NAME

CLASS
Progress Test  Files 6–10 ENGLISH FILE
Intermediate
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation   B

GRAMMAR 12 Zoe rang. She said she _______ (call) back this
evening.
1 Complete the sentences with one word.
13 We _______ (get) back much earlier if the flight
Example: The letter was posted last week. hadn’t been delayed.
1 Kostas asked me ________ I’d ever been to Athens. 14 The nurse told me _______ (sit) down and take my
2 I would never have realized it was Thomas _______ jumper off.
you’d told me. 15 If I _______ (answer) all the questions, I would have
3 You haven’t really enjoyed this holiday, _______ you? passed the exam.
4 ‘Are there any biscuits in the cupboard?’  ‘No, there 15
are ________ at all.’
5 Pizza, ________ is popular all over the world, 3 Underline the correct word or phrase.
originally came from Italy. Example: I don’t mind to wait / waiting.
6 My sister ________ still get the job in London – we
1 I forgot turning / to turn off the lights when I went
won’t know until next week.
out.
7 Dan drinks coffee, _______ he?
2 Could I have just a few / little more milk in my tea?
8 Edinburgh is the city _______ the Harry Potter
3 There are any / no good restaurants in this town.
novels were written.
4 She asked Lorna whether she spoke / did she speak
9 Wait _______ Dave arrives and then we can all go
Greek.
together.
5 Bob can’t / must earn a good salary because he’s
10 Oh no! That’s the man _______ car I crashed into
always eating out.
last month!
6 I’m not very good at to cook / cooking, but I like
10
watching cookery programmes on TV.
7 If she’d told me she was worried, I ’d be / ’d have been
2 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of happy to help her.
the verb in brackets.
8 Will can’t / mustn’t be in his office. His light isn’t on.
Example: The house was built (build) in 1906.
9 Helen said she was coming round later, did / didn’t
1 When we _______ (check in), I’ll ask for a room with she?
a view. 10 It’s too / too much hot in here – can you turn the
2 If we don’t drive less, global warming _______ (get) heating down?
worse more quickly. 11 If we had to get a new car, we would borrow / had
3 This passport photo _______ (take) ages ago – it borrowed money from my parents.
doesn’t really look like me now! 12 It’s the students who / what ask questions who
4 Exam papers ________ (hand) out in a few minutes, usually learn the most.
just before the exam starts. 13 I wish I’d had enough time / time enough to check my
5 Nathalie is really pleased. She _______ just ______ work more carefully.
(offer) a job in Paris. 14 Karen’s new house is really easy to find / finding. It’s
6 Leo’s car _______ (repair) today so I gave him a lift next to her old one!
into work. 15 We really can’t afford going / to go to restaurants
7 As soon as Peter arrives, we _______ (start) the these days.
meeting. 15
8 If you ________ (be) a bit taller, you’d make a
fantastic basketball player. Grammar total 40

9 Dolphins _______ often _______ (see) off the coast

of Scotland.
10 Charlotte ________ (like) chicken, doesn’t she?
11 ________ (go) back to work if you won a lot of
money?

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 NAME CLASS
Progress Test  Files 6–10 ENGLISH FILE
Intermediate
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation   B

VOCABULARY 6 I need to r_______ tonight for the history exam

tomorrow.
4 Complete the sentences with the correct word(s).
7 Can you t_______ the salt in this food? I think it
Example: They made the story into a film. needs some more.
on into off 8 Who is in ch_______ of the training department in
1 My wife wants to ________ from work when she’s your company?
60. 9 The police are still trying to s________ the crime
promote retire sacked after ten years.
2 The film Atonement was ________ on the novel by 10 I’ll lend you £30, but only if you can pay me
Ian McEwan. b________ tomorrow.
based set directed 10

