Progress tests 1–3 – Answer key
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Progress test 1 People in your life
GRAMMAR
1 Possessive ’s (singular)
1 John’s 2 friend’s 3 computer’s 4 Matt’s 5 Isobel’s.
2 be present
1 Are 2 ’m not 3 are 4 are 5 aren’t
3 be past
1 was 2 were 3 weren’t 4 Were 5 wasn’t
VOCABULARY
4 People you know
1 sister; husband 2 teacher; friend 3 son; daughter 4 girlfriend; wife 5 brother; colleague
5 Talking about jobs 1
1 boring 2 different 3 badly 4 difficult 5 terrible
6 Talking about jobs 2
1 office 2 law 3 customer 4 hospital 5 music
PRONUNCIATION
7 Syllables
1, 3 2, 5 3, 3 4, 2 5, 3
Progress test 2 Away from home
GRAMMAR
1 a, an, some
1 There are some magazines on the table. 2 My uncle is an IT technician.
3 Can you buy some apples from the supermarket, please?
4 Tokyo has some very interesting museums. 5 My friend Gianfranco is a history student in Rome.
2 Present simple: positive sentences
1 lives, teaches 2 comes, work 3 share, has 4 learns, watches 5 like, prefer
VOCABULARY
3 Offers and requests
1 you; course 2 like; thanks 3 Can; afraid 4 Would; right 5 please; No
KEYWORD
4 in
1 in Barcelona 2 in July 3 in five different languages 4 in 2006 5 in a small flat
EXPLORE WRITING
5 Capital letters
3 The capital of Australia is Canberra, not Sydney, the most famous city.
4 We want to go to New York for Christmas this year. 5 Max and Nathalie want to get married on a Saturday
in August, during the summer holidays.
PRONUNCIATION
6 Word stress
1 b) dictionary 2 a) newspaper 3 c) Argentina 4 b) oranges 5 c) university
Progress test 3 Your time
GRAMMAR
1 Present simple: negative sentences
1 I don’t work on Mondays. 2 We don’t own our house. 3 You don’t need to take money. 4 My friends don’t eat meat. 5 My father doesn’t like reading.
2 Present simple: questions
1 Do 2 does 3 Does 4 do 5 Do
3 Subject and object pronouns
1 Our new neighbours are very kind. They gave us some flowers when we moved in.
2 I never go out without my MP3 player and mobile phone. I use them every day.
3 Your car is really dirty. I think you need to wash it. 4 Darren and I are going to the park. Do you want to
come with us?
5 It’s my sister’s birthday next week. What can I buy her?
VOCABULARY
4 Free time activities
1 b) 2 b) 3 b) 4 c) 5 a)
5 Adverbs of frequency
1 often 2 always 3 always 4 often 5 usually 6 always
KEYWORD
6 go
1 How often do you go out with friends?
2 Where do you prefer to go shopping for clothes? 3 My parents don’t like going out in the evening. 4 I love going for a walk in the snow!
5 Do you go abroad for your holidays or do you prefer to stay in your country?
6 My sister goes to two or three parties every week!
EXPLORE SPEAKING
7 Inviting and responding
Progress tests 4–6 – Answer key
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Progress test 4 Changes
GRAMMAR
1 Singular and plural nouns
1 universities 2 people 3 colleague 4 children 5 city
2 Past simple
1 did you get up; didn’t hear 2 didn’t feel; stayed 3 Did you see; didn’t know 4 didn’t you invite; thought 5 didn’t have; rained
VOCABULARY
3 Past time expressions
1 a) 2 c) 3 b) 4 a) 5 a)
4 Things for a trip
1 comb 2 passport 3 mobile 4 driving licence 5 address book 6 keys 7 sunglasses
8 toothbrush 9 tickets 10 money
KEYWORD
5 have
1 a) 2 c) 3 c) 4 b) 5 b)
EXPLORE WRITING
6 Punctuation
1 What time is it? I don’t have a watch. 2 Were you and Mark friends at school?
3 I’d like a ticket to London. What time’s the next train? 4 What colour is your car? Is it green?
5 Did Mike and Jules enjoy their holiday in Mexico?
Progress test 5 Your space
GRAMMAR
1 there is, there are
1 Is there 2 is 3 are there 4 is 5 aren’t any 6 there’s 7 Are there 8 are 9 are 10 aren’t
VOCABULARY
2 Places
1 hospital 2 petrol station 3 mountains 4 market 5 forest
3 Describing places
1 noisy 2 expensive 3 safe 4 polluted 5 boring
4 Prepositions of place
1 in, on 2 in, from 3 next to, in 4 near, from 5 from, on
KEYWORD
5 on
1 Would you like to go to the cinema on Sunday afternoon?
2 These days many people meet their partners on the Internet.
3 My house is the second one on the left.
4 I don’t have a spare room but you can sleep on the floor.
5 I like going to work on the train because I can use my laptop.
PRONUNCIATION
6 Things in the home
1 cooker 2 bedclothes 3 sofa 4 cutlery 5 towels
Progress test 6 What would you like?
