Name

Grammar
a Complete the sentences. Use was or were.
0 I

Class

Date

was

born in 1991. fantastic.

3 The weather

very good last week.

1 The football match last night 2 Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dal

Its awful now.

4 It 5 We

my mums birthday yesterday. very tired after the party.

Spanish.

b Complete the sentences with the past simple. Use the verbs in the box.
live stay not see not go play travel

QUICK TEST UNIT 3

0 My grandfather 1 Chris 2 My sister 3 We 4 I 5 I

lived

in Russia when he was young. computer games for ten hours yesterday. Hes got a headache now. in Europe by train last summer. to the cinema last night because my parents were tired.

at my friends house last night. It was really good fun. any dolphins when we went on a boat trip.

c Read the text and choose the right verbs.

Last year we 0 One night we 4

went

to Mexico for our holiday. My friend Dom 1 in a tent in the country it was great! I 5

with us. We 2

lot of great food and we 3

some fantastic places my favourite was the Pyramid of the Sun. a lot of photos of Mexico

and theyre on my bedroom wall now.

0 a got 1 a came

b ran

c went c took

2 a eat

b ate

c drank b saw c went

4 a put 5 a took

b got

c slept c got

b went

3 a travelled

b made

Vocabulary
d Write the numbers and dates.
0 Two thousand, one hundred and sixty-two = 1 Two million, one hundred thousand = 2 Third of October, 2004 = 3 Nine thousand, seven hundred and eighty-one = 4 Fifteenth of July, 2001 = 5 Four hundred and fourteen thousand, four hundred and forty-four =

2,162

e Complete the holiday words.

0 We travelled from London to New York by p _ _ ne __. la 1 We stayed at a very nice c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in Spain. 2 A f _ _ _ _ is a boat for cars and people. 3 I put all my clothes in my r _ _ _ _ _ _ _ when I went camping. 4 My parents stayed in a h _ _ _ _ when they went to Rome. 5 I think my s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ b _ _ is comfortable.

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1
QUICK TEST UNIT 4

Grammar
a Put the words in the correct order to make questions.
0 have / Did / you / Canada / in / a good time? 1 did / France / the World Cup / When / win? 2 did / Albert Einstein / come from / Where? 3 born / was / John Logie Baird / Where? 4 was / Yuri Gagarin / Who? 5 the / take place / first / did / Olympic Games / When?

Class

Date

Did you have a good time in Canada?

b Underline the right word.

0 Was / Were / Did you meet any famous people? 1 Was / Were / Did you excited? 2 Was / Were / Did Tim watch the film? 4 Was / Were / Did Leticia sad after the film?

5
3 Was / Were / Did John play in a club in Tokyo?

5 Was / Were / Did you go to the party last night?

c Complete the short answers.

0 Were you tired after the race? Yes, I

was

. . . . . .

1 Did you see your grandparents at the weekend? Yes, I 2 Was the weather good in Paris? No, it 3 Did Natalie do her homework? No, she 4 Were the taxis in New York expensive? Yes, they 5 Was the food on holiday good? Yes, it

Vocabulary
d Write the names of the jobs.

builder

e Write the missing words. Use the words in the box.

Saturday
0

5
night three years ago yesterday evening this morning in 2007 on Monday in

morning year

May

last

in

last

two years ago yesterday afternoon last

1 yesterday 2 yesterday evening 3 4 on 5 in March

2005

in 2006 on Sunday in April

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1 2 1

Grammar
a b c
1 was 1 played 1a 2b 2 were 3 was 4 was 3 didnt go 5a 5 were 2 travelled 3b 4c

4 stayed

5 didnt see

Vocabulary
d e
1 2,100,000 1 campsite 2 3/10/04 2 ferry 3 9,781 4 15/7/01 5 414,444 3 rucksack 4 hotel 5 sleeping bag

TEST KEY

UNIT 4 Grammar
a
1 When did France win the World Cup? 2 Where did Albert Einstein come from? 3 Where was John Logie Baird born? 4 Who was Yuri Gagarin? 5 When did the first Olymic Games take place?

