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Exercise 1 Present tenses and future forms
Complete the blog with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.
A day in the life of . . .
My name’s Roxanne and I’m a student at Manchester
University. I ’m studying (study) Physics. Everyone
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job in a pub. My friends and I (4) |
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9.15. When I (8) (not have) lectures, I’m
expected to be at the lab to do my own research, so I
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(11)(do) exams soon. He’s in his final
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(14)(not be) the same, but we hope to see each other in the holidays.
Help! It’s 5.30 and I need to get ready for work. It
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Exercise 2 Past tenses and Present Perfect
Complete the conversation with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple, Past Perfect, Past Continuous, or Present Perfect (Continuous).
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Hi Paula, I haven’t seen (not see) you for ages. |
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You’re kidding! What (2) |
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So (8) |
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Er, no. I (10) |
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Yeah, and all my mates (12) |
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(look after) me, but I |
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What a shame. You (16) |
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Progress test 1B Units 1–6 |
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Exercise 3 Questions and answers
Complete the questions and answers with the correct auxiliary verb.
Example Where does Sally work?
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having a shower so I didn’t hear it. |
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Exercise 4 Modal verbs
Choose the correct words.
Example You should / should to give up smoking.
1The earth’s population may / will definitely continue to grow.
2I’m not sure of the date of the party. It will / might be the 1st or the 2nd.
3We weren’t allowed / mustn’t use calculators when I was at school.
4I haven’t decided what to buy Dad. I’ll get / I might get him some socks.
5Why didn’t the children have to / must go to school yesterday?
6Do / Are you allowed to park here?
7I don’t think people won’t / will give up using their cars.
8You can take an extra week for the report. You don’t have to / mustn’t finish it until Monday.
9We had to / must cancel our holiday due to last week’s floods.
10People should / have to pay taxes. It’s the law.
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Exercise 5 Passive
Complete the sentences with the correct passive form of the verbs in the box.
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New Headway Intermediate FOURTH EDITION |
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© Oxford University Press 2009 |

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Progress test 1B Units 1–6 |
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Intermediate FOURTH EDITION |
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Exercise 6 Correct the sentences
Correct the mistake in italics in each sentence.
Example I am a writer for ten years. |
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1My sister use to be a model.
2Did you ever lived in New Zealand?
3How many children is she having?
4She works in Paris since last summer.
5Don’t take the train. I give you a lift to work.
6You don’t allowed to take photographs in here.
7He’s unemployed now; he lost his job because he has been late too many times.
8I’m not sure, but I will see you at the gym later.
9I must leave before the end of the film last night.
10Does your business do well at the moment?
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Exercise 7 Vocabulary
Choose the correct words.
Example He’s got a well-paid work / job .
1The pizza was enormous, I couldn’t eat the hole / whole thing.
2Put the oven on to fry / roast the chicken.
3Can you find / look up Henry’s number in the phone book?
4I liked the film but I was disappointed / disappointing in the ending.
5How good / well do you speak Italian?
6Thanks for looking for / after the cats while we were away.
7I try not to drive careless / carelessly.
8I need to a new hammer / spade to dig the garden.
9Would you like a peace / piece of cake?
10‘Why did you take / pick up jogging?’ ‘I wanted to get some exercise.’
11Will you chop / peel the herbs for the sauce, please?
12We rowed / rode from one side of the lake to the other.
Exercise 8 Word building
Make the new words in brackets from the base words.
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