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Sol3e Preint U1 Progress Test A
Sol3e Preint U1 Progress Test A
Grammar
1 Complete the dialogue. Use the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
Sue 1____Did you go___________________ (you / go) to Jenny’s party last night?
Joe No, I 2_________stayed______________ (stay) at home.
Sue I don’t think so. All her other friends 6_________went______________ (go), so she had a great time.
Mark: ___ / 6
2 Look at Peter’s diary and write sentences about the things that happened in the last four days.
Today is Friday.
Mark: ___ / 8
3 Match the answers (a–f) with the questions (1–6). Then complete the questions using the past simple
form of the verbs below. There is one extra verb.
Mark: ___ / 6
anxious confused cross delighted embarrassed envious frightened proud relieved suspicious
1 My grandfather went out for a quick bike ride over three hours ago and he isn’t back yet. __________________
2 I really need a computer, and my brother just got one for his birthday. __________________
3 My friend gave me directions to her house, but the road names I see are different from the ones she gave me. I don’t
understand! __________________
4 My parents told me that I‘m not having a birthday party, but I found lots of balloons in one of the cupboards.
__________________
5 After speaking to the head teacher, I looked in a mirror and noticed that I had chocolate around my mouth.
__________________
6 I won a competition to spend the day with my favourite band! __________________
9 My friend told me she dropped my favourite book in the bath last night. __________________
10 After three and a half hours, my grandfather returned from his bike ride. __________________
Mark: ___ / 10
5 Complete the sentences with the modifying adverbs below in the correct order from the most exciting
(question 1) to the least exciting (question 5).
1 I’m _____extremely_____________ excited because my mum won twenty million pounds on the lottery!
2 My parents are taking me to Disneyland for my birthday and I’m _______very___________ excited!
3 My sister and I are meeting our cousins who live in Australia for the first time and we’re ________rather__________
excited.
4 I’m _______a bit___________ excited because I’m playing in a football match tonight.
Mark: ___ / 5
6 Complete the sentences with the correct words. The first letter of each word has been given.
1 Look at this! I cut my leg and b_ _ _ all over my trousers.
Mark: ___ / 5
amazing cool envious frustrating how kidding nightmare relief shame that
Jess Not at all! She’s a famous photographer. She took photos of The Beatles when she was in her twenties.
We’re going to write a blog about our trip and maybe even a book.
Ben That’s 6____________. Did you hear that I lost my phone last week with all of the photos from the school
trip?
Jess Not the photos that we were going to upload to the school website? What a 7____________!
Ben Don’t worry, I found it eventually …
Mark: ___ / 10
Listening
8 1 Listen to four people talking about events in the past. Match the speakers (1–4) with the
statements (A–E). There is one extra statement.
A Speaker ___ was embarrassed about taking a break.
B Speaker ___ was anxious about talking to someone.
Mark: ___ / 5
C When I went to visit my friend Jacqueline in La Paz, I had no idea how dangerous the
North Yungas road was. I was very excited about the trip to the Amazon rainforest that
she wanted to take me on. When we got on the bus, Jacqueline let me sit by the window
to get the best view. I didn’t feel suspicious at all.
D It was only when the journey started that I began to feel frightened. The bus drove right
to the edge of the road many times, and when I looked over, I could see the forest about
600 m below us. We drove on quickly through thick cloud – how do you know where
you’re going when you can’t see? I held on to Jacqueline’s hand. Then we drove under a
waterfall that was slowly washing the road away. I was shocked!
E When we met another car coming the other way, we drove so close to the edge of the
road that a wheel seemed to go off the edge. This happened several times and I started
thinking that we might not reach our final destination. When we finally got to Coroico, I
felt so relieved. I let go of Jacqueline’s hand and saw that it was red. I was a bit
embarrassed, but so happy that we were not on that road any more.
Mark: ___ / 5
Mark: ___ / 10
Total: ___ / 70