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04.03.2021 13:46 •  Английский язык

Unit 2 Progress Test B Grammar
Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
The boy (sit) on a bench in the park (read) a book.
The man (take) my handbag while I (sit) in the restaurant.
The policeman (notice) the blood on the floor when he first (enter) the room.
I (try) to sleep when the doorbell (ring).
The accident happened because the man (drive) and (talk) on his mobile phone at the same time.
When I (reach) the other side of the lake, I (feel) safe.
While I (do) my English exam, I (decide) to ask for a drink.
I (see) the money on the ground as I (walk) to school.
They (start) climbing very early in the morning because they (want) to reach the top by midday.
I (sprain) my ankle while I (play) basketball.
Mark: ___ / 10
Read the text and find eight mistakes (an unnecessary word, a word missing or an incorrect word). Circle the mistakes and write the corrections. There are no mistakes in two of the lines.
The sun was shining and Tom was having a lovely time fishing, 1
when suddenly he realising there was a handbag in the middle of the river. 2
On the other side of the river, a woman trying to get the bag with her umbrella. 3
While Tom saw the woman was having trouble, he decided to help her. 4
He used his walking pole to try to get the handbag, but that not work. 5
So he took off his shoes, did climbed into the river and swam across to the bag. 6
Then he was threw the bag across the river to the woman. 7
She caught the bag and checked that all her things was in it. 8
Then she take out a ten pound note and folded it so that it looked like a boat. 9
Shortly afterwards, she put the little boat on the river and it sailed across to Tom. 10
Mark: ___ / 10

Vocabulary
Complete the sentences with the correct words. The first letter of each word has been given.
Nauru is a small rock island in the Pacific O_ _ _ _ , almost 4,000 km from Australia.
Primrose H_ _ _ in Regent’s Park is only 78 m high, but you can get a great view of London from the top!
When Mount Vesuvius – the v_ _ _ _ _ _ – erupted in 79 ad, it destroyed the towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Tower Bridge across the R_ _ _ _ Thames in London is a famous tourist attraction.
Some of the trees in the Black F_ _ _ _ _ are very old.
Parliament Street in the city of Exeter, England, is so n_ _ _ _ _ that two people can’t walk together at the same time.
Loch Ness in Scotland is a very d_ _ _ lake – it’s over 226 m from the surface to the bottom!
The Nile is 6,853 km long, but only 2.8 km w_ _ _ , from shore to shore.
Mark: ___ / 8
Complete the sentences with the words below. There are two extra words.
boots dinghy life jacket paddles paintballing poles rope orienteering
I always take a long with me when l go climbing.
When I went kayaking, I broke my and had to use my hands to get to the edge of the river.
People who go kayaking usually wear a for safety.
Good are really important if you’re walking a long way and you want to protect your feet.
When I went out to sea with my friends, I dropped my hat over the side of the  .
is a good sport to do if you like looking at maps.
Mark: ___ / 6
Replace the simple adjectives in brackets with extreme adjectives. The first letter of each extreme adjective has been given.
Watching the BASE jumpers land safely in the valley was f (very good).
After we had walked 50 km across the desert, I was s (very hungry).
The place where we stayed when we were hiking was f (very dirty).
That meal we had at the Chinese restaurant last night was d (very tasty).
The brown bear that was walking towards us looked e (very big).
What we could see from the top of the mountain was a (very surprising).
Mark: ___ / 6​