Sol3e Int U1 Progress Test A
Sol3e Int U1 Progress Test A
Sol3e Int U1 Progress Test A
was raining
1 It __________________ when we left the cinema, and we didn’t have an umbrella.
2 When Rachel and Carlos got married, they __________________
was being engaged for very long – only a few weeks.
3 Megan has forgotten her German now, but she __________________
had sopken it really well.
Mark: ___ / 8
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When my grandad used to grow up / was growing up in Jamaica, he was going / used to
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go to the beach every day after school. He used to have / had had a lot of friends in
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Jamaica, and he was really happy there. But when Grandad was six, his parents used to
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move / moved to Britain because his dad, my great-grandad, had found / was finding a
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good job there. He used to / didn’t use to like it here in Britain because the weather was
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cold and he had left / was leaving all of his friends behind in Jamaica. But slowly he used
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to / got used to living here, and he made new friends. He used to meet / met my Grandma
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when they were both living / had both lived in Leeds. At the time, she was studying /
had studied maths at Leeds University. Grandma and Grandad went out for a long time, but
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they used to get / didn’t get married until Grandma had left university in 1971. That was
years ago, of course, but I think they’re still in love.
Mark: ___ / 12
Mark: ___ / 5
5 You said, ‘I’ll help you to organise the party,’ so don’t walk out / go back on your promise.
6 Can you look up / get up this word in the dictionary for me? I don’t understand what it means.
Mark: ___ / 6
calm freedom grateful irritating miserable put up with run out of schoolwork stay out
Mark: ___ / 9
Mark: ___ / 10
Listening
7 1 Listen to five speakers talking about their families. Match the speakers (1–5) with the statements
(A–F). There is one extra statement.
A Speaker ___
2 tells people about the life of an author.
B Speaker ___
5 is going to stay in his / her new country.
C Speaker ___
4 complains about his / her parents.
D Speaker ___
3 talks about a relative’s husband.
E Speaker ___ introduces a programme for young people.
1 talks about how a place has changed.
F Speaker ___
Mark: ___ / 5
I’m really good at football, so when I heard about a football volunteer programme in Africa, I
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was really excited. _____ But after I had showed them some information on the internet, they
decided that it was safe for me to go. I was feeling tired when I arrived in Lagos, and I couldn’t
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believe how hot it was. _____ I stayed with the Ngembo family in an apartment in the centre
of Lagos. It was very small, and I had to share a room with three boys. But everyone was
really nice to me, so I soon got used to having no privacy. I worked really hard, but I enjoyed
my job, too. For most of the time, I was helping a Nigerian sports coach to teach football to
ten-year-old boys and girls. I had a great time there, and I really got used to living in a big,
noisy African city. By the time I left, I had really started to fit in!
Rebecca Jones went to Arles, France
Last year, I spent two weeks at a summer art school for young people in Arles. Arles is a
beautiful little town in Provence, in the south of France. We were staying in a campsite and
sharing tents, and most of the other students were French. I was nervous at first about
speaking French to them. But everyone was nice to me, and they didn’t criticise my mistakes.
I really gained a lot of confidence after I’d been there for a week. The course was good too.
We had drawing and painting lessons every morning. Then, every afternoon, the teachers
took us out into the countryside to practise our skills. The famous painter Vincent Van Gogh
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used to live in Arles. _____
C It’s a really beautiful place. I think I painted some good pictures
while I was staying there. When Van Gogh was painting in Arles, people didn’t used to like his
work. Now his paintings sell for millions of pounds. Who knows? Maybe the same thing will
happen to my pictures one day.
Matt Hazelwood went to Bryce Canyon, USA
Last summer, I got a job at Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, USA. It’s a beautiful place,
but it was very difficult to get there! After I’d flown ten hours from London to Las Vegas, I had
to get a bus to Cedar Springs, Utah. And after someone had met us there, it was another
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three-hour drive to the park. _____ D Lots of young people like me were working in the park last
summer. We were helping people from the US National Park Service to repair and build things
like picnic tables and information signs. We also helped to repair the walking paths and make
them safe. That’s important because a lot of middle-aged and elderly people visit the US
national parks. I had to work really hard all summer, and get up very early in the morning. But
I soon got used to that, and it was great to work outside in such a beautiful place. Bryce
Canyon is famous for its red rocks and cliffs − and when the sun comes up in the early
morning, they look amazing!
F I phoned my parents every few days, so they weren’t concerned about me.
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G My parents weren’t so enthusiastic at first.
Mark: ___ / 5
Writing
9 Imagine you see an advertisement on a website for English-speaking penfriends who are interested in
your hobby. Write a message in reply. Follow the instructions below.
Introduce yourself, say where you are from what your town is like.
Say who you live with and say one intesting thing about a member of your family.
Talk about why you like the hobby, and say how often you do it.
Request information from the person you are writing to.
Mark: ___ / 10
Total: ___ / 70