English Course · Level 5 (B2) · Weeks 1–4
Progress Check 1 · Weeks 1–4
20 marks · no help · 20 minutes
My score: ______ / 20 18–20 Excellent · 16–17 Very good · under 16: repeat the sentences of these weeks for 3 days, then try again.
A. Complete the sentences (10 marks)
Complete the sentences.
- 1. By the time we got to the cinema, the film ___ (already / start).
- 2. She was exhausted because she ___ (work) all night.
- 3. I ___ (be about to / leave) the house when the phone rang.
- 4. The singer is said ___ (be) very generous.
- 5. He is believed ___ (leave) the country last week.
- 6. ___ I need is a long holiday.
- 7. It was my sister ___ designed the poster.
- 8. Never ___ I seen such a clever robot.
- 9. Not only ___ the app track your location, but it also reads your messages.
- 10. Hardly had I sat down ___ the phone rang.
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1. had already started
2. had been working
3. was (just) about to leave
4. to be
5. to have left
6. What
7. who / that
8. have
9. does
10. when
B. Translate into English (5 marks)
Translate into English.
- 1. اتضح أنه كان يكذب طوال الوقت.
- 2. يُقال إن هذا الكاتب يكتب كل يوم.
- 3. ما يقلقني هو الأخبار الكاذبة.
- 4. يجب ألّا تشارك كلمة مرورك تحت أي ظرف من الظروف.
- 5. شقّت طريقها إلى القمة بالعزيمة.
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1. It turned out that he had been lying / was lying all along / the whole time.
2. It is said that this writer writes every day. / This writer is said to write every day.
3. What worries me is fake news.
4. Under no circumstances should you share your password.
5. She worked her way up (to the top) through / with determination.
C. Write the Arabic meaning (5 marks)
Write the Arabic meaning.
- 1) assertive = __________
- 2) a setback = __________
- 3) misleading = __________
- 4) privacy = __________
- 5) perseverance = __________
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1) حازم / واثق في التعبير عن رأيه
2) انتكاسة / عقبة
3) مضلِّل
4) الخصوصية
5) مثابرة
D. Speaking check — tick what you can do
- ☐ I can tell a story about the past using the past perfect continuous, the future in the past (was going to / was about to / would) and time linkers.
- ☐ I can report what people generally say or believe in a formal way.
- ☐ I can review an advert and emphasise my main point with cleft sentences.
- ☐ I can give a formal opinion about technology and ethics, using inversion for emphasis.