has made / has been making I’ve seen correct I’ve been using has announced has been having Have you had/Have you been having has arrived
4 1 2 3 4 5 6
make; do; make / making; do/doing; do make; do; make do; make making; made; making; make do; do; do; do made; do
5 1 2 3 4 5 6
have you been travelling ‘s/has been Have you always liked ‘ve/have always wanted ‘ve/have been ‘s/has happened
6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
off Rather on although/but as there for at
Total possible score: 46 Ex 1: 4 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 2: 10 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 3: 8 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 4: 10 (0.5 points for each correct answer per gap) Ex 5: 6 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 6: 8 (1 point for each correct answer)
Often, food in supermarkets is + less expensive than in small shops. I don’t know anyone + less musical than me. He doesn’t seem as nervous + a he did at the start of the course. I have never heard + a more / such a boring speech in my life. Going by bicycle is one of + the easiest ways to travel round the city. My new laptop has cost twice + as much as my old one.
4 1 2 3 4 5 6
and when Because that which who
5 1 2 3 4 5 6
entertaining (incredible is possible, but less common in this context) competitive depressing economical demanding incredible
6 1 2 3 4 5 6
D A E G B F
Total possible score: 46 Ex 1: 7 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 2: 9 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 3: 12 (1 point for each correct part of the answer) Ex 4: 6 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 5: 6 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 6: 6 (1 point for each correct answer)
Sam used to + play football a lot when he was at school. I’d/had + never been/travelled abroad before I started this job. Andrea and Silvio’s friendship started/began + when they were students. How did you + know about the changes to the schedule? The company went out of business because it had been + losing money for months. The box office had + already sold all the tickets by the time I got to the cinema.
3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
on On; at at at (on also possible in American English); on in; at/over in at In; In
Total possible score: 50 Ex 1: 8 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 2: 12 (1 point for each correct part of the answer) Ex 3: 12 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 4: 8 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 5: 10 (1 point for each correct answer)
I have never seen + such a bad film before. I couldn’t sleep because I drank / had drunk + too much coffee last night. Sanjay was so late getting + to work that he missed the meeting. We didn’t have enough money + to buy / get / for the train ticket home. There were too many people + to fit in the classroom. Nobody went to school because it was + such a lovely day.
Total possible score: 50 Ex 1: 14 (1 point for each correct word used) Ex 2: 12 (1 point for each correct part of the answer) Ex 3: 8 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 4: 8 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 5: 8 (1 point for each correct answer)
learned; taught correct correct found out attend take part
3 1 2 3 4 5 6
If she (had) learned French, + she would be able to get a job in Paris. I’d travel the world if I + became rich. You won’t pass the exam if you don’t + read / unless you + read a lot. If I were you, + I wouldn’t travel on my own. I’ll lend you + my pen if you promise to give it back later. We’d be lost if we + didn’t have a map with us.
Total possible score: 40 Ex 1: 8 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 2: 7 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 3: 12 (1 point for each correct part of the answer) Ex 4: 8 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 5: 5 (1 point for each correct answer)
3 1 I’d like some information + about train times to Rome tomorrow 2 My teacher gave me a piece of advice + during my studies, which was to get plenty of sleep. 3 Tonight’s concert tickets cost + a great deal of money. 4 Please put out extra chairs because we’re expecting + a large/huge number of people at the meeting. 5 The flooding caused a huge amount of + damage to the electrical system in my apartment block. 6 With a bit of luck, + the weather will stay fine for the picnic on Saturday. 4 1 Sam is doing a research into alternative energy sources. 2 I hope we’ll have found a solution to the problem of the global warming soon. 3 There’s a huge variety of the different species in the jungle. 4 Do you know how many different kinds of birds there are in a the world? 5 I read recently that the Brazilian government is trying to stop the destruction of their rainforest. 6 There’s the a fantastic nature programme on tonight. 7 The Cars are responsible for most of the pollution in cities. 8 I remember seeing a whale for the first time – it was a fantastic experience. 9 The explorers survived on a (the) food they found in the jungle. 10 Jo studied environmental science at the university before getting a job in Canada.
Total possible score: 50 Ex 1: 5 (0.5 points for each correct answer) Ex 2: 5 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 3: 12 (1 point for each correct part of the answer) Ex 4: 10 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 5: 8 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 6: 10 (1 point for each correct answer)
Total possible score: 40 Ex 1: 10 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 2: 8 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 3: 10 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 4: 6 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 5: 6 (1 point for each correct answer)
PHOTOCOPIABLE
7
Progress test 8 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
lacked / didn’t have leave / give up gain/get; start out on / begin offered; realise/fulfil/achieve looking for abandon / give up; pursue/make/build launched turned down; found / applied for / been offered / accepted
2 1 2 3 4 5 6
play acting public stage audience scene
3 1 2 3 4 5 6
Julia apologised for + not remembering my birthday. Emma’s friend advised her + to try the new restaurant. Jackie admitted she hadn’t really + been ill the previous week. The teacher reminded us that our lesson would + start (an hour) earlier on Monday. Tony accused me of + not knowing the way to George’s house. Alberto told me he thought I should + drink less coffee.
