Straightforward Pre-Intermediate Progress Test 3

(13) A: Where_____you have been_________________ (you/be), Simon?
(14, 15) B: I____have been talking___________________ (talk) with Mark on the phone. He says he___has tryed___________________ (try) to phone us all day.
(16, 17) A: Well I______have been________________ (be) in most of the day but I__have not been hearing____________________ (not hear) the phone
Grammar
C Write a, the, or Ø to complete the sentences.
(18) We knew that___the_____wood was a very expensive material at the time.
(19) There’s___an_____wood at the end of the road.
(20) There are some rabbits living at the edge of____the____wood.
(21) I won’t take____0___chocolate, thanks, although they do look very nice.
(22) Most doctors say___the____chocolate is bad for you
(23) ___The____chocolates which I ate last night tasted very strange.
D Complete the sentences 24–29 so that they make sense.
(24) If you hadn’t met me, you wouldn’t have told them__________?


(25) If you weren’t a photographer, you would have been journalist__________?


(26) What would you say, going to theatre __________?


(27) If they had planned the robbery properly, the police wouldn’t have arrested them__________.


(28) If you could change one thing in your life, what would have been that thing_?


(29) I wouldn’t have done anything differently, if I had met her before.


Functional language
E Read 30–34. Is the speaker giving advice, making an offer, or complaining?
(30) Have you thought about asking for your money back? advice / offer / complaint
(31) I’m sorry, but I think there’s something wrong with this. advice / offer / complaint
(32) Shall I look at it for you? advice / offer / complaint