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Details are provided about the destination (Brattleboro, Vermont), transportation, accommodations, activities and schedule for the weekend trip.

NAME CLASS

American
Progress Test Files 1–6
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation A ENGLISH FILE 2

GRAMMAR 12 I was sitting / sat on a bench when the bus arrived.


13 Mr. King will meet / is meeting someone at four,
1 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of
the verb in parentheses. but he can see you at three.
14 I don’t think it’ll snow / ’s snowing tomorrow.
Example: I ’ve never read (read) a book in English.
15 We haven’t had nothing / anything to eat today
1 Be careful. We __________ just __________ (paint) – we’re really hungry.
that door.
15

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2 I __________ (see) your brother at the pool when I
was swimming.
3 Complete the sentences with
h onee word.
3 We __________ (fly) to Malaysia at 10 o’clock next
Example: Sorry, what did you
ou say? I didn’t hear.

tre
Tuesday.
4 __________ you __________ (be) to Moscow 1 I’ve __________ heard
ard thatt joke. Kim told it to me
before? yesterday.
5 My sister __________ (study) photography at the 2 The concert wasn’t as good __________
_______ the
th one I
saw last week.

en
moment.
6 __________ you __________ (wait) for your bus 3 She had a partyy __________ it was her
h birthday.
when I saw you yesterday? 4 __________
_________
____ it was
was rainin went to the beach for
raining, we w
7 When they got to Paris, they __________ (go) out for a picnic.
a meal.
8 I __________ (not be) late tomorrow. That’s a
promise.
9 Let’s eat Japanese food. I __________ never
ec 5 It was
was __________ worst movie I’ve ever seen!
6 This
his hotel is
7 A passenger
i less expensive
expe
passenge is someone
orr train.
tra
som
__________ the last one.
__________ travels on a bus
ag
__________ (try) it.
8 We
We haven’t
hav been to the new museum __________.
10 When __________ Pavol __________ (go)) back to What’s it like?
Warsaw? Is it tomorrow?
9 I’m sure she __________ call me soon.
10
0
10 Leo __________ the competition. His singing was
gu

the best.
2 Underline the correct form. 10
Example: When have you hed / did y
u finished you finish
your work? 4 Put the words in the correct order.
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1 I’m going to / ’ll see


ee you at the movie ttheater at Example: excellent I latest think his will book be
six o’clock. I think his latest book will be excellent.
2 What didd you do / were doi for your last
re you doing
1 your how people are many in there family ?
vacation?
on?
___________________________________________
w.

3 Myy room is more clean / cleane


cleaner than my sister’s.
2 doesn’t exercise get husband enough my
4 When did he get / ha got back from Russia?
has he go
___________________________________________
atya didn’t run enough
5 Katya e fast / fast enough to win
3 next going are to what study year you ?
the race.
___________________________________________
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6 Tai’s
Tai’s girlfriend
girlfrie is someone
so who / which loves
4 as my older I sister isn’t as am tall
dancing.
___________________________________________
That’s
7 T hat’s the m
ha most / more difficult question you’ve
5 book is this the I’ve read best ever
asked me.
ever aske
___________________________________________
8 W
We’ve finished our homework, but / so we’re going
We’v
out for a walk.
ou 5
9 Who did you see / saw at the post office?
Grammar total 40
10 Does your brother stay / Is your brother staying
with you this weekend?
11 Megan always is / is always late to school.

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NAME CLASS
American
Progress Test Files 1–6
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation A ENGLISH FILE 2

VOCABULARY 8 Complete the sentences with the correct word(s).


5 Underline the odd word out. Example: She tried on the dress in the store.
off on up
Example: sneakers shorts boots shoes
1 Have you _______ your bed this morning?
1 generous mean funny friendly
done made cleaned
2 cap T-shirt sweater top
2 They don’t go _______ to eat very often.
3 polluted noisy crowded lazy off out up

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4 thin bald overweight slim 3 The hotels are too expensive, so we’re
re _______ at a
5 disgusting luxurious delicious comfortable campsite.
6 buy borrow rent sunbathe staying borrowing rentingnting

tre
7 necklace earrings leggings bracelet 4 How do you _______
__ this word?
8 shy talkative extrovert high repeat underline
ne pronounce
ronounce
9 receipt check-in checkout customer 5 We’re seeingg our cousins
usins next week. We’re really
looking _______
________ it.

en
10 washing ironing sailing cleaning
for forward
orward to after
afte
10
6 The wntown area was very _______.
he downtown ___ There were a
lot of people.
op
6 Write the opposite. iet boring
quiet borin crowded
c
Example: teach learn
1 fix
2 win
_______
_______
ec 7 My
My university cla
in on
o at
Wee _____
8 W
classes sstart _______ October.

