Grammar

1 Write the sentences in the correct order.

1 flown / plane / in / I / never / a / have

I have never flown in a plane.

2 seen / She / that / has / already / film

                                                                           .

3 not / arrived / not / yet / The / train / has

                                                                           .

4 spoken / you / ever / a / famous / Have / to / person?

                                                                           ?

5 walk / Moon / did / When / on / the / first / astronauts?

                                                                           ?

6 new / They / car / bought / just / have / a

                                                                           .

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2 Complete the sentences with the correct narrative tense of the verbs in brackets.

1 It was the most beautiful beach he 'd ever seen  . (see)

2 By the time he                 to the airport, the plane                . (get / go)

3 While he                 the joke, he suddenly realised he                 the ending! (tell / forget)

4 As soon as she closed the door, she                 she                her house keys on the table. (remember / leave)

5 While we                 for the taxi to arrive, we                 all the windows. (wait / lock)

6 As they                 over the bridge, the car in front crashed and nearly                 into the river. (drive / fall)

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Pronunciation

3 Match film types 1-6 with stress patterns a)-f).

1 fantasy   e 

2 romantic comedy      

3 mystery      

4 science fiction      

5 docudrama      

6 period drama      

a) Ooo Oo

b) OoOo

c) oOo Ooo

d) Oo

e) Ooo

f) Oo Oo

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Vocabulary

4 Underline the correct preposition.

1 He always works on / by his own.

2 I didn't throw it away for / on purpose. I put it in the rubbish bin by / for mistake.

3 They met on / by chance at / for lunchtime and decided to go for a coffee.

4 She got home in / at five o'clock on / in Saturday morning.

5 Last night I watched a film by / for James Cameron on / at TV.

6 He bought it in New York at / in 2001 when he was there on / by business.

7 Some people in Britain go by / for a swim on / in Christmas Day.

8 He's always in / on a hurry, but he never arrives at / on time.

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5 Complete the words in the headlines.

1 Heavy rain causes serious f l o o d s

2 Man a_ _ _ _ _ _d by mad dog

3 Armed f_ _ _ _ _ _e still on the run

4 Banks c_ _ _ _ _ _ e in economic crisis

5 City destroyed by huge e_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _e

6 Transport s_ _ _ _ e causes travel chaos

7 Thousands protest in anti-war
d _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _n

8 Ten h _ _ _ _ _ _s rescued from plane

9 Motorway c _ _ _ h kills six

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Functions

6 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

all next finally sudden end anyway before in knew happened beginning

1 I was walking down the street in my new shoes. Then    all    of a           , it started raining.

2            the           , I thought he was being serious - but he was only joking.

3 So           , I gave up and got a taxi home.

4            long, a car stopped and the driver offered to help me.

5 Well,           , when I went to pay the bill, I couldn't find my wallet.

6 This            last week when I was in the shopping centre.

7 The            thing I           , I woke up in hospital!

8 In the           , she found out that he was already married!

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Total:

50

Intermediate Quick Check Test 2B

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