Name Juliana Andrea Cruz Vargas

Class ASAA group 2CM.

Progress Test Files 7–12

Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation B

GRAMMAR

1 Underline the correct word or phrase.

Example: When did you finish / have you finished your work?
1 Is Ian good at playing / play the guitar?
2 I borrowed her laptop, because my / mine was broken.
3 Who left / did leave all this garbage last night?
4 It is easier to learn / learn to drive when you’re young.
5 I might see / to see my friends this weekend.
6 We’ve lived here for / since 18 months.
7 They shouldn’t / don’t have to listen to her. She tells lies.
8 A I love ballroom dancing.
B Neither / So do I.
9 If you don’t turn down the music, I will / would be very angry.
10 The meeting might / will finish early. It depends how long the boss speaks!
11 What have they eaten / did they eat for lunch yesterday?
12 She gets along well with her sister / her sister well.
13 Did / was he use to teach math at your school?
14 We really enjoy / want spending time at the beach.
15 You must not / don’t have to pay to enter the museum. It's free.
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2 Complete the sentences with one word.

Example: The girl walked into the store to buy some bread.
1 I haven’t seen my aunt the last year.
2 A Is this pen yours, Fiona?
B Yes, it is. Thanks.
3 You can’t smoke in the restaurant. It’s against the law.
4 Oh, no! I’ve call to phone the doctor!
5 The hours in his job are long, but he doesn’t mind working late, so that’s OK.
6 This book was written by Charles Dickens.
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3 Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the verb in parentheses.
Example: If I had (have) a lot of money, I’d buy a new car.
1 A I won’t go (not go) to the meeting tonight.
B Neither are we.
2 If they gotten (get) here before 6 p.m., we’ll go to the theatre.
3 Pasta is makes (make) all over the world.
4 A I didn’t really like that book.
B Neither do (do) I!
5 If you really wanted that car, you will saved (save) your money to buy it.
Name Juliana Andrea Cruz Vargas
Class ASAA group 2CM.

Progress Test Files 7–12

Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation B

6 A Why is he going out?
B to buy (buy) some milk.
7 A How long are you been (you / be) on the team?
B Since last year.
8 What would you do if you lost (lose) your credit card?
9 I know (know) Ed for twenty years. We’re good friends.
10 We lived (live) in a city apartment, but now we have a house in the country.
11 The supermarket was build (build) in 2008.

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VOCABULARY

4 Write the opposite.

Example: turn on (the TV) turn off
1 forget (a name) remember
2 put on (a coat) put off
3 turn up (the radio) turn down
4 get up (in the morning) got to bed
5 stand up sit down
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5 Underline the odd word(s) out.

Example: duck eagle swan mosquito
1 get home get an email get a salary get a present
2 really a little good very
3 cow spider pig horse
4 math physics biology chemistry
5 shark dolphin goat crocodile
6 go away look after get up sit down
7 tired divorced retired married
8 miss get on catch lose
9 try on turn down take off put on
10 through toward along passed
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6 Complete the sentences with one word.

Example: I woke up very early this morning.
1 My son told me that he wanted to travel before college.
2 Tina got a present for her birthday, and now she’s taking riding lessons.
3 Don’t put away that old magazine. I haven’t read it yet
Name Juliana Andrea Cruz Vargas
Class ASAA group 2CM.

Progress Test Files 7–12

Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation B

4 Rafi’s in the shower right now. He’ll call you her soon.
5 Sarah doesn’t have much money. Her job’s poorly paid.
6 Their teacher delivered them they had all passed their exams.
7 A Sorry this is taking so long.
B Don’t worry. We don’t mind waiting.
8 Alex get along very well with John. They’re good friends.
9 Please bring your dictionaries to next week’s class.
10 We was last night watching our favorite movie.
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7 Complete the sentences with the correct word(s).

Example: Would you like to look at my vacation photos?
watch look at read
1 The PC was invented long before most of us first used it.
designed discovered invented
2 Carol is really afraid of snakes.
of on by
3 My grandparents married young, and had eight children.
became had got
4 Go along the movie theater and the restaurant is on your right.
past over along
5 A I don’t like shopping in supermarkets at all.
B neither do I!
Neither So Also
6 He’s really tired and doesn’t feel for studying tonight.
for like to
7 If you don’t know where it is, look through the directions on the internet.
through up down
8 He was walking across the park when I saw him.
across down on
9 We’re looking for our neighbours’ dog while she’s on vacation.
for forward after
10 I accidentally broke my friend’s iPod. I felt terrible.
finally luckily accidentally
11 The Queen of England always carries a handbag.
puts wears carries
12 My brother decided to retire at the age of 50 and go traveling.
receive retire repair
13 She used to play a lot of tennis, but gave it off last year.
up down off
14 The lion moved suddenly, and everyone felt very frightened.
sadly luckily suddenly
15 Piero doesn’t look like his father. They’re completely different.
as like same
Name Juliana Andrea Cruz Vargas
Class ASAA group 2CM.

Progress Test Files 7–12

Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation B

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Vocabulary total 4
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Pronunciation total 2
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Class ____________________________

Progress Test Files 7–12

Reading and Writing B

READING

1 Read the article and check () A, B, or C.

Is technology bad for our brains?

by James Sanders

Nowadays, many useful gadgets (small machines) are advertised as “smart.” This
“smartness” generally means that the machine can change how it works to suit the
user’s needs, learn our preferences, and make intelligent choices for us.
Smartphones can now take photos, play songs, send emails, and do a thousand
other useful things, such as shopping online or assisting us with our homework. We
used to need lots of machines to help us to do these things, but not anymore. They
fit in our pockets, but contain more data than we could ever possibly need, or
remember.

If you asked most people, they would say that smart machines have improved life.
Not everyone agrees, however. A few scientists are worried about the effect of using
machines to do things that we used to do for ourselves. For example, we don’t have
to remember people’s contactdetails any more, as our phones store this information.
We can also find information instantly, via Internet search engines like Google. A
few studies have shown, surprisingly, that people in their 50s and 60s are better
than teenagers at studying and memorizing information, because they’ve always
worked this way.

Technology has changed our expectations and made us very impatient. Now we
want our news in tiny soundbites, and get bored if we actually have to read or listen
for more than a minute or two. Scientists reported recently that the Internet was
changing how we think and learn. One author even said that Google was making us
stupid! It’s certainly true that we often do two or three things simultaneously when
we are online, and it’s harder and harder to focus on one thing. Maybe technology is
bad for our brains and our memories, and we should stop depending on it all the
time. But if you tell me to give up my smartphone, sorry, I won’t!

Example: Gadgets nowadays can be very expensive.

A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
1 Different people use “smart” gadgets in different ways.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
2 Smartphones can help us do many things.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
3 They are also cheaper to buy these days.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
4 Most people think that “smart” technology makes things easier.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
5 One result of smartphones is that we remember more.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
6 The memory test results show that young people have quick memories.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
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Progress Test Files 7–12

Reading and Writing B

7 Older people have more smart gadgets than teenagers.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
8 We have less patience now than we used to have.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
9 On the internet, we do one thing at a time.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
10 James Sanders likes using modern gadgets.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
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2 Match five of the highlighted words / phrases with the definitions.

Example: be right for something, or someone suit
1 learning facts, so we can say them later memorizing.
2 small comments or pieces of information
3 telephone number, email, and address contact details
4 at the same time simultaneously.
5 helping focus on.
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Reading total 1
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Name: Juliana Andrea Cruz Vargas
Class: ASSA 2CM

Progress Test Files 7–12

Listening and Speaking B