Progress test Unit 2
Grammar
1 Complete the sentences with the correct past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
1 We ____________ (go) to the beach yesterday because the weather was bad.
2 Rooney ____________ (score) in the final minute of the match and everyone cheered!
3 Last summer Jan ____________ (compete) in the tennis championships and she won!
4 A player kicked Sam and he ____________ (have to) go off.
5 My dad ____________ (play) basketball every weekend when he was a teenager.
Mark: ___ /5
2 Write questions in the past simple for these answers.
1 I learned to swim when I was five. (when?)
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2 He scored five goals in the match. (how many?)
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3 He sailed round the world with his best friend. (who?)
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4 He didn’t enter the competition because he was late. (why?)
___________________________________
5 They had the volleyball championships in Rome last year. (where?)
___________________________________
Mark: ___ /5
3 Complete the sentences with the past continuous form of the verbs in the box.
watch listen wait do look
1 Could you repeat that, please. I _________________________.
2 ____________ he ____________ his homework in the library?
3 They didn’t see the thief. They _________________________ in the shop window.
4 ____________ you ____________ for us? I’m sorry we’re late.
5 Which programme ____________ you ____________ on TV?
Mark: ___ /5
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4 Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in
brackets.
1 When we arrived at the café, Ben _________________________ (wait) for us outside.
2 We didn’t play football this morning because it _________________________ (rain).
3 While we were driving home, we _________________________ (see) an accident.
4 Everyone was chatting when the teacher _________________________ (come) in.
5 I cooked dinner while they _________________________ (watch) the Boat Race on TV.
Mark: ___ /5
Vocabulary
5 Complete the sentences with the correct answers.
1 A lot of schoolchildren in the UK ____________ rugby.
A go B play C do
2 They ____________ karate when they were very young.
A went B played C did
3 My best friend ____________ surfing in California next month.
A is going B is playing C is doing
4 A lot of people at my gym ____________ weightlifting.
A go B play C do
5 I’ve never ____________ golf.
A gone B played C done
Mark: ___ /5
6 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
cheer sink race spectators crash
1 The ____________ only took two minutes!
2 The ____________ watched the match in the rain.
3 Cars sometimes ____________ in Formula 1 racing.
4 Did his boat ____________ in the Atlantic during the competition?
5 The crowd didn’t ____________ at the end of the game.
Mark: ___ /5
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Progress test Unit 2
Listening
7 [2.02] Listen to the radio interview. Match the the speakers with the sporting
careers.
champion reporter football player trainer TV presenter
1 Speaker A is a _________________.
2 Speaker B is a _________________.
3 Speaker C is a _________________.
4 Speaker D is a _________________.
5 Speaker E is a _________________.
Mark: ___ /10
Reading
8 Read the text.
An interesting race
There have been a lot of famous cheats in sporting history, even in the most
famous sporting event of them all, the Olympic Games. In 1904 the Olympic
Games were in St. Louis and in the marathon race there were some very
interesting competitors!
It was a very hot August day and more than half of the runners didn’t start
because it was so hot. The winner of the race was Fred Lorz. Everyone cheered
when he finished and he accepted the prize. But he said later that he didn’t run
all the way! He ran the first nine miles but then he got tired and got into a car
for the next eleven miles. Then he got out and finished the race! So, he couldn’t
be the winner. The person in second place was Thomas Hicks but then they
discovered that he used drugs to help him continue the race when he got too
tired! Another runner in the race was Felix Carvajar. His story was very strange
too. While he was running he became hungry and he stopped to eat some
apples from the trees in a garden. The fruit was bad and he was sick! But he
had a rest and then continued the race. He came fourth.
9 Are the sentences true or false?
1 People have never cheated in the Olympic Games. ___
2 Some people didn’t compete because of the weather. ___
3 Fred Lorz only ran 11 miles. ___
4 Thomas Hicks was ill during the race. ___
5 Felix Carvajar bought some fruit during the race. ___
Mark: ___ /10
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Writing
10 Write an article (130-150 words) about a famous sporting event (the Olympic Games,
the Football World Cup, a Grand Slam tennis tournament, etc.). Include paragraphs
on three or four of these topics:
when it started
some information about it
why it is famous / important
when was the last time it happened
some famous people from it
people from your country that compete in this event
Mark: ___ /10 Total: ___ /60
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