Grammar

1 Complete the sentences in reported speech.

1 `I don't want to go.'

She said   she didn't want to go.  

2 `I'm coming home early, Grace.'

He told                                                           .

3 `We can't come to your party on Saturday, Nick.'

They told                                                        .

4 `I'll see you later, Greg.'

I said                                                             .

5 `I don't understand what they're saying'.

She said                                                         .

6 `His new film won't be very popular.'

The article said                                               .

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

1 Would they go on holiday   b  

2 If I were you,     

3 He wouldn't be so hungry     

4 If the plane was delayed,     

5 If she earned more money,     

6 People would have more time for sports     

a) if he had breakfast every morning.

b) if they had more time?

c) would she get to the wedding in time?

d) I wouldn't do business with them.

e) if they didn't have computers.

f) she wouldn't need to work so hard.

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Vocabulary

3 Complete the sentences with film words.

1 My favourite   s c i e n c e   fiction films are the Matrix trilogy.

2 The old Hammer h             r films about Dracula are still my favourites.

3 Clint Eastwood first became famous for his cowboy r          s in w                n films like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

4 Federico Fellini was one of Italy's greatest film d                      s.

5 I love h                         l dramas about the past but they're not always very accurate.

6 The s          e was filmed twenty times with 50,000 e             s and took two months to complete.

7 George Lucas was the p                   r of all the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films.

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4 Complete the adjectives with the correct suffix.

1   Celebrity   TV programmes have become very boring these days.

2 She wanted to be a photograph       but instead she became a very success       writer.

3 I know he's very adventur       but I think this journey will be too danger       .

4 We've just been to the most

wonder       party!

5 He's an excellent president but he's losing his popular       with politic       .

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5 Underline the main stress in the words.

1   producer   7 celebrity

2 science fiction 8 recommend

3 actor 9 action film

4 fantasy film 10 current events

5 documentary 11 online news

6 musical

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Functions

6 Complete the conversation with the phrases in the box.

important be possible I book tour of they staying be able you recommend me to of course invite them why not

A: Sally, some ¹  important   Spanish clients are coming to visit the company tomorrow.

B: How long are ²                    , Mr Wilson?

A: Four days! Would you ³                     to get tickets for a concert or something?

B: ⁴                    . For tomorrow night?

A: Yes, please. And I'd like to ⁵                     to dinner on Thursday night.

B: Shall ⁶                     a table at the usual place?

A: Yes, ⁷                    ? But maybe I should take them to a more expensive restaurant. Can ⁸                     one?

B: No problem. And would you like ⁹                     rent a car for them?

A: Yes. Would it ¹⁰                     to organise a private ¹¹                     the city?

B: Certainly, Mr Wilson. Anything else?

A: No, that's all for now. Thanks, Sally.

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Total:

50

Pre-intermediate Quick Check Test 12A

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