Progress Test "Studying English. Family Relationships. Eating Out"

Task 1. Fill in the gaps.

1.Mary is … her English exam so hard, she has no time for rest at all!    

passing   studying for   failing

2/I think it is a great … to get some work experience.

occasion opportunity

3/David has a very good memory. He can easily …  a long poem.

 revise   repeat   learn by heart

4/It has always been easy for Jane to … foreign languages.

know   learn   find out

5/My dad got his first … as a driver when he was 18.

work   job   occupation   career

6/Most people have their main … at midday.

meal    food   dish

7/Find the line with only positive describing adjectives.

hard-working, polite, talkative, tactless, responsible  

 responsible, tidy, rude, relaxed, mature  

tidy, polite, tactful, responsible, hard-working

8/ Choose the correct definition.

‘an adolescent’ is … .

a method of doing something or dealing with a person

discussion between the representatives of opposing groups

a young person who is developing into an adult

9/ Choose the correct definition.

‘to obey’ means … .

to attack someone in a violent way

 to do what someone in a position of authority tells you to do

 to say or think that someone or something is responsible for something bad

10/Complete the sentences.

We won’t finish this work on time … we start doing it right away

unless   if

11/Jessica will come to your party … you invite her.       unless   if

12/If you … politely, I’ll lend you my car.                     will ask   asked   ask

13/If my alarm clock … , I would be late for work.

didn’t ring    rung    doesn’t ring

14/The Titanic … if it hadn’t hit the iceberg.

didn’t sink     wouldn’t have sunk     wouldn’t sink

15/We get orange if we … red and yellow.    will mix    mix    would mix

16/What would have happened if Columbus  … the world was flat?

thought     had thought     has thought

17/Change the sentence into reported speech.

“Take these bags, please! “

 She told me to take those bags.

 She asked me to take those bags.

 She told me to take these bags away.

18/ Change the sentence into reported speech.

“I haven’t done my project”, Meg said.

Meg said she hadn’t done her project.

Meg said she didn’t do her project.

Meg said she doesn’t do her project.

19/ Change the sentence into reported speech.

“We are going to visit granny tomorrow”, mother said to us.

Mother said we were going to visit granny tomorrow.

Mother said we are going to visit granny next day.

Mother said we were going to visit granny next day.

20/ Change the sentence into reported speech.

She asked: “Where did you go yesterday?

She asked where we went the day before.

She asked where we had gone yesterday.

She asked where we had gone the day before.