PROGRESS TEST 2

1. Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate form.

Employees protesting at the planned closure of the Magnet electronics factory have
begun a protest outside the factory in Brook Road. It (1) ……………………(reveal) last
week that production at the factory, where over 3000 local people (2) …………………
(employ), (3) ……………………….(transfer) to the Magnet plant in Luton next month.
`Why (4) ………………………(we not inform) about this earlier? We (5)
……………………….(only tell) about this two days ago, ` said Marjory Calder,
representing the workforce. `It`s about time companies such as this (6) ……………….
(start) thinking about how local communities (7) ……………………….(affect) by their
policies. Most people here are buying houses. How (8) ………………………( their
mortgage payments keep up)? And how are we going to find jobs? I wish I (9)
…………………..(know).` Reg Reynolds of Magnet (10) …………………….(ask) what
(11) …………………….(do) to help those who (12) ………………………(make)
redundant. `The majority of our employees (13) ………………………(offer) work at our
plant in Luton,` he told our reporter, `and every effort (14) ……………………(make)
over the past month to offer early retirement to those who qualify`. When he (15)
………………………..(question) about why the workers (16) …………….
………………(not tell) about the closure earlier, he revealed that the company (17)
…………………(promise) a government loan to keep the factory open, but that at the
last minute it (18) …………………..(decide) not to provide the loan after all. `So don`t
blame the company, we`ve done our best.` Local MP Brenda Stone (19) …………….
(ask) to raise the matter in the House of Commons, and told us that the letter (20)
…………………….(send) to the Minister responsible within the next few days.

2. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
a) It is thought that the prisoner was recaptured while drinking in a pub.
The prisoner ……………………………………………………………….
b) Someone broke into John`s flat last week.
John …………………………………………………………………………

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c) Please don`t turn on the radio.
I`d rather you ……………………………………………………………….
d) The wind was bending the young tree to the ground.
The young tree ………………………………………………………………
e) If you missed the first half, you can`t really say you understood the film.
Unless ……………………………………………………………………….
f) Everyone believed that the house had been sold.
The house ……………………………………………………………………
g) What would you do if you lost your job?
Supposing ……………………………………………………………………
h) When we have finished building the house, we`ll plan the garden.
After the house ……………………………………………………………….
i) It`s a pity I am going to work tomorrow.
I wish ………………………………………………………………………….
j) The living-room hasn`t been painted for two years.
We ……………………………………………………………………………..

3. Complete each sentence with a suitable word or phrase.

a) I don`t like this restaurant, I wish we had ……………………….to the `Taj Mahal`.
b) It`s time ………………………………………done about this problem.
c) The late Prime Minister is said …………………………..difficult to work with.
d) That was lucky! If I …………….this bus, I ………………………….met you.
e) Your order …………………………………….with at the moment.
f) But for Pauline, I ……………………………………….passed the exam.
g) All dishes …………………………………………with French fries and a green salad.
h) It is absolutely ………………………………….you cash this cheque tomorrow.
i) Jim is being …………………………………………the police station.
j) If I were …………………………………where the treasure is, what would you do?

4. Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word in capitals, and so that the
meaning stays the same.

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a) Everyone thought the book was written by the princess herself. HAVE
…………………………………………………………………………….
b) I can`t lift this table on my own. UNLESS
…………………………………………………………………………….
c) I won`t stay in this job, not even for double the salary. IF
…………………………………………………………………………….
d) The coins are believed to have been buried for safe-keeping. IT
…………………………………………………………………………….
e) If you insist on eating so fast, of course you get indigestion. WILL
…………………………………………………………………………….
f) It`s a pity you aren`t going to Ann`s party. WISH
…………………………………………………………………………….
g) Someone punched Sam in the face at a football match. GOT
…………………………………………………………………………….
h) If you found the missing money, what would you do? WERE
…………………………………………………………………………….
i) They suspended Jackson for the next two matches. BANNED
…………………………………………………………………………….
j) Please come this way, and I`ll sell if Mr. Francis is in. WILL
…………………………………………………………………………….

5. Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate tense.

a) The second film we saw …………………….(direct) by Howard Hughes.
b) If I …………….(know) that you …………….(arrive) on that train, I …………(come)
to meet you.
c) I wish you …………..(not eat) all the food! I`m hungry!
d) Be careful! If you ………………..(tease) the cat it …………….(scratch) you!
e) Thanks very much! If you …………….(not help) me, we …………….(not finish) the
work so quickly.
f) Hurry up, or all the best seats ………………….(take).
g) What a shame that it ………………..(decide) to cancel the school play!

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h) Carol now wishes she …………………(marry) in a church.
i) If it …………………..(not be) for you, I …………………(still be) in prison today!
j) Unfortunately tomorrow`s match …………………….(call off).

6. Rewrite each sentence so that it does not contain the words underlined, and so
that it contains a passive form.
a) Mushroom-gatherers usually work in the early morning.
…………………………………………………………………………….
b) It`s time the government brought the economy under control.
…………………………………………………………………………….
c) A thief stole several coats from the cloakroom.
…………………………………………………………………………….
d) The management has decided to reduce the workforce by 10%.
…………………………………………………………………………….
e) The decorators only took a day to do our house.
…………………………………………………………………………….
f) They have no idea what caused the accident.
…………………………………………………………………………….
g) You have to make an application for a visa in advance.
…………………………………………………………………………….
h) Ticket collectors work on the train on this line.
…………………………………………………………………………….
i) Lots of people had left their luggage on the platform.
…………………………………………………………………………….
j) A person directed Sally to the wrong address.
…………………………………………………………………………….

