Name: _______________________________

Progress test 1

A) Read Tom’s article about his sisters and then
answer the questions.
Surviving my sisters!
I’ve got two sisters, Meg and Jen. They’re twins and
they’re two years older than me. They were very
close and they didn’t like me – well, that’s what I
thought! They didn’t let me come into their bedroom.
They sometimes told our parents that I did things I
didn’t do. For example, I remember one time when
they ate a big cake. Mum made the cake for her
friend’s birthday. But my sisters said I ate it! My
father always believed my sisters and he got cross
with me. My mother usually believed me and then
my sisters called me a ‘Mummy’s boy’. My sisters
were always together and I was always alone at
home.
Sometimes my sisters were nice to me. On my
birthday, they bought me really cool presents. And
when someone at school was horrible to me they
helped me. People were a bit scared of my sisters at
school! My sisters also took me to the swimming
pool sometimes and that was always fun.
Now that I’m older, I understand that my sisters
loved me and I loved them, but we were just different
and we were interested in different things. When I
got older, I talked to my sisters about my problems.
I’m quite lucky really!
B)Use the words to write sentences. Use the
present simple, present continuous or past
simple.
Example:
We / meet / at a party / and / become / friends /
immediately.
We met at a party and became friends
immediately.
1 They / usually / win / football matches / but / last
weekend / they / lose.
___________________________________
2 Mike / do / homework / now / so / he can / not /
go out.
___________________________________
3 It / be / a cloudy / day / yesterday.
___________________________________
4 They / watch / a film / at the moment.
___________________________________
5 She / wave / at / me / in the mornings.
___________________________________
6 How / do / Tom / feel / about / moving to a new
house?
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Example:
How much older are Tom’s sisters? C) Match the sentences (1–6) with the correct
responses (a–g).
Two years.
1 Tom’s sisters once did something bad, but they Could you pass me a That’s great, thanks!
said Tom did it. What was it? a banana? It’s my favourite.
___________________________________ 1 Can you bring a b Happy to. I’ll bring a
2 What did Tom’s sisters call him? cake to the party? chocolate one.
___________________________________ 2 Can you both help c Sorry, he can’t at the
3 What nice thing did Tom’s sisters do on his at the school fair? moment. He’s working.
birthday? 3 I think I’ll rest. d You should. You look
___________________________________ tired.
4 Where did Tom’s sisters take him that was fun? 4 Do you want to e Sure, we’ll help. What
___________________________________ wear this dress to do you want us to do?
5 Why did Tom like having his sisters when he got the party? I’ll clean
older? it for you.
___________________________________ 5 Can dad help me f No problem. Oh, there
with my aren’t any!
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homework?
6 This bag is so g Let me help you with
heavy. that.

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D) Choose the correct alternative. F) Match the descriptions (1–6) with the correct
Example: He always / never writes with his left words (a–g).
hand. He can’t write with his right hand. A huge wave of water. a beard
1 My mum sometimes / never works at the 1 Colours in the sky when b tan
weekends because she’s a nurse and the there is sun and rain.
hospitals stay open. 2 Hair around a man’s c history
2 Zoe likes running very much, but sometimes / mouth.
never does it now because she hurt her leg. 3 Important periods in the d avalanche
3 Two years ago / For a week, I broke my leg. past.
Now it feels fine though! 4 When you go in the sun e rainbow
4 Joe always / never studies in the evenings – he’s and your skin gets brown.
a good student. 5 Working with numbers. f tsunami
5 We usually / sometimes eat a healthy breakfast 6 Rocks or snow falling down g Maths
on school days, but at weekends, we have a mountain.
pancakes! 6
6 For a while / Yesterday, Fred went for a run
every morning before school. He stopped in the G) Complete the dialogue with the correct
winter because it’s so dark in the mornings. expression from the box.

6 I’m sorry, no. right ahead. Sure.

E) Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the verbs in brackets.
Example:
She never plays the guitar if I am with her. (play)
1 Mark ____________ his new teacher. (like)
2 Where ____________ the party tonight? (be)
3 Yesterday, I ____________ two hours to see the
doctor. (wait)
4 Why _____ Max ____________ that he didn’t
want to go skiing? (decide)
5 Where _____ Sue ____________? School starts
in five minutes! (go)
6 I ____________ the dog for his walk in the park
at the moment. (take)
6 Jen 5 ______________ tell him the end?
Oh no! That’s a real shame. Can I
Poor you.
Jen Can I tell Tom about the crocodile, Jim?
Jim I’m sorry, no.
Tom Why not? Please tell me, Jim.
Jim I don’t want to.
1
Tom ______________ I would like to hear about
it. Please!
Jen Can I tell Tom?
Jim 2 ______________ You do love this story!
Jen So, Jim jumped into a river in Australia for a
swim. Then he saw a crocodile!
Tom Oh Jim! 3 ______________ Were you scared?
Jim I was very, very scared. It swam after me!
Tom 4 ______________ That’s awful!
Jim Go 6 ______________
Jen Jim climbed up some rocks! The crocodile
waited at the bottom! But a boat came after a
while! Isn’t that an amazing story!

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Progress test 1
1 Read the article about John’s shopping trip and 3 Decide which sentence, A or B, is correct.
decide if the sentences are true (T) or false (F).
1 A There’s not many water in the bottle.
Correct the false sentences.
B There’s not much water in the bottle.
Shopping for my Mother 2 A I didn’t have any crisps at lunch.
The other day my mother asked me to do the food B I didn’t have some crisps at school.
shopping for her. She gave me some money and a 3 A How many people came to dinner?
list of things she needed. She asked me to buy B How much people came to dinner?
everything on the list and gave me money for that. 4 A Do we need any other fruit?
She also gave me £5 to spend on what I wanted.
B Do we need some other fruit?
‘Easy!’ I thought. But, the shopping wasn’t easy at
5 A She didn’t buy much eggs.
all!
B She didn’t buy any eggs.
In the supermarket, there were a lot of people. There
6 A How much ice cream did you eat?
were also children everywhere. They made so much
noise! I looked for the things on the list. My mum B How many ice cream did you eat?
wanted a loaf of bread, a box of biscuits, some pots 6
of yoghurt, some cartons of milk and a box of cereal.
4 Write the questions for the answers. Use How
However, I couldn’t find some of the things; for
much or How many.
example, I couldn’t find where the pizzas were. I
looked for a long time. Then I asked a man and he Example
showed me. I walked past the pizzas so many times, How many bananas are there?
but I didn’t see them! I found everything on the list: There are two bananas.
some bottles of orange juice, bars of chocolate and 1 ___________________________________
tins of soup and two kilos of apples. My mum’s list I bought some meat.
said ‘one kilo of apples’ – oops!
2 ___________________________________
After I bought everything, I bought myself a magazine
I put some salt in the soup.
about motorbikes. It cost £2.99. I also bought some
3 ___________________________________
chocolate cake because my mother never lets me
eat chocolate cake! It cost £1.99 so I didn’t have We’ve only got one apple.
much money left! The hardest part was carrying 4 ___________________________________
everything home – it was heavy! There’s one pot of yoghurt in the fridge.
5 ___________________________________
Example: There were a lot of children. T/F
I have a lot of cheese on my pizza.
1 John showed a man where the pizzas were. T / F
6 ___________________________________
______________________________________
Runners drink more than ten glasses of water a
2 John didn’t find everything on the list. T/F
day.
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3 John bought too many apples. T/F 6
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4 John bought three things for himself. T/F
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5 John spent £5 on himself. T/F
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