Language Leader Intermediate Unit Test A – Unit 11

1 Write the adjectives that we can use to describe films, novels and TV programmes.
0 incomparable
1 classic
2 outstanding
3 gripping
4 moving
5
6 groundbreaking

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2 Add the genre to the description.

0 Popular type of dance music. _soul_____
1 A programme about politics. _current affairs
2 The TV comedy series. _sitcom_____
3 A cartoon, for example. _animation____
4 Music with speaking. __rap________
5 Tells the day-to-day lives of normal people.
6 There’s probably a murder or a robbery. _thriller_________
7 Written by myself, about myself. _autobiography_________
8 Usually very frightening. _horror_________

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3 Tick the words that are related to films.

choreograph  special effects 
genre  full-length 
novel dub 
sequel  pitch 
set  chapter
page turner series 

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4 Correct the mistakes and rewrite these sentences.
0 He said he is going to the bank.
_He said he was going to the bank._________________
1 David said he caught the bus yesterday.
David said he had caught the bus the day before.
2 He said me that the report had been finished.
He said the report had been finished.
3 The president said he will win the election.
The president said he would win the election.
4 The journalist told Peter wait for his telephone call.
He told Peter to wait for his telephone call.
5 The report said the project can’t be finished that year.
The report said the project couldn’t be finished that year.
6 He said he wanted the job for a long time.
He said he had wanted the job for a long time.
7 They said they have been living there for six months.
They said they had been living there for six months.
8 The actor said he is happy to be here.
The actor said he was happy to be there.

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5 Write questions in direct speech from the reported form.

0 Sue asked me when I would come.
__When will you come?__________________________
1 The director asked me if I wanted the job.
Do you want the job?
2 The journalist asked me why I was there.
Why are you here?
3 The interviewer asked me if I had ever worked in design before?
Have you ever worked in design before?
4 They asked me what offer I could give.
What offer can you give?
5 She wanted to know if I knew the result of the tests.
 Do you know the result of the tests?
6 They wanted to know if the car had been bought the week before.
Was the car bought last week?

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6 Complete the sentences using the correct comparing and contrasting phrases.
0 £2000 a month is ___more than___________ £200 a week.
1 The weather today is a lot worse than yesterday. Yesterday was lovely, but look at all the rain
now.
2 A visit to your mother is less important than finishing the plans for tomorrow’s meeting! If the
plans are not finished I’ll lose my job.
3 Her recent film is very similar to her last one. In fact, the storyline is almost the same.
4 The results in your report are different from my results. In fact they are not the same at all!
5 Your offer of £1,200 today is the same as £600 today and the rest next week. It’s still £1,200.

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