Intermediate Quick Check Test 9A

Grammar 4 Underline the correct alternative.

1 I was a teenager in the sixties / sixtieth.
1 Complete the sentences using the third 2 We’re going on holiday to South Africa for a
conditional. decade / fortnight.
1 Would she  have come  if she  ’d known  ? 3 My grandparents’ age / generation were deeply
(come / know) affected by World War II.
2 If you                 to bed earlier, you                 4 I haven’t been back there for a decade / an era.
better. (go / sleep) 5 Some people think that the millennium / age of
3 If they                 us that it was Mark’s birthday, television is coming to an end.
we                 him a present. (not tell / not buy) 6 Our era / The nineties’ era will be remembered
4 What                 we                 if they                 us? for climate change.
(do / not help) 5
5 If it _____________so cold, I                 for a
walk. (not be / go out) 5 Complete the sentences with the correct form
6                 he                 a teacher if he                 of give, come, make or have.
at university? (become / study) 1 We all had to    give         a talk to the class.
10 2 Speaking a foreign language                 (not)
naturally to most people.
2 Underline the correct alternative. 3 If we hadn’t got that new contract, we wouldn’t
1 I think the best handbags are made / make in Italy. have                a profit this year.
2 Unfortunately, the concert has / was been 4 Can you help me? I                 trouble with my car.
cancelled due to illness and will be hold / held 5 He                 me directions to his new house, but I
next Wednesday instead. couldn’t find it!
3 Although protests were / are made about his new 6 Tim                 good progress at school.
film, it is being / been shown in London tonight. 5
4 Nelson Mandela, who was / was being imprisoned
for 27 years, was / will always be remembered for Pronunciation
his courage.
6 Put the words in the correct column according
5 Quite a lot of the fruit and vegetables that are
to the stress.
selled / sold in our supermarkets is / are imported
from Spain. original revolution discovery exemplary
6 John Lennon has been / was murdered in New charismatic development
York over 30 years ago, but his music is still
played / playing by millions of fans. oOoo ooOo
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Vocabulary
3 Complete the words in the sentences. 5
1 Huge technological ad v a n c e s are made every
year. Functions
2 The human rights m_ _ _ _ _ _ t led to the
7 Write one word in each gap.
abolition of the slave trade in the 19th century.
1 A: What time does it start?
3 The d_ _ _ _ _ _ _ y in 1928 of the antibiotic
B: I have no   idea    .
penicillin was a t_ _ _ _ _g point in the treatment
2 A: What’s his phone number?
of illnesses.
B: I’m fairly            it’s 564 9876.
5 Gutenberg’s i_ _ _ _ _ _ _n of the printing press
3 A: What’s the capital of Brazil?
in 1440 led to a much wider s_ _ _ _d of
B: I don’t know. It’s definitely            Quito.
knowledge and ideas.
4 A: Where did you put my iPod?
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B: Erm… sorry, I can’t           .
5 A: Who won the last World Cup?
B: I used to know, but I’ve           !
6 A: What time does it start?
B: I’m not a hundred percent           .
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Total: 50

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