Elementary Progress Test 6

Grammar

1 Past Simple of to be

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb to be in the Past Simple.

Was the library open on Saturday? Yes, it was.

1 Were you at school yesterday? No, I _wasnt______.

2 Our taxi to the station _were______ late and we missed our train.

3 __was_____ the food in the new Italian restaurant good?

4 ___were____ your friends at the Internet café on Friday?

5 There __was_____ many department stores in the town centre fifty years ago but
there were a lot of small shops.

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2 Past Simple: regular verbs

Complete the sentences with the Past Simple form of the verbs in the box.

go jog live plan study want

I lived in a big house when I was a child.

1 We ___jogged____ in the park on Sunday afternoon.

2 Ben _studied______ French at school. He studied German.

3 Maria __went_____ a birthday party for her best friend last week.

4 ___did____ you ___plan____ to work by tram when you were in Prague?

5 Max wanted____ to go to the cinema yesterday.

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3 Past Simple: irregular verbs

Complete the sentences with the Past Simple form of the verbs in the box.

buy eat have meet see spend

I met Laura in the park yesterday.

1 We __saw_____ a new apartment in the city centre a few weeks ago.

2 Dan spended_____ his summer holiday in Brazil.

3 I __ate_____ some delicious food in the new Italian pizzeria yesterday.

4 I __bought_____ the new Daniel Craig film last week. It was brilliant!

5 We all _had______ a fantastic time in New York.

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Vocabulary

4 places and shops in a town/city

Underline the odd one out.

square park chemist’s bridge

1 supermarket department store bookshop power station

2 station bus station library airport

3 art gallery café restaurant bar

4 chemist’s newsagent’s clothes shop airport

5 school park hospital library

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5 shops

Complete the shop words.

You can buy a mobile phone at a phone shop.

1 You can buy food at a s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.

2 You can buy newspapers and magazines at a n_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _’_.

3 You can buy paper, pens and pencils at a s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _’_ .

4 You can buy clothes, shoes and furniture at a d_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ store.

5 You can buy everything you want in a s_ _ _ _ _ _ _ centre.

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6 time expressions

Underline the correct words in italics.

I had dinner at seven o’clock yesterday morning / evening.

1 Where were you yesterday / last night?

2 There weren’t many big supermarkets here in those / these days.

3 I was born in / on 1980.

4 Matt went to work at eight o’clock last / yesterday morning.

5 I visited Tokyo a few / few weeks ago.

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Pronunciation

7 Past Simple endings

Put the verbs in the box in the correct column.

decided jogged looked opened planned produced started visited

worked

/t/ /d/ /ıd/

worked opened decided

________ ________ ________
________ ________ ________

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8 contrastive stress

Underline the stressed words in the answers.

A: Do you like tea?

B: No, I like coffee.

1 A: Was Spain cheap?

B: No, it was expensive.

2 A: Did you visit your uncle last week?

B: No, I visited my grandfather.

3 A: Was the food good?

B: No, it was horrible.

4 A: Did you come here by bus?

B: No, we came by taxi.

5 A: Did you study English at school?

B: No, I studied German.

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How to …

9 shop in a department store

Match the questions (1–5) to the answers (a–e).

Excuse me. Where can I find men’s Men’s shoes? Over there to
shoes? your right.

1 Which floor is the bookshop on? a It’s free.

2 Have you got a store guide? b Of course. Here you are.
3 Can I have a copy of the store guide? c It’s in the basement.
4 How much is that? d They’re €120.
5 How much are those shoes? e Yes, they’re just here.

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Reading

10 Read the letter and choose the correct answers.

Hi Lucy

I’m here in Prague on a weekend break with my sister. We arrived at the airport at
three o’clock yesterday afternoon and we took the bus and metro into the city centre
and went to our hotel. It’s a lovely old building near the river. We walked around the
old town for an hour and then found a cosy restaurant for supper. I love the Czech
food but it’s difficult for Ginny because she’s a vegetarian.

Did you know I came to Prague for the first time twenty years ago? It’s very different
now. In those days there were only a few department stores and there weren’t any
shopping centres. And the restaurants were really bad and it wasn’t often possible to
have a meal without meat! I loved it though because it was very different from other
big cities because you can walk everywhere when you’re in the centre of the city. I’m
pleased that some things are still the same. The buildings in the old town are still
beautiful and there are lots of churches, art galleries, museums and cafés to visit. I
love music and opera so we got tickets for an opera at the National Theatre for this
evening.

Ginny isn’t very interested in sightseeing. I don’t understand her but because I know
Prague, I’m happy to go shopping with her.

See you soon dear friend.

Love

Debs

Lucy is Debs’ _____.

a sister b friend c colleague

1 Debs and Ginny _____to Prague.

a flew b drove c took the train

2 The Czechs eat a lot of _____.

a fast food b vegetables c meat

3 In the past _____.

a there weren’t many shops b there were no restaurants c there was no
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4 The buildings _____.

a are different now b are as they were in the past c are quite ugly

5 Ginny wants to _____.

a go sightseeing b go to the opera c see the shops

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