Progress Test 1

Name __________________________________________ Class ______________________________
Technical English Level 1 (Elementary)

Progress Test 1 (CB1 Units 1 – 2)
Try to answer all 60 questions.
SECTION 1: VOCABULARY
1 Write instructions for the opposite actions. Use the words in the bottom box to replace the
words in italics.
For example:
Take off your coat. Put on your coat.
push, lower, tighten, off, closed, pick up, down, from

1 Raise the temperature to 30 °C. _____________________________________________
2 Put down your tools. _____________________________________________
3 Pull the handle up. _____________________________________________
4 Loosen the nuts. _____________________________________________
5 Switch on the electricity. _____________________________________________
2 Underline the correct word in brackets.

6 The front of the aeroplane is called the (nose/ tail).
7 Please stand on the (truck/ deck) of the boat.
8 The speed of the engine is 5000 (rpm/ kW).
9 Please cut that wood. Use the (spanner/ chisel).
3 Delete one wrong word from each list:

10 Fixings: nails, bolts, nuts, screwdrivers, washers, staples, screws
11 Hand tools: spanners, screwdrivers, chisels, hammers, axles
12 Parts of a skateboard: wheels, axles, deck, nose, tail, helmet, truck
SECTION 2: GRAMMAR
4 Rearrange the word order. Write correctly.

13 Where you are from? ___________________________________________
14 Take off the tyre the bicycle. ___________________________________________
15 What this is called? ___________________________________________
16 Put on the table the spanner. ___________________________________________
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5 Add a word in one of the spaces.
do are is
17 What (_____) her name?
18 What (_____) you do?
19 What colour (_____) you want?
20 What (_____) those called in English?
21 How (_____) you spell your name?
6 Insert the correct question word.

What What’s How Where
22 _____ your phone number?
23 _____ size do you want?
24 _____ many nails do you need?
25 _____ is Jamal from?
26 _____ are these called?
7 Put two words in each gap. Use one from each box.
For example:
Q: Am I correct? A: Yes, you are.
I, you, he, they, it am, are, is, aren’t, isn’t

27 Q: Are you an electrician? A: Yes, __________.
28 Q: Is Luis from France? A: No, __________.
29 Q: Are the switches on? A: No, __________.
30 Q: Is the hammer on the table? A: Yes, __________.
SECTION 3: READING
8 Complete the sentences. Write a letter from A-J in each space.

31 Put the hammer _____
32 Take the hammer _____
33 Put the wheels _____
34 Take the wheels _____
35 Tighten the nuts. _____
36 Loosen the screws. _____
37 What size _____
38 I need _____
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39 What are these called _____
40 Hammer the nails _____
A off the axle.
B Use the spanner.
C do you need?
D in English?
E into the wood.
F Use the screwdriver.
G on the table.
H some bolts, please.
I off the table.
J on the axle.
SECTION 4: WRITING
9 Write these out in words.

41 15 km/h ___________________________________________________________
42 MON 30th AUG at 14.45 ______________________________________________________
10 Write eight instructions: How to change a wheel on a small toy

43 spanner – off – table ___________________________________________________________
44 loosen – nuts ___________________________________________________________
45 nuts – off – old wheel ___________________________________________________________
46 old wheel – off – axle ___________________________________________________________
47 new wheel – on – axle ______________________________________________________
48 nuts – on – new wheel ______________________________________________________
49 tighten – nuts ___________________________________________________________
50 spanner – on – table ___________________________________________________________
SECTION 5: LISTENING
Track 2
11 Listen and complete this conversation in a shop. A is the customer. B is the shopkeeper.
Write 1 or 2 words in each gap.
A: Hello.
B: Good morning. What can I (51)__________ for you?
A: (52)__________ a spanner, please.
B: What size do you need?

A: Erm, I think it’s 10 millimetres.
B: OK. Here you are. One (53)__________ spanner.

A: Thanks. And I need (54)__________ , please.
B: Some nuts, did you say? OK, what size do you need?
A: Erm … 7 mil.
B: Right. And (55)__________ do you need?
A: Four.
B: Right. Here (56)__________ . Anything else?
A: Yes, I need (57)__________ , please.
B: (58)__________ ?
A: M5.
B: And (59)__________ M5 bolts do you think you need?
A: Eight, (60)__________ .
B: OK, here you are.
A: Thanks.

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Name ____________ Class

Technical English Level 1 (Elementary)

push, lower, tighten, off, closed, pick up, down, from

2 Underline the correct word in brackets.

3 Delete one wrong word from each list:

4 Rearrange the word order. Write correctly.

6 Insert the correct question word.

I, you, he, they, it am, are, is, aren’t, isn’t

8 Complete the sentences. Write a letter from A-J in each space.

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9 Write these out in words.

10 Write eight instructions: How to change a wheel on a small toy

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B: OK. Here you are. One (53)__________ spanner.

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