Unit 2 Progress Test A

Grammar
1 Read the text and choose the correct words.

Danny 1hasn’t been drawing / didn’t draw for very long, but he’s already 2been
becoming / become very good at it. He 3didn’t start / hasn’t started drawing until
his family 4have moved / moved from Birmingham to Chester two years ago. But
since then, he 5has been / he was a member of the Chester Community School art
club.
This weekend, Danny 6has been drawing / has drawn a very big picture for a
school art competition, but he 7hasn’t been finishing / hasn’t finished it yet. It’s
Sunday afternoon now, and Danny is very tired because he 8worked / has been
working on the picture all weekend.

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2 Complete the sentences using a different tense for each verb. Use the past simple,
present perfect simple, or present perfect continuous.
1 We ________________ (try) to build this wall all morning, but we ________________ (only finish) the first few
metres.
2 ________________ (you / ever / eat) a Thai curry? I ________________ (have) one for the first time last
weekend.
3 I ________________ (not see) you for ages. What ________________ (you / do) recently?
4 Ruth ________________ (fall) asleep in class because she was very tired. She ________________ (not
sleep) well this month because of her noisy new neighbours.
5 My family ________________ (only move) to this town last week, but I ________________ (already / make) a
few new friends.
6 Hey, what ________________ (you / do) in our house? Who are you, and how ________________ (you / get)
in here?

3 Complete the sentences with the correct past simple, present perfect simple, or
present perfect continuous form of the verbs below.

build cry decide go not tidy play

1 These tennis courts are new. The school __________________ them last summer.
2 Anna’s room is a mess because she __________________ it for ages.
3 Your eyes are red, Tom. __________________ (you)?
4 We’re tired because we __________________ volleyball since lunchtime.
5 There wasn’t any food in the fridge last night, so we __________________ to eat out.
6 What’s America like, Matt? We __________________ (never) there.

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4 Read the mini-dialogues and choose the correct words.
Max What’s that new Indian 1curry / paella place in town like?
Jenny To be honest, I didn’t like it. It was 2out of this world / a real let-down.

Rob Excuse me, how do I get to the football 3range / pitch from here?
Man Just follow the 4main / track road. It goes straight there.

Sally I never eat chocolate. It isn’t very 5difficult / healthy.

Mum Really? I eat it nearly every day. It’s so 6addictive / time-consuming!

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5 Match the words to make compound nouns or adjectives. Be careful of the spelling.
7 chocolate  A alley

8 ice  B track

9 bowling  C mousse

10 dining  D room

11 athletics  E skating

6 Mark: Complete the email to a penfriend with the words below.

all along BMXing by exhausting fitness club gymnastics solar-heated

swimming pool weights room

Hi Daniel,
Thanks for your last email and the photos. I’ve never been 1____________ or tried to
do 2____________ , but they both sound great fun! My favourite hobby is surfing. It’s
3
____________ at first, but it’s great to be outdoors on a sunny day.
Surfing can be frightening when you first start and don’t know what you’re doing, but
it becomes easier. There are surfing clubs 4____________ the coast. I really enjoy
exercise, so at school I’m also in the 5____________ . We use the 6____________
once a week at lunchtime and run once or twice a week after school.
Anyway, send me some pictures of your new BMX bike. I like the pictures of your
house. You’re very lucky to have a 7____________ in your garden. We have one in
our village. It’s 8____________ so we can use it all year. It’s quite small though, and
it isn’t very relaxing because it’s 9____________ the main road.
Radmilla

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 Use of English
7 Complete the dialogue with the words below.

decision fancy idea keen option problem rather settled think would

Flora Let’s do something this weekend. The weather’s going to be lovely again.
Ben Great idea! I quite 1____________ surfing. What do you think?
Flora I’d 2____________ do something in the mountains. I was at the beach most of last week.
Ben Don’t you think it 3____________ be easier to go to the sea though? How will we get there?
Flora My sister’s back from university and she can drive.
Ben OK. I’m quite 4____________ on mountain biking but the 5____________ with driving is that we
can’t take our bikes.
Flora You’re right – she hasn’t got a bike rack on her car. I 6____________ hiking would be fun and we
wouldn’t have to worry about taking our bikes then.
Ben I don’t think hiking would be as interesting as something like abseiling. I like the 7____________ of
doing something a bit more challenging.
Flora Well, we need to make a 8____________!
Ben I think kayaking is a better 9____________ than hiking and abseiling. It’s a water sport and it’s in
the mountains!
Flora Brilliant! That’s 10____________ then. I’ll text my sister.

