Progress Test I
I. What are the corresponding nationalities for these countries?

1 Turkey
Turkish
Turkman
Turkian
Terkish
2. Sweden
Swedian
Swedish
Swiss
Swedenian
3. Japan
Japanian
Japanish
Japaniese
Japanese
4. Spain
Spanish
Spainish
Spaniard
Spanian
5. Germany
Germanish
Germanese
German
Germanian
6. Brazil
Brazilish
Brasilian
Brazil
Brazilian

II. Complete these sentences with the following words: Turkey, work, British, French, firefighter, Iraq, accountant, chemical, shop

1 Anastasia runs her own shop. She is ____________________.
in charge
full-time
self-employed
workaholic
2 Boris is a ____________ from Omsk. He puts out fire.
firefighter
fireout
firefight
fire man
3 Jim is 19 years old, He is a _________ assistant in a department store.
help
shop
manager
secretary
4 Linda has been working hard all the year, so her boss promised her ____________.
meet deadlines
promote
pay rise
get sick pay
5 I _______ for a bank.
job
help
am
work
6 Tony lives in Paris, but he can't speak ____________.
English
Russian
French
France
7 I work with money and numbers. I'm the company's Chief _____________.
Boss
Accountant
Head
Manager
8 Aisha is from ___________________. She lives and works in Istanbul.
Egypt
Turkish
Turkey
Asian
9. Doctors don’t work every day. They do ___________.
flexitime
overtime
sick pay
shiftwork
10 Aziza has a good job and earns a lot of money. Her __________ is rather high.
job
salary
working hours
working conditions

III. Complete the information about Dorota with short forms of the verb TO BE.

Sandy Flockhart (work/works/are working/working) for the bank, HSBC. HSBC (am/be/is/are) the world’s third-largest bank. He often (travelling/travel/travels/travells) to different countries for his work. In his new job, he (are/is/am/be) responsible for a large share of the HSBC banking business.

Mr Flockhart (speaking/speak/speaks/am speaking) fluent Spanish and (gives/givs/give/giving) interviews and press conferences in Spanish and English.

Mr Flockhart (be/is/are/am) married. He and his wife (have/having/has/have had) four children. His daily routine (be/are/is/am) quite busy. He usually (get/geting/gets/is getting) up at 5 a.m. and at 6.30 he (is/be/have been/is being) ready to leave. He never (do/dos/is doing/does) exercises in the morning and usually (reading/reads/read/have read) the FT and the Guardians or other newspapers in the car. He usually (get/getting/geting/gets) home at 8 p.m. and (try/trys/is trying/tries) to spend the rest of the evening with his family.

So Mr Flockhart is a man of many modes: a successful and devoted businessman, a loving family man and a person who has a lot of interests.

IV. Fill in prepositions where necessary.

1. She’s responsible ______ correspondence in our department.
in
for
to
at
2. Martine got a new job. He’s employed __________ an advertising company.
in
for
by
with
3. My cousin is a computer programmer. She works _______ Microsoft.
at
for
with
under
4. At work I have to deal ____________ a lot of paper work. It’s awesome.
for
with
in
at
5. My brother is ________ charge ________ an accounting department.
in, of
of, in
at, with
on, in
6. Rachel often has to go _______ business trips abroad. It’s amazing.
in
for
to
on
7. Robert was good ________ physics ______ school. Now he’s a chief engineer.
in, at
in, in
at, in
at, for

V. Complete with personal pronouns or possessive adjectives.

1. Peter and I aren’t in the same group but ________’re good friends.
they
we
you
he
2. Mrs Smith isn’t my teacher. ________ is my mother.
he
me
she
it
3. Shirley and _____ brothers, Richard and John, are good students.
his
our
her
their
4. Mr Park is Portuguese. ________ lives in Lisbon.
he
she
it
they
5. Ann and Sue aren´t football players. ________ are singers.
we
they
you
she
6. Martin and _____ sister are studying _____ lessons.
his, their
her, their
her, our
his, our
7. That computer isn’t modern. ________ is an old one.
he
she
it
you
8. My colleague Alice is very happy. Today is _____ birthday.
our
his
her
its
9. You and John look so young. ________ are handsome.
he
she
we
you
10. Boris Becker is German. He’s from Germany. ________ is a big European country.
it
he
she
they
11. That’s Michele. ________ is a French girl.
he
she
it
we
12. My school is modern. _____ rooms are large and well equipped.
his
her
its
our

VI. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of words given.

1. I (read) very interesting books.

2. Joanne (work) in the company.

3. Do you (speak) Spanish?

4. I (not know) him very well.

5. My wife (like) coffee for breakfast.

6. What Tom (have) for breakfast?

7. Your dog (go) for a walk in the morning.

8. What Mary (do) ? She's a student.

9. My wife and I (go) to the beach in the summer.

10. My colleague (not like) cheese sandwiches.

VII. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1. Andrea / 9.00 / at work / before / is / usually

2. how / business / do / often / on / travel/you / ?

3. Sandra / a / from / home / month / once / works

4. I / for / late / am / meetings / never

5. Marco / a / Chief Accountant / times / helps / the / three / week

6. each / the / makes / Company / South America / four / Director / to / trips / year