intermediate progress test units 1 - inglés de la escuela …ingleseoi.es/b2/eo/test1y2.pdf ·...

Intermediate Progress Test Units 1–2A

PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2011 Pearson Longman

Listening

1 Track 1 Listen to a woman telling a story and

underline the correct ans wers.

1 The woman .

a) has never been embarrassed

b) likes talking about herself

c) prefers other people’s stories

2 Her brother .

a) doesn’t like talking about himself

b) tells funny stories

c) hates people laughing at him

3 Her brother told her a story about .

a) his holiday in Spain

b) his ex-wife

c) an embarrassing experience

4 The story happened .

a) on a beach in Turkey

b) about two or thee years ago

c) when Bob was in a boat

5 Bob communicated with the man .

a) using only sign language

b) using incorrect Turkish

c) with gestures and incorrect English

6 Bob was embarrassed because .

a) the man spoke in English

b) he had behaved badly

c) the man laughed at him

10

Pronunciation

2 Track 2 Listen and complete the sentences.

1 I ’ve met him before somewhere.

2 He at home when I called.

3 They living in the same house at the

time.

4 When I got there, they already left.

5 He _____written over twenty best-sellers.

6 We weren’t having lunch, we in the

garden.

7 She met him when she was working in

France.

8 you told him yet?

9 He realised he brought his keys.

10 She speaking to him last week.

11 I been there for ages.

5

Vocabulary and Grammar

3 Cross out the incorrect word / phrase, or the

odd word out, in each group.

1 say hello / do a prize / tell a lie / go crazy

2 on my own / by chance / on a hurry / by mistake

3 in the winter / at night / on Friday night / on May

4 biopic / mentor / docudrama / disaster

5 go in holiday / take sugar / tell jokes / get excited

6 niece / nephew / godmother / cousin 5

4 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form

of the word in capitals.

1 Avatar was the most successful film of the year

in 2009. SUCCESS

2 We’re quite a small family, so we have very few

. RELATE

3 The Sixth Sense is one the best

thrillers I’ve ever seen. PSYCHOLOGY

4 Paul can’t stand being an any more,

so he’s starting his own business. EMPLOY

5 Her grandparents had eight children and twenty

grandchildren so she has a very large

family. EXTEND

6 My favourite comedy is The Holiday

with Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz.

ROMANCE

5

5 Complete the interview tips with the words in

the box.

prepared briefly references on research

show full smartly clearly making firmly

1 Before you go to the interview, it’s important to

be prepared .

2 Do some and don’t forget to send

with your CV.

3 You should dress quite and make sure

you arrive t ime.

4 Make a good first impression by shaking hands

and eye contact.

5 It’s a good idea to enthusiasm when you

answer questions.

6 Don’t answer questions . Speak

and try to give answers. 10



6 Underline the correct alternative.

1 He hasn’t heard the news already / yet.

2 Does this belong / Is this belonging to anybody in

the class? I found / find it on the floor.

3 Did they visit / Have they visited London in 2007?

I thought they’d already / already had moved to

Australia by then.

4 Who does eat / eats dinner before 10p.m.? In

Spain, we never do / does.

5 My grandmother’s yet / just learnt to ski. Before

that, she learnt / ’s learnt to skateboard.

6 I met / ’ve met her in the shopping mall when I did

/ was doing some shopping. 10

7 Choose the correct ans wers to complete the

text: a), b), c) or d).

Last call! 1 d you ever missed a plane? I nearly d id last

summer. I 2 from London to Sydney and had

to change planes in Los Angeles. The plane 3 there at 6.30 in the morn ing and my flight to

Sydney was at 9.30. 4 been to LA airport

before so I walked around 5 I was waiting.

Then I had some breakfast in a coffee shop, read my

book and 6 emails on my iPhone.

