Progress
test answers B
UNIT 1 PROGRESS TEST B
GRAMMAR
has been waiting
has been teaching
Have you changed
has been painting
haven't been
have all made
has been expecting
haven't read
has our team been winning
have I told
to eat
singing
to have
to submit
to tell
tying up
talking
driving
getting
eating
VOCABULARY
thick-skinned
considerate
rational
patronising
timid
sensible
amiable
dedicated
owing to
except
between
alongside
regarding
among
let us down
in its stride
on her sleeve
up for anything
expect the worst
lost for words
USE OF ENGLISH
1 b
2 c
3 b
4 b
5 c
6 a
7 b
8 a
9 b
10 c
LISTENING
Tapescript
Speaker 1
I'd say my mum is quite a conventional woman. She and Dad live in a bungalow on the outskirts of town and they have their little garden, where she works wonders in the summer. She's a nurse which of course means that she is extremely patient, considerate and organised, just like all nurses should be! (smiles) She's a really positive person, too. Always looks on the bright side of things. I suppose that's why she has so many friends. She's always meeting someone for coffee, or goes shopping with her book club friends. Yes, she's definitely very sociable. I suppose she generally has a very likeable personality.
Speaker 2
Let me see, well, he can be a bit immature at times, but otherwise you couldn't ask for a better brother. He has never let me down and I know I can rely on him day and night. Last year, my car broke down 100 miles from home and he drove to get me in the middle of the night. Honestly, I don't know a more considerate person. I'm sure he must make the perfect neighbour. I really can't imagine his stereo blaring away late at night or him drilling early in the morning!
Speaker 3
My yoga teacher? Well, how shall I put it? He's not your typical calm, serious or easy-going type, which is what you'd expect a yoga teacher to be. Actually, he's quite the opposite. He gets stressed a lot, particularly when we are running out of time and haven't managed to do all the exercises he'd planned. You always have to expect the worst with him. And he can be quite argumentative too. The other week he approached me after class and accused me of not paying the correct fees. You should have seen him when he found out that he was wrong and that I have paid until the end of the year! He looked at me with his piercing eyes and argued for about 10 minutes! I'm not really sure why I bother going to his classes.
Speaker 4
Oh, she's absolutely lovely, my wife. Sensible, calm, friendly and really considerate. We have three children and I must say, she's brought them up on her own because I've always been travelling a lot in my job and never spent much time at home when they were young. But she took bringing up our children in her stride and she's done such a good job, too. They are all at university now. Really, I couldn't ask for a better wife!
Speaker 5
I can't stand my boss. He's so conceited and patronising! I don't think anyone at work likes him. Well, it's his fault, really. He doesn't have a kind word to say to anyone, ever. He's just always grumpy and miserable, and whatever you do and however well you do your job, he never praises anyone or even appreciates what we do. I wish he could be transferred to another department, because I really like my job, it's just him with his irritable presence that makes my life at work a misery!
D
F
B
C
A
READING
C
B
B
A
D
UNIT 2 PROGRESS TEST B
GRAMMAR
1
X
X
X
X
X
2
had been driving
had tried
had been talking
had laid
hadn't been playing
had been raining
had refused
had taken
had been dating
had turned off
Vocabulary
3
spend
buying
earn
need
save up
4
with her finances
comfortably off
worth/fortune
shop around
rip-off
5
possession
availability
improvements
spacious
eviction
6
in danger of
wave goodbye to
value / for
forge a relationship with
benefit from
USE OF ENGLISH
7
had forged
had been renting
used to value
had got
had made
LISTENING
8
Tapescript
Speaker 1
I'd say my mum is quite a conventional woman. She and Dad live in a bungalow on the outskirts of town and they have their little garden, where she works wonders in the summer. She's a nurse which of course means that she is extremely patient, considerate and organised, just like all nurses should be! (smiles) She's a really positive person, too. Always looks on the bright side of things. I suppose that's why she has so many friends. She's always meeting someone for coffee, or goes shopping with her book club friends. Yes, she's definitely very sociable. I suppose she generally has a very likeable personality.
Speaker 2
Let me see, well, he can be a bit immature at times, but otherwise you couldn't ask for a better brother. He has never let me down and I know I can rely on him day and night. Last year, my car broke down 100 miles from home and he drove to get me in the middle of the night. Honestly, I don't know a more considerate person. I'm sure he must make the perfect neighbour. I really can't imagine his stereo blaring away late at night or him drilling early in the morning!
Speaker 3
My yoga teacher? Well, how shall I put it? He's not your typical calm, serious or easy-going type, which is what you'd expect a yoga teacher to be. Actually, he's quite the opposite. He gets stressed a lot, particularly when we are running out of time and haven't managed to do all the exercises he'd planned. You always have to expect the worst with him. And he can be quite argumentative too. The other week he approached me after class and accused me of not paying the correct fees. You should have seen him when he found out that he was wrong and that I have paid until the end of the year! He looked at me with his piercing eyes and argued for about 10 minutes! I'm not really sure why I bother going to his classes.
Speaker 4
Oh, she's absolutely lovely, my wife. Sensible, calm, friendly and really considerate. We have three children and I must say, she's brought them up on her own because I've always been travelling a lot in my job and never spent much time at home when they were young. But she took bringing up our children in her stride and she's done such a good job, too. They are all at university now. Really, I couldn't ask for a better wife!
Speaker 5
I can't stand my boss. He's so conceited and patronising! I don't think anyone at work likes him. Well, it's his fault, really. He doesn't have a kind word to say to anyone, ever. He's just always grumpy and miserable, and whatever you do and however well you do your job, he never praises anyone or even appreciates what we do. I wish he could be transferred to another department, because I really like my job, it's just him with his irritable presence that makes my life at work a misery!
F
T
F
T
F
READING
B
C
D
A
B
UNIT 3 PROGRESS TEST B
GRAMMAR
when your son completed his university studies?
what A-level subjects your sister has chosen?
Molly has written her essay?
who it was who told you (that) I was worried about my exams?
it was Melanie (that/who) I saw your son with last night?
where your brother's car is parked?
it was Chelsea who won the FA Cup Final last year?
who it was who first climbed Everest?
when he gave up teaching?
it was Alexander Fleming who discovered penicillin?
nothing like
no
just as
almost as
a little
much
far
much
little
nowhere near