GRAMMAR
1 Countable and uncountable nouns
1 many 2 a lot of 3 much 4 some 5 a 6 some 7 some 8 some 9 a lot of 10 a
VOCABULARY
2 Shops and shopping
1 clothes shop 2 cash machine 3 toilets 4 lift 5 stairs
3 Buying things
1 Do, need, some, help 2 How, much, is, this 3 How, many, would, like 4 How, much, are 5 Would, you, like, else 6 that, everything
4 Food
1 fruit 2 good for you 3 on a diet 4 skin
KEYWORD
5 this, that, these, those 1
1 that 2 these 3 those 4 that 5 this
6 this, that, these, those 2
1 a) 2 b) 3 a) 4 b) 5 b)
EXPLORE WRITING
7 and, but
Progress tests 7–9 – Answer key
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Progress test 7 Work-life balance
GRAMMAR
1 Present progressive
1 works, ’s doing 2 ’s ringing, ’m cooking 3 has, plays 4 ’m trying, ’s stopping
5 spends, teaches 6 isn’t working, ’s preparing 7 ’re having, ’re not doing 8 don’t have, ’s raining
VOCABULARY
2 Work and studies 1 & 2
1 c) 2 a) 3 a) 4 c) 5 a) 6 a)
3 Saying you’re busy
1 I’m afraid he’s in a meeting.
2 Actually, I’m working on an important presentation. 3 Sorry, but she’s on the phone. Can I take a message? 4 Actually, we’re a bit busy because my mother is
staying with us.
5 Sorry, but they’re not feeling well.
KEYWORD
4 of
1 pair 2 couple 3 bottle 4 centre 5 Lots 6 middle 7 start 8 bit
PRONUNCIATION
5 The schwa sound
1 Have, the 2 Can, a 3 and, are 4 to, to 5 do, you
Progress test 8 What’s she like?
GRAMMAR
1 have got
1 a) 2 a) 3 b) 4 a) 5 a) 6 a) 7 b) 8 b) 9 a) 10 a)
VOCABULARY
2 Family
1 husband 2 aunt 3 brother 4 grandmother 5 nephew 6 father 7 cousin 8 niece
3 Relationships
1 b) 2 a) 3 b) 4 b) 5 b)
4 Appearance
1 b) pale skin, c) glasses 2 a) very beautiful,
b) quite tall 3 b) bald, c) a bit short 4 a) high heels, c) lots of jewellery
KEYWORD
5 like
1 I like staying in bed late on Sundays.
2 Would you be happy in a big city like London or New
4 I don’t really enjoy fantasy books like Harry Potter. 5 Would you like to go out or do you want to stay at
home?
EXPLORE WRITING
6 so, also
1 Only children get all their parents’ attention, so they’re very lucky.
2 The youngest child in a family usually has more freedom and is also less ambitious than their older brothers or sisters.
3 I’m the oldest child in our family, so my brothers and sisters often ask me for advice.
4 My sister is the youngest person in our family and she is also the most intelligent.
Progress test 9 Getting around
GRAMMAR
1 Comparatives
1 safer 2 healthier 3 further 4 better 5 more crowded
2 Superlatives
1 the most comfortable 2 the busiest
3 the most polluted 4 The cheapest 5 The best
3 Comparatives and superlatives
1 more dangerous 2 the oldest 3 The nicest 4 more interesting 5 the furthest
VOCABULARY
4 Using transport
1 bus 2 taxi 3 underground 4 walk 5 train
5 Getting information
1 there, near; know, when 2 What’s / What is, way; Can, walk 3 there, here; What, close 4 nearest; How, far 5 How, long; Is, there
6 Prepositions of movement
1 I always walk through the park on my way home. 2 If you drive up the hill there is a great view of the
harbour.
3 When the sea is out you can reach the island by walking across the sand.
4 I love running into the sea on a really hot day. 5 The traffic was so slow it took us an hour to get out
of the car park!
KEYWORD
7 get
1 I don’t usually get the underground. 2 I get paid at the end of the month. 3 Stacey got the job with Novosys Limited.
Progress tests 10–12 – Answer key
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Progress test 10 Getting together
GRAMMAR
1 Present progressive for future arrangements
1 ’m playing 2 spend 3 ’s coming 4 ’m not going 5 have / ’ve got 6 ’re taking 7 Are you going 8 are seeing 9 ’m not meeting 10 never leaves
