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Pre-intermediate Progress Test Units 4–6B

Listening
1 Track 3 Listen to the directions and write
places a)–f) in the correct position on the map.
L
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D
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C
R
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S
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OXFORD RD

5 ___

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6 ___
You
are
here
→

R
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A
D
x

a) hotel
b) museum
c) restaurant

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 You need this to play cricket: b
3 You can cross the sea or a river in this: f
4 It hurts to eat when you have this: a sore
t
5 You do this in the mountains: s
6 You need this to put your clothes in when you
travel: s

S
T
R
E
E
T

BRICK ROAD

1d

2 ___
5 Underline the correct alternative.
1 Have you ever been / played rollerblading?
2 He should avoid driving / working cars because
his eyes aren’t very good.
3 I don’t understand why she’s so tired. She gets /
takes lots of sleep
4 The actor Jim Dixon gave / did the greatest
performance of his life as Macbeth.
5 Kate has to make / sit an exam for the job but
she’ll probably fail it.
6 The doctor says he mustn’t miss / take breakfast.

3 ___

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

oOoo

Oo

biscuits

oOo

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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 go by ship / tram / motorbike / swimming
3 take a rucksack / rugby / pills / a map
4 make friends / a decision / karate / a film
5 study online / science / tram / IT
6 have a rest / antibiotics / a broken arm / painful

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6 Underline the correct alternative.
1 Have / Did you ever made the wrong decision?
2 Chris is good at physics. He’ll help you to do /
doing your homework.
3 I won’t / ‘ll ask him again. He doesn’t seem to
want / wanting to come.
4 You must / mustn’t call her. You promised speak /
to speak to her tonight.
5 They watched / were watching TV when they
heard / were hearing a noise.
6 I usually avoid drinking / to drink fizzy drinks.
7 He ’s / have lived in the same house in / since

1970.
8 Smoking is not allowed in public places. You
can / mustn’t do it.
9 I might not / expect to see / seeing them at the
weekend.
10 She hasn’t / didn’t written to her family since /
for two years.
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Pre-intermediate Progress Test Units 4–6B

7 Underline the correct answer, a), b) or c).
My Aunt Jane 1 c a wonderful life. She’s 2
English teacher and has lived and 3
all over
the world. Her first job was at a 4
school in
Turkey where she taught a class of thirty-three
eleven-year-old children 5
twenty-five hours a
week. It was an English-medium school: the
teachers taught all the subjects in English 6
first-year students needed to learn it quickly. They
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any English and my aunt didn’t speak

Turkish so it wasn’t easy. Aunt Jane always
remembers taking home thirty-three homework
books every night. But she 8
a wonderful time
while she 9
there. She spent the school
holidays 10
all over the country by bus, learnt
Turkish and had the first of many amazing travel
experiences. She 11
forgotten it.
1 a) had
2 a) a
3 a) worked
4 a) university
5 a) since
6 a) because
7 a) didn’t know
8 a) was having
9 a) had
10 a) to travel
11 a) ’s never

b) was having
c) ‘s had
b) –
c) an
b) was working c) works
b) secondary
c) college

b) at
c) for
b) so
c) but
b) haven’t known c) knew
b) has had
c) had
b) was living
c) has lived
b) travelling
c) travel
b) never
c) never has

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 great.’
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.’

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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
years.
a) 150
b) 80
c) 100
2 A. S. Neill thought that children
choose
what they want to do.
a) should
b) can’t
c) mustn’t
3 At Summerhill, students

disagree with the
rules if they want to.
a) can’t
b) can
c) have to
4 Students don’t have to go to classes but most of
them
do.
a) always
b) rarely
c) never
5 Margit never
her language classes.
a) liked
b) goes to
c) misses
6 Many people think schoolwork
be more
interesting than it is now.
a) have to
b) should
c) mustn’t
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Pre-intermediate Progress Test Units 4–6B
11 Underline six mistakes in the languagelearning advice blog.

Speaking
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 Is this the right way to the theatre?
a) You can’t miss it.
b) Yes, it’s at the end of this street.
c) Can I help you?
3 Where does it hurt?
a) In my back.
b) I’ve got a cough.
c) I’m worried.
4 Why don’t we start jogging?
a) I don’t like swimming.
b) Good idea.
c) I don’t think you should.
5 We’re looking for the bank. Is it far?
a) No, sorry.
b) Yes, it’s here.
c) I’m not sure.
6 I think I’m going to start using my bike more.
a) I don’t think that’s a very good idea.
b) Do your arms hurt?
c) I should walk.

I’m Alex and I am coming from Hungary. I am
loving music and I’ve learnt all my English with
British and american songs. I listen to the songs

again and again, and read and re-read the words. I
look up also new words in an online dikshunary and
practise the pronunciation. Then I sing the songs
while I’m listening. My English isn’t perfect but the
singers do a lot of grammar mistakes in their songs!
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12 Write an email to a friend using the
information in the box. Write 75–100 words.
You’re twenty-one 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 about my holiday
2
Brazil.
A: Can I help?
B: Maybe. I 3
decide what to take.
A: How long 4
you going for?

B: Two weeks.
A: When?
B: In February – for the carnival.
A: Oh, that’s easy then. 5
be summer so
take lots of shorts and T-shirts.
B: Yes, I 6
that! But what about the other
things I might need? It 7
a lot in summer,
they say.
A: You aren’t going 8
take waterproof
clothes, I hope?!
B: I thought 9
might be a good idea.
A: Don’t! It’ll be very hot and you won’t mind
getting wet sometimes.
B: I suppose so.
A: And you shouldn’t take a digital camera –
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lose it. But you must 11
a money
belt.
B: A money belt? What’s that?
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