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English File: Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation
English File: Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation
CLASS
ENGLISH FILE
1 Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation B Intermediate Plus
Example: My colleagues are slightly younger than me. 1 A What are her children’s names?
I’m a bit older than my colleagues. B I have no idea. She didn’t tell my / me.
1 Today is wet but yesterday was extremely wet. 2 His / He’s new password is more secure than the last
one.
It was ________________ yesterday.
3 She wanted to buy my car, so I sold it to she / her.
2 Driving a car is much safer than riding a bicycle.
Riding a bicycle is much _______________ than 4 That’s a good phone. Can you show it to me / it for
driving a car. me?
3 There isn’t an easier question in the exercise. 5 His name is Miguel and her / hers is Anna.
This is ________________ question in the exercise. 6 She sent we / us an email this morning, and we
4 Are you clever like your brother? replied immediately.
Are you as ________________ your brother? 7 He wanted some theatre tickets, so we bought
them for him / them him.
5 There isn’t a more popular colour in the world than
blue. 8 I asked for some names of restaurants and them /
Blue is ________________ popular colour in the they gave me a long list.
world. 9 Look at this picture. My son drew me for it / it for me.
6 The book was more exciting than the film. 10 Are those yours / your books there? They aren’t
The film was ________________ than the book. mine.
7 This house is large. The other two we saw were 10
smaller.
Grammar total 20
This is ________________ of the three houses we
saw.
VOCABULARY
8 Houses were much more affordable last year.
Houses are ________________ affordable this year. 3 Complete the sentences with the correct word.
9 Green tea is better for you than black tea. Example: This question is too difficult. It’s beyond me.
Black tea isn’t ________________ for you as green
tea. 1 Do you think men called Art are more l________ to
become artists?
10 My brother’s children aren’t very helpful. My
children are very helpful. 2 I don’t like r________ asking me questions in the
street.
My children are ________________ than my
brother’s. 3 What’s the a________ age of people where you
work?
10
4 On a sc________ from one to ten, what do you think
of the name Mildred?
5 I was asked to r________ the list of names in order of
popularity.
6 O________, people with healthy lifestyles seem to
live longer.
7 Excuse me. Would you mind completing this
s________?
8 She didn’t believe it until she saw the e________.
12
Vocabulary total 20
READING
Read the article about names. Five sentences have been removed. Choose from the
sentences A–G the one which fits each gap (1–5). There is one extra sentence
which you do not need to use.
Reading total 15
LISTENING SPEAKING
1 Listen to an expert on colour talking about the 1 Make questions and ask your partner.
importance of colour in business. Choose the 1 / you like your first name? Why / Why not?
correct answer.
2 What / your name mean?
1 According to Marian, business owners want to learn
3 What / your favourite colour? Why?
which colours make customers ___
A feel calm. 4 Would you like / change / colour / your bedroom?
B become interested in something. Why?
C likely to buy a product. 5 Which room / your house / you like best? Why?
2 People see colours in different ways depending Now answer your partner’s questions.
on ___
A their family. 2 Talk about the statement below, saying if you agree
B where they’re from.
or disagree. Give reasons.
C the kind of education they’ve had. ‘Most people look better in some colours than other
colours.’
3 Marian says customers feel ___ with the colour blue.
A relaxed 3 Listen to your partner talking about colour. Do
B happy you agree with him / her?
C safe
Speaking total 15
4 Businesses often show their achievement by using
the colour ___ Listening and Speaking total 25
A red.
B green.
C orange.
5 The colour black sends a message to the customer
that they are getting a product ___
A of top quality.
B that’s very unusual.
C for a good price.
5
Listening total 10