Grammar

1 Underline the correct alternative.

1 When we  got  / had got to the station, the train left /  had left .

2 I'd read / been studying for hours when I suddenly had realised / realised it was after midnight. I'd been missing / missed dinner!

3 She was / 'd been waiting for the bus for fifteen minutes when it was starting / started raining. So she took / was taking out her mobile and called / had called for a taxi.

4 When they 'd been arriving / arrived at their hotel, the sun set / had set and a silvery moon was rising / rose in the sky.

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2 Match 1-6 with a)-f).

1 I wish I   c      

2 I wish I'd           

3 I shouldn't           

4 If only she           

5 I wish he           

6 I should           

a) would take up sport. She'd be much fitter.

b) have bought this house. It's not at all suitable for me.

c) were lying on a beach now.

d) wouldn't smoke so much. He wouldn't cough all the time.

e) have accepted that job. It was perfect for me.

f) grown up in the country. City life was very unhealthy.

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Vocabulary

3 Complete the words in the sayings.

1 Every c l o u d has a silver l i n i n g.

2 Where there's s            , there's f         .

3 What g          around, c             around.

4 Nothing v                     , nothing g               .

5 Let's c             that bridge when we c          to it.

6 When in R         , do as the R                do.

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4 Complete the sentences with the words from the box and underline the correct proposition.

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1 It's a   pity   I didn't take up  / off dancing when I was younger.

2 I could                 myself for not giving off / up smoking years ago.

3 She was brought up / on to love reading and                 to writing novels in her 30s.

4 I'm having                 thoughts about taking on / over more staff.

5 With                , I wish we'd travelled more before we settled in / down.

6 I put on / off going to university when I was younger. I realise now it was a missed                .

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Pronunciation

5 Underline the word with a different vowel sound in bold.

1 wish  website  lyrics pity

2 brought autobiography around august

3 grown Romans bought phone

4 settle grew website second

5 poetry opportunity biography blog

6 manga manual take magazine

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Functions

6 Complete the sentences with the words from the box

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1 I'm a big   fan   of Manga comics. I grew up with them.

2 I'm not                 keen on his music. The lyrics are so depressing.

3 What I                 like about blogs                 that most of them are nonsense.

4 I couldn't                 poetry when I was at school but I'm                 keen                 it now.

5 I'm not                 reading gossip magazines.                 I really love are detective novels.

6 The                 I like                 website forums is that there's a wide range of different opinions.

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Total:

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Upper Intermediate Quick Check Test 4B

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