PROGRESS REVIEW 1

VOCABULARY: Places in a town or city

1. Complete the words in the text.

Answer:

1. restaurants

2. cafe

3. sport centre

4. park

5. hotel

6. cinema

7. theatre

8. school

READING: A description of a cruise ship

2. Choose the correct answer.

1. The new ship has got a … with a lot of books.

a. carbin b. library c. swimming pool

2. The … on the ship prepare very good food.

a. chefs b. passengers c. tourists

3. The sports centre has got a big climbing wall. It’s very … - I like it!

a. comfortable b. horrible c. exciting

4. The passengers all have got rooms called … .

a. cabins b. shops c. swimming pools

5. The people on the ship like the food. It’s … !

a. horrible b. comfortable c. fantastic

6. “Is there a sports centre?” “No, but there are five nice … .”

a. swimming pools b. cabins c. passengers

LANGUAGE FOCUS: Is there … ? , Are there … ?, How many … ?

3. Write questions and short answers.

1. a big cinema in your area? / no

2. any interesting monuments in this town? / yes

3. a quiet park near the station? / yes

4. any small shops in that street? / no

5. how many cafe near here? ‘ three

6. how many students in Anna’s class? / thirty

Answer:

1. Is there a big cinema in our area? - No, there isn't.

2. Are there any interesting monuments in this town? - Yes, there are.

3. Is there a quiet park near the station? Yes, there is.

4. Are there any small shops in that street? No, there aren't.

5.How many cafés are there near here? There are three.

6. How many students are there in Anna' s class? There are thirty students.

VOCABULARY AND LISTENING: Comparing places

4. Lucy is a new student at a school. Listen to Lucy talking to her teacher. Match the places in A with the adjectives in B.

Answer:

LANGUAGE FOCUS: Comparative adjectives

5. Choose the correct words and write them on the lines.

My school is smaller (1) … the school in the next town but I think my school is (2) … ! The students at my school are (3) … and the buildings are (4) … modern. There’s a fantastic swimming pool - it’s (5) … than the pool at the sports centre in town and it’s (̉̉6) … too!

SPEAKING: Asking and saying where places are

6. Put the dialogue in the correct order. Number the sentences.

Answer:

WRITING: A description of a town or city

7. Order the words to make sentences.

1. is / Norwich / interesting / city / a / very

2. east / of / it’s / the / England / in

3. population / got / of / a / 200,000 / it’s / about

4. favourite / castle / place / my / the / is

5. fantastic / are / there / shops / some

6. market / good / a / too / there’s

7. only / it’s / thirty - five / from / kilometres / sea / the

8. exciting / it’s / place / an

Answer:

1. Norwich is a very interesting city.

2. It's in the east of England.

3. It's got about 200,000 of a population.

4. My favorite place is the castle.

5. There are some fantastic shops.

6. There's a good market too.

7. It's only thirty-five kilometres from the sea.

8. It's an exciting place.

VOCABULARY: Daily routines

8. Complete the sentences with the words.

1. I get up at 6.15 every morning.

2. I have breakfast at 7.00.

3. After breakfast, I always brush my teeth and wash my face.

4. My sister and I go to school by bus.

5. After school I chat with my friends - we sometimes talk for hours!

6. I always help my parents with the housework.

7. In my bedroom, I study at my desk with all my school books.

8. Before bed, I usually relax on the sofa and I sometimes watch TV.

READING: My family

9. Complete the words in the text.

Answer:

1. brothers 2. mother 3. aunt 4. father

5. grandmother 6. grandfather

LANGUAGE FOCUS: Present simple: affirmative and negative

10. Make the negative sentences affirmative and the affirmative sentences negative.

1. I don’t like cooking. ✔

2. We don’t play football every afternoon. ✔

3. She doesn’t wash the car. ✔

4. They help with the housework. x

5. My brother studies in the evenings. x

6. You play video games. x

Answer:

1. I like cooking.

2. We play football every afternoon.

3. She washes the car.

4. They don't help with the housework.

5. My brother doesn't study in the evening.

6. You don't play video games.

VOCABULARY AND LISTENING: Special days

11. Listen and draw lines from names 1 - 6 to people a - f in the picture.

Answer:

1. Dad - e 2. Emma -d 3. Grace - c

4. Holly - b 5. Mum - f 6. Richard – a

LANGUAGE FOCUS: Present simple: questions

12. Read the email and write the questions.

Answer:

1. What time do you get up?

2. When do you have breakfast?

3. How often does she help at home?

4. Does Anna study a lot?

5. When do they get home from work?

6. Do your parents watch TV in the evening?

SPEAKING: Making plans and suggestions

13. Complete the dialogue with the phrases.

Ben: There’s a family fun day in town on Sunday.

Jack: Oh yes. (1) … .

Ben: Lots of different things. Look at this.

Jack: (2) … to do?

Ben: Well, (3) … in the cooking competition in the morning.

Jack: No? But (4) … of the sports quiz in the afternoon.

Ben: Right, and (5) … the barbecue at 6 pm?

Jack: Yes, OK. (6) … to the barbecue. Then we can go to the fireworks in the evening.

Ben: OK. Great.

Answer:

(1) What's on?

(2) What do you want

(3) I'm not really interested in

(4) I like the sound

(5) what a bout

(6) Let's go

WRITING: A special day

14. Complete the text with the words. There are five extra words.

Every November in the USE, there’s a big celebration called Thanksgiving Day. On this special (1) … American people give thanks for what they have.

In many cities, there are big parades in the (2) … and there’s great food too.

People make nice costumes for the parades. They also sing, dance and (3) … music. It’s noisy but it’s (4) … very exciting.

We don’t usually go in the parade, but we always watch it. We also dance because we (5) … the music and the songs.

Answer:

(1) day

(2) streets

(3) play

(4) also

(5) like

15. Choose the best title for the text. Tick (✔) one box.