Grammar

1 Underline the correct alternative.

1 I'm so hungry! I've worked / been working for six hours without a break.

2 She went on a charity walk last week and she has raised / been raising £500.

3 Sorry about the mess. We've decorated / been decorating all week.

4 Has he / Did he started his new job yet?

5 Somebody has been breaking / broken my favourite mug! Come on, who was it?

6 It has been a very productive day. We've made / been making six cakes and two casseroles.

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2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1 Oh no! My mobile 's been stolen  ! (steal)

2 The house                                during the night and valuable jewellery                                from the safe. (rob / take)

3 They're too scared to go out. They think they                               . (watch)

4 The job must                                by Friday or you                               . (finish / not pay)

5 Fifty people                                in a train crash. (injure)

6 Celebrities                                everywhere they go. They                                to have a private life. It must be awful. (follow / not allow)

7 Be careful what you say. He doesn't like                               . (criticise)

8 She's the sort of person who wants                                what to do. (tell)

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Pronunciation

3 Underline the correct stress pattern for each word: verb (v) or noun (n).

1 project (v) oO Oo

2 decrease (n) oO Oo

3 desert (v) oO Oo

4 suspect (v) oO Oo

5 research (n) oO Oo

6 reject (n) oO Oo

7 permit (n) oO Oo

8 import (v) oO Oo

9 record (v) oO Oo

10 increase (n) oO Oo

11 present (v) oO Oo

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Vocabulary

4 Complete the words and underline the correct adjectives.

1 Without exercise, an increase in o b e s i t y is inevitable / disturbing.

2 The l          of drinking water in many parts of the world is legal / unjustifiable.

3 The rise in cases of domestic v                      is very sensible / disturbing.

4 It's outrageous / legal that banks encourage customers to get into d         .

5 Lorries and cars which cause unacceptable levels of air p                         should be made illegal / ethical.

6 Their failure to deal with h                                  is totally unethical / inoffensive.

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5 Put the letters in brackets in the correct order.

1 Speed cameras are a (tnreedter)   deterrent   to those who drive too fast.

2 As a taxi driver, (rteset)                 level cameras have made my job much easier.

3 (opschimicr)                 are designed to prevent credit card fraud.

4 Number plate (itrgneoncoi)                 helps the police to keep (crkta)                 of stolen cars.

5 He used his (oenhp acaerm)                                 to take a photo of the thief.

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Functions

6 Complete the conversation with the words in the box.

think right enough much what with way so seems point not

A: I really ¹  think   credit cards should be banned.

B: I know ²                you mean - but it's not likely to happen, is it?

A: I'm not ³                sure. Banks need to reduce trillions of euros of credit card debt.

B: That's ⁴               . But banks make a lot of money from debt.

A: Exactly! And it ⁵                to me that it's the people on lower incomes that suffer.

B: Fair ⁶                I take your ⁷               . However, I'm ⁸                convinced that banning credit cards is the answer.

A: OK, but the ⁹                I see it, there'll be another credit crisis soon.

B: I agree ¹⁰                you. I'm very ¹¹                against global banking policies but I don't believe they'll take your advice!

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Total:

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Upper Intermediate Quick Check Test 2A

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