Prepare Level 2 Progress Tests x10 PDF

Progress test 1 (Units 1 and 2) VOCABULARY 1 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. There are two words you do not need. tennis   ​ running   ​volleyball   ​hockey   ​sailing   ​ football   ​ rugby   ​ cycling 1 You play in teams and hit the ball with a stick! is very good for you, but you need a bike for this! 2 , but you also need a ball and 3 You only need two people to play rackets, of course! in a little boat is sometimes dangerous when there’s lots of wind! 4 match, players kick the ball and try to score goals. 5 In a is great because you can do it alone. But it’s hard work up hills! 6

2 Choose the right words to complete the sentences. 1 I have my main lunch / recipe / meal in the middle of the day. Do you? 2 To make pancakes, first, you need to meet / mix / make eggs, flour and milk together in a bowl. 3 Mum doesn’t often have desserts because she doesn’t like eating sweet / slow / strong food. 4 ‘What would you like for your first group / course / plate?’ the waiter asked. 5 We’re making dinner at the hour / time / moment. What are you doing? 6 Dad often does / cooks / serves the cooking on Sundays. 7 On Sundays, I eat as much toast and honey as I enjoy / want / love!

GRAMMAR 3 Complete the sentences. Use the present simple or the present continuous. (Lea / do) at the weekends? 1 Which sports (play) table tennis with Martin every Saturday. 2 I (make) dinner! 3 Sorry! I can’t help you. I (never eat) cabbage soup. 4 Dad (often drink) some fruit tea in the morning. 5 She (you / eat) now? More chocolate? 6 What

4 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. with   ​after   ​in   ​like   ​for 1 I sometimes only have some fruit yoghurt breakfast. lots of chocolate sauce tastes fantastic! 2 Ice cream cucumber and tomatoes in our salads. 3 We put vegetables the team. 4 My friend is the best baseball player school. 5 I sometimes go sailing

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Progress test 2 (Units 3 and 4) VOCABULARY 1 Complete the text Anna wrote with the words in the box. rock   ​ musician   ​instruments   ​keyboard   ​ actor   ​ record   ​ festival My best friend at school wanted to become an (1) and work in the theatre or on television. But I just wanted to play in a band. I wanted to give lots of hundreds of albums! concerts and (2) I first got a guitar when I was about 10. I was quite good at playing that, but then started when I was older, too. I liked that more. Mum plays to play the (3) ! We sometimes practise the piano and Dad plays five different (4) music but we often listen to all together. We all like listening to (5) classical music too. Now, I am in a band with three of my friends and we’re becoming famous. Last week, and on a TV show, and there are lots of we played at a music (6) ! photos of us on the internet. I love being a (7)

2 Write the missing letters. 1 Some people wear a r _ _ _ on one of their fingers. 2 Is that chair made of p _ _ _ _ _ c or wood? 3 I’m giving Alice a necklace but it’s made of s _ _ _ _ _ not gold. 4 I like giving p _ _ _ _ _ _ s more than getting them! 5 The window in my bedroom is r _ _ _ d, not square! 6 I can’t wear my new earrings because one of them is b _ _ _ _ n!

GRAMMAR 3 Put the words in the right order to make sentences about Penny. 1 like / soul / friends / to / listening / Penny / music / her / and 2 Penny’s / can / violin / school, / learn / play / the / At / students / to 3 loves / Penny / on / music / radio / to / classical / listening / the 4 than / hundred / got / Penny’s / more / albums / a / fifty / and / old 5 lesson / every / Penny / Wednesday / a / music / has / afternoon

4 Complete the sentences with the right form of to be. at a concert when I phoned him yesterday. 1 Alex both learning to play the drums! 2 Benny and I (not) my favourite types of music. 3 Jazz and rap made of gold! 4 Todd’s got a very special key on his key ring. It out. 5 I tried to call you at the weekend but you really excited about it! 6 Sam’s getting me an expensive necklace. I

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Progress test 3 (Units 5 and 6) VOCABULARY 1 Read the definitions. Put the letters in the right order to make words. (mfrrea) 1 This person lives in the country and looks after animals like sheep and cows. (cchemian) 2 When you have problems with your car, take it to this person. (hoacc) 3 This person teaches people how to be better sports players. (twiare) 4 When you eat in a restaurant, this person brings your food to the table. (hoorgpphtare) 5 This person takes the pictures we see in newspapers and magazines. (ldome) 6 To be this, you usually have to be tall, thin and beautiful!

