Grammar

1 Underline the correct alternative.

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

2 I've just been shopping / shopped in Blackwater. They've got everything there!

3 Who has borrowed / been borrowing my favourite CD? Come on, where is it?

4 He ran fifteen miles last week and he has raised / been raising £500 for charity.

5 It has been a very productive morning. I've written / been writing the whole report!

6 Sorry about the terrible mess. We've cooked / been cooking all day.

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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 Famous people                      to have a private life. They                      everywhere they go. (not allow / photograph)

3 Be careful what you say. She hates                      what to do. (tell)

4 The museum                      over the weekend and several priceless objects                     . (rob / take)

5 He's too scared to go out. He thinks he                     . (follow)

6 Teenagers don't like                     . (advise)

7 The order must                      by tomorrow or the cheque                     . (deliver / cancel)

8 Ten people                      in a tragic motorway crash this morning. (kill)

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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 record (v) oO Oo

3 desert (v) oO Oo

4 present (v) oO Oo

5 reject (n) oO Oo

6 research (n) oO Oo

7 permit (n) oO Oo

8 import (v) oO Oo

9 decrease (n) oO Oo

10 increase (n) oO Oo

11 suspect (v) oO Oo

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Vocabulary

4 Complete the words and underline the correct adjectives.

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

2 D                   is still illegal / inoffensive in many countries.

3 The sight of teenage d                               on the streets is really offensive / unethical.

4 The level of p                   in many parts of the world is legal / unjustifiable.

5 The increase in cases of d                      violence is very sensible / disturbing.

6 It's outrageous / ethical that people in rich countries ignore the existence of famine and

d                   in the world.

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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 Law-abiding (itiznsce)                 should feel safer living in a (anurlveilces)                 society.

3 He took a photo of the shoplifter with his (oenhp acaerm)                                 and (dehadn)                 it over to the police.

4 Only car thieves need to worry about number plate (itrgneoncoi)                .

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Functions

6 Complete the conversation with the words in the box.

think take fair not agree that's mean against to it convinced

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

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

A: I'm ³                so sure. Banks need to reduce trillions of euros of credit card debt.

B: ⁴                right. But they make a lot of money from debt.

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

B: ⁶                enough. I ⁷                your point. However, I'm not ⁸                that banning credit cards is the answer.

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

B: I ¹⁰                with you. I'm very much ¹¹                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 2B

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