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Pre-intermediate Progress Test Units 4–6A

Listening
1 Track 3 Listen to the directions and write
places a)–f) in the correct position on the map.
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a) restaurant
b) hotel
c) cinema

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4 Complete the words for the definitions.
1 You should study this is if you want to be an
actor: d r a m a
2 Someone who doesn’t eat meat or fish:
v
3 Things you buy and bring home from your
holiday: s
4 You need this to play tennis: r
5 A similar game to tennis but it’s very fast:
s

6 Tourists usually travel on this kind of bus:
c

2 ___

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5 Underline the correct alternative.
3 ___

d) post office
e) museum
f) art gallery
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2 Track 4 Listen to the stressed syllables and
write the words in the correct box.

1 Have you ever been / played rollerblading?
2 The actor John Marlow gave / did the greatest
performance of his life as Hamlet.
3 He has to make / sit an exam for the job but he
probably won’t pass it.
4 The doctor says you must stop missing / taking
breakfast.
5 She should avoid getting / working with
computers because of her headaches.
6 I don’t understand why I’m so tired. I’m getting /
taking lots of sleep.
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biscuits

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Vocabulary and grammar
3 Cross out the word that does not fit in each
group.
1 do a project / mistake / well / PE
2 make yoga / friends / a decision / a speech
3 study lorry / online / science / maths
4 have a cold / an X-ray / a broken leg / sick
5 go by minibus / sailing / ferry / helicopter
6 take a map / pills / a rucksack / cricket

6 Underline the correct alternative.
1 Have / Did you ever made the wrong decision?
2 Trainers are not allowed in most British schools.
Students can / mustn’t wear them.
3 We watched / were watching TV when we saw /
were seeing a mouse.
4 She usually avoids eating / to eat junk food.
5 They has / have worked for the same company in /

since 1987.
6 We might not / expect to see / seeing them on
Sunday.
7 He hasn’t / didn’t written to his family since / for
ten years.
8 Tom’s good at maths. He’ll help you to do / doing
your homework.
9 I won’t / ‘ll ask her again. She doesn’t seem to
want / wanting to go.
10 You have / don’t have to call him. You promised
telling / to tell him the result.
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Pre-intermediate Progress Test Units 4–6A

7 Underline the correct answer, a), b) or c).
My Aunt Jane 1 c a wonderful life. She’s an
English teacher and 2
and worked all over the
world. Her first job was at a secondary school in
Turkey where she 3
a class of thirty-three
eleven-year-old children for twenty-five hours a
week. It was an English-medium school: the
teachers taught all the subjects 4

English so
first-year students needed 5
it quickly. They
didn’t know any English and my aunt didn’t speak
Turkish 6
it wasn’t easy. Aunt Jane always
remembers 7
home thirty-three homework
books to mark every night. But she had a wonderful
time 8
she was living there. She 9
all
the school holidays travelling round the country
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bus, learnt Turkish and had the first of
many amazing travel experiences. She’s 11
forgotten it.
1 a) had
b) was having
2 a) is living
b) lives
3 a) has taught b) taught
4 a) by
b) in
5 a) learning
b) to learning
6 a) so
b) then
7 a) take
b) to take

8 a) where
b) while
9 a) was spending b) spent
10 a) by
b) on
11 a) always
b) occasionally

c) ‘s had
c) has lived
c) ’s teaching
c) for
c) to learn
c) but
c) taking
c) what
c) spend
c) in
c) never
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Reading
8 Read and underline the correct answer, a), b)
or c).
Summerhill is a small boarding school in the east of
England. It has educated students from all over the
world since 1923. The founder of Summerhill, A. S.
Neill, believed in democratic or ‘free’ education. By
this, he meant that children should have the freedom
to make decisions for themselves. Summerhill

students Takeshi and Margit agree.
Takeshi: ‘I’m sixteen and I’m from Japan. I’ve been
at Summerhill since I was nine. It’s so
different from Japanese schools, where
school rules are very strict. Here students and
teachers have meetings every week, and we
talk about rules that we agree or don’t agree
with. Every student of whatever age can say
what he or she thinks, and then vote to decide
what to do. It’s fantastic.’
Margit: ‘I’m twelve and I’m from Germany. I’ve
been here for five years and I know that some
people think we never go to lessons, but it
isn’t true. We study all the ‘normal’ school
subjects from 9 o’clock to 3 o’clock every
day. We don’t have to go to classes if we
don’t want to, but most students go because
they like learning new things. I love science
and languages, and I never miss a physics or
Chinese lesson.’
Nowadays education seems to be about doing more
tests so many people are looking for more
motivating ways of learning. Might Summerhill
have the answer?
1 Summerhill has been open for over b years.
a) 150
b) 80
c) 100
2 A. S. Neill thought that
should be free to

decide what they want to do.
a) teachers
b) students
c) parents
3 At Summerhill, students
give their opinion
about what happens in the school.
a) have to
b) can’t
c) can
4 Most students
go to classes even if they
don’t have to.
a) always
b) rarely
c) never
5 Margit always
science classes.
a) misses
b) going to
c) goes to
6 Many people think schoolwork
be more
motivating than it is now.
a) doesn’t have to b) should
c) shouldn’t
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Pre-intermediate Progress Test Units 4–6A
Writing

Speaking

11 Underline six mistakes in the languagelearning advice blog.
I’m Alex and I am coming from Hungary. I love
music and I’ve learnt all my English by listening to
English songs. I listen the songs again and again,
and read and re-read the words. I also look up new
words in an online dictionary and practise the
pronunsiashun. Then I am singing the songs while
I’m listening. My English isn’t perfekt but the
singers make a lot of grammar mistakes on the
English songs!

9 Underline the correct response, a), b) or c).
1 What’s the matter?
a) I suppose so.
b) I feel sick .
c) I’ll give you some pills.
2 Why don’t we stop smoking?
a) You’re right.
b) I don’t think you should.
c) I can’t sleep.
3 We’re looking for the chemist’s. Is it far?
a) No, sorry.
b) I’m not sure.
c) Yes, it’s here.

4 I think we should stop using the car all the time.
a) You should walk.
b) I don’t think that’s a very good idea.
c) My legs hurt.
5 Is this the right way to the library?
a) Can you help me?
b) No, it’s on the left.
c) Yes, it’s at the end of this street.
6 Where does it hurt?
a) It’s very painful.
b) In my neck and shoulders.
c) I’ve got a temperature.

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12 Write an email to a friend using the
information in the box. Write 75–100 words.
You’re twenty-five and want to travel for a year.
You’ve saved €3000. Tell your friend about your
plans. Use the question prompts below to help you.
Where? Why? How? When? Who with?
Hi,
!
I’m finally going on my dream trip!
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10 Complete gaps 1–11 in the conversation with
ONE word (including contractions).
A: Hi, Anna. 1 What’s the matter? You look
worried.

B: Oh, sorry. I was thinking 2
my holiday
in Brazil.
A: 3
I help?
B: Maybe. I can’t decide what to take.
A: How long are you 4
for?
B: Two weeks.
A: 5
?
B: In February – for the carnival.
A: Oh, that’s easy then. It’ll 6
summer so
take lots of shorts 7
T-shirts.
B: Yes, I know that. But what about the other things
I might need? It can rain a lot in summer, they say.
A: You aren’t 8
to take waterproof clothes
and an umbrella, I hope?!
B: I thought it might be a 9
idea.
A: Don’t! 10
be very hot and you won’t
mind getting wet sometimes.
B: I suppose so.
A: And you 11
take a digital camera –
you’ll lose it. But you must take a money belt.

B: A money belt? What’s that?
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