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LONDON Centro de Lenguas

ADULTS PRE-INTERMEDIATE
PROGRESS TEST 2024

Student: Franco Capperi Date: 27/03/2024 Scoring:

LISTENING
1 Listen to Todd and Aimee talking about different Los Angeles and San
Francisco. Answer the following questions. (10p)
1) Which city is warmer?
Los Angeles is warmer than San Francisco.
2) Which city is more expensive? Why?
San Francisco is more expensive than Los Angeles because S.Francisco has so
many rich companies, like Google and Apple.
3) Which city is older?
Doesn’t say.
4) Which city is better according to him?
San Francisco is better than Los Angeles.
READING
1 Read the article and choose A, B or C. (10p)
Example: Ellie enjoyed travelling to five cities.
A True B False C Doesn’t say

1 Ellie went sightseeing in Paris.


A True B False C Doesn’t say
2 She didn’t buy anything in the boutiques.
A True B False C Doesn’t say
3 She went to some department store in the city.
A True B False C Doesn’t say
4 She recommends the department stores.
A True B False C Doesn’t say
5 She thinks the Champs-Elysées isn’t as good as it was.
A True B False C Doesn’t say
6 She had something to eat on the Champs-Elysées.
A True B False C Doesn’t say
7 She bought something near the old gates of the city.
A True B False C Doesn’t say
8 You can buy flowers at the flea market.
A True B False C Doesn’t say
9 Ellie visited the flea markets early in the morning.
A True B False C Doesn’t say
10 It’s possible to spend a lot of time looking at books.
A True B False C Doesn’t say

GRAMMAR

1 Complete the sentences with the present simple or present continuous


form of the verbs in brackets. Use contractions where possible. (16p)

1 She __is running now_______________ (run) because she's late for her lesson.
2 Our teacher always ___gives______________ (give) us lots of homework.
3 We _______don’t want__________ (not want) to go to the concert.
4 What time __are you meeting_______________ (you / meet) Pete tomorrow?
5 I __am not working_______________ (not work) today. I'm on holiday.
6 People _____ usually speak____________ (speak) English in Jamaica.
7 Archie ______is not using___________ (not use) his computer at the moment.
8 _________Does Tony live________(Tony / live) near the park?

2 In the following conversation put the verb in brackets into Present


Simple, Present Continuous or Past Simple. (12p)
Example
A Why did you go (go) to the seaside last weekend?
B Because we like (like) sailing.

A (1)__Did______ you ___know_____ (know) Brian Bailey?


B Yes, I (2)__met______ (meet) him two years ago when I (3)__worked______
(work) in Germany. (4)___Does_____ he still ___live_____ (live) there?
A Yes. He does. He (5) ___lives_____ (live) in Frankfurt. He (6) ___has_____
(have) a good job there but at the moment he (7) ___is working_____ (work) in
London. He's here for a few days and I'd like to invite him and you for dinner. Can
you come?
B Yes, I hope so. I'd love to see Brian again! When I was in Germany we (8)
__saw______ (see) each other quite often because his office was near the school
where I (9) _teached_______ (teach) and so we sometimes (10)__had______
(have) lunch together. I always enjoyed talking to him. I wanted to write to him but he
moved and I (11) __don’t have______ (not have) his new address.
A Well, what about dinner on Friday?
B That's fine. What time?
A Is 8 o'clock OK? I (12) __rang______ (ring) Brian yesterday to check the day, and
I will ring him again tomorrow to check the time.
B Well, 8 o'clock is fine for me. I am going at about 8 and I will bring a bottle of wine.
A See you on Friday then!

3 Below there are three dialogues. Put one of the words in the box into
each gap. (12p)

worst latest more as(x2) funniest funnier


than friendlier tastier the most

A I started a new job today, working in an office.


B Really! How did it go?
A It was OK. I was a bit nervous.
B What are the other people like?
A They're very nice. They seem (1) ___friendlier______ than the people in my old
job, and the job is much (2) __more_______ interesting.
B You worked in a shop before, didn't you?
A Yes. Working in an office is better (3) ___than______ working in a shop, I'll tell
you! That was the (4) __worst_______ job I've ever had. I hated it.

C We went out for a meal to Luigi's last night - you know, that new Italian restaurant.
D Mm, I know. What was it like?
C It was (5) ___the______ best Italian meal I've ever had, and it wasn't as expensive
(6) _____as____ Giovanni's, so I think we'll go there again.
D Yes. Giovanni's used to be the (7) ___most______ popular restaurant around
here, but then it started getting very expensive.
C And the service isn't (8) __as_______ good as it used to be.
D What did you have?
C Paul and I both had veal, but mine was cooked in wine and herbs, and it was (9)
_____tastier____ than Paul's. But he liked it.
D It sounds great.

E Have you read John Harrison's (10) ____latest_____ book, "Going Round the
World?"
F No. What’s it like?
E I think it's the (11) ___funniest______ book he's written. I laughed out loud all the
way through.
F I didn't like "The Truth and the Light", the one that came out last year.
E Neither did I. This one's much (12) __funnier_______.
F Can I borrow it?

VOCABULARY

Complete the following questions with the correct adjective. (20p)


Example
In some places, water is very polluted, you can see bags floating everywhere.

1 That restaurant must serve really good food. It’s really ___tasty_____________.
There are so many people there.
2 That house costs a lot of money. It’s ___expensive___________.
3 It’s not an ugly building. In fact, it’s really quite __beatiful______________.
4 Sixty thousand people can sit in that football stadium. It’s not small, it’s
_______huge_________.
5 There is a _______new_________ office building near my home. It wasn’t there
last year.
6 The weather is very dry here. We want to move to a country with
_____wet___________ weather.
7 I need a quiet place to study. This place is too ____noisy____________.
8 It’s a ______tall__________ building. It has 35 floors.
9 That supermarket isn’t a traditional market. It’s very _____weard___________.
10 This is a really _______hot_________ country. Temperatures may reach 45° C.
WRITING (20p)

Compare and contrast two places that you like and say which one you prefer.
Remember to use comparatives and superlatives. Write at least 100 words.

Since I was born, I lived in two houses but I like the new house more than the older
house. The new house is bigger than the other one, so I feel more confortable. The
new house also is the most beautiful house of the neighborhood because is really
new, so I invite my friends all the time. In the third place, my new home is safer than
the old house because the older one had ghosts inside. Living in that house was the
worst experience of my life! It’s for these 3 maines reasons that I prefer my new
house.

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