PROGRESS REVIEW 4

VOCABULARY: Describing people

1. Complete the words.

Answer:

1. height - tall 2. curly - blonde 3. ground - long

4. bald - black 5. overweight - slim 6. round - glasses

READING: Childhood photos

2. Complete the sentences using the past simple form of the verbs.

1. When the girl was young she … big brown eyes and dark hair.

2. Her father … a photo of her every day.

3. Every year, the girl … bigger and she … a little.

4. He … all the photos and he … an enormous picture from them.

5. He … the big picture to his daughter.

Answer:

1. had 2. took 3. grew - changed

4. collected - made 5. gave

LANGUAGE FOCUS: Past simple: affirmative and negative

3. Write affirmative and negative sentences using the past simple.

1. I / see / a nice photo of you

2. we / not enjoy / that boring film

3. she / teach / her grandmother about computers

4. you / eat / a big pizza last night

5. he / not read / that old book

Answer:

1. I saw a nice photo of you.

2. We didn’t enjoy that boring film.

3. She taught her grandmother about computers.

4. You ate a big pizza last night.

5. He didn’t read that old book.

VOCABULARY LISTENING: Life events

4. Listen and choose the correct answers.

1. Where was Jeanne Calment born? She was born in the … of France.

a. north b. south c. east

2. Why was she an amazing person? She was special because she was the … person who ever lived.

a. tallest b. richest c. oldest

3. What type of food did she eat a lot? She ate a lot of … .

a. pasta b. crisps c. chocolate

4. What did she appear in? She appeared in a film about … .

a. a singer b. an artist c. a teacher

5. When did she die? In … .

a. 1995 b. 1996 c. 1997

LANGUAGE FOCUS: Past simple: questions

5. Complete the questions using the words.

1. What … for breakfast today?

2. … for this exam?

3. … basketball after school?

4. What … on TV in the evening?

5. When … to bed last night?

6. … to a good song earlier?

Answer:

1. did you eat

2. Did you revise

3. Did Anna play

4. did you watch

5. did your sister go

6. Did you listen

SPEAKING: Role - play: an interview with a famous person

6. Read the dialogue and choose the best answer. Write a letter (A - H) for each answer. There are two extra answers.

Answer:

1. c 2. g 3. a 4. d 5. h 6. f

WRITING: Description of a person

7. Complete the questions and answers with the words.

Answer:

1. life 2. tall 3. eyes 4. exactly 5. grow

6. grew 7. become 8. singing 9. big 10. well

11. key 12. won 13. anything 14. apparently

VOCABULARY: Means of transport

8. Read the clue and write the object.

1. When you go in a group, you should take it. …

2. This helps you cross a river or a channel. …

3. This helps you travel between hills or mountains. …

4. This can take off vertically. …

5. This helps you do exercise and relax. …

6. This sends people into space. …

7. This carries things away. …

Answer:

1. taxi 2. ferry 3. cable car 4. helicopter

5. bicycle 6. spaceship 7. truck

READING: Summer holidays

9. Choose the correct words.

1. This summer we’re going to stay in a five - star hotel! It’s awesome / cold / boring!

2. I don’t want to visit that old museum with my parents. It looks really cool / new / boring.

3. We’re going to explore Fansipan peak. The scenery there is new / magnificent / expensive.

4. Ed is going to swim in the boring / expensive / new swimming pool - it opened last week and it’s really cheap.

5. We want to visit that small skatepark - people say it’s fantastic and really cool / huge / cold/

6. My holiday is in Switzerland. It isn’t a cheap country. It’s very expensive / new / cool.

LANGUAGE FOCUS: be going to: affirmative, negative and questions

10. Complete the sentences using the correct form of be going to and the verb.

1. I … (see) him later.

2. My friends … (travel) to Italy this summer.

3. Ella … (not take) a trolleybus on holiday.

4. … (you / go) by boat to Can Tho?

Answer:

1. am going to see 2. are going to travel

3. isn’t going to take 4. Are you going to go

LANGUAGE FOCUS: will and won’t

11. Complete the sentences using the correct form of will and one of the verbs.

1. You … a good sleeping bag on your trip to Scotland. It’s cold at night.

2. It … very sunny tomorrow.

3. … you … them?

4. What food … we … in Italy?

Answer:

1. will need 2. won’t be

3. Will - tell 4. will - eat

VOCABULARY AND LISTENING: Weather conditions

12. Listen and match the places 1 - 6 with pictures a - f.

Answer:

1. c 2. e 3. d 4. b 5. a 6. f

LANGUAGE FOCUS: First conditional

13. Complete the first conditional sentences with the correct form of the verbs.

1. If I … (see) Julia, I … (invite) her to my party.

2. Our parents … (not be) happy if we … (be) late again.

3. If he … (have) time, he … (come) with us.

4. What … (you / do) if you … (miss) the train?

Answer:

1. see - will invite 2. won’t be - are

3. has - will come 4. will you do - miss

SPEAKING: Offers and promises

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

Answer:

1. c 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. c 6. b

WRITING: A postcard

15. Read the postcard and complete the text. Write one word on each line.

Answer:

1. won’t - doesn’t 2. shopping 3. weather

4. going 5. hope