By 8.15, I 7 rather bored, so I decided to find

out which gate my Sydney flight was leaving 8 . I saw a screen on the wall and went to look

at it. 9 my flight on the screen and saw ‘Last

call’ written next to it. I couldn’t believe it ! Then I

looked at my watch and 10

that when I’d

changed it from British time to LA t ime I’d made a

mistake – it wasn’t 8.15, it was 9.15. So I ran to the

gate as fast as I could and was the last person to 11

the plane. How embarrassing!

1 a) Did b) Are c) Was d) Have

2 a) flown b) was flying c) ’m fly ing d) fly

3 a) arrives b) lands c) ’s landed d) landed

4 a) I’d never b) I’ve ever c) I never d) I’m

5 a) during b) until c) while d) by the time

6 a) checked b ) listened c) written d) saw

7 a) seemed b) was feeling c) am d) ‘d been

8 a) to b) at c) from d) in

9 a) I’ve found b) I was looking c) I’d found

d) I found

10 a) was realising b) remembered c) realised

d) had realised

11 a) get b) get on c) take d) go on 10

Reading

8 Match gaps 1–6 in the text with a)–f) below.

Elvis is alive!

There is a persistent belief in the USA that music

legend Elvis Presley 1 a after all. Many

conspiracy theorists say that he ‘faked’ his death.

But why would he do that?

The answer, they say, is because 2 . According

to them, Elvis was going to give evidence in court

against a Mafia group, who wanted to kill h im. They

believe that the FBI put another body in Elv is ’s

grave and then 3 . They also claim that after

this, he worked in Las Vegas for years performing

as an Elv is impersonator. Because there were so

many Elvis lookalikes, nobody could ever know

who the ‘real’ one was.

Whatever the truth of these claims, over the last

three decades there have been reports from 4

they have seen Elvis in one place o r another. At the

same time, two US tabloid newspapers published

articles about Elvis’s continuing ‘life’ for a long

time after his death. They provided all kinds of fake

detail, 5 in a motorbike accident to his ‘real

death’ in the 1990s.

There was even a museum called the ‘Elvis is Alive

Museum’ in Missouri. It collected papers that 6 , including government documents. The

museum is now closed … but is Elvis alive?

a) did not die in August 1977

b) from reports that he broke a leg

c) helped him to ‘disappear’

d) ‘proved’ the conspiracy theory

e) his life was in danger

f) thousands of people who say

10

9 Read the article again. Are the sentences true

(T) or false (F)?

1 Conspiracy theorists claim Elv is

pretended that he’d died. T

2 They say the Mafia wanted to kill Elv is

because he’d worked for them.

3 They think the FBI helped Elvis to start

a new life in Las Vegas.

4 It was easy to identify the real Elvis in

Las Vegas.

5 Thousands of people believe they’ve

seen Elvis alive over the last 30 years.

6 You can still visit the museum.

5



Speaking

10 Cross out the response which is not possible.

1 So then I fell off my bike!

a Oh no. b That’s right. c Oh dear.

2 Could I ask you something?

a I see. b Of course. c Go ahead.

3 It starts at 7.30, right?

a That’s right. b Yes. c No problem.

4 Thanks for helping me out.

a You’re welcome. b Of course. c No problem.

5 And you’ll have a weekend off once a month.

a Go ahead. b I see. c I understand.

6 Can I use your phone, please?

a Of course. b Yes, I know. c Go ahead. 5

11 Match gaps 1–11 in the conversation with

a)–f) below.

A: Did I tell you what 1 a to me when I was

working in the bank last October?

B: No, 2 happened?

A: Well, I’d just fin ished serving a customer and

was putting things in my drawer. And the 3

knew, there were two people standing in front of

my desk – wearing masks!

B: 4 ? I

5 it ! What

6 do?

A: Nothing! I was too scared. I thought they were

going to shoot me.

B: Oh 7 . What

8 ?

A: Well, I just looked at them. I was waiting for

them to say ‘Hands up!’ or something. Then 9 sudden, I remembered it was Halloween.

That’s why they were wearing masks. They were

going to a party!

B: Oh, no. That’s 10

!