2 Complete the conversation with the right adjectives. Write the missing letters. Amy: Bill: Amy: Bill: Amy: Bill: Amy: Bill: Amy: Bill: Amy: Bill: Amy: Bill:

Hi, Bill. What job are you doing at the moment? I’m working for a TV company. I’m a weather man! Really? That’s an (1) e _ _ _ job, isn’t it? No! It’s really difficult! But a bit boring? No! It’s (2) i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ g! And you work in a big office? No! I work in a (3) s _ _ _ _ office with lots of other people. And do you have lots of free time? No! I’m always very (4) b _ _ _ ! And are the other staff difficult to work with? No! They’re really nice and (5) f _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , too! Do you earn lots of money? No! I don’t. It’s a problem because living in London isn’t cheap. It’s very (6) e _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ! Amy: Well, Bill. Guess what I’m doing now? Bill: I don’t know. Tell me! Amy: I’ve got a very (7) im _ _ _ _ _ _ t job. I’m your new boss!

GRAMMAR 3 Complete the story. Use the past simple. My birthday is on June 18th. That’s Paul McCartney’s (of the Beatles) birthday as well. (phone) me and (2) On my last birthday, Paul (1) (arrive) to take (invite) me to his recording studio. A large car (3) me there. The driver had lots of old albums in the car. ‘This one was in the shops in 1965,’ he said. ‘It’s called Help! Shall I play it?’ (answer) ‘It’s one of my favourite songs.’ ‘Oh yes!’ I (4) (stop) and I When we got to the studio, the car (5) (look) up at the building. Paul was there. He (7) (6) (wave) to me from a large window. I was so excited, but when I (8) (call). (jump) out of the car, I really hurt my leg. ‘Help!’ I (9) (carry) me carefully into the building. Then I Paul and the driver (10) (open) my eyes. It was just a dream! (11)

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Progress test 4 (Units 7 and 8) VOCABULARY 1 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. airport

journey

station

maps

passport

diary

drawer

world

1 My has got a photo of me in it and information like my nationality, birthday and address. in 2 I keep important things like tickets, money and letters in a special my desk. I usually take a magazine to read and a game to play. 3 When I go on a long to see all the different towns, roads and rivers. 4 I like looking at in our town. 5 We don’t often travel by train because there isn’t a when I’m on holiday. 6 I write about each day in my . They don’t like the noise from all 7 My friends live near a very busy the planes. ? 8 Do you know, there are about 200 different countries in the

GRAMMAR 2 Write the sentences in the present simple. 1 Louise came with us. with us. Louise 2 Jan caught an early train. an early train. Jan 3 Tim rode his brother’s bike. his brother’s bike. Tim 4 Joe slept in a tent sometimes. in a tent sometimes. Joe

5 Ben and Kim took a lot of photos. Ben and Kim a lot of photos. 6 Sacha often went to Paris. to Paris. Sacha often 7 Mum gave me my breakfast. me my breakfast. Mum

3 Complete the conversation. Use the past simple. Tom: Suzy: Tom: Suzy: Tom: Suzy: Tom: Suzy: Tom: Suzy: Tom: Suzy: Tom: Suzy: Tom: Suzy: Tom Suzy:

Did you go somewhere nice on holiday, Suzy? (go) to South Africa! Sure! We (1) Did you have a good time? (have) a brilliant time, thanks! We (2) Did you get up early every day? (get up) early sometimes, but not always. We (3) Did you do lots of swimming? (swim) every afternoon! We (4) And did you take lots of photos? (take) thousands of photos, actually! I (5) Can I see some of the best pictures? (put) them all on my internet blog! I (6) OK. Did you eat lots of good food? (eat) ten different types of fish. Yes! I (7) Did you see any interesting places? (see) some amazing places, Tom. I (8) Great! And did you meet anyone interesting? (meet) lots of nice people. Yes, I did. I (9)

