Progress Test 1A (Units 1-3)

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A2 Progress test Units 1−3
1  Listen to a conversation between Tim and 4 Choose the best answers to complete the text.
Janey. Choose the correct answer from the
words in italics. My name is Rob and I’m Australian, but I live in the
UK. I am a 1__________. I decorate people’s houses
1 Tim is free / busy on Friday night. and other buildings like offices, too. People are happy
2 Tim works in a cinema / hospital. when their houses look better. I 2__________ freelance
3 The café closes at 11.30 / 12.00. and I love my job because I often work outside. My
4 Tim works / doesn’t work on Saturday and Sunday. job starts early in the morning, so I 3__________ at six
5 Janey asks Tim to go to a café / a restaurant. o’clock. I finish work at 4__________ and go home.
2 points for each correct answer 10 I’m married to Diana. She’s from Canada and she’s a
5
__________. She says 6__________ job is very
2  Listen to the rest of the conversation between interesting. She 7__________ start work early in the
Tim and Janey. For questions 1–5, complete the morning because she works in the afternoon and
sentences. Use one or two words or a number in evening, so she never cooks in the evening. I
each space. 8
__________ make dinner. I like cooking and
9
__________ favourite dish is spaghetti. After dinner, I
1 Janey plays tennis with her watch TV or listen 10__________ music.
____________________ David.
1 a painter b paints c paint
2 She plays tennis at ____________________ on 2 a to work b work c works
Saturdays. 3 a get up b gets up c to get up
4 a past half four b half past four
3 Tim and Janey agree to meet at c four half past
____________________. 5 a photographer b photo c photograph
6 a hers b she c her
4 Ahmet’s nationality is ____________________. 7 a does b not c doesn’t
8 a sometimes b always c never
5 Tim’s email address is 9 a me b my cI
____________________.com. 10 a to b with c at
2 points for each correct answer 10 1 point for each correct answer 10
3 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
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5 Read the text. Circle the correct answer a, b or Multicultural families

c.
People travel a lot more these days, so more and more
1 Married couples often meet because of their people get married to someone from another country.
__________. Often couples meet through working in different
a families b jobs c holidays countries. They usually speak different languages, but
communicate in a common language. For example,
2 In their house Pierre and Annika talk to each other Annika, from Denmark, is married to Pierre, from
in __________. France. At home they speak German as their common
a Danish b French c German language. In these multicultural families, the children
often learn two or three languages from their mother
3 Children in international families can learn more and father. Annika and Pierre’s children speak Danish,
than one language __________. French and German, but the family also sometimes
a from their parents uses English and the children use it at school. In fact
b at school the children prefer speaking English because they say
c from television it is easy.
Nowadays, millions of people speak international
4 Annika and Pierre’s children like to speak languages such as Arabic and Spanish, but English has
__________ the most. the most speakers in the most countries around the
a English b German c French world. It is a very important language for work, study
and travel. There are about 350 million native speakers
5 Many people speak international languages like and about 850 million people speak it as a second
__________. language. Multicultural families use it for a number of
a German b Danish c Arabic reasons. Some families use English because it is easy
for the children to learn just one main language. Also,
2 points for each correct answer 10 children around the world hear lots of English in their
6 Read the text again. Decide if the sentences are daily lives. English is the language of films, pop music
true (T) or false (F). If there is no information and many sports like football. Children are often
about this, choose ‘not given’ (NG). interested in these things and speaking English makes
it possible for them to understand them more easily. In
1 About 350 million people study English around the multicultural families, children are often able to use
world. __________ English because the parents use it as a second
2 English is the main language of all sports. language. Some people say that people use English too
__________ much, but it is difficult to tell people what language
3 Children around the world learn English by they should speak. Multicultural families are an
watching television. __________ interesting example of this in real life.
4 Children in multicultural families can often practise
English at home. __________
5 It’s not possible to tell people what languages to
speak. __________
2 points for each correct answer 10

Name _______________________________________
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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SPEAKING
Student B
8 Work with a partner. Make arrangements to go

out with your friend at the weekend.
• Tell your friend what you want to do (e.g. the

cinema, a restaurant, a concert, a sports match).
• You want to go on Saturday evening.
• You work on Friday evening.
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A2 Progress test Units 1−3

3 Choose the correct word in italics.

1 Ruben works in a large company but / because he

2 points for each correct answer 10

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A2 Progress test Units 1−3

5 Read the text. Circle the correct answer a, b or Multicultural families

2 points for each correct answer 10

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A2 Progress test Units 1−3

7 Write an email to your new boss, Jean Davis.

In your email, you should …

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A2 Progress test Units 1−3

8 Work with a partner. Make arrangements to go

• Ask what he/she wants to do.

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A2 Progress test Units 1−3

8 Work with a partner. Make arrangements to go

• Tell your friend what you want to do (e.g. the

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