Empower B1 Units 7 8 9 Progress Test

Name: ______________________________________
I Write sentences comparing these things. Use the words in brackets.
1. My laptop – €350 / Tom’s laptop – €300 (expensive)
_________________________________________________________
2. Lions / cats (big)
_________________________________________________________
3. Ben – 1m 73 / Oliver – 1m 78 (tall)
_________________________________________________________
4. Ferrari – 210kph / Ford – 150kph (fast)
_________________________________________________________
5. Olivia – born 1995 / Emma – born 1997 (young)
_________________________________________________________
II Complete the sentences with the comparative or superlative form:
1. Antarctica is the _______________place on Earth. (cold)

2. Vatican City is the______________ country in the world. (small)
3. Apples are___________ than chips. (healthy)
4. The Nile river, in Egypt, is the ______________- river in the world. (long)
5. Elephants are_______________ than bears. (big)
6. Gold is______________ than silver. (expensive)
7. Cherrapunji, in India, is the_______________ place on Earth. (wet)
8. Bikes are______________ than cars. (slow)
9. I am__________ at English than my brother. (good)
10. The________________ place on Earth is El Azizia, Lybia. (hot).
11. The Pacific is the ___________________ ocean in the world. (wide)
III Write the sentences using USED TO:
1. I / live in a flat when I was a child.
_______________________________________________________________
2. We / go to the beach every summer?
_______________________________________________________________
3. She / love eating chocolate, but now she hates it.
_______________________________________________________________
4. He / not / smoke.
_______________________________________________________________
5. I / play tennis when I was at school.
_______________________________________________________________
6. She / be able to speak French, but she has forgotten it all.
_______________________________________________________________
7. He / play golf every weekend?
_______________________________________________________________
8. They both / have short hair.
_______________________________________________________________
9. Julie / study Portuguese.
_______________________________________________________________
10. I / not / hate school.
_______________________________________________________________
IV Choose the correct answer:
1. I thought that that film was ............ by Robert Redford but I was wrong.
A decided B driven C directed
2. Are you watching that TV ............ about art that's on every Wednesday
evening?
A stage B series C scheme
3. In the winter, lots of people go ............ and skiing in the mountains.
A skateboarding B windsurfing C snowboarding
4. The hills and mountains here are great for rock ............ .
A climbing B diving C skating
5. The new art gallery was ............ by a Scottish architect.
A imagined B directed C designed
6. If you like running, jumping and throwing, why not join the ............ club?
A athletics B gymnastics C ice hockey
7. The first concert was ............ at the arts centre in 1979.
A performed B played C passed
8. People who go ............ can ride waves up to 20 metres high.
A scuba diving B surfing C ice skating

V For questions 25 – 32, mark A, B or C.
The 11 year old artist
Daniel Johnson is an 11-year-old artist. Recently, one of his paintings (25) …………
sold for £30,000. The painting shows a winter snow scene near his home in
Scotland, where the young artist has (26) ………… all his life. Daniel (27) …………
been an artist since he first started painting scenes of nature on a family holiday at
the age of 5. His abilities (28) ………… quickly recognised by his parents and when
his pictures were (29) ………… to art experts, they agreed the boy had something
special. A local artist gave Daniel lessons and he learned fast, and got a lot of
attention from the media. When his paintings go on sale, they (30) ………… bought
for very large amounts of money by people from places like the USA and South
Africa. Daniel's parents (31) ………… known for a long time that they need to make
sure that he has a normal childhood. Daniel has always loved football, and has been
a member of the school football team (32) ………… several years.
25 A have B were C was
26 A live B lived C living
27 A is B was C has
28 A were B have C are
29 A show B showing C shown
30 A are B have C was
31 A have B were C are
32 A since B for C during

VI For each question, complete the second sentence so that it means the same as
the first. Use no more than three words.
1. JK Rowling wrote seven books about Harry Potter.
The seven Harry Potter books ____________________________________ JK Rowling.
2. Someone stole the museum's most famous painting in 1931.
The museum's most famous painting ___________________________________ in 1931.
3. Michelangelo didn't paint the Mona Lisa.
The Mona Lisa ________________________________________ Michelangelo.
4. When did JK Rowling start writing novels?
How _______________________________________ JK Rowling been a writer of novels?
5. Nigel's love of music started when he was a young child.
Nigel ______________________________________________ since he was a young child.
6. They performed the play for the first time in 1858.
The play ______________________________________________for the first time in 1858.
7. Peter became a professional musician in 2003.
Peter's been a professional musician ______________________________________ 2003.
8. Maria was a teenager when she became an actor.
Maria has been an actor ____________________________________________ a teenager.