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Progress test 5 (Units 9 and 10) VOCABULARY 1 Complete the story. Write the missing letters. Jo and I went shopping in the city yesterday. The (1) s _ _ _ _ were on, so everything was cheaper. We went into our favourite clothes shop first. I bought a nice warm yellow (2) j _ _ _ _ r and a really cool, black baseball (3) c _ _ . Then I saw a dark green skirt. It was made of (4) c _ _ _ _ _ . It was the right (5) s _ _ _ for me, not too big or too small, and I loved it. I bought that, too. In another shop, Jo bought a new (6) w _ _ _ _ _ for her Dad to put his money in. It’s made of (7) l _ _ _ _ _ _ and was quite expensive! Then she bought some pink (8) s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to wear on holiday. It’s important to wear them on sunny days, she said. It was a great day!

2 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. There are four words you don’t need. wool   ​ jewellery   ​make-up   ​price   ​shorts   ​ change   ​credit   ​material   ​market   ​sign 1 When I buy something online, I pay with a card. because I’ve only got one necklace. 2 I don’t wear lots of . 3 My brother doesn’t wear jeans when it’s hot. He wears yesterday. 4 The shop assistant gave me the wrong are cheaper than clothes in shops. 5 The clothes in the because they’re warmer. 6 I like wearing clothes made of

GRAMMAR 3 Choose the right words to complete the sentences. 1 There are a / the / some few really good history books on that shelf. 2 Who / Whose / Where swimming costume is that? It’s really wet. 3 I don’t want to spend an / all / any money this afternoon! 4 Can I have a bit from / of / for paper? I want to write something. 5 Those shoes aren’t Dan’s or Jim’s. They’re our / us / ours! 6 It’s fun to make clothes up / out / with of paper! It’s cheap too! 7 Katy’s got a book like this. Do you think it’s their / her / hers? 8 How much / many / more eggs are in the fridge. Can you check? 9 I wanted to get a new T-shirt so / because / but I looked for one online. 10 Rob bought a game from a website. It arrived four days later / finally / then.

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Progress test 6 (Units 11 and 12) VOCABULARY 1 Complete the definitions. Write the missing letters. 1 M _ _ h _ _ _ _ s are small, brown or white vegetables. You can sometimes find them in forests. 2 You need two or three eggs to make a large o _ _ _ _ _ _ e. 3 When you’re on a beach holiday, it’s good to eat fresh s _ _ f _ _ _ ! 4 You use a m _ _ _ _ to open and close websites and to move to different parts of a computer screen. 5 To hear information or listen to music online, people sometimes use one or two extra s_______. 6 The part of the computer where you can see all the letters and numbers is called the k_______.

2 Choose the right words to complete the sentences. 1 A quiz / virus / screen is dangerous if you download it onto your computer. 2 Computers and anything else that has moving parts can be called mechanics / mobiles / machines. 3 The word ‘smart’ in smartphones means the same as clever / strong / digital. 4 If you need to store more information on your computer, you can sometimes add more memory / space / battery to the hard drive. 5 Old computers are not usually as busy / careful / fast as modern ones.

GRAMMAR 3 Complete the sentences. Use the superlative. 1 Minecraft is one of 2 I’m not 3 Those are 4 Steve Jobs was 5 Maria bought 6 We had

(popular) computer games in the world. (thin) person in my family! (nice) sausages you can buy in the market. (famous) computer designer in the USA. (expensive) smartphone she could in the shop. (good) fish soup in the world when we went to Thailand!

4 Match the parts of the sentences. Write the letters. There are two letters you do not need. 1 In good weather, it’s a lot more fun to 2 I chat to friends online more than 3 Buying fast food is often the 4 My laptop isn’t as fast 5 Losing information is one of the 6 My friends usually go online to

a playing games. b cheapest way to eat. c visit websites. d worst computer problems. e once a day. f because it’s quick. g as my best friend’s. h eat outside.

