B1 Intermediate test answers

Question 1 - Which of these sentences containing adverbs is correct?

A I worked hardly.
B He ran quickly.
C I arrived lately for the meeting. 

This sentence is correct. ‘Quickly’ is used correctly as an adverb.

Question 2 - Which present perfect sentence is correct?

A We lived in the UK since 2010.
B We’ve lived in the UK for 10 years.
C We’ve lived in the UK since 10 years.

 Present perfect sentences use ‘for’ to show how long a certain action has continued from the past into the present.

Question 3 - Which sentence means the speaker finds the temperature uncomfortable?
A It's too hot today.
B It's very hot today.
C It's really hot today.

This sentence uses ‘too’ correctly to say the heat is uncomfortable.

Question 4 - Complete this sentence: I love the autumn because…

A …the trees are too beautiful!
B …the trees are such beautiful!
C …the trees are so beautiful!

Use so + adjective to mean ‘very’.

Question 5 - Which of these sentences is correct?

A Do we have coffee enough?
B Some students don’t sleep enough.
C He’s not tall enough reach the top of the cupboard.

Use 'enough' after a verb to show you do what you need to.

Question 6 - Which word best fits in the space if you want to make a strong recommendation? We_________ visit Aunt Mary
soon. We haven’t seen her in years!
A could
B must
C shouldn’t

Must’ is used to give a strong recommendation.

Question 7 - Choose the correct form of the verb ‘have’ to complete the sentence: If I ________ enough money, I would buy a
new car!
A have
B would have
C had

Second conditional is used to talk about imaginary situations. The ‘if-clause’ is formed: if + subject + past simple.

Question 8 - Which sentence means that something isn't necessary?

A You don’t have to get a taxi – the underground is really fast.
B You haven’t to get a taxi – the underground is really fast.
C You mustn’t get a taxi – the underground is really fast.

Don’t have to’ shows that something is not necessary. Use ‘don’t/doesn’t’ + ‘have to’ to form the negative.

Question 9 - Which sentence uses a preposition of place correctly?

A I saw Helen on the supermarket today.
B I saw Helen in the supermarket today.
C I saw Helen with the supermarket today.

Use the prepositions ‘at’ or ‘in’ with buildings.

Question 10 - Which sentence uses ‘at’ correctly?

A We’re leaving at 3 o’clock.
B Let’s meet at tomorrow.
C My birthday’s at July.

Use the preposition ‘at’ (or ‘by’/‘before’/’after’) with o’clock times.

Question 11 - In which sentence does the connecting word make sense?

A We arrived late at the cinema because we missed the beginning of the film.
B Because we arrived late at the cinema, we missed the beginning of the film.
C We arrived late at the cinema but we missed the beginning of the film.

Because’ can be used at the start of sentence which has TWO clauses. It shows the cause (‘we arrived late’) of an effect (‘we
missed the beginning of the film’).

Question 12 - Choose the correct tag to complete this question: She’s got beautiful eyes, ________?
A …aren’t they?
B …does she?
C ...hasn’t she?

The positive auxiliary verb is changed to its negative form in the tag, but the subject pronoun stays the same.

Question 13 - Choose the correct words to complete the sentence: I went to Oxford Street ______ some new clothes.
A for buy
B to buy
C for buying

We can use the infinitive ‘to’ as another way of saying ‘in order to’.

Question 14 - Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: The victim was ________ to hospital in an ambulance.
A taking
B took
C taken

Use the correct form of ‘to be’ + the past participle of the verb to form the passive, in this example was + taken.

Question 15 - Change this sentence using reported speech: “There was an accident by the traffic lights this morning.”
A She said there has been an accident by the traffic lights this morning.
B She said there had been an accident by the traffic lights in the morning.
C She said there had been an accident by the traffic lights that morning.

When reporting what someone else has said, the verb in the sentence may shift to the past tense. Past simple (‘there was an
accident’) shifts to past perfect (‘there had been an accident’).
When reporting what someone else has said, the time reference may also change (as well as the verb), for example, ‘this
morning’ changes to ‘that morning’.