_______ at the
t hotel very late last night.
ag
3 start _______ ot arrived came
got
4 sell _______ 9 I _______
_____ Victor some money last month, and he
hasn’t paid me back.
5 forget _______
spent lent borrowed
sp
5
gu

10 Don’t eat all that cake! It’s really _______.


unhealthy uncomfortable polluted
7 Complete the sentences with
h onee word.
11 What did you think _______ the play?
Example: Slim is the opposite
site off fat.
fat.
off for of
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1 Did you __________


__ any souvenirs while you were
wer in 12 This class started _______ 9:15. You’re late again!
Bavaria? on in at
2 I’m sorry, hee isn’t here.
re. He’s __________
______ work.
w 13 I’m going to _______ Chris to our picnic this
3 Bella’s birthday
irthdayy is __________ N Year’s Day!
New Ye weekend.
4 I don’t
n’t havee enough __________
_______ to do my work and meet invite stay
w.

help
elp you.
u. 14 Don’t worry _______ washing the dishes. I’ll do it
5 It’s really here Can yyou turn __________ the
ally dark in here. later.
light
ht please?
pleas about for on
6 Students,
Students, please
pl work in __________ and talk to 15 Who’s paying _______ the car parking fee?
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your partne
partners. to for on
7 When
W hen
nwwe’re on vacation, we __________ bikes to get 15
aro
around.
__________ $10 from you, please? I’ll give it
8 Can I __ Vocabulary total 40
back tomorrow.
9 I wear __________ and gym socks when I play
sports. If not, my feet hurt.
10 I didn’t spend much ________ when we went out last
night.
10

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NAME CLASS
American
Progress Test Files 1–6
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation A ENGLISH FILE 2

PRONUNCIATION
9 Underline the stressed syllable.
Example: a|ddress
1 sun|bathe
2 ge|ne|rous
3 friend|ly

ir
4 for|get
5 i|ro|ning
6 lu|xu|ri|ous
7 pro|nounce
8 ja|cket
9 de|li|cious
10 po|llu|ted
10

10 Match the words with the same sound.

boring dress windy watch fat email


lazy funny cloudy match sightseeing

Example: page lazy


1 said _______
2 shy _______
3 gloves _______
4 jacket _______
5 socks _______
6 talkative _______
7 crowded ________
8 touch _______
____
__
9 beach _______
10 dishes _______
__
10

20
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Pronunciation total

Grammar, Vo
Vocabulary, and Pronunciation total 100

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NAME CLASS
American
Progress Test Files 1–6
Reading and Writing A ENGLISH FILE 2

READING 4 Half of the people who Emma emailed didn’t reply.


A True ■ B False ■ C Doesn’t say ■
1 Read the text and check (✓) A, B, or C.
5 Two of the people she visited lived in the same city.
A True ■ B False ■ C Doesn’t say ■
CouchSurfing – a different 6 Emma went on vacation about a month after
ter joining
kind of travel experience the website.
A True ■ B False ■ C Doesn’t say ■

.ir
by Emma Jackson
7 Emma is very shy.
I love traveling abroad, but two years ago I didn’t have much A True ■ B False ■ C Doesn’t
esn’t say ■
cash to spend on my vacation. At first, I was planning to go
8 Emma had a nice bed to sleep
leep in at all the places
plac

tre
camping again, but then a friend suggested an alternative:
where she stayed.
A True ■ B False alse ■ C Doesn’toesn’t say ■
CouchSurfing. I had no idea what that was, so she
Does
explained. “CouchSurfers” are people who stay as guests in
other people’s homes for free, and visit the sights in the 9 Emma has now
w had three CouchSurfi
CouchSurfing vaca
vacations.
local area. You can do the things that most tourists do, like A True ■ B False se ■ C Doesn’t
Doe sa ■
oesn’t say

en
sunbathe on the beach or go sightseeing downtown. Or 10 Claudette
te was Emma’s favorite host.
your host could give you a language lesson, teach you how rue ■ B False ■ C Doesn’t
A True D say ■
to cook local delicacies, or take you to places that visitors
never find. It sounded much more fun than my other 10

