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Progress test Unit Test A Name: _ Grammar Complete the sentences Use the past simple form of the verbs below win catch go read speak get Last month I _ an interesting book about Martin Luther King Janine _ to New York for two weeks last year She _ to her mother on the phone every day We _ three salmon in the river last weekend I _ some of my homework before breakfast this morning My cousin _ a job at the new supermarket yesterday Our team _ the school basketball competition last Saturday Mark: _ /7 Complete the sentences and questions with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets Use the affirmative, negative or interrogative forms _ (you / write) an email to James last night? I _ (buy) the English-English dictionary because it was very expensive _ (Stuart / see) Karen yesterday evening? She wanted to speak to him We _ (go) to the cinema last Friday, but the film was terrible! Mum _ (cook) dinner last night We went to a restaurant instead I don’t want lunch today because I _ (have) a big breakfast this morning _ (you / go) to the film club last Wednesday? Mark: _ /7 Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs below Use the affirmative or negative forms visit be have give go Last Saturday _ my birthday I _ a party, but Anna and I _ to London for the weekend instead We _ some museums and Anna _ some shopping She _ me a new MP3 player for my birthday! Mark: _ /6 Photocopiable © Oxford University Press Solutions 2nd edition Elementary Progress test Unit Test A Vocabulary Complete the sentences with the correct nationalities A person from Japan is A person from Australia is A person from France is A person from Belarus is A person from Sweden is A person from Ukraine is A person from Britain is Mark: /7 Complete the sentences with the correct preposition He goes to work _ bicycle They spent a week the south of France John gave a present his mother The holidays were awful: it rained two weeks! We came home Norway last night The noisy students always sat _ the back of the bus _ three months in Ireland, they flew to Madrid Mark: _ /7 Complete the dialogue with the words below shame cool wow what who how A Hi! was your weekend? B Not bad! I played tennis on Saturday A ! _ did you play with? B Andy and Joe And you? A I had a bad cold, so I stayed in B What a _! A But I had time to read two whole books B _! were they like? A They were both great! Mark: /6 Photocopiable © Oxford University Press Solutions 2nd edition Elementary Progress test Unit Test A Use of English Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets The 1950 FIFA World Cup final _ (TAKE PLACE) in the _ (BRAZIL) city of Rio de Janeiro, between Brazil and Uruguay After the battle, some of the soldiers _ (HIDE) and _ (SLEEP) in a cave in the mountains In the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, the _ (JAMAICA) runner Usain Bolt _ (BREAK) the world records for the 100 and 200 metres The singer Bono _ (BEGIN) singing in the _ (IRELAND) band U2 in 1976 When I was young I _ (WEAR) shorts all the time, so when I _ (FALL), I always cut my knees! Mark: _ /10 Listening Listen to the information about Whitney Houston Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? Whitney Houston learned to sing at her local school _ She worked as a professional model after leaving school _ She became famous as an actress in the 1980s _ She married Kevin Costner in 1992 _ She appeared on four TV shows and made seven albums _ Mark: _ /5 Photocopiable © Oxford University Press Solutions 2nd edition Elementary Progress test Unit Test A Reading Read the text Emile Zola Emile Zola, the famous French writer, was born in 1840 His father was an Italian engineer and his mother was French The family lived in the south of France for a few years, but moved to Paris after Emile's father's death, when he was only three Zola did not pass his high school exams, so he could not study at university Instead, he worked in several different jobs, before he decided to become a journalist and writer At the age of 28, he knew what he wanted to write: a set of twenty books to tell the story of two parts of the same family living in France at that time In this way, he showed people both the good and the bad sides of change – the change which the Industrial Revolution was bringing to the country In that way, many people compare him to Charles Dickens, the English writer, who wrote about very similar ideas Zola wanted to describe life as truly as possible, and did a lot of research to prepare his books So, for example, he visited coal mines before writing a story of the miners' labour problems; or the theatres in Paris, before writing about the life of an actress Zola was not just a writer, but also a political journalist He asked a lot of difficult questions about the activities of the government and the army For that reason, the government was not very happy with him and made his life very difficult Choose the correct answers Zola lived most of his life in _ a the south of France Zola spent a lot of time _ to help him write his novels b Italy a finding out about different places c Paris b visiting coal mines c going to the theatre When Zola left school, he a became a writer Zola _ the government b went to university a was friendly with c found a job b had problems with c didn't worry about Zola wanted people to understand both sides of _ a his family b the Industrial Revolution c Charles Dickens Photocopiable © Oxford University Press Mark: _ /5 Solutions 2nd edition Elementary Progress test Unit Test A Writing 10 Write an email (90–120 words) to a friend • Greet him / her and ask how he / she is • Ask him / her about last weekend's activities • Tell him / her about three things that happened to you last weekend • Tell your friend to write soon Mark: _/10 Total: _ /70 Photocopiable © Oxford University Press Solutions 2nd edition Elementary