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NEW CUTTING EDGE UPPER - INTERMEDIATE PROGRESS TEST 1a

UNITS 1- 3 1 Tense review Complete the gaps in the following sentences with a suitable form of the verb in brackets. 1 Mark is my colleague; we ....................... (know) each other since we ...................... (start) working at this bank. 2 Why did you and Henry stop talking when I .................... (walk) in? What .... ............. (you talk) about? 3 Hip-hop music .................. (become) more popular nowadays: it ......................... (combine) rap and musical instruments. 4 I ..................... (feel) depressed all week because my cat suddenly ..................... (die). 5 The boys clothes were filthy, so their mother (shout) at them when they arrived home. They ............... (play) football in the rain. 6 I .................... (not drink) coffee once since I .................... (see) my doctor three weeks ago. Total: ____/ 12 2 Word order Arrange the words underlined so they are in the correct order. 1 I/you/ forward/ looking/ to/ am/ seeing ....................................................................... 2 at /moment/listening/music/to/I'm/the ....................................................................... 3 bag/is/whose/this? .......................................................................? 4 married/he/that/time/at/was, but now he's divorced. ....................................................................... 5 broken/car's/my/down so this week I'm going to work by bus. ....................................................................... 6 got/work/late/morning/this/to/I so my boss was angry. ....................................................................... Total: ____/ 6

Someone who is paid too much money (adj) .......................paid 3 In favour of the government (adj) .......................-government 4 To think about a decision again (v) .....................think 5 Not given enough food (adj) ..................fed 6 Arranged before the event (adj) .....................arrange 7 To be against smoking (v) .....................smoking 8 Something written at the bottom of a letter after the signature (noun) ................... script Use a suffix to make the noun required. Example: happy (adj to noun) happiness 9 active (verb to noun) .................. 10 suffer (verb to noun) .................. 11 aggressive (adj to noun)................ 12 develop (verb to noun) ................ 13 important (adj to noun)............... 14 satisfy (verb to noun)............... 15 stressful (adj to noun)............... 16 frustrate (verb to noun)............... Total: ____/ 16

4 Gerund and infinitive forms Circle the correct form of the verb in the following sentences.. 1 I heard someone whisper / whispering / to whisper behind the door. 2 There's no point in get / getting / to get upset about it. 3 Many people wish improve / improving / to improve their fitness. 4 Research shows that drink / drinking / to drink coffee can make you aggressive. 5 I can't stand people smoke / smoking / to smoke while I'm eating. 6 You should remember drink /drinking/ to drink lots of water every day. Total: ____/ 6

3 Vocabulary: prefixes and suffixes Use a prefix to make a word which fits the definition. Example: To understand something incorrectly (v) mis understand 1 When something occurs continuously (adj) .......................stop

5 Pronunciation: word stress Put the words below in the correct column of the table according to their word stress. luxury happiness frustration aggressive insecurity

creative patiently Aaa luxury

disappointment loneliness aAa

beneficial

successful pessimistic aaAa 2 life

- on well with someone - bad - a better job private of luxury guard jacket dear! that's a pity! what? really? -fat diet self-esteem blood pressure exercise

embarrassing aAaa

3 Oh, Total: ____/ 6 6 Auxiliary verbs Complete the gaps using a suitable form of the auxiliary verbs will, do or have. 1 A: Is it true that you play the piano? B: No, but I ................ play the guitar. 2 A: They have a lot of children, ................ they? B: Yes, I think they have five. 3 You will come to the party, ..................... you? 4 A: Did you go to the cinema yesterday? B: No, I............... . I was too tired. 5 Yesterday we ........... a big party. 6 A: I got home late last night. B: .................. you? Total: ____/ 6 7 Vocabulary Complete the gaps in the following sentences with the correct word. He likes going to work because he gets ...............with his co-workers very well. Don't get so excited! Calm ...............! The wax model looked exactly like Elvis. It was so life-................. Some movie stars hate talking to reporters about their ...............life. My alarm clock didn't go off and I ...............-slept this morning. I can't find my ticket! I think I left it ................home. You've lost your ticket! What .............. shame! Try not to worry ................ your future--everything will be okay. Total: ____/ 8

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Total: ____/ 4 9 Vocabulary: word building Complete each sentence with the correct form of the word in capitals. Example: What do you think has been the most important ..scientific... discovery of the last ten years? SCIENCE 1 The Corrs started their .................. career in the 1990s. MUSIC 2 When you want to lose weight you must make ........................ choices. HEALTH 3 People who have an .................. view of life are usually healthier than those who don't. OPTIMIST 4 He has been feeling very ......................... ever since he lost his job. DEPRESS 5 How ................. are you? Have you ever tried sky-diving? ADVENTURE 6 I'm very.................. to find out if I got the new job. ANXIETY Total: ____/ 6

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8 Vocabulary: collocations Write the word or phrase which is INCORRECT. Example: 0 go to - the cinema - home - school - a party home - help

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