QUICK TESTS UNITS 3&4

b c

1 Were 1 did

2 Did 2 wasnt

3 Did 3 didnt

4 Was

5 Did 5 was

4 were

Vocabulary
d e
1 taxi driver 1 morning 2 disc jockey 2 night 3 in 3 secretary 4 Saturday 4 farmer 5 May 5 mechanic

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Name

Grammar
a Complete the sentences. Circle the right
answer: a, b or c.
0 Peter a were 1 A: B:

Class

Date

late again yesterday.

b was c is

b Complete the sentences using the right past

simple form of the verbs.
0 I didnt hear what you

said

can

Were you at Toms party on Saturday?

you repeat it, please? (say)

1 Monica

until 11 oclock because

a Yes, he was.

b I wasnt.

c Yes, I was. 2

she was very tired. (sleep) Ben he was late? (run)

3 My grandparents

UNITS 3-4

do you want for dinner this evening?

a When b What c Where

to school because

3 A: B:

Was the film good?

to our house for

dinner at the weekend. (come)

b Yes, he was. 4 I

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a Yes, it was. c Yes, she was. 4 We a went

a big ice cream after dinner.

(have)
5 Paul and Jane

swimming because it was very cold.

b didnt go c go

at my birthday party

yesterday. (not be)

6 I

5 The third of April nineteen eighteen = a 02.04.1980 c 03.04.1918 6 b 02.03.1908

my school bag in the kitchen but

now I cant find it. (put)

7

Lee and Joe for Christmas? (go)

to Canada

is your favourite Hollywood actor?

a What b Who c Why

8 We

the train from London to Paris

7 I tidied my room a two days ago 8

.
b tomorrow c two days

when we went on holiday last summer. (catch)

9 My brother

did you get to school this morning?

a Who b What c How

an electric guitar for

his birthday. (not get)

10 I

9 A: B:

Did Ben enjoy his holiday?

our French teacher with her new

baby yesterday. They looked very happy. (see)

b Yes, he does.

a Yes, he did. c Yes, he was. 10

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are you always so tired?

a What b Why c Who

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Vocabulary
a Complete the sentences. Circle the right
answer: a, b or c.
0 I love eating a eyes b ice

Class

Date

cream when its hot.

c sun

6 When you go camping, you usually take a

bag. from Dover to

a sleep b slept c sleeping

1 We took our car on the

Calais.
a caravan b ferry c beach

7 We went by a plane

from London to Los Angeles.

c bus

b caravan

2 When we went to the mountains, we slept

8 We stayed at a five-star

. Our room was

in a
a tent 3 Our

.
b rucksack c beach

fantastic.
a tent b campsite c hotel

is great. Its got a kitchen, a

9 We played football on the a beach b sea c plane

bathroom and four beds.

a caravan b rucksack c campsite

PROGRESS TEST

10 We stayed at a a beach

in the mountains.
c boat

4 I love swimming in the a see 5 A b saw c sea

b campsite

is a bag you carry on your back.

b rucksack c caravan

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a tent

UNITS 3-4

b Read the descriptions of jobs. What is the word for each one?
0 This person organises people at work. 1 This person plays music on the radio. 2 This person has got cows, chickens etc. 3 This woman brings you food in a restaurant. 4 This person makes houses. 5 This person makes films. 6 This person works in a shop. 7 This person works in an office and helps the manager. 8 This person gives lessons at a school. 9 This person works with cars. 10 This person drives a car for money.

ma _n _a _g _e _ r _ d___ j_____

f_____ w_______ b______ d_______ s___ a________

s________ t______ m_______ t___ d_____

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Reading
Read the article about John Lennon.

Class

Date

J John Lennon
PROGRESS TEST UNITS 3-4

ohn Winston Lennon was born in Liverpool in 1940. When he was two years old, his father left the family, and then when John was four, his mother also left, so he went to live with his aunt, Mimi Smith. He had his first band when he was sixteen and, in 1957, Paul McCartney joined him. George Harrison, Pauls friend, then became the lead guitarist. The last member of the group (after Pete Best, the first drummer, left) was Ringo Starr. The name of the band was the Beatles. In 1960 they spent four months in Hamburg, Germany, where they played music for eight hours every night, and that was the beginning of Beatlemania. They came back to England and, in 1962, John

married Cynthia Powell. Together they had a baby son, Julian. The Beatles recorded a lot of albums but they played their last official concert at the end of 1966. John met Yoko Ono, his second wife, in November of that year. After the band broke up in 1970, all the band members made solo albums. John wrote Imagine in 1971, a song that everyone knows today. John went to live in America in the 1970s and he had a second son, Sean, in 1975. But his life ended on 8 December 1980 when Mark Chapman, a fan, shot him five times outside his apartment in New York. John was only forty years old.