A: Yes. 11

end, we all laughed about it.

a) happened

b) did you

c) In the

d) all of a

e) really funny

f) what

g) no

h) next thing I

i) happened next

j) don’t believe

k) Really 10

Writing


1 I was in the bath until / when the phone rang.

2 There was a huge storm while / during the night.

3 She called me as soon as / by the time she got my

message.

4 They visited all the famous sights during / while

they were in New York.

5 By the time / While the police arrived at the house,

the thieves had disappeared.

6 He didn’t leave as soon as / until the children

were all in bed. 5

13 Write a news report about one of the

headlines below. Use the prompts to help if

necessary. Write 100–120 words.

1 80 people homeless after floods

2 Airline employees strike demonstration

3 Film star shot outside London home

1 Introduction – what happened

2 Background details

3 Quote(s) of people’s opinions

4 Conclusion – the current situation

__________________________________ 10

Total: 100

Intermediate Progress Test Units 1–2B


Listening

1 Track 1 Listen to a woman telling a story and

underline the correct ans wers.

1 The woman .

a) has never been embarrassed

b) likes talking about herself

c) prefers other people’s stories

2 Her brother .

a) hates people laughing at him

b) is a very good story teller

c) likes talking about other people

3 She can remember exactly when .

a) her brother went to Spain

b) he separated from h is ex-wife

c) he went to Turkey

4 Bob’s story happened .

a) when he was on a boat

b) when he was twenty–six

c) on a beach in Turkey

5 Bob communicated with the man .

a) with gestures and incorrect English

b) using only sign language

c) in Turkish

6 Bob felt embarrassed because .

a) the man laughed at him

b) the man d idn’t speak English

c) he had behaved in a silly way

10

Pronunciation

2 Track 2 Listen and complete the sentences.

1 I ’ve met h im before somewhere.

2 He at home when I called.

3 They living in the same house at the

time.

4 When I got there, they already left.

5 He written over twenty best-sellers.

6 We weren’t having lunch, we in the

garden.

7 She met him when she was working in

France.

8 you told him yet?

9 He realised he brought his keys.

10 She speaking to him last week.

11 I been there for ages.

5

Vocabulary and Grammar

3 Cross out the incorrect word / phrase, or the

odd word out, in each group.

1 say hello / do a prize / tell a lie / go crazy

2 go on holiday / take ages / do a nothing / get

excited

3 niece / pupil / nephew / cousin

4 by my own / by chance / in a hurry / by mistake

5 in the summer / at night / in Friday night / in May

6 mentor / fantasy / adventure / biopic

5

4 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form

of the word in capitals.

1 Avatar was the most successful film of year in

2009. SUCCESS

2 Tom’s grandmother had ten children, so his

family is very large. EXTEND

3 I love comedies. They always make

me feel good. ROMANCE

4 My parents have no brothers or sisters , so my

sister is my only living . RELATE

5 The film The Sixth Sense, with Bruce W illis, was

an excellent thriller.

PSYCHOLOGY

6 Adam has a successful business with more than

thirty . EMPLOY

5

5 Complete the interview tips with the words in

the box.

prepared full s mart ly clearly make firmly

briefly references on research show

1 Before you go to the interview, it’s important to

be prepared .

2 You should enthusiasm when you

answer questions.

3 Don’t answer questions . Speak

and try to give answers.

4 Before the interview, do some and don’t

forget to send with your CV.

5 It’s a good idea to dress quite and make

sure you arrive time.

6 If you want to make a good first impression, shake

hands and eye contact with the

interviewer.

10




1 He hasn't heard the news already / yet.

2 My grandmother’s learnt already / just learnt to

ski. Before that, she’s learnt / learnt to fly a plane.

3 When are we going / do we go home tonight? It

gets / ’s getting late.

4 Does this belong / Is this belonging to anybody

here? I found / ’ve found it under the desk.

5 Have they left / Did they leave England in 2007? I

thought they’d yet / ’d already moved to Canada

by then.

6 Who does go / goes to bed before 12.00p.m.? I

never do / does. 10

7 Choose the correct ans wers to complete the

text: a), b), c) or d).

