Progress check

Read 1–14 and evaluate your learning in Unit 1. Give yourself a mark from 1 to 3. How can you improve?
1 I can't do this.    2 I have some problems with this.    3 I can do this well.

A  Everyday life

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 1Name two things that most people fear.

I can understand a text about the things most people have in common.

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• 2If you need to find specific information in a text, you need to

  aread the whole text and understand every word in it.

  bscan the text quickly for key words.

I can find specific information in a text.

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• 3Which three adjectives are used with the preposition of?

  ■ keen   ■ proud   ■ excited   ■ afraid   ■ ashamed

I can use adjectives + prepositions to talk about feelings.

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• 4Name three compound nouns with the word shopping.

I can combine words to make compound nouns.

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B  Around the world

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 5Which auxiliary verb do we use in present simple negative and questions? Which one do we use to form the present continuous?

I can form present simple and present continuous sentences.

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• 6Which tense do we use to talk about

  aroutines and habits?

  bfuture arrangements?

  cactions that are happening now?

  dfacts?

I can use the present simple and the present continuous.

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C  New friends

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 7Give three reasons why people might try couch surfing.

I can understand a programme about an unusual way of travelling.

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• 8Name three nouns that collocate with make and three nouns that collocate with do.

I can use collocations with make and do.

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• 9Ask two different questions about someone's family and the free-time activities they enjoy.

I can ask for personal information and respond appropriately.

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D  Immigration

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 10Give two reasons why people might go to live in another country.

I can understand a text about immigration.

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• 11Which three phrasal verbs can you use to talk about transport?

  ■ get on with   ■ get to   ■ get off   ■ get on   ■ get through

I can understand and use phrasal verbs with get.

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• 12Complete the sentences with a / an, the or 0 (= no article).

  1We watched ..................... interesting film last night.

  2..................... Eiffel Tower is in ..................... Paris.

I can use articles correctly.

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E  An informal letter

Mark (1–3)

How can I improve?

• 13Which of the words below can you use to talk about similarities? Which ones can you use to talk about differences?

  ■ the same   ■ in contrast to   ■ similar to   ■ unlike   ■ both

I can talk about similarities and differences.

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• 14Name three things to think about before you start writing an informal letter.

I can write an informal letter.

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