End of the Year Exam Solutions Upper-Intermediate Units 1-7

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1. Using the words in brackets, complete the sentences with the correct verb
pattern. (10p)
1. I was made _____________ (eat) spinach as a child.
2. Do you remember ___________ (sing) that song at the karaoke evening?
3. I’m in a hurry. I can’t stop ____________ (have) a chat now.
4. The students failed _____________ (submit) their assignments.
5. Did you remember __________________ (tell) him about the meeting next
week?
6. Members of the public succeeded in _____________ (tie up) the bank robber.
7. Can you please stop ________________ (talk)? I can’t concentrate.
8. John doesn't usually risk ______________ (drive) with hardly any petrol in
the tank.
9. Fiona never thinks of ______________ (get) ready for school a bit earlier.
10. I've been trying to give up ____________ (eat) desserts.
2. Complete the sentences using the verbs in brackets. Use the past perfect
continuous or simple. (10p)
1 They ________________ (drive) for several hours when it started to snow.
1 Matthew _______________ (try) to give up smoking on several occasions.
2 I wasn't surprised when he resigned as he ______________________
(talk) about it for a while.
3 The overnight snow ______________________ (lay) a thick white blanket
over the countryside.
4 When he scored his first goal he ______________________ (not play) in
our team for long.
5 The detectives could see it ___________________ (rain) by the wet grass.
6 Jack _______________ (refuse) to stay any longer so we'd all had to leave.
7 Caroline guessed James ______________________ (take) the car because
the keys were gone.
8 Sarah ___________________ (date) Robert for years when they broke up.
9 Natalie couldn't remember if she ______________________ (turn off) the
gas before she left.
3. Choose the correct answer. (20p)
1 You had seen / will have seen much of the material in this documentary
many times before.
2 We were always enjoying / had always enjoyed ourselves when we went
camping in Cornwall, so our parents didn’t see any reason to try
somewhere else.
3 If Gilbert weren’t / wouldn’t be so stingy he might lend me the money I
need.
4 I’m in a hurry. I can’t stop to call / stop calling him now.
5 Fans with forged tickets couldn’t be let / can’t have been let into the
concert.
6 I didn’t recognise you! Did you buy / Have you bought yourself a new
pair of glasses?
7 I wasn’t surprised they separated. I had waited / been waiting for it to
happen.
8 We won’t have let / won’t let the children have any cake until they’ve
eaten their dinner.
9 I’m less hungry / nowhere near as hungry as I was this morning.
10 We haven’t been / didn’t go to Turkey since our last visit ten years ago.
11 James told us we should buy / have bought tickets sooner.
12 I thought you told me you want / wanted to leave the golf club.
13 Ian has informed me that he is / was leaving his job next month.
14 Lots of voters said they have / had chosen the youngest candidate.
15 Emily explained to her husband that she was / is worried about their
neighbours.
16 The committee announced it will / would be meeting again in a month.
17 Do you know who it was / is who started the fight?
18 One or two friends have said they will / would be coming tonight.
19 Most of my classmates said the new book is / was too difficult.
20 She told me I should have gone / go to work if I want to keep my job.
4. Complete the sentences with appropriate words to form common
compounds, collocations or phrases. (10p)
1. I can’t believe he s____________ up late for the job interview.
2. Why don’t you sell your car to pay off your debt? It’s w____________ a
f____________ .
3. She p____________ innocent to attacking the man and claimed that she acted
in self-defence.
4. Simon’s sporting activities don’t extend much b____________ watching
football.
5. I’m sure I’ve been charged too much for this TV. I think they’ve
r____________ me o____________ .
6. Surprisingly, an old age pensioner was a____________ for suspected burglary
last night.
7. It’s impossible to discuss anything with him. He’s too stubborn ever to
b____________ down.
8. London police forces have toughened their security measures as they are
expecting some c____________ u____________ during the elections.
9. I wish you’d g____________ up! You can be most immature sometimes.
10. I had to give e___________ in court about what I saw on the night of the
bank robbery.
5. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in bold. (5p)
1 ____________ is a serious criminal offence. forge
2 Please pay the rent on time. I don’t want to risk ____________ . evict
3 It’s difficult to know what his reaction will be. He’s too ____________ .
predict
4 I’m not sure I’d call myself a ____________ , but it is true that I care
deeply about what goes on in my country. national
5 You have to develop a more ____________ attitude. Your friends have no
right to talk to you in such a way. assert
6. Complete the text with the missing words from the list below. (5p)
affluent activist drive crazy extortionate take up
Hi Jen! Hope you’re well. I’m doing great. This may come as a bit of a surprise,
but I’ve just joined an anti-government 1____________ group! You might
wonder why I’ve 2____________ such a position, but the government is really
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____________ me ____________ . All their MPs live in 4____________ areas,
whilst we have to pay 5____________ prices for tiny flats. Anyway, I will tell
you more when we next meet. John
7. Complete the sentences with the correct words. (10p)
1. You can browse the a____________ that the journalist has written on his
website.
2. An e____________ is a leading article written by a member of the senior staff
or publisher that gives an opinion on a topical issue.
3. N____________ f____________ are brief items of important news which
may interrupt a radio or television programme.
4. The idea behind c____________ j____________ is that people without
professional training can use the Internet to report news, either on their own, or
with others.
5. The f____________ p____________ of a newspaper is the page that contains
the most important news of the day.
6. A typical h____________ i____________ story tells the ordinary-life stories
behind a major event or disaster, focusing on an individual’s experience and
reaction to events.
7. T____________ are small format newspapers that give the news in condensed
form and often contain sensational stories, such as the latest celebrity gossip.
8. The TV programme News Hour shows the latest b____________
n____________ around the world from hundreds of sources.
9. The BBC's foreign reporters take a closer look at the stories behind the
h____________ , so that they can report on them in more detail.
10. In some countries, c____________ is very common, where the media, the
government, or another controlling body prevents certain news stories from
being published.