PROGRESS TESTS

GRAMMAR
I. Complete the sentences. Use the past simple form of the verbs below.
do win catch go read speak get

1. My brother _______ a school chess competition last year.
2. I _______ a lot of gifts for my last birthday.
3. Last weekend we _______ to the cinema.
4. We ________ a book by Jane Austen in our English literature class last week.
5. The head teacher ________ to my parents about my poor grades yesterday.
6. Colin ______ his maths homework late last night.
7. We only ________ one fish in the lake at the weekend. Mark: ___ /7
II. Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. Use the affirmative, negative or interrogative forms.
1. _______ (you / see) the football match last night?
2. My parents _______ (go) shopping to buy some new clothes.
3. We _______ (have) a great time on our holidays. The weather was hot every day.
4. Sally _______ (cook) dinner yesterday. She went to the new restaurant in town instead.
5. _______ (Dad / buy) a newspaper this morning?
6. _______ (you / write) the party invitation to Suzie yesterday?
7. Mark _______ (go) to the theatre because he was busy. Mark: ___ /7
III. Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs below. Use the affirmative or negative forms. have go be do give visit
Mike and I 1_______ to London last weekend. We 2_______ much time so we hurried everywhere. We only 3_______ one museum and 4_______ some shopping. Mike 5_______ really kind and he 6_______ me a book that he bought in Charing Cross Road. Mark: ___ /6

VOCABULARY
IV. Complete the sentences with the correct nationalities.
1. A person from China is __________.
2. A person from Italy is __________.
3. A person from Spain is __________.
4. A person from the USA is __________.
5. A person from Lithuania is __________.
6. A person from Egypt is __________.
7. A person from Japan is __________.
Mark: __ /7


V. Complete the sentence with the correct prepositions.
1. The good students always sat ___ the front of the bus.
2. We came back ____ Italy on Monday.
3. Give those books ____ Tamara, please.
4. She goes to school _____ bicycle.
5. We spent the weekend ____ the north of Germany.
6. _________ an hour waiting in the queue, we left the shop.
7. The weather was awful: it rained ____ two weeks! Mark: __ /7
VI. Complete the dialogue with the words below.
shame fun really what who how

A: Hi! 1__________ are things with you? B: Fine, thanks. And you?
A: I had a difficult weekend! B: 2________? What happened?
A: Just some family problems. B: What a 3_________! Well, I went cycling.
A: Sounds 4________! 5________ did you go with? B: Three of my friends from the cycling club.
A: 6________ was the weather like? B: A bit wet, actually! But we had a good time.
Mark: __ /6
USE OF ENGLISH
VII. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. When they _________ (BUILD) the Titanic at the beginning of the twentieth century, they _________ (THINK) that it couldn’t sink
2. The famous _________ (POLAND) composer Frédéric Chopin _________ (BEGIN) playing the piano when he was only five years old.
3. In the 2005 Athletics World Championships in Helsinki, the _________ (RUSSIA) pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva _________ (BREAK) the world record by jumping over five metres.
4. When I was young, my parents _________ (GROW) vegetables and _________ (SELL) them in the local market in our village.
5. The 2010 FIFA World Cup final _________ (TAKE PLACE) in the _________ (SOUTH AFRICA) city of Johannesburg, between Spain and the Netherlands. Mark: ___ /10

LISTENING
VIII. Listen to the information about Whitney Houston. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?
1. Whitney Houston learned to sing at her local school. ___
2. She worked as a professional model after leaving school. ___
3. She became famous as an actress in the 1980s. ___
4. She married Kevin Costner in 1992. ___
5. She appeared on four TV shows and made seven albums. ___ Mark: ___ /5

READING
IX. Read the text. Emile