Intermediate Achievement test 5 (Units 9–10)

2 My computer’s been repaired at the moment. They

Grammar
promised that it was ready today.
1 Choose the correct answers to complete the My computer’s been being repaired at the moment.
text, a), b), c) or d). They promised that it was ’d / would be ready
today.
An equal right
When people talk about those who fought for women to 3 They recommended to try the new Thai place in
gain the right to vote (known as ‘suffrage’) in the UK, town and suggested we trying the green curry.
they don’t often mention Alice Hawkins. It is usually the They recommended to try trying/(that) we try the
Pankhurst family who 1         b        remembered for their part new Thai restaurant in town and suggested we
in the women’s suffrage movement, but Alice Hawkins trying try the green curry.
played an important role. 4 We had gone to the party if we would’ve known
She 2                       born in Stafford in 1863 and began you were going too.
working in a shoe factory at the age of thirteen. While We had would’ve / would have gone to the party if
working making shoes she saw that women
3 we would’ve ’d/had known you were going too.
                    paid a lot less than their male colleagues and
that their working conditions were shown 5 The thief is arrested quite quickly, but the
4
                    a lot worse. So she decided 5                     paintings were never been found.
something about this and joined the shoe trade union. The thief is was arrested quite quickly, but the
Luckily the shoe factory she worked for 6                     as a painters were never been found.
worker’s cooperative and employees 7                     6 She promised taking me for a drive in her Jaguar,
encouraged to take part in political activity. Whilst trying which she will give for her twenty-first birthday.
to improve women’s conditions at work, Alice 8                     She promised taking to take me for a drive in her
also fought for women to have the right to vote and
Jaguar, which she will give be given for her 21st
frequently gave public speeches. She was often shouted at
by people who didn’t want women to vote, but promised 9
birthday.
the fight whatever the opposition. She was often warned
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                    public speeches and was arrested many times. Vocabulary
She was imprisoned five times in total, but she never gave
up. If she had done, women may never 11                     the 3 Complete the sentences with the correct form
right to vote. of the word in CAPITALS.
1 a) - b) are 1 He always     mispronounces      my name. It’s
c) is being d) has been Suzanne, not Susan.
2 a) - b) is PRONOUNCE
c) was d) has been 2 Every summer I have to renew the insurance
3 a) are b) were policy I have for my car.
c) were been d) has been NEW
4 a) be b) being 3 I knew she disapproved of my new boyfriend by
c) to be d) to been the annoyed look on her face whenever he spoke.
5 a) to do b) doing APPROVE
c) do d) that to do 4 It’s almost impossible not to like him. He’s so
6 a) formed b) was been formed charismatic.
c) was formed d) will be formed CHARISMA
7 a) - b) were 5 The foundation of democracy was established by
c) was being d) will be the Greeks over 2,000 years ago.
8 a) - b) was FOUND
c) was being d) has been 6 Pencillin was one of the most important medical
9 a) continue b) continuing discoveries made in the twentieth century.
c) to continue d) that continuing DISCOVER
10 a) to give b) that giving 7 Birchbox is an innovative company which sends
c) not to giving d) not to give cosmetics to customers on a monthly basis.
11 a) gained b) has gained INNOVATE
c) have gained d) be gaining 8 Mia works long hours so she tends to buy pre-
prepared meals, which have been cooked in
advance and only need to be heated up.
PREPARE
2 Correct two mistakes in each sentence. 9 It is strange how an actor can be unknown
1 I know Sam would’ve paid me if I saw him. He one minute and then become famous over night.
said he already would have the money. KNOW
I know Sam would’ve paid me if I’d seen him. He
said he already had the money.