Unit 3 Progress test A.pdf

PROGRESS TEST

Unit 3

Complete the sentences with the correct form of

the verbs in brackets.

Vocabulary

3 Choose the correct answers.

1 Could you set

a meeting, please?

1 I (meet) the new

employee at 4.30. Is there anything you’d like

me to ask him?

2 Don’t call me on my mobile between four and

five this afternoon because I

(drive).

3 (the judges

make) their decision by the end of today?

4 Don’t worry about phoning Martin with the

news. I

A up B off C for

2 Jill finally owned

to eating the cake.

A on B up C down

3 We’ve put his mistakes

to enthusiasm.

A off B up C down

4 They’re doing

an old farmhouse.

A out B off C up

5 All this rain is really getting me

(tell him) at

A on B down C up

school.

5 Quick! Marian

Mark

(faint)!

4 Choose the correct answers.

1 The accident was definitely harmful /

avoidable.

2 Trying to answer this question is hopeless /

mysterious.

3 Our holiday was very reliable / eventful.

4 Artists need to be magical / creative.

5 Don’t worry about breaking the glass. It’s

avoidable / replaceable.

6 When

(the

shop open)? I need to get some milk.

7 I’ve decided. I

(study) Science at university.

8 Ben (probably win)

the student election. He’s very popular.

9 The train (arrive) at

6.30 so we should be home by seven.

10 Don’t forget to give him the letter when he

(get) home.

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5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of

the words in the box.

2 Choose the correct answers.

1 Assuming / In case she gets good results,

where will she study?

2 I’ll stay as soon as / as long as you need me.

3 Unless / Provided that you’re not too late, I’ll

look after the baby.

4 Take your umbrella in case / if it rains later.

5 I won’t go to bed assuming that / until you get

home.

toddler elderly infancy OAP adolescent

1 can often be very moody.

2 The technology is in its at the

moment, but we’ll soon be able to use it to do

all manner of things.

3 in our area get free bus travel.

4 My brother’s only a

and he’s

always knocking things over.

5 Young people sometimes don’t have respect

for the

Mark

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Grammar

PROGRESS TEST

Unit 3

Are you ‘Underage’?

Something interesting has been happening on the music

scene recently. Remember the time when you had to be

a certain age to be able to get into concerts and clubs

and when it seemed you had to wait forever to be old

enough to experience the really exciting open-air gigs?

Teenagers used to spend time and money trying to make

themselves look eighteen and many even invested in

fake IDs to get past the security guards! Well, it appears

that the tables have turned and a new phenomenon has

arrived. This is keeping the older music fans out and

forcing them to try to appear younger or have fake IDs

that prove they are under eighteen.

What is it? It’s the brainchild of Sam Gascoyne, a fifteen-

year-old who got fed up with being turned away from

concerts and decided to do something about it. This will

be the second year of the extremely popular ‘Underage’

festivals.

‘Underage’ started as a nightclub night for youngsters

who wanted to listen to bands that are popular today.

According to Sam, teens today are getting involved in

music and the music industry at younger and younger

ages and their needs are not being catered for. They

are no longer content to listen to the type of music

nightclubs usually provide for under-eighteen nights.

They want more cutting edge music.

The London Underage club nights developed into

Underage clubs and the idea spread like wildfire and

was copied in towns and cities all over the UK. Last year

saw the first Underage Music Festival on 10th August in

London’s Victoria park. It was an amazing event. Open

only to 14–18 year olds the morning started with a

queue of over 2,000 teenagers without a parent in sight!

The only adults were the security people and twenty-

somethings trying to look younger!

The festival was well organised and offered the best in

indie music. It was well equipped to deal with the needs

of the adolescent fans: food bars, cash points and lots of

security to reassure absent parents that the kids would

be safe. The whole day was a great success, the teenagers

thoroughly enjoying the fact that they had a festival of

their very own.

The ‘Underage’ phenomenon has proved so successful

that Sam is now considered by many to be a teen role

model. He remains unfazed by it all. He admits to

being annoyed by the increased attention of the music

industry. He feels very strongly that teenagers are being

let down by an industry run by people who are more

interested in money than music and who are too old

to understand teenage needs. He insists that in this

technological age young people are more aware of new

trends in music than ever before and ingrained attitudes

in the industry need to change.

Listening

6 ≤ 4.03 Listen to five people talking about the

best age to be. Which speaker (A–E) talks about …

1 focusing on his/her own needs? Speaker

2 being independent? Speaker

3 people reactions to him/her? Speaker

4 pride in himself/herself? Speaker

5 being content? Speaker

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Reading

7 Read the text.

8 Are the sentences true or false?

1 In the past only teenagers were allowed into

some live concerts. T / F

2 Sam Gascoyne turns teenagers away from

concerts.

T / F

3 ‘Underage’ has brought new music to a

younger audience. T / F

4 The underage festivals only allow one adult

with each teenager. T / F

5 Some older people attempt to enter these

festivals.

T / F

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Writing

9 Write a description of one of your neighbours.

Use the writing guide to help you.

Paragraph 1: Say who the person is and how you

know him/her.

Paragraph 2: Write about the person’s physical

appearance.

Paragraph 3: Write about this person’s personality.

Paragraph 4: Write about any special abilities

this person may have and say why he/she is an

interesting person to know.

Mark

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Total

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