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8  2 Listen to two people talking about the preparations for a party. Put a cross () in
the correct column.
Which person …
Claire Gareth
1 isn’t hungry, but wants to have a coffee?
2 has a Welsh father and an Italian mother?
3 thinks the other person should use social media?
4 has got a lot of good music on a laptop?
5 would like to wear a Spiderman costume to the party?

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Reading
1 Read the text and choose the correct answers.

A Scottish summer camp

Summer camps are becoming more and more popular with young people, but what
are they like? Last month, junior reporter Sally Henshaw travelled to Loch Lomond,
Scotland, to find out.
‘I’ve been travelling for ten hours,’ I thought, when the minibus finally drove past a
sign saying ‘Welcome to Camp Lomond’. It was dark, and I just wanted to go indoors
and jump into a nice, soft bed. But the camp leaders had other ideas. We all had a
 barbecue, then we sat around a campfire and talked (or fell asleep). Finally, one of
the leaders divided us into groups of three and gave us the really bad news.
‘Now it’s time to put up your tents,’ he said.
I don’t know how three of us managed to sleep in a tent the size of a single bed, but
somehow we did. When we woke up the next day, my new friend Ingrid opened the
front of the tent, and we all looked out. There, shining silver between the trees, was
Loch Lomond. ‘Loch’ means ‘lake’ in Scottish, and Loch Lomond is one of the most
beautiful places I’ve ever seen! That morning after breakfast, we went horse riding
around the lake. I’ve never ridden in such an amazing place.
In the next few days, I went BMX biking, tried rock climbing and played volleyball
every day until I couldn’t stand up! It was great! The camp organises different
activities every day. Most sports activities are in the afternoon, and in the morning
you can choose lessons like drawing, chess, drama and cookery. I’ve never been
very good at art or board games − and I’m not a great actor − so I went along to the
cookery class. I love food, but I didn’t know how to cook anything before I went to
Scotland. Since I’ve been home, I’ve been baking cakes for my parents! (And they
haven’t been to hospital with food poisoning yet, so I must be quite good at it!)
You have to work hard on a summer camp. Everybody has to do chores, and you do
activities all day, too − you can’t just sit around and hang out. But I really had a great
time. The best thing about the camp was making new friends. Since I came home,
Ingrid and I have been texting every day. The activities are great, but the people are
even better.
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to go on a summer camp? I’ll tell you the
answer in two words: exhausting and fun!

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12 How did Sally feel when she first arrived?

A She was hungry and cold.
B She missed her family.
C She was angry with the camp leaders.
D She wanted the evening to end early.
13 The next morning, Sally
A put up a tent.
B saw something amazing.
C rode a horse for the first time.
D cooked breakfast on a campfire.
14 What types of activities did Sally do at the camp?
A sports and cooking
B drama and art
C art and sports
D drama and cooking
15 What happened after she came home from the camp?
A Ingrid visited her.
B Her parents went into hospital.
C She made something for her parents.
 D She emailed Ingrid photos of the camp.
16 Overall, how does Sally feel about Camp Lomond?
A It was too tiring.
B It was a very good experience.
C She didn’t like sleeping in a tent.
D It helped her to become a friendlier person.

Mark: Writing
2 You are in a school club and the club recently went to or organised an important event
(e.g. a camping trip, play performance, martial arts competition, club art exhibition,
etc.). Follow the instructions below and write a blog post.
 Mention the name of your club, and what people do there.
 Say what event you organised or went to, and why this was important.
 Mention what happend on the day of the event, including two good things and one problem.
 Encourage readers to tell you about an event they have recently been to or held.

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Total: ___ /
70

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