Last call! 1 d you ever missed a plane? I nearly

2

last summer. I was flying from London to Sydney

and had to change planes in Los Angeles. The plane

landed there at 6.30 3 the morning and my

flight to Sydney was at 9.30. I walked around while

I 4 because

5 been to LA airport before.

Then I 6 some breakfast in a coffee shop, read

my book and checked emails on my iPhone.

By 8.15, I was feeling rather bored so I 7 to

find out which gate my Sydney flight 8 from.

I saw an in formation screen on the wall and went to

look at 9 .I found my flight on the screen – and

saw ‘Last call’ written there. I couldn’t believe it ! I

then looked at my watch and realised 10

the

time on my watch back by eight hours instead of

seven! I ran to the gate and 11

the t ime I got

there, I was the last person to get on the plane. How

embarrassing!

1 a) Did b) Are c) Was d) Have

2 a) missed b) did c) had d) was

3 a) in b) at c) on d) –

4 a) ’ve waited b) ’d waited c) wait d) was

wait ing

5 a) I’d never b) I’ve ever c) I never d) I’ve

6 a) ’ve had b) had c) was eating d ) ’d had

7 a) ’d decided b) was decided c) decided d) ’ve

decided

8 a) had left b) will leave c) leaves d) was

leaving

9 a) it b) them c) the screen d) that

10 a) it changed b) I’ve changed c) I’d changed

d) was changing

11 a) at b) on c) from d) by 10

Reading

8 Match gaps 1–6 in the text with a)–f) below.

Elvis is alive!

There is a persistent belief in the USA that music

legend Elvis Presley 1 a after all. Many

conspiracy theorists say that he ‘faked’ his death.

But why would he do that?

The answer, they say, is because 2 . According

to them, Elvis was going to give evidence in court

against a Mafia group, who wanted to kill h im. They

believe that the FBI put another body in Elv is’s

grave and then 3 . They also claim that after

this, he worked in Las Vegas for years performing

as an Elv is impersonator. Because there were so

many Elvis lookalikes, nobody could ever know

who the ‘real’ one was.

Whatever the truth of these claims, over the last

three decades there have been reports from 4

they have seen Elvis in one place o r another. At the

same time, two US tabloid newspapers published

articles about Elvis’s continuing ‘life’ for a long

time after his death. They provided all kinds of fake

detail, 5 in a motorb ike accident to his ‘real

death’ in the 1990s.

There was even a museum called the ‘Elvis is Alive

Museum’ in Missouri. It collected papers that they

say 6 , includ ing government documents. The

museum is now closed … but is Elvis alive?

a) did not die in August 1977

b) ‘proved’ the conspiracy theory

c) thousands of people who say

d) from reports that he broke a leg

e) his life was in danger

f) helped him to ‘disappear’ 10

9 Read the article again. Are the sentences true

(T) or false (F)?

1 Conspiracy theorists claim that Elvis

pretended that he’d died. T

2 They say the FBI wanted to protect

Elvis from the Mafia.

3 They think Elv is started a new life in

Las Vegas.

4 It was easy to identify the real Elvis in

Las Vegas.

5 Thousands of people believe they’ve

seen Elvis alive recently.

6 You can’t v isit the museum any more.

5



Speaking

10 Cross out the response which is not possible.

1 So then I fell off my bike!

a) Oh no. b) That’s right. c) Oh dear.

2 And you’ll have three weeks holiday a year.

a) I see. b) Go ahead. c) I understand.

3 Can I use your phone, please?

a) Go ahead. b) Of course. c) Yes, I know.

4 Could I ask you something?

a) I see. b) Go ahead. c) Of course.

5 It finishes at 8.30, right?

a) That’s right. b) Yes. c) No problem.

6 Thanks for telling me.

a) You’re welcome. b) Of course. c) No

problem.

5

11 Match gaps 1–11 in the conversation with

a)–f) below.

A: Do you know what 1 a to me when I was

working in the bank last October?

