Upper Intermediate Progress Test 5A: Units 9–10

Language focus
3 Complete the sentences with a/an, the or no article (ø).
Have you ever been to    the    Eiffel Tower in    ø    Paris?
1 Shall we meet up at            library            next week?
2 My brother is            engineer in            large international company.
3 I love            music of            1990s.
4 Mum’s in            hospital waiting for            operation.
5 Which mountain is            highest in            Himalayas?
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4 Rewrite the sentences using the words in the box.

far absolutely such do most so
Your behaviour has been appalling recently!
 Your behaviour has been absolutely appalling recently!             
1 What I enjoy about living in the country is the peace and quiet.
                                                                                                      
2 Even though I get annoyed with you, you make me laugh.
                                                                                                      
3 That film was better than I was expecting.
                                                                                                      
4 I’ve been busy recently – I’ve had no time to myself.
                                                                                                      
5 That was a long meeting, wasn’t it?
                                                                                                      
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5 The underlined words in these sentences are incorrect. Replace them with
the correct words.
Max said he will wait for me outside the cinema.    would   
1 Lucy said she is going to appear on a talent show.                
2 Tom says he had created a new website.                
3 Sam asked me do I know how to download photos.                
4 Alison told me she’d arrived an hour ago.                
5 I said I must go, but no one heard me.                
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6 Rewrite the sentences using the verbs in the box.

warned congratulated suggested promised admitted invited
‘Would you like to go to the cinema?’ Alex told me.
Alex  invited me to go to the cinema                              .
1 ‘Why don’t we watch a DVD later?’ Lucy said.
Lucy                                                                               .
2 ‘I forgot to reserve a table for your birthday meal,’ David told me.
David                                                                               .
3 ‘Don’t open the door!’ Simon said to John.
Simon                                                                               .
4 ‘Congratulations! You’ve come top of the class!’ the teacher told me.
The teacher                                                                               .
5 ‘I’ll help you at the weekend,’ Luke told me.
Luke                                                                               .
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Vocabulary
7 Complete the sentences with prepositions.
Jane always passes  out  at the sight of blood, so she could never be a nurse.
1 It’s important to look        to your elders.
2 Chris likes to stand        from the crowd, so he usually wears a red hat.
3 Committed activists will always stand up        what they believe in.
4 Holly’s very good at making        the most outrageous excuses.
5 I can always see        you as you’re no good at telling lies.
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8 Rewrite the sentences using phrases with right or wrong.

I’ll come back very soon. I’ll be  right back                                     .
1 It’s back to front. It’s the                                                     .
2 What’s the problem? What’s                                                     ?
3 Everything’s failed. Everything’s                                             .
4 It seems to be OK, more or less. It looks                                                     .
5 You deserve the bad thing that’s happened. That serves                                              .
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9 Add letters to complete the words. The first letter is given.

The mass media have immense power these days.
1 I’ve watched every single e_ _ _ _ _ _ of Friends.
2 The t_ _ _ _ _ _ _ tend to report everything in a sensationalist way.
3 My sister’s a foreign c_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for the New York Times.
4 The BBC’s c_ _ _ _ _ _ _ of the London Olympics was brilliant.
5 How many videos are u_ _ _ _ _ _ _ onto YouTube every day?
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10 Complete the sentences with the correct form of speak or talk.

You really don’t know what you’re    talking    about, do you?
1 Sadly, my brother and sister aren’t on                      terms.
2 Can you please                      up? I can’t hear you.
3 Ann and Sue always                      shop when they get together. It’s so boring for anyone
who doesn’t work with them.
4 I know you like to                      your mind, but you don’t need to be quite so aggressive.
5 I don’t like going to parties because I’m no good at small                      .
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Functional language
11 Match the sentence halves.

1 You ought to   b  

2 Have you ever thought about      
3 Why not go      
4 Why don’t you      
5 I would recommend      
6 If I were you, I’d      

a write to all the estate agents in the area.

b look into it.
c taking a course.
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d into an estate agent’s and just ask?
e becoming an estate agent?
f have a chat with Emma?
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12 Rewrite the sentences putting the words in brackets in the correct place in
each sentence.
I’d like advice about careers. (some)
 I’d like some advice about careers.                                              
1 I just wondered if you’ve got advice about what I should do. (any)
                                                                                                      
2 I suggest that you try to get a weekend job. (would)
                                                                                                      
3 You know I would advise? (what)
                                                                                                      
4 That’s a really good idea; I thought of that. (hadn’t)
                                                                                                      
5 That’s great, thank you. I appreciate your advice. (really)
                                                                                                      

Total: 100

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