4 1 2 3 4 5
While However/But correct Despite In spite Even though Despite / In spite of correct
5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
C A D B C D A B C B
Total possible score: 45 Ex 1: 12 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 2: 6 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 3: 12 (1 point for each correct part of the answer) Ex 4: 5 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 5: 10 (1 point for each correct answer)
(has) had spend / are spending has had / has been having / had stayed made has caused passed have spent
2 1 2 3 4 5 6
I may not + be able to leave work on time as we’re very busy today. That must be Pete + on the phone. I could have easily / easily have + picked up that dry cleaning for you. Harry might have + gone shopping for tonight’s dinner. It can’t be easy + to motivate yourself when you work from home. There are no flights, so Mr Cazorla must be / is + coming on the train.
3 1 2 3 4 5
might not can’t correct can could/will correct A: couldn’t can’t B: correct
4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
C B A C C D B A
5 1 2 3 4 5 6
C B B A A D
Total possible score: 40 Ex 1: 8 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 2: 12 (1 point for each correct part of the answer) Ex 3: 6 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 4: 8 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 5: 6 (1 point for each correct answer)
2 (Answers in brackets are correct, but less frequent.) 1 arrived 2 reached 3 get (arrive) 4 arrived 5 arrive 6 get (arrive)
5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Apart from If Although which/that In fact but/although because but/although because In fact is probably the best way to because such that What is more so
3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
C A A D B A D C
pulling in; cater for hung around with; pick (me) up chill out popping into cutting down on worn out take over came up with
4 1 Santi was unable + to finish the race. 2 I couldn’t sleep + last night because of the noise in the street. 3 I can’t concentrate + on my work after lunch. 4 Ola could smell gas + as soon as she opened the front door. 5 Melanie might be able + to help you if you have any problems. 6 I can sing + much better than I used to now I’ve had some lessons.
Total possible score: 62 Ex 1: 10 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 2: 6 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 3: 10 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 4: 12 (1 point for each correct part of the answer) Ex 5: 16 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 6: 8 (1 point for each correct answer)
active infection check-up; treatment put on; balanced diet caught; getting over
2 1 2 3 4 5 6
rushed thrown -colour bottom weather aback
3 1 2 3 4 5 6
Pani Stasza’s is the restaurant which is + recommended to all visitors by Maciej. The teacher wanted to know whose writing + was on the whiteboard. Massimo’s mother cooked pizza in the way + that he liked best. People who read more + tend to have the widest vocabulary range. The town where I live + is famous for its chocolate makers. KBK Ltd, which is based + in Germany, has decided to open a branch in Milan.
4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
unknown medical inability vaccination uncertain misunderstood unlike disappeared
5 1 2 3 4 5 6
C F D B G E
Total possible score: 40 Ex 1: 8 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 2: 6 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 3: 12 (1 point for each correct part of the answer) Ex 4: 8 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 5: 6 (1 point for each correct answer)
keep an eye on check correct correct; avoid/prevent correct
2 1 2 3 4 5
wouldn’t have been; ’d/had phoned would have passed; ’d/had practised ‘d/had checked; ‘d have seen / would ‘ve seen / would have seen wouldn’t have gone; ‘d/had known had remembered; wouldn’t have died
3 1 2 3 4 5 6
We wouldn’t be lost if + we ‘d/had brought a map. We would have sold more products if we ‘d/had offered + lower/cheaper prices. If the waiter had been more polite, + we ‘d/would still be regular customers of the restaurant. If business class weren’t so expensive, I ‘d/would use it more. I wish I were/was better + at playing the piano. If you hadn’t overslept, + you wouldn’t have missed class.
4 1 2 3 4
keep get to use try
5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
are between/to as by no/little Like such out
6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
D B D A C C E D D E
Total possible score: 50 Ex 1: 6 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 2: 10 (1 point for each correct answer per gap) Ex 3: 12 (1 point for each correct part of the answer) Ex 4: 4 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 5: 8 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 6: 10 (1 point for each correct answer)
spaces room area room spaces location; square space area
4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
A B D D C B A A
2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
have to supposed to had to can’t/mustn’t don’t have to / needn’t let couldn’t / weren’t allowed to
5 1 2 3 4 5 6
B A C D C B
3 (The first verb is the most common in this context.) 1 is having/getting; cut 2 got/had; repaired 3 had/got; broken 4 get/have; marked 5 get/have; tested
Total possible score: 40 Ex 1: 9 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 2: 7 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 3: 10 (1 point for each correct answer per gap) Ex 4: 8 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 5: 6 (1 point for each correct answer)
celebrate commemorate dress up march perform plays gathered/gathering round let off
2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
correct is squeezed – correct; it is packed correct may have been built correct can could own owned correct has been bit was bitten
3 1 Birds are known to + be capable of flying enormous distances. 2 The computer is said to + have been invented hundreds of years ago. 3 It was thought + (that) she would be gone by the end of the month. 4 It has been + decided (that) some classrooms will be redecorated. 5 Naples is considered + (to be) the home of the pizza. 6 It is reported that + there has been a successful end to the negotiations. 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
the of as Some be who work/act after
5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
it this that its they it they this it it this they they they
Total possible score: 60 Ex 1: 8 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 2: 10 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 3: 12 (1 point for each correct part of the answer) Ex 4: 8 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 5: 14 (1 point for each correct answer) Ex 6: 8 (1 point for each correct answer)