3 You can have lots of _______, but it doesn’t mean

you’ll find a job. 6 Underline the odd word out.
salaries qualifications training courses Example: soundtrack  plot  special effects  comedy
4 Our science teacher isn’t very _______. He only
1 music inventor cyclist painter
explains things once.
impatient patiently patient 2 supermarket department store baker’s 
shopping centre
5 My favourite _______ was when she jumped out of
the helicopter into the sea! 3 fortunately comfortable luckily carelessly
scene plot script 4 timetable professor student pupil
6 We’ve ________ coffee recently, so we don’t drink it 5 suspect witness detective evidence
as often. 6 throw clap stare point
cut away  cut out  cut down on 7 retire permanent full-time part-time
7 She was ________ well by her parents, even though 8 ceiling roof outskirts chimney
they were very young.
9 patient selfish immature stubborn
educated taught brought up
10 lucky comfort fortunate careful
8 Paula and I met at _______. We were colleagues in an 10
insurance company.
work college school
7 Match the words that go together.
9 If you understand what I’m saying, just ________
your head. slope  fiction  belt  friend  station  rank
point smile nod store  effects  injured  jam  course
10 Anna lives ________ the outskirts of Edinburgh.
at in on Example: department  store
10 1 close _______
2 traffic _______
5 Complete the words in the sentences. 3 ski _______
Example: The audience loved the film. 4 taxi _______
1 I failed my exams because I made too many 5 police _______
c________ mistakes! 6 get _______
2 The hotel was so dirty that we c_______ to the 7 seat _______
manager. 8 special _______
3 I must go and p_______ my children up from school 9 science _______
– it’s nearly 3.30. 10 golf _______
4 Students know they shouldn’t ch_______ in exams. 10
It’s dishonest.
5 The computer isn’t working because you didn’t Vocabulary total 40
pl________ it in!

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 NAME CLASS
Progress Test  Files 6–10 ENGLISH FILE
Intermediate
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation   B

PRONUNCIATION
8 Match the words with the same sounds.

wall  coin receipt term terrace comfort
could fine queue  house care

Example: owl  house

1 key ________
2 chair ________
3 bull ________
4 boot ________
5 bird ________
6 up ________
7 horse ________
8 snake ________
9 bike ________
10 tree ________
10

9 Underline the stressed syllable.

Example: lo|ca|tion
1 dis|co|nnect
2 e|vi|dence
3 qua|li|fi|ca|tions
4 sub|ti|tle
5 am|bi|tious
6 tem|pora|ry
7 de|mon|strate
8 in|he|rit
9 un|comfor|ta|ble
10 e|le|men|tary
10

Pronunciation total 20

Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation total 100

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 NAME CLASS
Progress Test  Files 6–10 ENGLISH FILE
Intermediate
Reading and Writing   B

READING 2 His photographs showed details that _______ by the

human eye.
1 Read the text and tick (✓) A, B, or C. A  could sometimes be seen  ■ 
B  had never been seen before  ■ 
The first film maker? C  couldn’t usually be seen  ■
3 Muybridge discovered that a running horse _______.
When we think of animated films, it’s often Walt Disney’s
name that first comes to mind. However, there is another
A  briefly doesn’t touch the ground  ■ 
less-known person whose work is very important to
B  always has one of four hooves on the ground  ■ 
animators. Eadweard Muybridge was a photographer who C  always has two hooves on the ground  ■
taught us more about animal and human motion than any 4 Muybridge decided to learn photography _______.
other, and who, with his camera, recorded details that A  before he moved to the US  ■ 
couldn’t be seen with the human eye. It could be argued B  before he had an accident  ■ 
that he is also one of the very earliest cinematographers, C  after he’d had an accident  ■
coming up with a device which let him show moving images
5 Muybridge became famous for his photographs of
just like a film projector. He is particularly famous for
California _______.
discovering that, for a moment, a moving horse lifts all four
hooves off the ground at the same time.
A  before 1860  ■  B  in 1860  ■ 
C  after 1860  ■
Muybridge was an Englishman who moved to the United
States in the 1850s, taking up photography after he was 6 He used his series of photographs to _______.
seriously injured in a road accident. If he hadn’t suffered A  make a film  ■  B  invent a device  ■ 
serious head injuries when he was thrown out of a vehicle, C  help an artist  ■
he might never have chosen the creative profession that he 7 Before Muybridge’s film, artists painted moving
did. horses that were _______.
By the 1860s, Muybridge was already well known for his A  almost the same as his photographs  ■ 
landscape photos of California, but in 1872 he was hired by B  just like his photographs  ■ 
a race horse owner to try and work out the exact sequence C  very different to his photographs  ■
of movements of a horse. By placing cameras along the
8 Muybridge gave lectures _______.
edge of the track, Muybridge managed to capture a series
A  in the UK  ■  B  all over the world  ■ 
of images which he then copied on to a disc. Using his
C  around the US  ■
invention, the zoopraxiscope, he was able to create a little
film which proved that horses moved quite differently from 9 After he’d committed a serious crime, he _______.
how artists used to paint them. A  went abroad  ■  B  avoided going to prison  ■ 
He then took thousands of images not only of animals, but C  was sent to prison  ■
also of people doing athletic activities and performing 10 People were able to _______ in Chicago.
everyday tasks such as walking up steps, or throwing water A  see his films for free  ■ 
from a bucket. As travel became easier, he was able to give B  pay to see his films  ■ 
lectures around the world. With his careful, patient art, C  see his films at home  ■
Muybridge contributed a great deal to science. He didn’t
10
have a quiet personal life, however. In 1874, he killed a man,
but was later acquitted of murder.
In 1893, Muybridge charged the public to see his moving
2 Match five of the highlighted words / phrases with
images in a hall in Chicago that was built specially for the
the definitions.
purpose. This building should really be called the first ever Example: people who make animated films like
cinema. His extraordinary photos are still an invaluable cartoons  animators
reference for cinema animators.
1 inventing __________
2 a machine to show images on a screen  __________
Example: Walt Disney is _______ in film animation.
3 horses’ feet  __________
A  not important  ■  B  the only name  ■ 
C  the most famous name  ■ ✓ 4 a container for water  __________
5 extremely useful  __________
1 In his photographs, Muybridge showed _______.
5
A  the human eye  ■  B  film cameras  ■ 
C  people and animals  ■
Reading total 15