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Progress test 7 (Units 13 and 14) VOCABULARY 1 Match the verbs (1–7) and nouns (a–h). Write the letters. There is one letter you do not need. a to bed early b one of your legs c lots of exercises d a bit sick e a race or competition f a horrible headache g as well as water h some good advice

1 to enter 2 to give or get 3 to have 4 to go 5 to break 6 to feel 7 to do

2 Put the letters in order to make prepositions. (ssocar) that bridge! 1 Look! We can walk (psetpooi) the supermarket. 2 The library is (duiotse) the town. 3 Mum’s favourite shopping centre is (rane) the park. 4 We went to that café because it’s (hugtorh) the park. 5 I often go for a bike ride (gnoal) the beach for three kilometres. 6 Jack and Nikki walked

GRAMMAR 3 Choose the right words to complete the sentences. 1 Do you think I would / should take some medicine? 2 There are the Houses of Parliament. This / These buildings are some of the oldest in London. 3 Excuse me! Which / Whose way is it to the castle? 4 Teresa, you should getting / get more rest. 5 Bill can’t move his foot. I think it’s breaking / broken! 6 Jonah is worried about / beside entering the race.

4 Match the parts of the conversations. Write the letters. There are two letters you do not need. 1 A: I’m not good at making new friends. B: 2 A: I think exercising is really boring! B: 3 A: What’s the matter, Alex? B: 4 A: What’s the town like? B: 5 A: Remember to drink lots of water. B: 6 A: When did they build that? B:

a It’s that way. b I always try to. c Never mind! d My ear hurts. e But it’s good for you. f It’s small and pretty. g In the 12th century. h Sure, no problem!

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Progress test 8 (Units 15 and 16) VOCABULARY 1 Match the animals (a–f) and the definitions (1–6). Write the letters. a chickens   ​ b rabbits   ​ c parrots   ​ d ​sheep   ​e rats   ​ f dogs 1 They live in warmer countries. They can fly and also talk! 2 You can teach them to help people in danger. 3 They have four legs and we get wool from them. 4 If you keep them, you will always have eggs for breakfast! 5 They’re like mice but are bigger. Some people hate them! 6 Some people have them as pets. They have long ears and small round tails.

2 Read the diary. Write the missing letters. Monday We visited a beautiful lake yesterday. It wasn’t very wide but it was more than 30 metres (1) d _ _ _ so I didn’t want to swim in it! The (2) w _ _ _ _ looked really cold, too! On one side of the lake, there was a mountain. There wasn’t any (3) s_ _ _ on the top but I’m sure there’s lots in the winter. It was difficult to know how (4) h _ _ _ it was. Perhaps 1,000 metres? That’s all. On the other side of the lake, there was a (5) f _ _ _ _ _ . There were several different types of trees in it. The weather was lovely and the (6) s _ _ was really blue. It wasn’t cloudy at all. Anyway, that was my day. Tomorrow, I should stay at home and do some homework!

GRAMMAR 3 Complete the sentences. Use the past continuous. (cycle) through the field when you saw a snake. 1 You (drive) home from work when the terrible storm started. 2 I (not film)! 3 When the tiger ran across the field, sadly, we (not feed) the gorilla when it stole his cap. 4 Alex (climb) a mountain when he fell and broke his finger. 5 My brother

4 Choose the right words to complete the sentences. 1 Both / Any / Another of my pet mice love eating cheese and biscuits. 2 We quickly call / called / calling the fire engine when the fire started. 3 Who / Which / How did you start your website design business? 4 I think Granddad prefer / prefers / preferring farm animals to wild animals. 5 What are / was / were you doing at half past three yesterday? 6 I during / still / until enjoy watching TV programmes about different zoos. 7 These footprints are smaller than / that / then a bear’s. What made them? 8 When the ambulance arrived, my dog finally stopped bark / barks / barking!

