Pre-Intermediate Progress Test Unit 9 Test A

Name: ___________________________________________

Grammar
1 Complete the sentences. Use the past perfect form of the verbs in brackets.

1 I didn’t go out last night because I _______________ (not finish) all my work.
2 Suzy couldn’t open the door because she _______________ (lose) her keys.
3 When we arrived at the bus station, the bus _______________ (already / leave).
4 Dad was worried because he _______________ (read) about crime in my neighbourhood.
5 The criminals didn’t steal Gran’s jewellery because she _______________ (hide) it in the kitchen.
6 _______________ (Jane / arrive) when you left the office?
7 One of the staff members at the hotel _______________ (take) some money from my room.

Mark: ___ /7

2 Rewrite the sentences in reported speech.

1 ‘I’ve been to the bank,’ said Frank.

Frank said ___________________________________________________________.
2 ‘I really want to be a pilot,’ said Alex.
Alex said ____________________________________________________________.
3 ‘I can’t stand romantic films,’ said Ella.
Ella said _____________________________________________________________.
4 ‘The young boy took my bag,’ said the woman.
The woman said _______________________________________________________.
5 ‘We’re watching the people in the house,’ said the police officers.
The police officers said __________________________________________________.
6 ‘I didn’t see the robbery,’ said the young man.
The young man said _____________________________________________________.
7 ‘Dora hasn’t asked me about my exam results,’ said Paula.
Paula said _____________________________________________________________.

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3 Rewrite the sentences in direct speech.

1 My sister said she had lost her mobile at the party.

‘_______________________________________________________,’ said my sister.
2 My dad said he was too ill to go to work.
‘_________________________________________________________,’ said my dad.
3 They said they were meeting at the restaurant at 8.30 p.m.
‘__________________________________________________________,’ they said.
4 Mrs Jones said I was late for the lesson.
‘______________________________________________________,’ said Mrs Jones.
5 Julia said the concert hadn’t started.
‘___________________________________________________________,’ said Julia.
6 The interviewer said he was looking for someone with a lot of experience.
‘____________________________________________________,’ said the interviewer.

Mark: ___ /6

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Vocabulary
4 Complete the sentences with the words below.

arrested broke nicked robbed set

1 Someone ____________ my wallet on the train.

2 The police have ____________ six young men for breaking shop windows.
3 The fire wasn’t an accident. Someone ____________ fire to the shop.
4 A gang of men in masks ____________ the bank yesterday.
5 Someone ____________ into their house last night and took money and jewellery.

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5 Read the sentences and complete the words.

1 A group of v_ _ _ _ _s broke the windows of the house next door.

2 A store detective caught a s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _r who tried to steal an MP3 player.
3 Don’t leave your money on your desk. A t_ _ _ _ might steal it.
4 Some m_ _ _ _ _s stole his money and credit cards.
5 J_ _ _ _ _ _ _s steal cars and drive them around for fun.
6 The m_ _ _ _ _ _r was sentenced to thirty years in prison for killing his wife.
7 There was a b_ _ _ _ _ _y in our street last night. Someone stole paintings from Jane’s house.
8 The manager of the museum reported the t_ _ _ _ of a famous painting.
9 The police said the fire wasn’t an accident. It was a_ _ _ _.

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6 Complete the sentences with the words below. There are two words you do not need.

bank computer credit information junk machine number password

1 Don’t tell anyone your PIN ____________. They might try and steal your money.
2 I hate getting ____________ emails because they block up my inbox.
3 There’s a cash ____________ over there if you need some money.
4 Stop! You must never reply to emails asking for personal ____________!
5 I can’t remember my ____________, so I can’t get into my email.
6 ‘Is there any money in your ____________ account?’ ‘No, I spent it all.’

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Use of English
7 Complete the text. Choose the correct options, A, B, C or D.

Assassination is the murder of someone important for political reasons. One of the most famous
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____________ is that of US President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, in November, 1963. The
police 2____________ Lee Harvey Oswald for the murder. 3____________ said that Oswald
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____________ the president from the Texas school book warehouse building, while the president's
car 5____________ past. But Oswald said that he hadn't killed the president and he 6____________
the police that he was 7____________. At the time, many people 8____________ that more people
were connected with the killing. Someone said that they 9____________ someone with a gun
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____________ on a hill near to the place where Kennedy was shot.

1 A politicians B Americans C places D assassinations

2 A arrested B investigated C questioned D charged
3 A He B It C Them D They
4 A was shooting B shoots C has shot D had shot
5 A was driving B had driven C drives D has driven
6 A was telling B had told C tells D told
7 A innocent B guilty C arrested D escaped
8 A were thinking B thought C have thought D think
9 A were seeing B see C had seen D have seen
10 A stood B was standing C have stood D standing

Mark: ___ /10

Listening
8  Listen to a phone call to a police station. Are the sentences true or false?

1 The car doesn’t belong to the caller. ______

2 The caller says the keys have been left in the car. ______
3 The police officer asks the caller to come to the police station. ______
4 The caller can’t see the car’s number plate. ______
5 The police officer says the car wasn’t stolen. ______

Mark: ___ /5

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Reading
9 Read the text and choose the correct answers.
Super Gran
It was broad daylight and lots of people were out shopping in Northampton city centre on Saturday.
Suddenly, a gang of six criminals attacked a jewellery shop. They were wearing black jackets and
black ski hats to hide their faces.
Their plan was to smash the big glass windows of the jewellery shop, steal as much valuable
jewellery as they could and then quickly escape on motorbikes before anyone could do anything.
They thought that nobody would stop them. But they were wrong.
As the gang were smashing the window, a seventy-year-old woman saw what they were trying to do.
She ran up to them and started hitting the men on the head with her handbag. The men were very
surprised when they saw that their attacker was an old lady. They were so shocked that they dropped
the jewellery and tried to run away. But now other shoppers had seen what was happening and came
to help the old lady. The shop assistants locked the shop and called the police. Four of the men were
arrested.
The whole incident was filmed on the mobile phone of a passer-by. He put the film on the Internet
and the story was in all the newspapers: ‘Granny stops armed robbers’. And what about the old lady?
Nobody knows who she is! Police questioned people at the scene, but they said she had gone to have
a cup of tea and then quietly disappeared.

1 The story is about a

a robbery. b mugging. c burglary.

2 The crime happened

a during the night. b in the middle of the day. c in the evening.

3 The old woman

a was the only person to react.
b was the first person to react.
c filmed the gang on her phone.
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4 All the members of the gang

a were arrested. b escaped on motorbikes. c tried to escape.

5 The old lady

a was questioned by the police.
b didn’t tell anyone her name.
c phoned the police.

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Writing
10 Your English-speaking friend is doing a school project on crime and wants to know if crime
is a problem in your country. Write an email to your friend about this.

 Say if you think crime is a problem in your country and why.

 Say what kind of crime you think is the most common.
 Say what kind of crime you think is the biggest problem.
 Say what you think can be done to reduce crime in your country.

Mark: ___ /10

Total: ___ /70

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