Gold Experience B1 Progress test 2 Name
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Grammar 1
Complete the sentences with the past simple form of these verbs.
get
go
play
see
speak
watch
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What film did you watch last night?
2
When _______ you last _______ Mary?
3
I _______ up early because I had to finish my homework before school.
4
_______ you _______ to Tom at the party?
5
We _______ on holiday to Greece last year.
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What _______ you _______ with when you were a child?
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Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous form of the verb in brackets.
1
I worked (work) (work) very hard yesterday.
2
Where were you yesterday? I _______________ (not see) you at school.
3
I _______________ (do) my homework when my mum called me for dinner.
4
Why _______________ (be) you late for school yesterday?
5
I _______________ (do) my homework when the telephone rang.
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I _______________ (not have) any friends before I met you.
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Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous form of the verb in brackets.
I 1) was playing ( play) football with my friends when I 2) _______________ (break ) my leg. Luckily, my friend’s mum 3) _______________ (be) there and she 4) _______________ (take) me to hospital by car. My mum 5) _______________ (work ) that afternoon, but when my friend’s mum 6) _______________ ( phone) her she 7) _______________ (come) to the hospital straight away. I 8) _______________ (not stay) in hospital – I 9) _______________ (go) home the same day. That night I 10) _______________ (watch) TV when all my friends 11) _______________ (arrive) to visit me. They brought me lots of chocolates and a card!
10 Vocabulary 4
Complete the sentences with these words.
explains
mean
pronounce
say
translate
understand
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‘What does this word mean?’ ‘I don't know. Look it up in the dictionary.’
2
You’re speaking too fast – I can't _______________ you!
3
Our teacher _______________ English grammar really well.
4
‘Can you _______________ the word, chien?’ ‘Yes, it means dog.’
5
I think that the word crisps is really difficult to _______________ .
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‘How do you _______________ hello in Turkish?’ ‘It’s Merhaba.’
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Complete the sentences with the correct form of these verbs.
pronounce translate
listen
not understand
repeat
speak
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The whole film was in Japanese and I didn’t understand anything.
2
Our teacher asked us to listen and _______________ the words after her.
3
My sister’s really clever – she _______________ Turkish songs into English in her free time.
4
Today we’re going to _______________ to a CD so we can improve our pronunciation.
5
Nobody understands Dad on holiday. He can read Spanish but he can’t _______________ the words very well.
6
A foreign language is really useful if you want to _______________ to people from other countries.
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Choose the correct option for each sentence.
My English teacher is great! She lived in the UK for a year and she often speaks to us 1) on/about life there. She always speaks 2) to/about us in English and that really helps us too. We do lots of interesting things in class – sometimes we 3) translate/listen English pop songs. We do the easy bits and our teacher 4) explains/means the difficult bits to us. Sometimes our teacher invites her English-speaking friends into our class to talk 5) to/at us about different things. We can’t always 6) understand/hear everything they say but we enjoy it anyway. Last year she invited a Scottish friend to the classroom – he 7) pronounced/meant words in a very interesting way! I think there are a l ot of English words which are difficult to 8) say/speak . Our teacher often asks us to listen and 9) repeat/understand . I think it’s really useful to 10) speak/say a foreign language because then you can talk 11) to/about people in their own language.
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Listening 7
Listen to an interview with Patricia. Are the sentences (1–6) true (T) or false (F)?
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Patricia went to an international camp last summer.
T
2
She went because she wanted to try some new sports.
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3
The camp was for a week in August.
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4
The young people at the camp usually spoke English together.
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5
At the end of each day the groups got together and had a big party.
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6
Patricia was really excited about going home at the end of the camp.
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Listen to the conversation again and complete the sentences.
1
Well, I thought it sounded great.
2
I was _______________ a group with four other students.
3
We _______________ all between fourteen and sixteen years old.
4
We went on trips together to interesting _______________ nearby.
5
I _______________ so much!
6
I made new friends and we all _______________ each other really well.
5 Speaking 9
Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
1
on / the / Just / TV’s / a second,
2
cut / off / were / We
_______________________________
3
on, / Hang / it’s / here / a bit / noisy
_______________________________
4
a signal / got / haven’t / I
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for / calling / Thanks
_______________________________
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couldn’t / hear / I / you / Sorry,
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Just a second, the TV’s on.
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Complete the conversation with the sentences from Exercise 9.
Liz:
Hi, is that you Ben?
Ben:
Yes. 1) Just a second, the TV’s on. My sister’s watching a cartoon. That’s better – I’m in the kitchen now.
