PROGRESS TESTS

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

1. Last month I _______ an interesting book about Martin Luther King.
2. Janine _______ to New York for two weeks last year.
3. She _________ to her mother on the phone every day.
4. We _________ three salmon in the river last weekend.
5. I _______ some of my homework before breakfast this morning.
6. My cousin _______ a job at the new supermarket yesterday.
7. Our team _______ the school basketball competition last Saturday. Mark: ___ /7
II. Complete the sentences and questions with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. Use the affirmative, negative or interrogative forms.
1. _______ (you / write) an email to James last night?
2. I _______ (buy) the English-English dictionary because it was very expensive.
3. _______ (Stuart / see) Karen yesterday evening? She wanted to speak to him.
4. We _______ (go) to the cinema last Friday, but the film was terrible!
5. Mum _______ (cook) dinner last night. We went to a restaurant instead.
6. I don’t want lunch today because I _______ (have) a big breakfast this morning.
7. _______ (you / go) to the film club last Wednesday? Mark: ___ /7
III. Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs below. Use the affirmative or negative forms. visit be do have give go
Last Saturday 1_______ my birthday. I 2_______ a party, but Anna and I 3_______ to London for the weekend instead. We 4_______ some museums and Anna 5_______ some shopping. She 6_______ me a new MP3 player for my birthday! Mark: ___ /6
VOCABULARY
IV. Complete the sentences with the correct nationalities.
1. A person from Japan is __________.
2. A person from Australia is __________.
3. A person from France is __________.
4. A person from Belarus is __________.
5. A person from Sweden is __________.
6. A person from Ukraine is __________.
7. A person from Britain is __________.
Mark: __ /7

V. Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.
1. He goes to work _____ bicycle.
2. They spent a week ____ the south of France.
3. John gave a present ____ his mother.
4. The holidays were awful: it rained ____ two weeks!
5. We came home ____ Norway last night.
6. The noisy students always sat ___ the back of the bus.
7. _________ three months in Ireland, they flew to Madrid. Mark: ___ /7
VI. Complete the dialogue with the words below.
shame cool wow what who how

A. Hi! 1__________ was your weekend? B. Not bad! I played tennis on Saturday.
A. 2________! 3_________ did you play with? B. Andy and Joe. And you?
A. I had a bad cold, so I stayed in. B. What a 4_________!
A. But I had time to read two whole books. B. 5_________! 6________ were they like?
A. They were both great! Mark: __ /6
USE OF ENGLISH
VII. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. The 1950 FIFA World Cup final _________ (TAKE PLACE) in the _________ (BRAZIL) city of Rio de Janeiro, between Brazil and Uruguay.
2. After the battle, some of the soldiers _________ (HIDE) and _________ (SLEEP) in a cave in the mountains.
3. In the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the _________ (JAMAICA) runner Usain Bolt _________ (BREAK) the world records for the 100 and 200 metres.
4. The singer Bono _________ (BEGIN) singing in the _________ (IRELAND) band U2 in 1976.
5. When I was young I _________ (WEAR) shorts all the time, so when I _________ (FALL), I always cut my knees! 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 Zola
Emile Zola, the famous French writer, was born in 1840. His father was an Italian engineer and his mother