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vacations, so I joined the website and sent emails to about
twenty hosts in France and Spain right away.
A few days later, I already had ten replies. After a week or
e
two of emails, I made arrangements with four hosts in three
2 Match
Match
tch five of the h
the definitions.
definition
Example:
highli
highlighted words / phrases with

ample: people who stay in a hotel or house for a


ag
y
different cities. I’m really talkative and they seemed very short time guests
shor
friendly, so I wasn’t concerned about spending time with
strangers. Two weeks later, I was arriving in Paris,, and worried
1 worrie __________
orried
meeting my first host, Claudette. made better __________
2 mad
ry different
Over the next ten days, I stayed in four very erent 3 finding and learning about something __________
gu

es, and made some


homes, improved my foreign languages, som 4 interesting things for tourists to visit __________
s where I stayed
great new friends. Sometimes the places
5 different thing to choose __________
n just a floor, but
were basic –a sofa to sleep on, or even
5
ous – much
sometimes they were luxurious h nicer than the
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hostels that I usually go to. I think it was probably tthe


Reading total 15
nteresting
resting vacation I’ve e
cheapest and most interesting ever had!
urfing again
I’ve done CouchSurfing n twice since th
then: in It
Italy, and
WRITING
S. I’ll definitely
here in the US. finitely do it again. In fact, I’m
I going on a
uth America
trip to South erica next year. An
And I’ve ha
had five visitors at Answer these three questions. Write 25–35 words
w.

ce, including
my place, luding Claudette. I’v disco
I’ve discovered that hosting for each question.
s much fun as exploring a new pla
is as place. CouchSurfing is a 1 Describe a town or city in your country.
fantastic
tic experience. Try it some time! 2 What plans or arrangements have you made for next
weekend?
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Example: Emma
Emm start
started Couch Surfing because she 3 Describe a good friend.
wanted
w to
t save money.
True ■✓ B False ■ C Doesn’t say ■ 10
Writing total
A T
1 It was her
he first vacation in another country. Reading and Writing total 25
A True
Tr ■ B False ■ C Doesn’t say ■
2 E
Emma’s friend was a regular “CouchSurfer.”
A True ■ B False ■ C Doesn’t say ■
3 “CouchSurfers” can spend time with the
homeowners.
A True ■ B False ■ C Doesn’t say ■
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NAME CLASS
American
Progress Test Files 1–6
Listening and Speaking A ENGLISH FILE 2

LISTENING SPEAKING
1 Listen to Claire talking about her favorite photo. 1 Ask your partner these questions.
Check (✓) A or B. 1 What school subject do / did you like most?
1 The photo is of a 16th birthday party. 2 Why are you studying English?
A True ■ B False ■ 3 Do you want to learn any other languages?? Why?
2 Lisa and Tom were at the party. 4 What did you have for dinner last night?
A True ■ B False ■ 5 What are your plans for your next vacation?

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3 Claire’s mom is popular with Claire’s friends. 6 What is the best book you havee ever read?
A True ■ B False ■ 7 Do you like beach or city vacations?
cations?
ns? Why?
8 Which country would you ou
u most like to visit? Wh
Why?

tre
4 Jamie isn’t talkative.
A True ■ B False ■ 9 Have you ever spokenn English
glish abroad? When
When?
10 What job would you mostost like to have
have? Why?
5 Claire has no younger brothers or sisters.
A True ■ B False ■ Now answer your
our partner’s
rtner’s questions.
question

en
5
estionss and ask your partner
2 Write questions pa about a
weekend
nd trip hee / she went o
on.
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Conversation 5 ■ 3 Read
Read this information
in about a weekend trip you
A at work went on and answer your partner’s questions.
B at an airport
C at a restaurant Weekend trip to Brattleboro
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D at a party Bus leaves Boston at 8:30 a.m. Saturday


E in a clothing store
Arrive in Brattleboro about 10:30 a.m.
5
Tour of the town: 12:00–4:00 p.m. Saturday
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Listening total 10 Dinner at Smith’s Restaurant: 7:00 p.m. Saturday


Accommodation: Village Hotel
Free time for shopping
Return travel: leave Brattleboro Sunday at 3:00 p.m.
Arrive back in Boston at 5:00 p.m.
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Cost: $150 per person

Speaking total 15
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Listening and Speaking total 25

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