Liz:
Great. How are you?
Ben:
Fine, I’m … 2) _______________ . My mum’s singing. OK. 3) _______________ I can hear you now though – go on! Liz?
(Phone rings again) Liz:
Sorry. 4) _______________ .
Ben:
This phone call isn’t going well, is it?
Liz:
Not really. Do you want to come to my birthday party tomorrow?
Ben:
Yes, I’d love to!
Liz:
Great. It’s tomorrow at my house. Eight o’clock.
Ben:
Brilliant! 5) _______________ . Oh and Liz, do I need to … any …
Liz:
Oh no! 6) _______________ .
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Reading
How languages can change your life! Only a year ago, Roxana Trandafir wasn’t keen on school. ‘I was terrible at maths and bad at science. I wasn’t interested in sport either. Also I was very shy and didn’t have many friends. My family were worried about me because I didn’t want to go to school in the morning. Then one day something changed. Roxana was coming out of school when she saw an advert for an evening class in Spanish. ‘Why not, I thought. I was bored and didn’t have anything else to do.’ On the first night of the class, Roxana didn’t feel very confident. When she walked into t he Spanish class, her classmates were talking and laughing. ‘They all looked very clever and had lots to say,’ Roxana says. ‘I just wanted to go home.’ Roxana’s feelings soon changed. Her Spanish teacher was very lively and really good at explaining the new language. Roxana quickly learnt to pronounce Spanish words. A week later she could repeat short sentences in Spanish. Now she can understand her teacher when she speaks in Spanish. ‘This summer my mum and dad took me to Spain. It was great – I could translate the menu for my parents and I could tell my parents what people were saying to us. For the first time in my life I f elt like I was good at something!’ Roxana thinks she was lucky to see the advert for the class. ‘Now I feel more confident in school because I know there’s something I’m good at. I can speak to people from other countries too! I learn Spanish every day and I’m learning French now, too.’
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Are the sentences (1–11) true (T) or false (F)?
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Roxana didn’t like school.
T
2
Her family thought she was very happy at school.
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3
Roxana’s friend told her about the Spanish evening class.
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4
Roxana went to the class because she was interested in languages.
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5
Roxana was very excited about meeting her new classmates.
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Roxana felt nervous at the beginning of her first Spanish class.
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Roxana had a very good Spanish teacher.
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8
Roxana’s mum and dad can both speak Spanish well.
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Roxana’s parents took her to Spain on holiday.
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Roxana is happy she saw the advert for the Spanish class.
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Roxana is learning Spanish and French now.
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12
Match the bold words in the text with their meanings.
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making something clear to someone
explaining
2
intelligent
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3
to express the meaning of a word (or words) in another language _______________
4
to say something again after someone else has said it
_______________
5
when you feel fed up because you have nothing to do
_______________
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to make the sound of a word in the correct way
_______________
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Read the text again and answer the questions.
1
Why did Roxana not have many friends? Because she was shy.
2
Why were Roxana’s family worried about her? ________________________________________________________________
3
Why did Roxana decide to go to the Spanish night class? ________________________________________________________________
4
Why was Roxana’s teacher good? ________________________________________________________________
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Who translated the menu when Roxana’s family went to Spain? ________________________________________________________________
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How often does Roxana learn Spanish? ________________________________________________________________
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Writing 14
Complete Julie’s story with these words.
awful
delicious
extremely
furious
hilarious
wonderful
Last year I went on holiday to France with my big brother. I was looking forward to a 1) wonderful holiday and eating lots of 2) _______________ food! However, things went very wrong at the airport in Paris. Unfortunately, my bag with all my clothes got lost on the plane. I was 3) _______________ because some of my favourite clothes were in that bag. I didn’t have anything to wear on holiday! I met an 4) _______________ kind woman in the airport. She saw me crying and asked me what was wrong. When she heard my story, she gave me some of her clothes. The trouble is that the clothes were huge on me – my brother thought I looked 5) _______________ . He didn't stop laughing for a week! I really enjoyed my holiday in the end but I think I looked 6) _______________ most of the time!
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Read the story again and answer the questions.
1
When did it happen?
last year
2
Where did it happen?
______________________________
3
Who was there?
______________________________
4
What was the problem?
______________________________
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How did the writer feel?
______________________________
6
What happened in the end?
______________________________
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Write a funny story about something which happened to you on holiday. Write about 100 words. Use the questions in Exercise 15 to help you. Remember to use strong adjectives to make your writing more interesting.
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