CAMBRIDGE GLOBAL ENGLISH 3: PROGRESS TEST 2

Name ___________________________________ Date _____________

Progress test 2
Vocabulary 1
Choose the correct words and write them on the lines.

a brain fingers eyes stripes fur legs

Example:
0 Animals walk with these. legs

1 Tigers have these for camouflage. _______________ [1]

2 We see with these. _______________ [1]

3 A person thinks with this. _______________ [1]

4 This is hair on a cat’s body. _______________ [1]

5 People use these to touch things. _______________ [1]

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Vocabulary 2
Draw lines to match the sentences with the correct words.

Example:
0 There is lots of this in the Sahara a lizard [1]
Desert.

6 This is a place in a desert with water, an oasis [1]

trees and plants.

7 The weather is like this in the Sahara a cactus [1]

Desert.

8 This animal can live in a desert. sand

9 A camel has this on its back. a hump [1]

10 This plant can live in a desert. hot [1]

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Grammar 1
Write the words in the correct order to make sentences or questions.
Use capital letters if you need to.

Example:
0 usually / he / happy / is
He is usually happy .

11 almost / I / afraid / am / never

_____________________________________________________. [1]

12 did / build / the solar house / how / she

_____________________________________________________? [1]

13 see / without / can / I / a beard / a man

_____________________________________________________. [1]

14 your cousin / painting / does / like

_____________________________________________________? [1]

15 think / I / that’s / a good idea / don’t

_____________________________________________________. [1]

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Grammar 2
Read the text. Choose the right words and write them on the lines.

My name’s David. When I (0) was a baby, I cried a lot at night.

My parents (16) ____________ sleep! I’m (17) ____________ now and I sleep all night.

My baby sister doesn’t!

I like my baby sister (18) ____________ she’s funny and nice. I always smile when I see

(19) ____________. And when she sees me, she smiles (20) ____________!

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Read the text. Choose the right words and write them on the lines.

Example:
0 is was were

16 could can couldn’t [1]

17 old older oldest [1]

18 because then why [1]

19 it him her [1]

20 too with by [1]

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Reading 1
Read and choose the correct word for each space.

impatient kind inventions useful impossible inventor

Sally is ten years old. She has lots of friends because she is always polite and
(0) kind . Sally has lots of ideas, too. She wants to do (21) ____________ things,
like fly to the moon and talk to frogs.
One day when Sally was at school, her teacher said: ‘You can be an (22) ____________!
But you must invent something (23) ____________, like a machine that can help your
parents lay the table.’
‘Can I invent a machine to do my homework?’ Sally said.
‘No,’ her teacher said. ‘You must do your homework.’
‘Can I invent a machine to tidy my room?’ Sally said.
‘No,’ her teacher said. ‘You must tidy your room.’
‘Oh no,’ Sally said. ‘What can I invent?’
‘Sometimes ideas don’t come quickly,’ her teacher said. ‘Don’t be (24) ____________.’
‘I know!’ Sally said. ‘Can I invent a machine to give me ideas for (25) ____________?’
‘That’s a very good idea!’ Sally’s teacher said.
[Total: 5]

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Reading 2
Read the story. Write some words from the story to complete the sentences.
You can use one, two or three words.

Theo and his sister Nora liked playing football with their friends after school in the park. Some of
their friends could play football well, and some of them couldn't. Theo always wanted to be on
the winning team, and score all the goals.
‘Look at me! Look at me!’ he shouted every time he scored a goal. ‘I’m amazing!’
One day a small girl watched them play.
‘Hello, my name’s Barbara,’ she said to Theo. ‘You’re amazing! Can I be on your team?’
‘No, you can’t,’ Theo said. ‘You’re too small.’
The little girl was upset.
Theo’s sister said to him: ‘Can you remember when you were little? You used to watch the big
children playing football and you used to want to play with them. They were never unkind and
they usually played with you.’
‘I’m sorry,’ Theo said to Barbara. ‘Of course you can play.’
‘Thank you,’ she said. Theo passed the ball to Barbara, and she kicked the ball into the goal.
‘Hooray!’ Theo shouted. ‘You’re very good at football! But now you have to practise with
me every day!’
Barbara smiled and smiled.

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Example:
0 Theo, Nora and their friends usually went to the park after school to play football .

26 Theo liked winning and scoring lots of goals. A __________________________ called

Barbara wanted to be on Theo’s team. [1]

27 Barbara felt __________________________ because Theo said ‘No, you can’t.’ [1]

28 Nora wanted Theo to __________________________ that the big children were

kind to him when he was a little boy. [1]

29 Theo felt __________________________. [1]

30 He passed the ball to Barbara and she kicked it __________________________.

She was very happy. [1]

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Writing
Write five sentences. Write about two things that you hope to do.
Then write about three things you plan to do.

Example:
0 I plan to go to the park this weekend.

31 _________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________ [1]

32 _________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________ [1]

33 _________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________ [1]

34 _________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________ [1]

35 _________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________ [1]

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