VII Put the verbs in the correct form to make the First Conditional:
1. If I __________________ (go) out tonight, I __________________ (go) to the cinema.
2. If you __________________ (get) back late, I __________________ (be) angry.
3. If we __________________ (not / see) each other tomorrow, we __________________

(see) each other next week.
4. If he __________________ (come), I __________________ (be) surprised.
5. If we __________________ (wait) here, we __________________ (be) late.
6. If we __________________ (go) on holiday this summer, we __________________ (go)

to Spain.
7. If the weather __________________ (not / improve), we __________________ (not /

have) a picnic.
8. If I __________________ (not / go) to bed early, I __________________ (be) tired

tomorrow.
9. If we __________________ (eat) all this cake, we __________________ (feel) sick.
10. If you __________________ (not / want) to go out, I __________________ (cook)

dinner at home.
VIII Read the text and answer the questions:
Famous people’s first jobs
Not all famous people were born into famous families. A lot of them had normal
lives before becoming famous. They also had jobs like the rest of us. Here are just a
few:
Former President Obama worked at an ice-cream parlour selling ice-cream cones.

He was in high school in Honolulu, Hawaii and said it was quite hard. He also said
that the job taught him about responsibility, hard work and how to spend time with
work, friends and family.
Brad Pitt had a weird job when he was younger. He worked as a chicken! That’s
right. He worked at a restaurant called El Pollo Loco in Hollywood, and his job was
to dress up like a chicken and wave at the cars on the road. In fact, if you go on a
“See the Stars” tour in Hollywood, many of them will take you past the same
restaurant where Brad used to work.
Maybe the strangest path in life was that of Pope Francis. When he was young in
Argentina, he worked several jobs before joining the Jesuits and dedicating his life
to religion. He worked as a cleaner sweeping floors, a chemical tester at a laboratory
and as a bouncer at a bar! Yes, the pope was the person responsible for security at a
bar in case anything wrong happened. Can you imagine?!
1. Who helped protect people?

2. Who pretended to be an animal?
3. Who learned a lot from their first job?
4. Who worked in advertising?
5. Who thought the job was difficult?
6. Who had a couple of different jobs?

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Name: ______________________________________

I Write sentences comparing these things. Use the words in brackets.

1. My laptop – €350 / Tom’s laptop – €300 (expensive)

2. Lions / cats (big)

3. Ben – 1m 73 / Oliver – 1m 78 (tall)

4. Ferrari – 210kph / Ford – 150kph (fast)

5. Olivia – born 1995 / Emma – born 1997 (young)

II Complete the sentences with the comparative or superlative form:

1. Antarctica is the _______________place on Earth. (cold)

1. I / live in a flat when I was a child.

2. We / go to the beach every summer?

3. She / love eating chocolate, but now she hates it.

5. I / play tennis when I was at school.

6. She / be able to speak French, but she has forgotten it all.

7. He / play golf every weekend?

8. They both / have short hair.

9. Julie / study Portuguese.

10. I / not / hate school.

A decided B driven C directed

A stage B series C scheme

3. In the winter, lots of people go ............ and skiing in the mountains.

A skateboarding B windsurfing C snowboarding

A climbing B diving C skating

5. The new art gallery was ............ by a Scottish architect.

A imagined B directed C designed

A athletics B gymnastics C ice hockey

7. The first concert was ............ at the arts centre in 1979.

A performed B played C passed

8. People who go ............ can ride waves up to 20 metres high.

A scuba diving B surfing C ice skating

The 11 year old artist

25 A have B were C was

26 A live B lived C living

28 A were B have C are

29 A show B showing C shown

30 A are B have C was

31 A have B were C are

32 A since B for C during

1. JK Rowling wrote seven books about Harry Potter.

The seven Harry Potter books ____________________________________ JK Rowling.

2. Someone stole the museum's most famous painting in 1931.

The museum's most famous painting ___________________________________ in 1931.

3. Michelangelo didn't paint the Mona Lisa.

The Mona Lisa ________________________________________ Michelangelo.

4. When did JK Rowling start writing novels?

How _______________________________________ JK Rowling been a writer of novels?

5. Nigel's love of music started when he was a young child.

Nigel ______________________________________________ since he was a young child.

6. They performed the play for the first time in 1858.

The play ______________________________________________for the first time in 1858.

7. Peter became a professional musician in 2003.

Peter's been a professional musician ______________________________________ 2003.

8. Maria was a teenager when she became an actor.

Maria has been an actor ____________________________________________ a teenager.

1. If I __________________ (go) out tonight, I __________________ (go) to the cinema.

2. If you __________________ (get) back late, I __________________ (be) angry.

3. If we __________________ (not / see) each other tomorrow, we __________________

4. If he __________________ (come), I __________________ (be) surprised.

5. If we __________________ (wait) here, we __________________ (be) late.

1. If I (go) out tonight, I (go) to the cinema.

2. If you (get) back late, I (be) angry.

3. If we (not / see) each other tomorrow, we

4. If he (come), I (be) surprised.

5. If we (wait) here, we (be) late.

6. If we (go) on holiday this summer, we (go)

7. If the weather (not / improve), we (not /

8. If I (not / go) to bed early, I (be) tired

9. If we (eat) all this cake, we (feel) sick.

10. If you (not / want) to go out, I (cook)