Unit 5 Progress Test A

Grammar

1 Choose the correct words to complete the online chat.

Seb17 Do you like your new phone, May?
MayJ Yes, I’m really pleased with it. It’s got 1all / some the apps I use on it. I wanted this phone because 2both /
few of my cousins have it, and they love it.
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Seb Most of / Every the shops are advertising the phone at the moment because it’s new. The ads say it’s
amazing, so it 4can’t have / must have been expensive.
May Well, it cost 5many / a little more than the other phone I was looking at. But I went to 6a little / a few shops
in town and bought it at the cheapest place.
Seb You 7shouldn’t have / should have bought it from a shop. You 8must have / could have bought it for less
on the internet.
May I know that. But I prefer to buy things from shops. It 9can’t have / might have been broken or damaged in
the post. And anyway, it 10might not have / must have been much cheaper.
Seb Perhaps you’re right. Anyway, enjoy it!

Mark: _______
Mark: / // 10
10

2 Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence. Use 2−4 words.
1 These two blue jackets are really nice. (both)
________________________________________ blue jackets are really nice.
2 I’m sure I left my bag on the bus. (must)
I ________________________________________ my bag on the bus.
3 It only takes a little time to fill in this form. (much)
It ________________________________________ time to fill in this form.
4 I’m really sorry that I said those things to you. (shouldn’t)
I ________________________________________ those things to you.
5 It’s possible that Bill ate all the sandwiches. (may)
Bill ________________________________________ all the sandwiches.
6 All the students went to the play. (every)
________________________________________ went to the play.
7 Helen definitely wasn’t at home when I called her. (can’t)
Helen ________________________________________ at home when I called her.
8 Maybe Tess didn’t receive your text. (might)
Tess ________________________________________ your text.
9 There was no coffee in the cupboard. (any)
There ________________________________________ coffee in the cupboard.
10 Nearly all the students passed the test. (most)
________________________________________ passed the test. Mark: ____ / / 10

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Vocabulary

3 Complete the sentences with the words and phrases below.

break come up with conversation enter pass prize website

1 You can find information about your computer problem if you search this _______________.
2 I’m sure that I will _______________ the test. I worked really hard for it.
3 It’s a difficult question, but James will _______________ an answer if you give him enough time.
4 We’re all going to _______________ the writing competition.
5 Kerri is really happy because she won the _______________ for English this year.
6 To find the answer, first you need to _______________ the code. It won’t be easy!
7 My parents had a long _______________ about where we will go on holiday next year.

Mark: ____
Mark: / / 77
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4 Match 1–7 with A–G to make collocations.

1 scroll £ A radio

2 stream £ B on Instagram

3 use social £ C down a page

4 install £ D music

5 listen to digital £ E an app

6 follow people £ F blog

7 write a £ G networking sites

Mark: ____ / / 7
Mark: ___ / 7

5 Match the sentences with the words and phrases below.

art design and technology drama geography PE RE

1 I think it shows some flowers in a vase. ____________________

2 We’ve learned how they are made, and now we’ll learn how they work. ____________________
3 It’s my favourite lesson because we often run outside. ____________________
4 Of course, Mecca was much smaller in the time of Mohammed. ____________________
5 Remember, you can’t find your wife, so pretend to be worried. ____________________
6 Over time, rivers cut through the land and make deep valleys. ____________________

Mark: ____
Mark: ___/ // 66

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Use of English

6 Read the dialogues and choose the correct answers.

Dialogue 1
Sally Have you seen my bag, Dan?
Dan ___
Sally Probably. I’ll go and look.

A You must have lost it.

B You should have put it in your school bag.
C You could have left it on the kitchen table.

Dialogue 2
Eric This tablet is quite small.
Bev ___
Eric You’re right. I think I’ll buy it.

A Despite its size, it’s very powerful.

B But it’s too tiny, in my opinion.
C That’s in spite of its size.

Dialogue 3
Mandy What are those people doing?
Jerry ___

Mandy Yes, I think they are. Let’s watch.

A It looks to me as if they’re playing a game.

B They seem quite angry.
C I believe that they are tall.

