Upper Intermediate Quick Check Test 5A

Grammar 4 Match1–6 with a)–f) and write the compound

nouns.
1 Complete the sentences with a/an, the or no 1 break     d   a) look     breakthrough   
article (–). 2 bottle                     b) pull                     
1 We see them about twice     a   year. 3 trade                     c) back                     
2 I support                     charities for                     elderly. 4 ring                     d) through                     
3                     highest mountain in                     world, 5 out                     e) top                     
Mount Everest, is in                     Himalayas. 6 draw                     f) off                     
4 He went travelling around                     Asia for 5
year after he left                     university.
5                     Mercury is                     closest planet to 5 Underline the correct alternative.
Sun. 1 What’s the safest   make  / brand of car?
6 Where are                     children? Have they been 2 Sports celebrities who promote / enhance products
playing in                     garden? earn millions.
7                     city of                     Seville is situated on 3 The cleverest logo / slogan I remember was ‘Go to
River Guadalquivir in                     Spain. work on an Egg’.
8 I think his father was in                     prison for two 4 Multi-million dollar advertising makes /
years for                     fraud. campaigns are often seen as unethical.
10 5 Commercials influence / endorse our choices more
than we realise.
6 My brother still sings 1970s logos / jingles.
2 Cross out the alternative that is not possible. 5
1 If you ask her, she might /   would   / ’ll go.
2 Would you work abroad if you got / could get / ’ll
get a job? Pronunciation
3 Provided / As long as / On condition that you
6 Match the words 1–6 with their stress patterns
book three weeks in advance, there shouldn’t /
a)–f).
won’t / will be a problem.
1 obscure     c   a) Ooo
4 If you were to win / would win / won the
2 dreadful                     b) oOo
competition, what would you do next?
3 detrimental                     c) oO
5 They won’t / might not / wouldn’t catch the 8.35
4 advertise                     d) Oo
train unless they leave now.
5 predictable                     e) ooOo
6 If she gets lost, she should / ’ll / ’d ask someone
6 commercials                     f) oOoo
for directions.
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7 If you go to the sales today, you can / ’ll /
wouldn’t get some great reductions.
8 I might go / ’d go / went to the gym every day if I Functions
had the time.
9 If / Suppose / As long as he asked her out, what 7 Complete the conversation with the words from
would / did / should she do? the box.
feel could doesn’t brilliant would with
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of go between that’s you
A: How do you 1  feel   about having an activity
Vocabulary holiday this year?
3 Put the letters in brackets in the correct order. B: That’s a 2                              idea! It 3                              be
1 It (nmesfotrard)     transformed   our lives. great if we 4                              have a yoga holiday in
2 If you always read the same newspaper, it can Greece.
(oitrdts)                               your world view. A: That 5                              really grab me. I was thinking
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3 The washing machine (outinievodsrel)                               horse riding or sailing.
housework in the 1960s. B: I think 7                              a bit unrealistic. We are
4 We don’t know if computer games will (gmadae) over-60s! I’d 8                              for something in
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children in the future.                .
5 Pre-prepared food had a (nefibaleci)                               A: OK, how does this idea strike 10                              ?
effect for busy people but it had a (entaltderim) There’s a place in Turkey that does yoga, painting
effect on health. and sailing.
B: Great! Let’s go 11                              that.
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 Upper Intermediate Quick Check Test 5A

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