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 NAME CLASS
Progress Test  Files 6–10 ENGLISH FILE
Intermediate
Reading and Writing   B

WRITING
Answer one of the questions and write 75–100
words.
1 What do you like or dislike about shopping?
2 What is your favourite film and why?
3 Write about the advantages and disadvantages of
computers.

Writing total 10

Reading and Writing total 25

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 NAME CLASS
Progress Test  Files 6–10 ENGLISH FILE
Intermediate
Listening and Speaking   B

LISTENING SPEAKING
1 Listen. Tick (✓) the five tips which the expert 1 Answer your partner’s questions.
mentions.
Now make questions and ask your partner.
1 Keep your revision plan in a safe place.  ■ 1 prefer / live in big flat in city centre or small house in
2 Let other people see your revision plan.  ■ countryside?
3 It’s important to go to bed early when you’re 2 What school subject / would / like / be better at?
revising.  ■ 3 you / like / go / boarding school?
4 The best time to study for many people is before 4 What / worst / job / ever / have?
lunch.  ■ 5 How long / spend on / phone / every day?
5 Don’t study for more than an hour at a time.  ■ 6 you / have / favourite teacher / at school?
6 Write a list of questions and answers and then test 7 often / watch horror films?
yourself.  ■ 8 ever be / very lucky?
7 Make sure you have an internet connection.  ■ 9 you / patient or impatient person?
10 good idea / have / TV in children’s bedrooms?
8 Keep your mobile switched on so you can call a
friend for help.  ■ 2 Listen to your partner. Do you agree with him /
9 Working with a friend helps you remember her?
things.  ■
10 Be relaxed about the exam.  ■ 3 Talk about one of the statements below, saying if
you agree or disagree. Give reasons.
5
1 ‘Films should never be dubbed.’
2 ‘People who have good luck also usually work hard.’
2 Listen to five conversations. Tick (✓) A, B, or C. 3 ‘Teachers have more influence over children than
1 Rich would like to see _____ this weekend. their parents do.’
A  an action film  ■  B  a science-fiction film  ■  Speaking total 15
C  a thriller  ■
2 John would like to live _____. Listening and Speaking total 25
A  in an old, small house  ■ 
B  in a big, modern house  ■ 
C  in a modern flat  ■
3 _____ often sells things on the internet.
A  Sally’s sister  ■  B  Fred’s wife  ■ 
C  Sally’s friend  ■
4 Kate’s office is _____.
A  in the centre of town  ■ 
B  on the ground floor  ■  C  in her house  ■
5 Tess thinks that Rob should _____.
A  change his profile picture  ■ 
B  get better friends  ■ 
C  find a new girlfriend  ■
5

Listening total 10

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