Real Life Pre - Intermediate Progress Test 1 (Chapters 1-2)

Name _________________________________________

1) Match the verb from column A with a noun from column B to make collocations.

A B

go to

go

play

meet

make

have

do

shopping

the beach

a party

new people

computer games

sport

plans

2) Complete the sentences with the words below

talented intelligent brave violent glamorous popular sympathetic famous

a) Beyoncé is a very talented singer

b) Lisa was afraid, but she sang alone anyway. I think that’s really ______________.

c) Einstein was really ____________________ - he was a great scientist.

d) Many historical figures did terrible things. They were often very _____________.

e) All the students like her. She is very____________________.

f) He is rich and successful. A few years ago nobody knew his name, now he is very

____________________.

g) I think Eva Longoria is very ____________________. She always wears beautiful

clothes.

h) I always talk to Jim when I have a problem, he is very ____________________.

3) Complete the sentences with the correct from of the verbs in brackets. Use the present simple, present continuous, past simple or past continuous tense.

a) Nick reads (read) a lot in his free time.

b) I can’t play tennis with you. I ____________________ (do) my homework.

c) My father ____________________ (wait) for me when the plane landed.

d) In the summer we _____________________ to the beach every day.

e) My sister ____________________ (not eat) meat.

4) Write questions for the answers. The words in bold help you.

a) What kind of music does she like? She likes rock and heavy metal.

b) __________________________________________________________________ I’m phoning my father.

c) __________________________________________________________________ When you called Fiona was having a shower.

d) __________________________________________________________________I’ve got one sister and one brother.

e) __________________________________________________________________Ron got up at 11 a.m. yesterday.

f) __________________________________________________________________My boyfriend’s birthday is in August.

g) __________________________________________________________________On Saturday I had lunch at home.