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Student Name

CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH EMPOWER

A1 PROGRESS TEST

Test 8

Time 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so.
Read the instructions for each part of the paper carefully.
Answer all the questions. Write your answers on the question paper.

INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS


There are five parts to the test.
Part 1 is a listening part.
All questions carry one mark.
There are 30 questions.

© UCLES 2016
Part 1

Questions 1 – 6

You will hear six short sentences. For each one, choose the best reply.
You will hear each sentence twice.

1 A Good afternoon.
B Can I help you?
C Yes, that’s a lovely idea.

2 A Yes, OK. Good idea.


B Can I look around?
C It’s really nice.

3 A Thanks, but I’m fine.


B Nice to meet you.
C I’m sorry, I can’t.

4 A It’s really nice.


B No, sorry, there isn’t.
C That’s a great idea.

5 A OK, that’s a nice idea.


B They’re lovely.
C Here you are.

6 A Shall we go to a party?
B OK, that’s a lovely idea.
C I’d like a piece of chocolate cake, please.

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Part 2
Questions 7 – 12

Choose the word to match the picture. For questions 7 – 12 write the correct letter, A – G.

A Play a computer game


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B Listen to music

C Go shopping

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D Watch a football match

E Read a magazine

F Play the guitar


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G Have a drink

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12

3 Turn over ►
Part 3
Questions 13 – 18

Read the sentences about past events. What are the missing words?
The first letter is already there. There is one space for each other letter in the word.

For questions 13 – 18, write the words.

13 Sam is at school today but he wasn’t at school y _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

14 Lucy went shopping o_ W _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

15 My family had a holiday in Spain two y _ _ _ _ a _ _ .

16 My friends and I played a great computer game o _ S _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

17 John is tired now because he played football t _ _ _ a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

18 We went to a good party l_ _ _ n _ _ _ _ .

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Part 4
Questions 19 – 24

Read the text about a band on tour.


Choose the best answer, A, B or C, for each space.

On tour with my band

I play guitar in a band. Our name’s The Musicmakers. We often go away on tour. Last year we
(19) ………… on the road in Spain. We (20) ………… in Madrid first and the band played at
concerts in three different Spanish cities in five days: in Madrid and Bilbao on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday and then in Barcelona on Friday and Saturday.
I love Spanish food – we (21) ………… to some great restaurants. They (22) ………… very
expensive. We (23) ………… some interesting things in the museums. Spain has a lot of good
museums – The Prado in Madrid, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, and the Picasso Museum in
Barcelona. It (24) ………… fun to travel there with the band.

19 A be B are C were

20 A arrive B arrived C arrives

21 A go B went C goes

22 A aren’t B wasn’t C weren’t

23 A saw B see C sees

24 A be B was C weren’t

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Part 5
Questions 25 – 30

Read the sentences about past events.


Choose the best answer, A, B or C, for each space.

25 Where ............ you yesterday?

A was B were C are

26 ‘Were you at the café last night?’ ‘No, we ............ .’

A isn’t B wasn’t C weren’t

27 Laura ............ in the garden, but she isn’t there now.

A is B does C was

28 We usually stay at home in the evening, but last Monday we ............ football.

A play B plays C played

29 They ............ a very nice pizza in the restaurant last night.

A had B have C has

30 I ............ to Madrid two years ago.

A went B go C was

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