B: No, 2 happened?

A: Well, I’d just fin ished serving a customer and

was putting things in my drawer. And the 3 knew, there were two people standing in

front of my desk – wearing masks!

B: 4 ? I

5 it ! What

6 do?

A: Nothing! I was too scared. I thought they were

going to shoot me.

B: Oh 7 . What

8 ?

A: Well, I just looked at them. I was waiting for

them to say ‘Hands up!’ or something. Then 9 sudden, I remembered it was Halloween.

That’s why they were wearing masks. They

were going to a party!

B: Oh, no. That’s 10

!

A: Yes. 11

end, we all laughed about it.

a) happened

b) no

c) what

d) happened next

e) don’t believe

f) Really

g) did you

h) In the

i) all of a

j) really funny

k) next thing I

10

Writing


1 I was in the bath until / when the phone rang.

2 By the time / While the train came, it was more

than two hours late.

3 They didn’t go out as soon as / until it had

stopped raining.

4 Somebody broke into their house and stole their

money while / during the night.

5 He had something to eat as soon as / by the time

he got home.

6 They visited all their relat ives during / while they

were in Australia.

5

13 Write a news report about one of the

headlines below. Use the prompts to help if

necessary. Write 100–120 words.

1 80 people homeless after floods

2 Airline employees strike demonstration

3 Film star shot outside London home

1 Introduction – what happened

2 Background details

3 Quote(s) of people’s opinions

4 Conclusion – the current situation

__________________________________ 10

Total: 100

Intermediate Tests Answer Key


Progress Test Units 1–2A 1: 2b 3c 4a 5c 6a 2: 2 wasn’t 3 weren’t 4 ’d 5 ’s 6 were

7 ’d 8 Have 9 hadn’t 10 wasn’t 11 haven’t

3: Delete: 2 on a hurry (in a hurry)

3 on May (in May) 4 mentor (the others are types of film) 5 go in holiday (go on holiday)

6 godmother (the others are all blood relatives)

4: 2 relatives 3 psychological

4 employee 5 extended 6 romantic 5: 2 research, references 3 smartly, on

4 firmly, making 5 show 6 briefly, clearly, full

6: 2 Does this belong, found 3 Did they visit, ’d already 4 eats, do 5 just, learnt 6 met, was doing

7: 2b 3d 4a 5c 6a 7b 8c 9d 10c 11b 8: 2e 3c 4f 5b 6d 9: 2F 3T 4F 5T 6F

10: 2a 3c 4b 5a 6b 11: 2f 3h 4k 5j 6b 7g 8i 9d 10e 11c 12: 2 during 3 as soon as 4 while

5 By the time 6 until 13: (sample answer for headline 1: 130

words)

More than 80 people were made homeless in the south east of Scotland yesterday when floods destroyed their

homes. Heavy rain had fallen over the area around the Borders for three days.

Homes and shops were flooded and many people spent the night in schools and the local community centre. The

emergency services rescued at least 30 people from their homes and cars. One unhappy shop-keeper said ‘I can’t

open my shop. It’ll take me weeks to clean it and replace the things that are broken. We have floods every year, but

nobody does anything about it.’ This morning, people were returning to their homes to start cleaning up. But

around 30 homes were very badly damaged. It will be a long time before the owners can go back home.

Progress Test Units 1–2B

1: 2b 3b 4c 5a 6c 2: 2 wasn’t 3 weren’t 4 ’d 5 ’s 6 were

7 ’d 8 Have 9 hadn’t 10 wasn’t 11 haven’t

3: Delete: 2 do a nothing (do nothing)

3 pupil (the others are family words) 4 by my own (on my own) 5 in Friday night (on Friday night)

6 mentor (the others are types of film) 4: 2 extended 3 romantic 4 relative

5 psychological 6 employees

5: 2 show 3 briefly, clearly, full 4 research, references 5 smartly, on 6 firmly, make

6: 2 just learnt, learnt

3 are we going, ’s getting 4 Does this belong, found 5 Did they leave, ’d already 6 goes, do

