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B2 Progress Test 1

Name: ________________________________________
Date: __________________________

PART 1 Grammar
A . Put the verbs into Present Simple ( I work) or Present
Continuous ( I am working)
1) _________________________ (you/enjoy) this TV programme ? Or would you
like me to change the channel ?
2) It is very noisy outside the building today. I think
somebody ________________________ (cut) down trees in the next door
garden.
3) Usually, I _______________________ (work) as a secretary at ABT, but this
summer I __________________________(study) French at a language
school in Paris. That is why I am in Paris.
4) Lets go on a field trip today! What ____________________________
(you/think) ?
5) You seem a bit worried! What ______________________ (you/think) about?
Points: ___ / 5

B. Put the words into Past Simple ( I worked) and Past


Continuous ( I was working)
1) We _____________________ (play ) tennis when John
_______________________(hurt) his ankle.
2) When I ___________________( walk) into the room everyone
____________________ (work)
3) Yesterday I __________________ (go) to the library, next I
_____________________(have) a swim, later I _____________________
(meet) Julie for a coffee.
4) It ______________________ (be) a nice day in September. The sun
______________________
(shine), the birds _________________________ (sing). I
________________________ (walk) along the street when I
_________________________ (meet) my old friend John.
5) What ________________________ (you/do) when I
_______________________(call ) you last night?
Points: ___ / 5

C. Put the words into Past Simple (worked) and Present


Perfect (have worked)
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)

He __________________ (be) married for 10 years and hes very happy.


How many books _____________________ (she / write) so far?
Shakespeare ____________________ (write) 37 plays and 157 sonnets.
What ____________________ (you/ do) at the weekend?
I still ___________________ (not / have) my coffee today, thats why I
feel very sleepy.
Points : ____ / 5

D. Put the words into Present Perfect Simple ( I have


worked) or Present Perfect Continuous ( I have been
working)
1) I ____________________ (work) all day in the garden and I need a rest.
2) They ________________( study) very hard recently.
3) He _________________ (see) the film The Kings Speech about six
times.
4) We __________________ (paint) our living-room. It looks much better
now.
5) I____________________ (call) John for hours and hours and he still
___________________ (not answer). Im really angry with him.
Points: ____ / 5

PART 2 Vocabulary
Fill in the gaps with the appropriate words/expressions
from the box
for donkeys years obstinate rest on your laurels appalling
congestioncontagious erradicated

1) Measels and mumps have almost been ______________.They used to be


highly __________________.
2) Even though you did well on all your exams you cant just simply
_______________________; you have to keep on studying.

3) The train was delayed due to traffic ________________________.


5) You cant make him change his mind, he is so ________________________.
6) Hey Jane, where have you been!? I havent seen you
___________________________.
7) The play last night was ______________________. At least half of the
audience walked out in the middle of it.
Points: ___ / 7

PART 3 Reading Comprehension


First read the headlines a-j. Then read the five texts 1-5
and decide which text goes best with which headline.
Write the headline above each text.

Points: ___ / 5

TOTAL POINTS: ____ / 35

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