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9  Quick Test Pre-intermediate

GRAMMAR 18 _____ you stop working if you were rich?

A Would ■  B Will ■  C Do ■
Tick (✓) A, B, or C to complete the sentences.
19 My mum was a teacher _____ 25 years before retiring.
Example: My sister _____ Italian.
A for ■  B since ■  C during ■
A  speak  ■  B  speaks  ■ ✓   C  do speak  ■
20 We’ve lived here _____ I was a young child.
1 If I _____ English better, I’d travel around the USA. A for ■  B since ■  C when ■
A speak ■  B  will speak  ■  C spoke ■ 20
2 She _____ in this town since she was five.
A lives ■  B  has lived  ■  C  is living  ■ VOCABULARY
3 A Have you ever climbed a mountain?
a Tick (✓) A, B, or C to complete the sentences in
B Yes, I have. It _____ in 2007.
the biography.
A was ■  B  has been  ■  C been ■
Example: She was _____ in 1922.
4 If I _____ you, I wouldn’t take that job. You won’t
enjoy it. A birth ■  B born ■ ✓   C die ■
A were ■  B  have been  ■  C  could be  ■ 1 She went to _____ school when she was five.
5 We would travel more if we didn’t _____ pets. A primary ■  B secondary ■ 
A had ■  B  to have  ■  C have ■ C university ■
6 How long _____ here? 2 She _____ secondary school when she was eighteen.
A  are you work  ■  B  do you work  ■  A left ■  B  went to  ■  C retired ■
C  have you worked  ■ 3 She started _____ in a hospital.
7 I’ve been a language student _____. A  a work  ■  B  the work  ■  C working ■
A  for two years  ■  B  since two years  ■  4 She _____ in love when she was twenty-four.
C  two years ago  ■ A jumped ■  B caught ■  C fell ■
8 I _____ be so tired if I slept more. 5 She _____ when she was twenty-seven.
A won’t ■  B wouldn’t ■  C didn’t ■ A  got married  ■  B  was marry  ■ 
9 When _____ university? C  got marry  ■
A  did you leave  ■  B  have you left  ■  6 They _____ their first child when she was thirty.
C  did you left  ■ A got ■  B had ■  C became ■
10 My grandfather, who died in 1980, _____ an 7 She and her husband_____ in 1964.
interesting life. A  have separated  ■  B  were separate  ■ 
A  has had  ■  B had ■  C has ■ C separated ■
11 How _____ have you known my sister? 8 They _____ two years later.
A  many time  ■  B  much time  ■  C long ■ A divorce ■  B  got divorced  ■ 
12 We’ve been in this flat _____ last year. C  get divorced  ■
A since ■  B for ■  C in ■  9 She _____ when she was sixty.
13 I have always _____ afraid of spiders. A retired ■  B dead ■  C left ■
A be ■  B been ■  C gone ■ 10 She _____ when she was seventy-eight.
14 How many films _____ Johnny Depp made? A leave ■  B died ■  C retire ■
A did ■  B have ■  C has ■
15 When _____ your parents meet?
A have ■  B has ■  C did ■
16 What _____ she do if she lost her job?
A will ■  B would ■  C did ■
17 If we _____ work tomorrow, we’d stay longer at the
party.
A  have to  ■  B  didn’t have to  ■ 
C  don’t have  ■

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b Tick (✓) A, B, or C to complete the sentences with PRONUNCIATION

the correct animal.
a Which word is NOT stressed in the sentence? Tick
Example: A _____ bit me last night when I was (✓) A, B, or C. (All the unstressed words have the
sleeping. /ə/ vowel sound.)
A  dolphin  ■  B mosquito ■ ✓ 
Example: I have had a phobia since I was young.
C butterfly ■
A was ■ ✓   B phobia ■  C young ■
11 Be careful! There’s a _____ on that flower.
1 We lived there for ten years.
A butterfly ■  B bee ■  C duck ■
A years ■  B lived ■  C for ■
12 _____ have very long necks.
2 Have you seen this film?
A Giraffes ■  B Lions ■  C Bears ■
A film ■  B have ■  C seen ■
13 Mickey _____ is a famous Disney character.
3 I don’t like mosquitoes and spiders.
A Cow ■  B Kangaroo ■  C Mouse ■
A don’t ■  B like ■  C and ■
14 The _____ is the king of the jungle.
4 I can look at water, but I can’t swim in it.
A bear ■  B lion ■  C whale ■
A can ■  B can’t ■  C swim ■
15 A _____ is a very dangerous fish.
5 He hasn’t known us for long.
A dolphin ■  B shark ■  C whale ■
A hasn’t ■  B known ■  C us ■
c Tick (✓) A, B, or C to complete the sentences
about phobias. b Which is the stressed syllable? Tick (✓) A, B, or C.
Example: Many people are afraid _____ spiders. Example: A  afternoon  ■
✓   B  afternoon  ■ 
C afternoon  ■
A for ■  B by ■  C of ■ ✓
16 My sister has a terrible _____ of heights. ■  B phobia  ■  C phobia  ■
6 A phobia 
A afraid ■  B scared ■  C fear ■  7 A terrified  ■  B terrified  ■  C terrified  ■
17 Some children are _____ of school. 8 A exposure  ■  B exposure  ■ 
A frightened ■  B frightening ■  C exposure  ■
C frighten ■ 9 A overcome  ■  B overcome  ■ 
18 Not many people suffer _____ this phobia. C overcome  ■
A of ■  B from ■  C for ■ 10 A remember  ■  B remember  ■ 
C remember  ■
19 When the lift stopped, Lisa started to _____ panic.
A feel ■  B be ■  C get ■ 10

20 My baby son is _____ of the dark. Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation total 50
A terrible ■  B terror ■  C terrified ■

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