Focus 3 Progress test 3

Vocabulary

1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box. There are two verbs you don’t need. 

1 We needed a boat to ______ the river.

2 Hurry up, or we’ll ______ our train!

3 It takes more than one day to ______ all the sights of New York!

4 Our tickets were quite cheap because we ______ them in advance.

5 We knew we had a long journey ahead of us, so we decided to ______ off early.

6 I was really surprised when Jack ______ up at the station to meet us.

2 Complete the sentences with one word in each gap.

1 We arrived at the airport late because there was a traffic _______ on the motorway.

2 As soon as we got to the airport, we went straight to the check-in ______ to check in our bags.

3 We had to show our passports at passport _______.

4 The seats in the departure _______ weren’t very comfortable.

5 When we got onto the plane, I lifted my bag up into the overhead _______ .

3 Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

1 Our room had a ________ view over the valley.

2 The island has miles of __________beaches.

3 We sat and watched the __________sunset.

4 Suddenly, we heard the ____________of a lion.

Grammar

1 Complete the sentences with the verb forms in the box.

1 I’m not sure, but I guess the bird we saw in the park ____________ a blackbird. They’re quite common here.

2 Jane ____________ to at least 50 different countries by now – every year she travels for three or four months.

3 Andrew's plane landed in Malaga three hours ago. I’m sure he ___________ at the beach by now. 

4 It's a public holiday tomorrow. There ___________ a lot of people at the airport.

5 The information in this guide book is all out-of-date. Its authors ___________ to Hungary recently!

6 This ___________ the only direct train to London. I'm sure there are more.             

2 Choose the correct verb forms. Sometimes both verb forms are possible.

1 As a young man, George wanted to go trekking in Nepal but he __ that he wasn't fit enough to go there.

2 I __ my last plane ticket online last night.

3 My primary teacher __ a class trip for her class every year.

4 Going through security __ ages the last time I flew.

5 Most children __ to school by bus in those days.

6 Flying ___ as safe as it is now.

7 I ___ going to the seaside when I was young.

8 People ___ on planes 30 years ago.