Progress test Unit 1 Test A

Name: ___________________________________________

Grammar
1 Complete the sentences with the present simple affirmative form of the verbs below.
love live go study watch play listen do
1 My friends _______ to school by bus.
2 My dad _______ football on television every Saturday.
3 My mum _______ The Simpsons!
4 I _______ to music after school every day.
5 Jenny _______ medicine in Oxford.
6 Pete _______ his homework in the afternoon.
7 Suzie and John _______ in a flat in Liverpool.
8 He _______ volleyball with his friends on Friday.

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2 Use the present simple affirmative or negative form of the verbs in brackets.
1 I don’t go to school by bus. I _______ (walk).
2 My brother _______ (listen) to rock music. He hates it.
3 Our neighbour _______ (work) in my school. He makes the school lunches.
4 My cousin lives in France and he _______ (speak) French.
5 I _______ (like) that TV programme. I think it’s scary.
6 My aunt _______ (teach) at our school. She is a good teacher.

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3 Write the questions.

1 (Where / Sara / live) _____________________________? In a flat, in the town centre.
2 (How / you / come / to school) _____________________________? I get the school bus every day.
3 (you / like / rap music) _____________________________? No, I don't. I prefer rock.
4 (When / Mike / play football) _____________________________? On Fridays.
5 (What / your parents / do / at weekends) _____________________________? They often go out for a
meal.
6 (Who / Amy / see / on holiday) ______________________________? Her family and friends.

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Vocabulary
4 Complete the sentences. Choose from the words below.
grandson husband uncle daughter cousin nephew son aunt granddaughter niece
1 My mother’s sister is my _______. 5 My brother’s son is my ________.
2 My father’s brother is my _______. 6 My brother is my grandfather’s _________.
3 My father is my mother’s _______. 7 My sister is my uncle's ________.
4 My sister is my mother’s ________. 8 My uncle's son is my ________.

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5 Complete the sentences. Make words with the letters in brackets.

1 What's the ____________ of Holland's name? (uneqe)
2 There are only two main political __________ in our country. (satrepi)
3 In France, they have ___________ every five years. (sneelicot)
4 Many people are not happy with the new ____________. (trenenvmog)
5 My uncle says that he doesn’t agree with the marriage _______ in our country. (wasl)
6 An MP is a Member of ______________. (traPalinem)

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6 Complete the dialogue with the sentences below.

A Where are you from? D Do you have a lesson now?
B Nice to meet you E What class are you in?
C How old is she? F I don't know anybody!
Ana Hi, I'm Ana.
Tom 1____________________, Ana. 2________________________
Ana 4C. And you?
Tom I'm in 4F. 3__________________________
Ana I'm from Ireland. I'm here with my sister. She's in 10A.
Tom 4___________________________
Ana She's 17. She finishes school next year.
Tom So you're new here?
Ana That's right! 5__________________________
Tom Well, now you know me! 6_____________________
Ana Yes, I do. Let's go – that's the bell!

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Use of English
7 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets and the correct
pronoun.
1 Do you _________ (KNOW) my nephew? _________ is a famous TV actor!
2 My parents don’t _________ (EAT) Japanese food, but I love _________.
3 I think Amish life is _________ (INTEREST), but a lot of people think _________ is boring.
4 ‘How _________ (DO) your niece travel to school?’ ‘I take _________ to school in my car.’
5 A lot of the buildings in my town are very _________ (FASHION). But I don’t like _________, because
I prefer modern houses.

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Listening
8 Listen to the conversation between Hayley and Ben. Write the correct name in the blanks.
1 _______ is in class 6F.
2 _______ is from Sweden.
3 _______ has a sister in the school.
4 _______ has a book called Twilight.
5 _______ sometimes goes swimming.

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Reading
9 Read the text.
Life in an island community
Off the west coast of Scotland, there are many small island communities. Life in these communities is
very different from life in the big cities. People from the cities often say that life in the islands is slow
and boring. But the island people tell a different story.

Many families live by fishing or farming, and people usually have more than one job. Many families
have rooms for tourists who come to visit the islands in summer. The tourists go walking and fishing
and play sports. Sometimes they study Gaelic, the local language. And they stay in a 'bed and breakfast'
with a local family or in one of the small island hotels. In the long summer evenings, people meet and
talk together. They tell stories of where they live and what they do.

The children on the islands go to small local schools. They have their classes in English and Gaelic.
Sometimes there are only eight or ten children in one school! When they are twelve, they go to
secondary school in a bigger town on the island. When they finish that school, they decide whether to go
to university in a big city, or to stay and work on the island.
Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?
1 City people and island people have the same opinion about island life. ____
2 People on the island mainly do one job. ____
3 Tourists can stay with local families in summer. ____
4 Children speak two languages at school. ____
5 There are no secondary schools on the islands. ____

Mark: ___ /5

Writing
10 Imagine you join an international website forum for students of English. Write a message to
introduce yourself on the website.
 Give your name, age and country.
 Give information about the people in your family, and your pets.
 Include information about your hobbies or weekend activities.
 Say who you do your hobbies with and where you do them.

Mark: ___ /10

Total: __ /70

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