Test A - Units 9 and 10

Upper Intermediate Progress Test 5A: Units 9–10
Pronunciation
1 Track 9 Listen and underline the stressed words.
1 Actually, it was you I wanted to see.
2 What on earth have you been doing?
3 I do hope I’ll see you again soon.
4 It wasn’t me who broke the window.
5 I’ve had such a good time!
6 I’m so annoyed with Tom!
2 Track 10 Listen and write T (Truth) if the speaker believes what has been said or L
(Lie) if not.
1 Mark said he’d never been there before. L
2 You told me you loved me.
3 My parents said I could borrow their car.
4 Alex told me he’d help me.
5 You said you’d be here at six.
6 Clare said you wouldn’t believe me.
Language focus
3 Complete the sentences with a/an, the or no article (ø).
Have you ever been to the Eiffel Tower in ø Paris?
1 Shall we meet up at library next week?
2 My brother is engineer in large international company.
3 I love music of 1990s.
4 Mum’s in hospital waiting for operation.
5 Which mountain is highest in Himalayas?
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4 Rewrite the sentences using the words in the box.
far absolutely such do most so
Your behaviour has been appalling recently!
Your behaviour has been absolutely appalling recently!
1 What I enjoy about living in the country is the peace and quiet.
2 Even though I get annoyed with you, you make me laugh.
3 That film was better than I was expecting.
4 I’ve been busy recently – I’ve had no time to myself.
5 That was a long meeting, wasn’t it?
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5 The underlined words in these sentences are incorrect. Replace them with
the correct words.
Max said he will wait for me outside the cinema. would
1 Lucy said she is going to appear on a talent show.
2 Tom says he had created a new website.
3 Sam asked me do I know how to download photos.
4 Alison told me she’d arrived an hour ago.
5 I said I must go, but no one heard me.
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6 Rewrite the sentences using the verbs in the box.

warned congratulated suggested promised admitted invited
‘Would you like to go to the cinema?’ Alex told me.
Alex invited me to go to the cinema .
1 ‘Why don’t we watch a DVD later?’ Lucy said.
Lucy .
2 ‘I forgot to reserve a table for your birthday meal,’ David told me.
David .
3 ‘Don’t open the door!’ Simon said to John.
Simon .
4 ‘Congratulations! You’ve come top of the class!’ the teacher told me.
The teacher .
5 ‘I’ll help you at the weekend,’ Luke told me.
Luke .
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Vocabulary
7 Complete the sentences with prepositions.
Jane always passes out at the sight of blood, so she could never be a nurse.
1 It’s important to look to your elders.
2 Chris likes to stand from the crowd, so he usually wears a red hat.
3 Committed activists will always stand up what they believe in.
4 Holly’s very good at making the most outrageous excuses.
5 I can always see you as you’re no good at telling lies.
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8 Rewrite the sentences using phrases with right or wrong.

I’ll come back very soon. I’ll be right back .
1 It’s back to front. It’s the .
2 What’s the problem? What’s ?
3 Everything’s failed. Everything’s .
4 It seems to be OK, more or less. It looks .
5 You deserve the bad thing that’s happened. That serves .
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9 Add letters to complete the words. The first letter is given.

The mass media have immense power these days.
1 I’ve watched every single e_ _ _ _ _ _ of Friends.
2 The t_ _ _ _ _ _ _ tend to report everything in a sensationalist way.
3 My sister’s a foreign c_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for the New York Times.
4 The BBC’s c_ _ _ _ _ _ _ of the London Olympics was brilliant.
5 How many videos are u_ _ _ _ _ _ _ onto YouTube every day?
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10 Complete the sentences with the correct form of speak or talk.

You really don’t know what you’re talking about, do you?
1 Sadly, my brother and sister aren’t on terms.
2 Can you please up? I can’t hear you.
3 Ann and Sue always shop when they get together. It’s so boring for anyone
who doesn’t work with them.
4 I know you like to your mind, but you don’t need to be quite so aggressive.
5 I don’t like going to parties because I’m no good at small .
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Functional language
11 Match the sentence halves.
1 You ought to b
2 Have you ever thought about
3 Why not go
4 Why don’t you
5 I would recommend
6 If I were you, I’d
a write to all the estate agents in the area.

b look into it.
c taking a course.
d into an estate agent’s and just ask?
e becoming an estate agent?
f have a chat with Emma?
12 Rewrite the sentences putting the words in brackets in the correct place in
each sentence.
I’d like advice about careers. (some)
I’d like some advice about careers.
1 I just wondered if you’ve got advice about what I should do. (any)
2 I suggest that you try to get a weekend job. (would)
3 You know I would advise? (what)
4 That’s a really good idea; I thought of that. (hadn’t)
5 That’s great, thank you. I appreciate your advice. (really)
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2 Even though I get annoyed with you, you make me laugh.

3 That film was better than I was expecting.

4 I’ve been busy recently – I’ve had no time to myself.

5 That was a long meeting, wasn’t it?

6 Rewrite the sentences using the verbs in the box.

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8 Rewrite the sentences using phrases with right or wrong.

9 Add letters to complete the words. The first letter is given.

10 Complete the sentences with the correct form of speak or talk.

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a write to all the estate agents in the area.

2 I suggest that you try to get a weekend job. (would)

3 You know I would advise? (what)

4 That’s a really good idea; I thought of that. (hadn’t)

5 That’s great, thank you. I appreciate your advice. (really)

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