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Progress Test Files 1–4 ENGLISH FILE

Beginner

R EA D I N G
1 Read the text and answer the questions. 6 Does Peter like working on Saturday?
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A day in the life of a postman 7 What does Peter do in the afternoon?

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Peter Simpson is a postman. He comes from
London but now he lives and works in Bristol, a 7
big city in the south-west of England.
Today, on the World News Web, we ask Peter 2 Read the text again and tick (✓) True or False.
about his life and his job.
Example: Peter Simpson is a milkman.
How do you start a typical working day, Peter?
Well, I get up at half past three in the morning, I have True    False ✓
breakfast and a shower. I eat eggs and I always drink a lot
1 Peter lives in the north of England.
of coffee before I start work. It’s dark outside and it isn’t
easy to get up when it’s so early and so dark.Then I walk True    False   
to the delivery office. It’s about 20 minutes from my 2 Peter doesn’t have a shower in the morning.
house. True    False   
What do you do at the delivery office? 3 Peter thinks it’s difficult to get up in the morning.
I work with ten other postmen. We work for four hours True    False   
putting letters into bags. It isn’t difficult to do but we
work very fast. 4 Peter goes to the office in his car.
True    False   
Then what do you do?
At about 8.30, I take my big bag of letters and walk 5 Peter lives 20 minutes from the delivery office.
outside. On a typical day, I deliver letters to 600 True    False   
addresses. 6 Peter works in the office for five hours every morning.
Do you like your job? True    False   
Yes.Well, usually. I don’t like it when it rains. And I don’t
7 Peter often delivers letters to six hundred houses in a
like working on Saturday morning when everybody is in
day.
bed. But I meet a lot of people. Old people are very
friendly and I always speak to them. Some old people True    False   
don’t speak to many people in a day so I think it’s 8 Peter doesn’t meet many old people in his job.
important to say hello and be friendly. And after lunch True    False   
I’m free. I don’t work in the afternoon, so I can go
shopping or go cycling when other people are at work. 8
And that’s great!
Reading total 15
Example: What does Peter do?
WRITING
He’s a postman.
Answer the questions and write about your life.
1 What time does Peter get up? ______________
2 Where does Peter live? ______________ • have
What time do you get up on a typical day? What do you
for breakfast? What do you do in the morning before
3 What does Peter eat and drink for breakfast? you go to work / university?
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4 Who does Peter work with? ______________
• What
What do you do? Do you have a job or are you a student?
time do you start work or start your studies? What
5 What time does Peter leave the office to start his walk? do you do on a typical day? What time do you go home?
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• doDoyou
you like your job or your life as a student? Why? What
like about it?
Writing total 10

Reading and Writing total 25

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