7: 2b 3a 4d 5a 6b 7c 8d 9a 10c 11d 8: 2e 3f 4c 5d 6b 9: 2T 3T 4F 5F 6T

10: 2b 3c 4a 5c 6b 11: 2c 3k 4f 5e 6g 7b 8d 9i 10j 11h 12: 2 By the time 3 until 4 during

5 as soon as 6 while 13: (sample answer for headline 1: 130

words)

More than 80 people were made homeless in the south east of Scotland yesterday when floods destroyed their

homes. Heavy rain had fallen over the area around the Borders for three days.

Homes and shops were flooded and many people spent the night in schools and the local community centre. The

emergency services rescued at least 30 people from their homes and cars. One unhappy shop-keeper said ‘I can’t

open my shop. It’ll take me weeks to clean it and replace the things that are broken. We have floods every year, but

nobody does anything about it.’ This morning, people were returning to their homes to start cleaning up. But

around 30 homes were very badly damaged. It will be a long time before the owners can go back home. (130

words)

Intermediate Tests Audio Script


1

Track 1: Progress Test Units 1–2, Listening exercise 1

W = Woman

W: What’s the most embarrassing experience that ever happened

to me? Uhm … well … I can’t think of anything I can actually talk

about! I mean, they were such awful experiences, I don’t even

want to think about them. Anyway, other people’s stories are

much funnier, I always think, don’t you?

My brother, for example … he tells fantastic stories. He loves

telling stories – especially about himself – but he’s very good at

it. I remember one story he told me – about an embarrassing

experience he had. It made me laugh so much. It was the way

he told it, with all the gestures and everything. He doesn’t seem

to mind people laughing at him. I think he likes making people

laugh – maybe that’s what it is.

Anyway, this story he told me – it happened quite a few years

ago, I think – five or six years at least. He was on holiday

somewhere – Spain, was it? No, no, Turkey. Yes, it was

definitely Turkey. He was there with his ex-wife. I think it was

their last holiday together before they split up. They separated

five years ago.

Anyway, to get back to the story, Bob – that’s my brother’s

name, by the way – was walking on the beach alone one



2

afternoon when he saw this man trying to pull a boat out of the

water. Apparently, it looked quite heavy. So Bob wanted to help.

He’s that sort of person – very sociable. He likes talking to

people, and doing things for them. So he went up to this man

and started using sign language … you know, pointing to himself

and to the boat, and miming pulling the boat out of the water. He

even said ‘Me help you, yes?’ in very simple, very bad English

… like baby talk – honestly! Of course, he thought the man was

local, you know, Turkish.

Well – this is the best part – the man looked at him for a moment

and said, ‘Thanks mate, but I can manage.’ He was English of

course! My brother felt so stupid, you can imagine – making a

fool of himself, and talking like Tarzan in the movies. I laughed

so much, I couldn’t stop. The best thing was that Bob laughed a

lot, too. Great story …



3

Track 2: Progress Test Units 1–2, Pronunciation exercise 1

1

I’ve met him before somewhere.

I’ve met him before somewhere.

2

He wasn’t at home when I called.

He wasn’t at home when I called.

3

They weren’t living in the same house at the time.

They weren’t living in the same house at the time.

4

When I got there, they’d already left.

When I got there, they’d already left.

5

He’s written over twenty best-sellers.

He’s written over twenty bes t-sellers.



4

6

We weren’t having lunch, we were in the garden.

We weren’t having lunch, we were in the garden.

7

She’d met him when she was working in France.

She’d met him when she was working in France.

8

Have you told him yet?

Have you told him yet?

9

He realised he hadn’t brought his keys.

He realised he hadn’t brought his keys.

10

She wasn’t speaking to him last week.

She wasn’t speaking to him last week.



5

11

I haven’t been there for ages

I haven’t been there for ages.

intermediate progress test units 1 - inglés de la escuela …ingleseoi.es/b2/eo/test1y2.pdf ·...

Documents