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Progress test 1A Units 16

Intermediate

FOURTH EDITION

Exercise 1 Questions and answers

Exercise 2 Present tenses and future forms

Complete the questions and answers with the correct

auxiliary verb.
Example Where do you work?
In a design studio in the city centre.

Complete the blog with the correct form of the verbs in

brackets. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.

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you have a nice birthday?

Yes, I
, thanks. We went out for dinner.
What
Alan look like?
Hes tall and slim.
What
you doing when we had the
power cut?
I
writing an email.
Tim working abroad at the moment?
No, he
. Hes on holiday.
What colour eyes
the baby got?
Blue, just like her dad.
What
your new boss like?
Shes nice. Very friendly and easy-going.
you ever been to Cuba?
Yes, we
. We went there last year.
What
Annie like doing?
She enjoys reading and painting.
Why
you answer the phone when I
called you?
Sorry, I
listening to music so I didnt
hear it.
Fiona been working here long?
No, she
. She started about a month ago.

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A day in the life of ...

My names Jake and Im a student at Edinburgh University.
I m studying (study) Biology. Everyone
(think) that students have an easy life,
(1)
(work) really hard all the time. As
but I (2)
(have) a part-time
well as my studies, I (3)
job in a restaurant. My friends and I (4)
(enjoy) life in Edinburgh, but it isnt all fun.
(begin) at about 7.30,
My day usually (5)
when I go for a run. My best friend, Ian, often
(come) with me. I (7)
(6)
(arrive) at the university at about 9.15. When I
(not have) lectures, Im expected to
(8)
be at the lab to do my own research, so I never
(lie) in bed all day!
(9)
(not see) much
My girlfriend and I (10)
of each other at the moment, because she
(do) exams soon. Shes in her final year
(11)
(go) abroad
and when she finishes, she (12)
to do voluntary work in Africa. I know I (13)
(not be) the
(miss) her a lot and life (14)
same, but we hope to see each other in the holidays.
Help! Its 5.30 and I need to get ready for work. It
(take) 20 minutes to get to the
(15)
(continue) my blog a
restaurant, so I (16)
bit later ...

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FOURTH EDITION

Exercise 3 Passive

Exercise 5 Past tenses and Present Perfect

Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of

the verbs in the box.

Complete the conversation with the correct form of the

verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple, Past Perfect, Past
Continuous, or Present Perfect (Continuous).
L = Liz M = Mike

manufacture announce demolish build speak

test publish give grow

Example Cars are manufactured in China.

1 Millions of books
every year.
2 You cant drive through the city centre because the old
shopping centre
at the moment.
3 Rice and wheat
in the USA.
4 None of our products
on animals.
5 English
all over the world.
6 The death of the president
on the news a
few moments ago.
7 I think children today
too much freedom.
8 Our house
in the 1940s.

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Exercise 4 Correct the sentences
Correct the underlined mistake in each sentence.
have been
Example I am a writer for ten years.
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How many children is she having?

You dont allowed to smoke in here.
My mum use to be a model.
Dont take the bus. I give you a lift
to work.
Does your business do well at the
moment?
Did you ever lived abroad?
Im not sure, but I will see you at the
gym later.
She works in Madrid since last summer.
Hes unemployed now he lost his job
because he has been late too many times.
I must leave before the end of the film
last night.

L Hi Mike, I havent seen (not see) you for ages. How are
you?
M Well, Im OK now, but I (1)
(be) in hospital
last month.
L Youre kidding! What (2)
(happen)?
M I (3)
(have) an accident while I
(4)
(enjoy) myself on holiday.
I (5)
(break) my foot after my friends
and I (6)
(be) in the resort for a week and I
(7)
(try) at least six different adventure sports.
L So (8)
you
(hurt) yourself
while you (9)
(climb) or something?
M Er, no. I (10)
(slip) on the reception floor
after the cleaner (11)
(wash) it.
L Oh, thats awful!
M Yeah, and all my mates (12)
(think) it was
very funny.
L Poor Mike. Are you OK now?
M My girlfriend (13)
(look after) me since it
happened, but I (14)
(walk) with a stick
for weeks. And I (15)
(not be) able to go to
work since before my holiday.
L What a shame. You (16)
always
(be) such an active guy.
M Mmm, no more adventure sports for me for a while.

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Exercise 6 Modal verbs

Exercise 8 Vocabulary

Choose the correct words.

Example You should / should to see the doctor.
1 We werent allowed / mustnt to use calculators when I
was at school.
2 Why didnt the children have to / must go to school
yesterday?
3 The earths population may / will definitely continue
to grow.
4 Im not sure of the date of the party. It will / might be
the 4th or the 5th.
5 People should / have to pay taxes. Its the law.
6 We had to / must cancel our flight due to last weeks
storm.
7 Do / Are you allowed to park here?
8 I havent decided what to buy Dad. Ill get / I might get
him some books.
9 I dont think people wont / will give up using their cars.
10 You can take an extra week for the project. You dont
have to / mustnt finish it until Friday.

Choose the correct words.

Example Hes got a well-paid work / job .
1 I need a new bat / racket to play tennis.
2 Put the oven on to fry / roast the chicken.
3 Will you chop / peel the herbs for the sauce, please?
4 We rowed / rode from one side of the river the other.
5 Would you like a peace / piece of cake?
6 The pizza was enormous, I couldnt eat the hole /
whole thing.
7 Why did you take / pick up golf? I wanted to get
some exercise.
8 Can you find / look up Jos number in the phone
book?
9 Thanks for looking for / after the house while we
were away.
10 I try not to drive careless / carelessly.
11 How good / well do you speak Spanish?
12 I liked the film but I was disappointed / disappointing
in the ending.

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Exercise 7 Word building

TOTAL

Make the new words in brackets from the base words.

base word
kind

new words

act

(2)
(3)

(adjective)
(noun a job)

use

(4)
(5)
(6)

(positive adjective)
(negative adjective)
(positive noun)

agree

(7)
(8)

(opposite verb)
(positive noun)

understand

(9)
(10)

(opposite verb)
(adjective)

arrange

(11)
(12)

(verb meaning again)

(noun)

unkind

(1)

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(opposite adjective)
(positive noun)

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