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Progress Test 1

This document contains a progress test with multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and grammar questions. It tests on parts of speech, verb tenses, synonyms, and rearranging scrambled sentences. The test is out of 68 points and includes a student name and date. An answer key is provided with the correct responses.

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PROGRESS TEST 1

NAME:__________________________________________________________________
DATE: _______________ MARK: / 68 =

A. Choose the best word or phrase to complete each sentence.

1) After I ____________ finished working, I switched off the machine.


a) Have b) had c)having d) to have
2) I couldn’t find______________ information about the trip.
a) Any b) an c) some d) no
3) He couldn’t afford to______________ his car repaired.
a) Pay b) make c) do d) get
4) If you run____________ Steve, give him my best wishes.
a) Over b) up c) into d) to
5) My brother lives in the fifteenth floor of that __________ of flats.
a) Block b) building c) tower d) house
6) He went on a long holiday to get____________ his illness.
a) Through b) over c) by d) away
7) They bought the children an ice cream to____________ for their disappointment.
a) Compensate b) reconcile c) get over d) make
8) Two______________ were sacked, because they were always turning up late.
a) Applicants b) applications c) employees d) employers
9) Please______________ in mind that your appearance and dress are very important.
a) Bear b) carry c) have d) hold
10)I’m afraid those clothes are not at all_____________ for the occasion.
a) Appropriate b) fitted c) matching d) suiting
11)In Norway, I felt inspired by the awesome____________ in the mountains.
a) Country b) landscape c) nature d) scenery
12) Many 18-year-olds are tired of being ____________ on their parents.
a) Dependant b) dependent c) Independence d) independent
13)The chapel was built as a ____________ to those who died in the war.
a) Memorial b) memory c) remembrance d) souvenir
14)The children can get to school five minutes earlier if they take a short____________
through the vicar’s garden.
a) Cut b) link c) pass d) path
15)Unfortunaltely the library provides no ______________ for photocopying
a) Amenities b) chances c) facilities d) opportunities

B. Put one Word in each of the numbered spaces.


As I was walking home one summer evening I felt that something
unusual_____________(1) happening. A small crowd ________________(2) gathered by the
roadside. I _________________(3) closer ______________(4) see what they were
looking___________________(5). Someone was ____________________(6) on the pavement.
________________ (7) he dead?. _________________(8) he jumped ____________(9) fallen?
________________(10) he need help? I asked myself all ________________(11) questions
_______________(12) then I _______________(13) that nobody else seemed worried.
________________(14) I was wondering what to ___________________(15), it started to rain,
justo on the spot were the man ______________ (16) lying. He shouted something that
I _______________(17) not hear, but didn’t move. It was______________ (18) that I noticed

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the film cameras a few yards in _________________ (19) of me and ________________(20) a
well known actress who was standing in the shadows.

C. Complete the sentences with the appropriate form of either make or


do.
Example: He has just made the tea.
1) I usually have my hair_______________ on Saturday morning.
2) I have never_______________ a mistake like that before.
3) After _________________ my decision, I did not turn back.
4) He was talking so quietly that I couldn’t ________________ out what he was saying.
5) Will someone please _____________ the washing-up?

D. Change the word in capitals to form a word that fits the space
Example: Measure the length and the width LONG
1) It is usually forbidden to destroy ________________ buildings HISTORIC
2) The old couple have saved a lot of money for their _________________ RETIRE
3) the old fishing village is very __________________ PICTURE
4) _________________ is a serious problema in many countries EMPLOY
5) The __________________ area of the city is not very attractive INDUSTRY
6) The alpine ___________________ is very dramatic LAND
7) Many ____________________ families have to live in hotels HOME
8) Have you got any ___________________? SUGGEST

E. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses.


It__________________(be) a long day, but by 9 o’clock the children______________ (go) to
bed. They ___________________(clear) away the supper things and now they
________________(look) forward to couple of hours in front of the television.
Unfortunately the film ________________(be) rather boring. Jim soon_______________(fall)
asleep and Sue __________________(start) to think about all her work. She
________________(be) sure she___________________(hear) a noise outside the window, so
she ________________(look) up. A shadow ___________________(move) slowly through the
garden. Her heart ______________________(race). She ___________________(turn) out the
light so she ____________________ (can) see better. There ____________________(be) nobody
there. But she _________________(see) that it _____________________(snow) earlier that
evening, and across the grass there ____________________(be) a line of footprints. A fox
________________(walk) across right in front of their window, and now it
______________(look) at her from the far corner of the garden.

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KEY

Exercise A
1B, 2A ,3D ,4C ,5 A, 6B, 7 A ,8C, 9 A ,10 A , 11D, 12B, 13 A, 14 A, 15C.

Exercise B
1 was, 2 had, 3 went / moved / got, 4 to, 5 at, 6 lying, 7 was, 8 had, 9 or, 10 did, 11
these / those, 12 but, 13 noticed / realised, 14 as / while, 15 do, 16 was, 17 could /
did, 18 then, 19 front, 20 also / saw / recognised.

Exercise C
1 done, 2 made, 3 making / having made, 4 make, 5 do.

Exercise D
1 historic, 2 retirement, 3 picturesque, 4 unemployment, 5 industrial, 6 landscape
7 homeless 8 suggestions.

Exercise E
Had been / had gone / had cleared / were looking / was / fell / started / was /
Heard / looked / was moving / was racing / turned / could / was / saw / had been
snowing / was / had walked / was looking.

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