Dialogue 4
Marie Which radio should I buy, Max?
Max ___

Marie Yes, I think you’re right.

A It seems to me that you should.

B In my view, that one is the best.
C It might have been expensive.

Dialogue 5
Fran I don’t like the phones in this shop.
Alison ___
Fran And they’re expensive too.

A They don’t seem to be cheap.

B I believe there are better shops in the city centre.
C No, they don’t look very nice.

Mark: ____
Mark: ___/ //55

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Translation

7 Translate the Polish parts of the sentences into English.

1 (Możliwe, że nie znalazłbym) ____________________________________________ your house without satnav.
2 We went to the beach last weekend (mimo złej pogody) ____________________________________________.
3 Ian and Pete (wyglądają jak bracia) _____________________________________, but they are just classmates.
4 She (ma mało wolnego czasu), ______________________________________, so she doesn’t go out very often.
5 You (na pewno poznałeś) ____________________________ Mark because you were both at my party last Friday.

Mark: _______
Mark: / / /10
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Listening

8  Listen to the radio programme. Are the statements true (T) or false (F)? Put a cross (O)
under T or F.

T F
1 Olivia Shaw knows that every part of the Earth has a photo of it.
2 More than 250 people died taking selfies between 2011 and 2017.
3 All of the people who died fell from high places.
4 Olivia thinks that many of the people who died took selfies to get
followers on social media.
5 A new app stops people going to dangerous places.

Mark:
Mark: ___
____ / / 55

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Reading

9 Read the text and choose the correct answers.

You may have learned about the first man on the moon in your history lessons at school. Neil
Armstrong must have felt amazing when he walked on the moon and took photos of it for the
first time in 1969. So how did the USA get him there?
People usually talk about the technology that allowed the Americans to build the Apollo 11
spaceship, but what about the computers that were inside it? Before the 1960s, computers
were very large. If you visit the Science Museum in London, you can see the Pegasus
Computer, the world’s oldest digital computer. Built in the 1950s, it was the size of a lorry.
It was powerful, but scientists must have known that it was impossible to carry a computer this
big to the moon. The Americans wanted to send a man into space before the Russians. To do
this, they realised that they needed powerful but much smaller computers.
American scientists started to research how to improve their computer software and it took a
lot of people and money to come up with the answer. When Apollo 11 finally went to the
moon, it had state-of-the-art computers. And when Neil Armstrong talked to scientists on the
Earth, and then left the moon to go back home, it was all with the help of these computers.
At the time, these were the most impressive and smallest computers ever made.
Despite being so small and impressive, these computers had less power than you probably
have on the mobile phone in your pocket. In fact, the most powerful phones today are more
than 1,000 times faster than Apollo 11’s computers.
The Apollo computers did a great job helping the spaceship fly to the moon and back, but they
could not do half the things that you can do on your mobile phone. With a mobile phone,
Armstrong could have downloaded films, streamed music and shared photos while he was on
the moon.
It is clear that the first journey to the moon really was amazing.

1 The article says that people probably learn about _____ in their history lessons.
A space
B computers
C the first man on the moon
D technology
2 The Pegasus Computer is famous because
A it was used on a spaceship.
B it went to the moon.
C it was the first digital computer.
D it was very big.
3 The Americans put a man on the moon before the Russians because
A they developed smaller, more powerful computers.
B they talked to scientists.
C Neil Armstrong could talk to scientists on Earth.
D they had mobile phones.
4 Today’s mobile phones are _____ than the computers on Apollo 11.
A bigger and more powerful
B a lot more powerful
C more expensive
D less powerful

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 5 What would be the best title for the article?
A A history of phones
B If only I had a phone
C Will computers rule the world?
D An amazing journey

Mark: ____
Mark: / // 57
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Writing

10 Write a forum post in which you discuss and compare two new apps. Follow the instructions
below and write your forum post (80–130 words).
• Describe the two apps and say what they can do.
• Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each app.
• Compare them to other apps that you use.
• Give your final opinion of the apps.

Mark: _______
Mark: / / /10
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Total: ____
Total: ___ // 75
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