Intermediate

Progress Test Answer Key

Progress Test 1

Grammar

1 auxiliary verbs: do, be, have

1 haven’t

2 Does

3 Do

4 is

5 has

2 Present Simple and Present Continuous

1 have

2 isn’t playing

3 are learning

4 don’t understand

5 always does

3 Present Perfect Simple and Past Simple

1 Have … seen

2 didn’t want

3 has … known

4 has fallen

5 hasn’t had

Vocabulary

4 relationships

1 a

2 c

3 b

4 a

5 b

5 verbs/adjectives + prepositions

1 doesn’t belong to

2 fluent in

3 spend on

4 good at

5 reading about

6 phrasal verbs

1 look up to

2 gets on (well) with

3 brought me up

4 takes after

5 look after

Pronunciation

7 intonation in echo questions

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

8 sounds and spelling ‘ea’

mean: upbeat, need, teacher

jealous: pleasant, measure, dead

fearful: fear, ear, hear

kind-hearted: heart

How to …

9 start a conversation with a stranger

1 b

2 d

3 a

4 e

5 c

Reading

10

1 T 2 T 3  F 4  F 5  T

Progress Test 2

Grammar

1 defining relative clauses

1 where

2 when

3 whose

4 who

5 which

2 The passive

1 were shown

2 have (‘ve) been asked

3 is (‘s) being built

4 have been sold

5 are not (aren’t) allowed

3 Past Simple and Past Continuous

1 worked

2 didn’t understand

3 were reading

4 watched

5 was talking

Vocabulary

4 film and TV

1 reality

2 viewers

3 animated

4 period

5 screen

5 describing films and TV

1 moving

2 exciting

3 unwatchable

4 unrealistic

5 inspiring

6 news collocations

1 a

2 c

3 b

4 a

5 b

Pronunciation

7 sounds: / n / and / ŋ /

1 thin

2 sing

3 fang

4 hunt

5 bang

8 word stress in word endings

1 employee

2 divorce

3 career

4 Japanese

5 cigar

How to …

9 describe an object

1 to

2 like

3 for

4 by

5 of

Reading

10

1 a 2 c 3 c 4 b 5 a

Progress Test 3

Grammar

1 Future forms for personal plans

1 ‘m going to start

2 I’ll answer

3 we’re visiting

4 it’s going to rain

5 are you doing

2 comparatives and superlatives

1 worse than

2 the funniest

3 the most useful

4 the most exciting

5 bigger than

3 Future possibility

1 I probably won’t go on holiday this summer.

2 Our neighbours will definitely move soon.

3 Tony may come over this evening.

4 I certainly won’t enjoy living in the countryside.

5 Paul will probably start looking for a flat next year.

Vocabulary

4 home

1 studio

2 detached

3 drive

4 attic

5 suburbs

5 compound nouns

1 bed

2 conditioning

3 wall

4 bunk

5 washing

6 prefixes and suffixes

1 unsuccessful

2 careless

3 uninteresting

4 mispronounce

5 enjoyable

Pronunciation

7 word stress in compound nouns

1 Wall

2 sofa

3 heating

4 phone

5 fish

8 Word stress in compound nouns

1 computer

2 player

3 conditioning

4 pool

5 bunk

How to …

9 complain politely

1 I do apologise for the inconvenience.

2 I’m sorry but it just isn’t good enough.

3 I think you should write us a letter of apology.

4 We must apologise for the bad service.

5 I’m sorry to hear that you didn’t enjoy your stay.

Reading

10

1 d 2 f 3 a 4 c 5 e

Progress Test 4

Grammar

1 question tags

1 didn’t they

2 will he

3 doesn’t she

4 aren’t we

5 were they

2 modal verbs of obligation and prohibition

1 have to

2 can’t / mustn’t

3 don’t have to

4 must

5 shouldn’t

3 Zero and First Conditional with

if / when / unless / as soon as

1 b

2 b

3 a

4 c

5 a

Vocabulary

4 personal qualities

1 mean

2 ambitious / determined

3 extravagant

4 egotistical

5 humour

5 money-related words

1 checkout

2 price comparison websites

3 refund

4 the sales

5 a bargain

6 confusing words

1 borrow

2 missed

3 robbed

4 fun

5 tell

Pronunciation

7 intonation in question tags

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

8 connected speech

1 I really must study harder.

2 I don’t know what to do about Dan.

3 I rarely spend money on eating out.

4 What do you intend to do next year?

5 Please don’t forget to buy some bread.

How to …

9 ask for clarification

1 So what you’re saying is that you don’t believe me?

2 Do you mean you don’t want to join us?

3 I’m sorry I didn’t quite get that.

4 Could you explain that again?

5 Are you saying that William is lying?

Reading

10

1 Akiko

2 Jon

3 Paul

4 Marek

5 Stella

Progress Test 5

Grammar

1 Present Perfect Simple and Present Perfect Continuous

1 have … been doing

2 has (‘s) lived

3 have been going out

4 haven’t read

5 has (‘s) been running

2 verb patterns with infinitive or

–ing.

1 watching

2 to see

3 to buy

4 losing

5 to join

3 countable / uncountable nouns

1 a hair

2 some

3 room

4 some

5 a good