7. Complete each sentence with one appropriate word.

a) ……………………..that as it may, it still no excuse.
b) Graham ………………………………his car towed away by the police.
c) I am going to call the police ……………………you leave at once.

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d) I think it`s high time you ……………………..taking yourself seriously.
e) If you ……………………….to think of moving, we could offer you a job.
f) I …………………….you can come to my birthday party.
g) Just imagine! ……………………they told you had won first prize!
h) I wish Harry ………………………….see the children now!
i) If only you ………………………….just stop talking for a moment and try listening!
j) It was not …………………………necessary to cal the fire-brigade.

8. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
a) If you pay me back the money you took, I won`t tell the police.
Pay me back ………………………………………………………
b) The discovery of new drugs is helping the fight against this disease.
The fight ………………………………………………………….
c) It wouldn`t make any difference if you offered me a million pounds, I still wouldn`t
sell!
Even if ……………………………………………………………..
d) I`ll get someone to press your trousers.
I`ll have ……………………………………………………………
e) Everyone knows that taking exercise is good for your health.
Taking exercise …………………………………………………..
f) Brenda is a star because a famous director saw her act in a school play.
If a famous ……………………………………………………...
g) Someone has suggested the resignation of the minister.
It ………………………………………………………………..
h) I have an appointment for a haircut this afternoon.
I`m having ………………………………………………………
i) I regret not buying some tickets for the concert.
I wish ……………………………………………………………
j) Someone will deliver the tickets for the concert.
The tickets ………………………………………………………

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 9. Complete each sentence with a suitable word or phrase.
a) I ……………………………….to chair the meeting, and I have accepted.
b) It`s time the children ……………………………………………..in class.
c) All the missing papers have …………………………………………for.
d) I`d rather your cat ……………………………………….on my armchair.
e) Nothing has ……………………………of Sue since she left for Glasgow.
f) If the weather ……………………….., we would have gone to the seaside.
g) The ship is ……………………………………..……been sunk by pirates.
h) If you`d told me …………………..…..rain, I would have stayed at home.
i) I`d prefer you …………………………….……sit at the back of the room.
j) I was ……………………………………..way by a helpful traffic warden.

10. Put one suitable word in each space.

By the time we reached the town centre it was packed (1) ……………….people (2)
………………….their shopping done. Trees decorated (3) ……………..coloured lights
blinked at every corner and (4) ………………. I hadn`t known about the centenary
celebrations, I would (5) ……………….thought it was Christmas. Banners had (6)
…………….stretched across the street proclaiming `MARSHLAND NEW TOWN –
THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS`, as (7) ………………….the shoppers needed to (8)
……………………reminded. Nothing else had been (9) ………………..of in the town
for weeks. Committees had (10) ………………formed, and every day more and more
money was (11) …………………collected by local schoolchildren selling flags and
buttons. Posters printed (12) …………………the words LONG LIVE MARSHLAND
dangled from every lamp post. If I hadn`t (13) ………………….it with my own eyes, I
(14) …………………..never have believed it. And (15) ……………….for the Mayor,
Mrs. Biggs, the centenary would have passed by unnoticed.

11. Rewrite each sentence so that it contains the word given in capitals, and so
that the meaning stays the same.
a) John`s school is making him sit exams again. MADE
…………………………………………………………………………….

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b) If you don`t pay the bill, they`ll cut off the electricity. BE
…………………………………………………………………………….
c) If you see Tina by any chance, could you ask her to get in touch? HAPPEN
…………………………………………………………………………….
d) I should really be starting my homework. TIME
…………………………………………………………………………….
e) Without Jane, I would never have made it to the top. BEEN
…………………………………………………………………………….
f) Everyone thinks that Mary has not accepted the job. THOUGHT
…………………………………………………………………………….
g) I haven`t got an aspirin, so I can`t give you one. IF
…………………………………………………………………………….
h) If you do change your mind after all, let me know. SHOULD
…………………………………………………………………………….
i) It would be better if you didn`t bring Jim to the party. RATHER
…………………………………………………………………………….
j) I`m going to the dentist`s for a filling tomorrow. FILLED
…………………………………………………………………………….

12. Put one suitable word in each sentence.

a) You are the person who …………………….things done around here!
b) The victim is thought to have been …………………….a bath at the time.
c) As I cycled along the lane I was hit ……………………….an overhanging branch.
d) If the baby looked unhappy we ……………………..it a toy to play with.
e) If ……………………you had asked me earlier, I could have helped you.
f) ……………………..if I had got there in time, it wouldn`t have made any differences.
g) I wouldn`t be surprised if Patrick ……………………..win.
h) ………………………..for the bad weather, our holiday would have been perfect.
i) I ………………….rather you didn`t stay any longer.
j) I wouldn`t be surprised if Jack …………………to call round this evening.