MOVE UP PRE-INTERMEDIATE
Progress test 2
1. Complete the sentences with a suitable verb in the past simple. (5 points)
write buy choose give up go
know leave meet see take off
1. We ______ to the theater last night.
2. We ______ some very interesting people at the dinner party.
3. He ______ smoking last winter.
4. She did some shopping. She ______ a dress and some shoes.
5. I ______ him when I was in school.
6. Who ______ that book? It's very good.
7. They ______ home at seven o'clock.
8. I ______ a good movie at the Odeon last night.
9. They ______ to travel by train because he doesn't like driving long distances.
10. The plane ______ on time.
2. Write questions with who, what, or which about the underlined words.
(5 points)
1. ________________________________________________________________?
Steven Spielberg made the movie “Jurassic Park.”
2. ________________________________________________________________?
My parents traveled around the world on a three-month package tour.
3. ________________________________________________________________?
We stayed at the Continental Hotel in the center of town.
4. ________________________________________________________________?
We took a tent on vacation.
5. ________________________________________________________________?
I met Albert Einstein when I was a student.
3. Complete with so or because. (5 points)
1. The flight was late ______ there was a lot of traffic that morning.
2. The main hotel was full, ______ we took a taxi to a small hotel on the edge of town.
3. We didn't stay in the city very long ______ it was noisy and dirty.
4. We checked out of the hotel ______ our friends invited us to stay with them.
5. Our apartment was too small, ______ we are looking for a bigger one.
4. Complete the passage with correct words from the list. (5 points)
climate beaches expensive tourists room
I live in a small town by the sea. It's a pretty town and the (1)_____________ are beautiful. I love living here in the fall and winter, but in the summer it's very busy with (2)_____________. In fact, there are so many people in August that there's not enough (3)_____________ for them all. It's really (4)_____________ to live here because there aren't any supermarkets. The (5)_____________ is very pleasant because the winters aren't very cold.
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