Progress Test UNIT 6 Grammar

1 Complete the conversations with the words in brackets. Score

Use the Past Simple, Past Continuous, or Past Perfect form of the verbs.
1 A _________________________ (you / have) lunch by the time your visitors arrived? __
B Yes, _________________________ (we / finish) eating by then. __
2 A _________________________ (I / not speak) to you yesterday because you looked busy __
when I saw you.
B Yes, _________________________ (I / try) to repair my printer when you came in. __
3 A _________________________ (they / see) the news about the takeover when they made __
the decision?
B No, _________________________ (they / read) about it the following day. __
4 A Why _________________________ (you / take) the train home yesterday? __
B My car is in the garage. I had an accident while _________________________ (I / drive) __
to work.
5 A _________________________ (You / complete) the report when you went for lunch __
yesterday?
B No, _________________________ (I / still / write) it yesterday afternoon. __
6 A Why (they / not send) the order yesterday? __
B They couldn’t because _________________________ (they / not received) confirmation __
of the address.
7 A _________________________ (you / walk) to the station when it began to rain? __
B Yes, we were about halfway there, so _________________________ (we / get) very wet. __
8 A _________________________ (he / meet) our Indian suppliers before? __
B Yes, _________________________ (he / meet) them during a visit to Mumbai last year. __
9 A Why _________________________ (you / finish) work so late yesterday? __
B _________________________ (we / check) last month’s sales figures when Sasha saw __
a mistake.
10 A _________________________ (she / cancel) the trip when she heard what had happened? __
B No, _________________________ (she / decide) to go because of all the plans she __
had made.
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2 Complete the conversation with the words in brackets. Score
Use the Past Simple, Past Continuous, or Past Perfect form of the verbs.
A There _________________________1 (be) a power cut in the office yesterday afternoon. __
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B Really! What _________________________ (you / do) when the electricity went off? __
A _________________________3 (I / update) the client address database for this morning’s __
sales meeting.
B _________________________4 (you / save) all the latest data when the power cut happened? __
A _________________________5 (I / save) some of it, but not everything. __
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B Oh no. That’s annoying. So _________________________ (you / finish) updating the
database yesterday? __
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A No, _________________________ (I / leave) work by the time the electricity went back on! __
But _________________________8 (I / re-enter) all the data that __
_________________________9 (I / not save) when I got in this morning. __
_________________________10 (I / finish) it just in time for the meeting! __
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Progress Test UNIT 6 Vocabulary
1 Complete the conversations. Use the noun form of the verbs in brackets. Score
1 A Are you happy with the _______________ of the new manager? (perform) __
B I’m very pleased. _______________ has gone up a lot since he arrived. (produce) __
2 A How are you doing with the _______________ of the new engine? (develop) __
B We still haven’t reached an _______________ on the final design. (agree) __
3 A The _______________ of a bank loan is going to give us problems. (deny) __
B Perhaps, but I’m sure we’ll find financial _______________ somewhere. (assist) __
4 A The _______________ of our prices may cause a fall in our profits. (reduce) __
B I don’t think so. I think we should see an _______________ in sales. (improve) __
5 A The _______________ of those dead trees will give us more parking spaces. (remove) __
B Yes, and it will improve the _______________ of the offices. (appear) __
6 A Is there any _______________ to the new work schedule? (resist) __
B A little, but we’ve had no _______________ to work the new hours. (refuse) __
7 A Can you give me an _______________ for these figures. They’re not very good. (explain) __
B No, they’re not. I’m afraid our last _______________ didn’t return very good profits. (invest) __
8 A Job _______________ isn’t very high among our factory workers, is it? (satisfy) __
B You’re right. I think we need to give them more _______________. (encourage) __
9 A You’re doing a staff _______________ this afternoon, aren’t you? (appraise) __
B Yes, but I’ll need a little _______________. I haven’t done one before. (guide) __
10 A We owe a lot of money. The _______________ of the company is not certain. (survive) __
B I agree. The _______________ of debts must be our top priority. (pay)
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Progress Test UNIT 6 Work skills
1 Complete the sections of the presentation with these phrases. Score
begin with brings me to deals with does anyone have I’d like to leave you with
I’m going to I’ve divided my move on to thank you all for to sum up

Good morning, everybody. This morning, _________________________1 talk about export __

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possibilities for our new sports car. _________________________ talk into three sections. __
First, I’ll consider the American market, second the European market, and finally the market
in the Far East …

That’s enough on America, so let’s _________________________3 the second section, which is __

Europe. Let’s _______________4 Western Europe and then look at Eastern Europe after that … __

The final section _________________________5 the growing market potential in the Far East … __

So, _________________________6, although we may find the Far East difficult, the potential for
sales is significant. __

_________________________7 one last point to think about. And that’s the rise in popularity of
electric sports cars … __

And that _________________________8 the end of my talk. __

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_________________________ listening. __
And now _________________________10 any questions? __
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Progress Test UNIT 6 Functions
1 Put the conversation in the correct order. Number the lines 1–5. Score
a I’m not sure, but a red light keeps flashing, and it won’t print anything. __ __
b Yes, that might fix the problem. Fingers crossed! __ __
c What’s the problem? __ __
d It could be the connection to the computer. Let’s try another cable. __ __
e I think there is a problem with the printer. __ __
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2 Complete the conversations with these words.
can’t caused don’t fault keeps like looks may
must need noticed solution tried working wrong
1 A Something’s _______________ with the automatic door. It won’t shut. __
B Really? What do you think _______________ that to happen? __
A It _______________ like there’s a problem with the sensor. __
2 A My computer isn’t _______________ properly. It’s very slow. __
B How long has it been _______________ that? __
3 A I think there’s a _______________ with the server. The Internet is down again. __
B Have you _______________ phoning the IT department to check what the problem is? __
4 A I’m not sure why the engine keeps cutting out. It _______________ be the battery. __
B Yes, that _______________ be the problem. I’m sure nothing else is wrong. __
5 A My monitor’s screen _______________ on going blue. __
B Is this the first time, or have you _______________ it before? __
A It happened last week, too.
B OK. What we _______________ to do is ask the IT department for a new monitor. __
6 A I have to recharge my mobile almost every day!
B Why _______________ you get a new battery? __
A No, it _______________ be the battery. I just bought a new one. __
B Well, another _______________ is to buy a new phone! __
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UNIT 6 TEST: Grammar Vocabulary __/20 Work skills __/10 Functions __/20 Total __/80
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