English Plus 1 second edition Unit 6 Progress Test

Andy Murray is the best British tennis ________.

   I enjoy being on the water. ________ is my favourite sport.

He loves running and jumping. He’s good at ________.

Martina is very fast. She usually wins the 100-metre ________.

When you play ________ you can kick the ball, but you can’t touch it with your hands.

      You’re late! The match ________ five minutes ago!

      I ________ to Spain last summer.

We ________ about the Olympic Games in our last history lesson.

Our team ________ the match! The score was 3–2.

We ________ a film on TV yesterday evening.

There ___ any fans in the stadium. 

There weren’t ___ cars 200 years ago. 

Last Friday there ___ some swimming races. 

___ were a lot of people at the match. 

There ___ a maths exam yesterday.

1  The lesson started ten minutes ____.

The London Olympic Games were ____ 2012.

    a last   b in   c ago

He first played tennis ____ he was six years old.

    a in   b when   c ago

We had a geography exam ____ week.

    a in  b ago   c last

We moved to this flat when we ____ very young.

    a was   b were   c are

THE FIRST WORLD CUP

The World Cup is the most famous football competition in the world. Every four years, thirty-two teams from all over the world compete for the famous gold cup. But do you know about the competition’s history?

The first World Cup was in 1930. It was in Uruguay, in South America. The people of Uruguay were excited about the competition, and they built a new stadium in the country’s capital. But there was a problem: the journey across the Atlantic by ship was long and expensive. There weren’t any jet planes in those days!

Other countries in the Americas (like Brazil, Mexico and the USA) agreed to be in the competition because the journey wasn’t difficult for them. But a lot of players in Europe wanted to stay at home. In the end, four teams from Europe decided to come, and there were thirteen teams in the competition. There weren’t any teams from Asia, Africa or Australia.

In the final, Uruguay played Argentina. More than 93,000 came to the stadium – there was no TV in those days. Uruguay won 4–2!

1         There is a World Cup competition every year. 

THE FIRST WORLD CUP

The World Cup is the most famous football competition in the world. Every four years, thirty-two teams from all over the world compete for the famous gold cup. But do you know about the competition’s history?

The first World Cup was in 1930. It was in Uruguay, in South America. The people of Uruguay were excited about the competition, and they built a new stadium in the country’s capital. But there was a problem: the journey across the Atlantic by ship was long and expensive. There weren’t any jet planes in those days!

Other countries in the Americas (like Brazil, Mexico and the USA) agreed to be in the competition because the journey wasn’t difficult for them. But a lot of players in Europe wanted to stay at home. In the end, four teams from Europe decided to come, and there were thirteen teams in the competition. There weren’t any teams from Asia, Africa or Australia.

In the final, Uruguay played Argentina. More than 93,000 came to the stadium – there was no TV in those days. Uruguay won 4–2!

2         The first World Cup was in 1930. 

THE FIRST WORLD CUP

The World Cup is the most famous football competition in the world. Every four years, thirty-two teams from all over the world compete for the famous gold cup. But do you know about the competition’s history?

The first World Cup was in 1930. It was in Uruguay, in South America. The people of Uruguay were excited about the competition, and they built a new stadium in the country’s capital. But there was a problem: the journey across the Atlantic by ship was long and expensive. There weren’t any jet planes in those days!

Other countries in the Americas (like Brazil, Mexico and the USA) agreed to be in the competition because the journey wasn’t difficult for them. But a lot of players in Europe wanted to stay at home. In the end, four teams from Europe decided to come, and there were thirteen teams in the competition. There weren’t any teams from Asia, Africa or Australia.

In the final, Uruguay played Argentina. More than 93,000 came to the stadium – there was no TV in those days. Uruguay won 4–2!

3  The first World Cup was in Argentina.

THE FIRST WORLD CUP

The World Cup is the most famous football competition in the world. Every four years, thirty-two teams from all over the world compete for the famous gold cup. But do you know about the competition’s history?

The first World Cup was in 1930. It was in Uruguay, in South America. The people of Uruguay were excited about the competition, and they built a new stadium in the country’s capital. But there was a problem: the journey across the Atlantic by ship was long and expensive. There weren’t any jet planes in those days!

Other countries in the Americas (like Brazil, Mexico and the USA) agreed to be in the competition because the journey wasn’t difficult for them. But a lot of players in Europe wanted to stay at home. In the end, four teams from Europe decided to come, and there were thirteen teams in the competition. There weren’t any teams from Asia, Africa or Australia.

In the final, Uruguay played Argentina. More than 93,000 came to the stadium – there was no TV in those days. Uruguay won 4–2!

4  A lot of people travelled by plane in 1930.

THE FIRST WORLD CUP

The World Cup is the most famous football competition in the world. Every four years, thirty-two teams from all over the world compete for the famous gold cup. But do you know about the competition’s history?

The first World Cup was in 1930. It was in Uruguay, in South America. The people of Uruguay were excited about the competition, and they built a new stadium in the country’s capital. But there was a problem: the journey across the Atlantic by ship was long and expensive. There weren’t any jet planes in those days!

