PROGRESS TEST 1

TOTAL SCORE
Name: LISTENING READING

Class:
WRITING SPEAKING
Test Date:

1. Listen to a conversation between Tim and Janey. Choose the correct answer from the words
in italics.
1 Tim is free / busy on Friday night.
2 Tim works in a cinema / hospital.
3 The café closes at 11.30 / 12.00.
4 Tim works / doesn’t work on Saturday and Sunday.
5 Janey asks Tim to go to a café / a
restaurant. 2 points for each 10
correct answer

2. Listen to the rest of the conversation between Tim and Janey. For questions 1-5, complete
the sentences. Use one or two words or a number in each space.
1 Janey plays tennis with her boss David.
2 She plays tennis at five on Saturdays.
3 Tim and Janey agree to meet at 11;30 .
4 Ahmet’s nationality is .
5 Tim’s email address is timatmymail .com.
2 points for each correct answer 10

3. Choose the best answers to complete the text.

My name is Rob and I’m Australian, but I live in the UK. I am a 1 I decorate people’s
hous- es and other buildings like offices, too. People are happy when their houses look better. I 2
freelance and I love my job because I often work outside. My job starts early in the morning, so I 3
at six o’clock. I finish work at 4 and go home.
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I’m married to Diana. She’s from Canada and she’s a . She says 6 job is very inter-
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esting. She start work early in the morning because she works in the afternoon and
evening, so she never cooks in the evening. I 8 make dinner. I like cooking and 9 favourite
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dish is spaghetti. After dinner, I watch TV or listen music.
1 a painter b paints c paint
2 a to work b work c works
3 a get up b gets up c to get up
4 a past half four b half past four c four half past
5 a photographer b photo c photograph
6 a hers b she c her
7 a does b not c doesn’t 1 point for each correct answer
8 a sometimes b always c never
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9 a me b my c I
10 a to b with c at
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4. Read the text. Circle the correct answer a, b or
c. Multicultural families
1 Married couples often meet because of their People travel a lot more these days, so more
. and more people get married to someone
a families b jobs c holidays from another country. Often couples meet
2 In their house Pierre and Annika talk to each oth- through working in different countries.
er in . They usually speak different languages, but
a Danish b French c German communicate in a common language. For
example, Annika, from Denmark, is mar-
3 Children in international families can learn more
ried to Pierre, from France. At home they
than one language .
speak German as their common language.
a from their parents
In these multicultural families, the children
b at school
often learn two or three languages from their
c from television
mother and father. Annika and Pierre’s chil-
4 Annika and Pierre’s children like to speak dren speak Danish, French and German, but
the most. the family also sometimes uses English and
a English b German c French the children use it at school. In fact the chil-
5 Many people speak international languages like dren prefer speaking English because they say
. it is easy.
a German b Danish c Arabic Nowadays, millions of people speak interna-
2 points for each correct answer 10 tional languages such as Arabic and Spanish,
but English has the most speakers in the most
5 Read the text again. Decide if the sentences are countries around the world. It is a very im-
true (T) or false (F). If there is no information portant language for work, study and travel.
about this, choose ‘not given’ (NG). There are about 350 million native speakers
1 About 350 million people study English and about 850 million people speak it as a
around the world. F second language. Multicultural families use
2 English is the main language of all sports. F it for a number of reasons. Some families
use English because it is easy for the
3 Children around the world learn English by
children to learn just one main language.
watching television. F
Also, children around the world hear lots of
4 Children in multicultural families can often prac-
English in their daily lives. English is the
tice English at home. F
language of films, pop music and many
5 It’s not possible to tell people what languages sports like football.
to speak. T Children are often interested in these things
2 points for each correct answer 10 and speaking English makes it possible for
them to understand them more easily. In
multicultural families, children are often
able to use English because the parents use it
as a second language. Some people say that
peo- ple use English too much, but it is
difficult to tell people what language they
should speak. Multicultural families are an
interesting ex- ample of this in real life.

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6 Choose the correct word in italics
1 Ruben works in a large company but / because he doesn’t like it.
2 I study English but / because it’s important for my job.
3 Leila’s mother speaks Arabic but / and Italian.
4 Harry likes playing football and / but jogging in the park.
5 I love my job because / but I work with interesting people.
2 points for each correct answer 10

7 Write an email to your new boss, Jean Davis. Write 30-40 words.
In your email, you should …
- say you need to have a meeting with her on Friday.
- suggest a place for the meeting.
- include the correct opening and closing for an email to a manager you don’t know well.

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SPEAKING
Student A
8 Work with a partner. Make arrangements to go out with your friend at the weekend.
- Ask what he/she wants to do.
- Make suggestions (e.g. the cinema, a restaurant, a concert, a sports match).
- Agree on an activity, place and time.
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