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Progress test 9 (Units 17 and 18) VOCABULARY 1 Read about Nina’s day. Choose the right word (a, b or c) to complete the sentences. Nina is a good friend of mine. She’s doesn’t like wearing make-up. She doesn’t need to . Nina has an amazing (2) . She’s often because she’s really (1) . She likes that, but she earns much in fashion photographs in expensive (3) ! You can often see her between programmes on more for being in TV (4) Three eating yoghurt or crisps! Filming is lots of fun but she says she (5) in a theatre! Too scary! never wants to be in shows or act on a (6) 1 a attractive b  dressed c  popular 2 a work b  job c  staff 3 a magazines b  cartoons c  notices 4 a albums b  appointments c  advertisements 5 a Chat b  Channel c  Cartoon 6 a stage b  star c  station

2 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. became   ​left   ​ won   ​decided   ​wrote   ​recorded 1 I a fantastic prize in a talent show last week! it. 2 We couldn’t watch our favourite TV show last night so we a really famous dancer! 3 A girl from our school to start her own fashion business. 4 Donna for our school website. 5 You should read the review that I his rock band and now sings alone. 6 Harold

GRAMMAR 3 Choose the right words to complete the sentences. 1 The concert was great as / so the band played all my favourite songs. 2 When / Then the film star got married, his fans all felt sad! 3 How / Why not ask your Mum for some story ideas? 4 There’s an excellent programme on / at TV tonight. 5 Let’s / Shall put a notice about the competition on the board. 6 Do / Are you think it’s important to be pretty?

4 Complete the sentences in Milly’s blog. Use going to. I’ve got lots of ideas. I (1) (practise) singing lots of songs every night and then choose the best one. My best friend, Helena, (2) (listen) and give me lots of good advice. Then Helena and I (3) (wash) my hair, put (buy) some amazing clothes. Then I (4) on a little bit of make-up and, in my new clothes, sing my song in our garden. (film) me. My brother (6) (put) the Helena (5) (wait) for the recording contract to video on the internet. Then I (7) arrive in the post!

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Progress test 10 (Units 19 and 20) VOCABULARY 1 Complete the conversation. Write the missing letters. Harry: Jess: Harry: Jess: Harry: Jess: Harry: Jess: Harry: Jess: Harry: Jess: Harry: Jess:

 ou go to a boarding school, don’t you? Do you have to wear a (1) u _ _ _ _ _ _ there? Y No. We can choose the clothes we wear. Do they give you a (2) t _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ with all the lessons on it? Yes. It shows the times of all the breaks, too. Which subject do you enjoy most? I like all the science subjects, especially (3) c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Can you do any outdoor (4) a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ? Yes. We can learn to sail and we sometimes go camping! Do you ever have (5) d _ _ _ _ _ at your school? Yes. I like the music, but I don’t like dancing. I’m hopeless! When does your summer (6) t _ _ _ end? The last day of school before the holidays is July 14th. Are you going to go on holiday? Yes. I’ve got lots to put in my suitcase. It’s going to be difficult to (7) p _ _ _ everything!

2 Write the opposite words. Adverbs: 1 loudly 2 quickly 3 sadly

People: 4 aunt 5 granddaughter 6 brother

GRAMMAR 3 Read Tania’s message to her pen friend. Choose the right word (a, b or c) to complete the sentences. to stay at a My cousin, Becky, and I are (1) take summer camp this year. We have (2) washing things and towels, of course. We’re taking trainers, rackets and swimming costumes too, (3) you can do several different sports there. I’m (4) ready and I’m really excited about it. We don’t know else, but we both make friends (6) (5) easily. We’ll be OK. with me. I went on Last summer, Becky didn’t (7) a kind of holiday where we could try a different activity day. Once, we (9) climbing a small (8) mountain when a storm started! That was exciting! we wanted to spend We could often choose (10) write to two our time. That was good, too. I (11) friends I made there. do my Anyway, I need to stop now (12) homework, I suppose! Write back when you can. Love, Tania

1 a goes b  went c  going 2 a of b  to c  for 3 a so b  or c  as 4 a nearly b  early c  ever 5 a anyone b  another c  anywhere 6 a best b  always c  quite 7 a come b  came c  coming 8 a every b  all c  this 9 a was b  are c  were 10 a   who b  what c  how 11 a   often b  still c  ago 12 a   so b  and c  but

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