Other countries in the Americas (like Brazil, Mexico and the USA) agreed to be in the competition because the journey wasn’t difficult for them. But a lot of players in Europe wanted to stay at home. In the end, four teams from Europe decided to come, and there were thirteen teams in the competition. There weren’t any teams from Asia, Africa or Australia.

In the final, Uruguay played Argentina. More than 93,000 came to the stadium – there was no TV in those days. Uruguay won 4–2!

5  Brazil played in the 1930 World Cup.

THE FIRST WORLD CUP

The World Cup is the most famous football competition in the world. Every four years, thirty-two teams from all over the world compete for the famous gold cup. But do you know about the competition’s history?

The first World Cup was in 1930. It was in Uruguay, in South America. The people of Uruguay were excited about the competition, and they built a new stadium in the country’s capital. But there was a problem: the journey across the Atlantic by ship was long and expensive. There weren’t any jet planes in those days!

Other countries in the Americas (like Brazil, Mexico and the USA) agreed to be in the competition because the journey wasn’t difficult for them. But a lot of players in Europe wanted to stay at home. In the end, four teams from Europe decided to come, and there were thirteen teams in the competition. There weren’t any teams from Asia, Africa or Australia.

In the final, Uruguay played Argentina. More than 93,000 came to the stadium – there was no TV in those days. Uruguay won 4–2!

6  In 1930 the journey from Mexico to Uruguay was difficult.

THE FIRST WORLD CUP

The World Cup is the most famous football competition in the world. Every four years, thirty-two teams from all over the world compete for the famous gold cup. But do you know about the competition’s history?

The first World Cup was in 1930. It was in Uruguay, in South America. The people of Uruguay were excited about the competition, and they built a new stadium in the country’s capital. But there was a problem: the journey across the Atlantic by ship was long and expensive. There weren’t any jet planes in those days!

Other countries in the Americas (like Brazil, Mexico and the USA) agreed to be in the competition because the journey wasn’t difficult for them. But a lot of players in Europe wanted to stay at home. In the end, four teams from Europe decided to come, and there were thirteen teams in the competition. There weren’t any teams from Asia, Africa or Australia.

In the final, Uruguay played Argentina. More than 93,000 came to the stadium – there was no TV in those days. Uruguay won 4–2!

7  There were thirty-two teams in the 1930 World Cup.

THE FIRST WORLD CUP

The World Cup is the most famous football competition in the world. Every four years, thirty-two teams from all over the world compete for the famous gold cup. But do you know about the competition’s history?

The first World Cup was in 1930. It was in Uruguay, in South America. The people of Uruguay were excited about the competition, and they built a new stadium in the country’s capital. But there was a problem: the journey across the Atlantic by ship was long and expensive. There weren’t any jet planes in those days!

Other countries in the Americas (like Brazil, Mexico and the USA) agreed to be in the competition because the journey wasn’t difficult for them. But a lot of players in Europe wanted to stay at home. In the end, four teams from Europe decided to come, and there were thirteen teams in the competition. There weren’t any teams from Asia, Africa or Australia.

In the final, Uruguay played Argentina. More than 93,000 came to the stadium – there was no TV in those days. Uruguay won 4–2!

8  Australia played in the 1930 World Cup.

THE FIRST WORLD CUP

The World Cup is the most famous football competition in the world. Every four years, thirty-two teams from all over the world compete for the famous gold cup. But do you know about the competition’s history?

The first World Cup was in 1930. It was in Uruguay, in South America. The people of Uruguay were excited about the competition, and they built a new stadium in the country’s capital. But there was a problem: the journey across the Atlantic by ship was long and expensive. There weren’t any jet planes in those days!

Other countries in the Americas (like Brazil, Mexico and the USA) agreed to be in the competition because the journey wasn’t difficult for them. But a lot of players in Europe wanted to stay at home. In the end, four teams from Europe decided to come, and there were thirteen teams in the competition. There weren’t any teams from Asia, Africa or Australia.

In the final, Uruguay played Argentina. More than 93,000 came to the stadium – there was no TV in those days. Uruguay won 4–2!

9         Ninety-three thousand people watched the final on TV.

THE FIRST WORLD CUP

The World Cup is the most famous football competition in the world. Every four years, thirty-two teams from all over the world compete for the famous gold cup. But do you know about the competition’s history?

The first World Cup was in 1930. It was in Uruguay, in South America. The people of Uruguay were excited about the competition, and they built a new stadium in the country’s capital. But there was a problem: the journey across the Atlantic by ship was long and expensive. There weren’t any jet planes in those days!

Other countries in the Americas (like Brazil, Mexico and the USA) agreed to be in the competition because the journey wasn’t difficult for them. But a lot of players in Europe wanted to stay at home. In the end, four teams from Europe decided to come, and there were thirteen teams in the competition. There weren’t any teams from Asia, Africa or Australia.

In the final, Uruguay played Argentina. More than 93,000 came to the stadium – there was no TV in those days. Uruguay won 4–2!

10 Uruguay won the competition. ________