places to visit.

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 Pre-intermediate Progress Test 3B: Units 5–6
10 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
beautiful interesting perfect luxurious peaceful crowded
We saw some beautiful scenery when we went to the Alps.
1 The dining car on the train journey through Russia was very           . The food was fantastic.
2 The airport lounge was really            as lots of flights were delayed.
3 I must say that our last holiday was           . It couldn’t have been better!
4 We camped by a            lake and slept very well as it was so quiet apart from the birds.
5 The excursion to the pyramids was really           . We learned a lot about ancient Egypt.

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Functional language
11 Put the words in the correct order to make questions.
window / if / mind / Do / open / you / the / I ?
Do you mind if I open the window?                                             
1 with / bags / Can / your / help / I / you ?
                                                                                                    
2 me / you / the / Could / time / tell / please ?
                                                                                                    
3 quickest / to / the / Can / me / you / tell / way / the / town ?
                                                                                                    
4 take / personal / it / I / OK / some / details / if / Is ?
                                                                                                    
5 mind / you / Do / switching / mobile / off / your / phone ?
                                                                                                    

12 Rewrite the questions to make them more polite. Use the word in brackets.
Can I open the window? (mind)
Do you mind if I open the window?                                             
1 Please help me. (Do)
                                                                                                    
2 Give me your address. (Can)
                                                                                                    
3 Can I borrow your pen? (you)
                                                                                                    
4 When’s the next train to London? (Could)
                                                                                                    
5 Can I have your phone number? (OK)
                                                                                                    

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