Are these sentences true (a) or false (b)? If there is not enough information to answer true (a) or false (b), choose we dont know (c). Circle the right answer.
0 John Lennon was born in August 1940. a true b false c we dont know 6 The Beatles stopped doing concerts in 1970. a true b false c we dont know

1 He lived with his grandmother. a true b false c we dont know

2 Paul McCartney played the guitar. a true b false c we dont know

7 John wrote Imagine with Yoko. a true b false c we dont know

3 Ringo Starr joined after Pete Best left. a true b false c we dont know

8 John had a daughter called Sean. a true b false c we dont know

4 They stayed in Germany for a year. a true b false c we dont know

9 He died in America.

a true

b false

c we dont know

5 Johns first son was called Julian. a true b false c we dont know

10 Yoko was with him when he died. a true b false c we dont know

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Name

Writing
Imagine you had a fantastic holiday last summer. Write a note to a friend about the holiday. Say:

Class

Date

where you went why it was fantastic and what you did.

Write 2535 words.

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Listening

Class

Date

Listen to five people talk about important dates in their lives. For questions 1 5 choose the right date.
1 a 1st November b 3rd November 2 a 1/4/2003 3 a 2nd August 4 a 9th February 5 a 21/6/98 b 3/4/2003 b 12th August b 19th February b 30/6/98 c 30th November c 4/4/2003 c 22nd August c 29th February c 30/7/98

UNITS 3-4

Listen again and for questions 6 10 choose what each speaker talks about. Write a letter (AH) in each box.
6 Speaker 1 7 Speaker 2 8 Speaker 3 9 Speaker 4 10 Speaker 5 A a school B sport C a brother D a meal E a sister F the weather G holidays H university

PROGRESS TEST

Listening Speaking Test total

10 10 80

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Speaking
A Two students answer your questions.

Greet Students A and B and ask them how they are. Ask each student questions using language associated with giving information of a factual, personal kind e.g. What do you enjoy doing at school? What do your parents do? What do you want to do when you leave school? What is your dream job? (The students will be doing role plays connected with jobs so any questions connected with the topic would be suitable.)

B Two students talk to each other.

Give Student A a copy of card 1A and give Student B a copy of card 1B. Explain that Student B is interviewing Student A for the college magazine and has to find out about their job. They should ask questions using the prompts on the card and Student A should answer accordingly. When they have finished, give Student A a copy of card 2A and Student B a copy of card 2B and they should then reverse roles with Student A asking the questions. Encourage expansion!

1A Film Director Like: work/famous actors Favourite actors: Because: Dont like: travel/foreign countries work/15 hours a day

1B

PROGRESS TEST

Your partner is a film director.

Ask: What/like/about job? Favourite actors? Why? What/not like/about job?

UNITS 3-4

Your partner is a disc jockey.
Ask: What/like/about job? Favourite singers? Why? What/not like/about job?

2B Disc Jockey Like: listen music/all day Favourite singers: Because: Dont like: get up early manager of radio station

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PROGRESS TEST UNITS 3-4

Grammar
a b
1 c 2 b 3 a 4 b 5 c 6 b 7 a 8 c 9 a 10 b 6 put 7 Did ... go 1 slept 2 Did ... run 3 came 4 had 8 caught 9 didnt get 10 saw 5 werent

2 3 4 5

Vocabulary
a 1 b 2 a 3 a 4 c 5 b 6 c 7 a 8 c 9 a 10 b b
1 disc jockey 7 secretary 2 farmer 8 teacher 3 waitress 9 mechanic 4 builder 5 director 6 shop assistant 10 taxi driver

Reading
1 b 2 c 3 a 4 b 5 a 6 b 7 c 8 b 9 a 10 c

Writing
Check individual answers.

TEST KEY

Listening
Transcript
1 My birthdays on the third of November. Last year I had a fantastic day because my husband
bought me a big bunch of flowers and took me out for a romantic dinner.

2 I started my new job on the first of April 2003. I remember my first day because the weather
was awful. It rained all day and it was really really cold.

3 We go to the sea every year on the second of August. We usually spend the first week with our
cousins and then we spend the second week with friends.

4 My brother Johns very special because his birthdays on the twenty-ninth of February. He only
has a birthday once every four years!

5 I left university on the thirtieth of June 1998. I was twenty-one years old.

Answers 1 b 2 a

3 a

4 c

5 b

6 D

7 F

8 G

9 C

10 H

Speaking
Check individual answers.

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