VOCABULARY
2 Films
1 comedy 2 animated 3 horror 4 documentary 5 science fiction 6 romantic
3 Suggestions
1 Good, Where, could, Fine 2 Why, don’t, let’s, sounds
4 Talking about films
1 like; about 2 in; about 3 this; set
KEYWORD
5 about
1 I don’t really know anything about cooking.
2 Kerry’s angry about the party because nobody told her where it was.
3 I’ll pick you up at about 7 o’clock. 4 Can I ask you something about your job?
5 I’m reading a great science-fiction book about a plan to go and live on the Moon.
EXPLORE WRITING
6 Invitations 1
1 Can 2 can 3 Are 4 invite 5 let
Progress test 11 Journeys
GRAMMAR
1 Articles
1 a; a; –; the; – 2 the; a, the; the; the
VOCABULARY
2 Airports
1 Check-in 2 passport control 3 security 4 shoes, belt 5 boarding gate
3 Storytelling expressions
1 this was 2 It was 3 with some friends 4 but 5 And then 6 so 7 It was really strange
8 then suddenly 9 In the end 10 I had a terrible night
4 Talking about a journey
1 cancelled 2 comfortable 3 landed 4 miss 5 book 6 delayed 7 caught 8 took off 9 seat
KEYWORD
5 at 1 … at the hospital. 2 … at the time. 3 … at 11.00 in the morning. 4 … at lunchtime?5 I’m not very good at swimming. 6 … at the moment?
Progress test 12 Are you OK?
GRAMMAR
1 Giving advice with if
1 If you’ve got a bad cold, you should take a day off work.
2 If you feel very tired, go to bed early.
3 If you’ve got stomach ache, don’t eat spicy food. 4 If you’re allergic to paracetamol, be careful what
medicine you take.
5 If your back hurts, you shouldn’t lift heavy objects. 6 If you’ve got a temperature, have a cold bath. 7 If you’ve got a sore throat, you should drink hot
honey and lemon juice.
8 If you don’t feel better in a few days, you should see a doctor.
9 If your feet hurt, put them in hot water.
10 If you have a headache, go for a walk in the park.
VOCABULARY
2 The body and health 1
2 nose 3 heart 4 thumb 5 hand 6 muscle 7 toe 8 foot 9 bone 10 stomach 11 head
3 The body and health 2
1 a), c) 2 b), c) 3 a), c)
PRONUNCIATION
4 Linking consonants and vowels
1 Can I 2 had a 3 pains in 4 does Andrew 5 What is
KEYWORD
5 take
1 Taking a taxi is much quicker than walking. 2 If Graham phones while I’m out can you take a
message for me?
3 It usually takes me about forty minutes to cycle to work.
4 How long does this recipe take to make? 5 Did it take you long to decorate your house?
EXPLORE WRITING
6 Apologies
Progress tests 13–14 – Answer key
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Progress test 13 Experiences
GRAMMAR
1 Present perfect verbs
1 has, liked 2 have, had 3 have, worked 4 have, read 5 have, loved
2 Present perfect
1 Have you ever cooked; I haven’t.
2 Has your sister ever played; she’s never tried 3 Have we seen; We’ve watched
4 Have Jan and Max ever lived; They’ve travelled 5 Callum has never failed; He hasn’t taken
VOCABULARY
3 Sights
1 city walls, castle 2 statue, tomb 3 museum, sculptures 4 palace, ruins 5 gardens, fountain
KEYWORD
4 thing
1 I love going on holiday with Melanie because we both enjoy doing similar things like sunbathing and sightseeing.
2 For extra security on holiday, buy one of those things that you hang round your neck and keep your money in.
3 Can you put my suitcase and rucksack in the car while I get the rest of Jamie’s things from upstairs? 4 The first thing we noticed when we arrived was that
the swimming pool wasn’t finished.
5 I still need to finish a couple of things here but you can go home if you like.
EXPLORE SPEAKING
5 Starting and finishing conversations
1 Excuse me. Have you got a moment?; I’ll talk to you later.
2 I haven’t seen you for a long time.; Have you got time for a cup of coffee?
3 Listen, are you doing anything at the moment?; I’ll phone you this afternoon.
4 Thanks very much for your advice. / Thanks very much for the advice.; It was good talking to you. 5 How are things?; See you after class.
Progress test 14 Choices
GRAMMAR
1 be going to, be hoping to, would like to
1 wouldn’t like 2 are you hoping 3 are going 4 We’re hoping 5 Would you like 6 is going 7 wouldn’t like 8 is Jarek hoping 9 is going 10 would like
VOCABULARY
2 too much, enough, not enough
1 The worst thing about most fast food is that it contains too much salt.
2 Most young people these days don’t get enough exercise.
3 The reason cycling isn’t very popular in the UK is that there are not enough cycle paths.
4 Do you think there’s too much chilli in this curry? 5 Not eating enough fruit is one reason why people
pick up colds in winter.
3 Life changes
1 school, to university 2 abroad, divorced 3 driving, a car 4 up, a baby 5 back, job
KEYWORD
4 really
1 R 2 B 3 R 4 B 5 R
PRONUNCIATION
5 Review
1 much exercise, in a 2 drink a, lot of 3 usually eats, dinner every
EXPLORE WRITING
6 Time expressions
