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Unit test 6A Upper Intermediate

1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of a 3 Underline the stress on the word in italics.
word from the box. 1 The fruits shop sells local produce.
import export decrease increase ​ permit 2 We’d like to contract you to build the new house.
transport progress protest ​refund insult 3 The content of this programme is very poor.
1 I took back the broken TV and asked the shop to 4 Find the perfect present for any special occasion.
refund       the money. 5 This is the most interesting object in the exhibition.
2 Japan cars to many countries. 6 Wait a minute. I’ll be ready shortly.
3 More goods are by road than by rail. 7 It’s not like him to refuse an offer of work.
4 It’s worrying that sales have been over 8 My grandfather is an invalid and has to use a
the last financial year. wheelchair.
5 Farmers have been against the import 9 Please don’t desert me now – I need your help!
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6 House prices have by seven per cent
this year in London. 4 Match 1–9 with a–i.
7 Heavy traffic made our very slow. 1 There’s not much … d   
8 Is this cheese a foreign or is it locally 2 Have we got any decaf coffee?
produced? 3 There aren’t any …
9 Michael claims that Jude him but, of 4 How many of the graduates from this course are
course, Jude denies it. employed after six months?
10 Excuse me! Sorry, but you need a residents’ 5 Do we have any herbal tea bags?
to park in this street during the day.
6 Have you got a cat – or a dog?
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7 She’s put in a huge …
2 Circle the correct phrase. 8 I’ve got a couple of …
9 How much did that cost?
1 Quite a lot of us / Nobody / Almost all was able to
answer the teacher’s question.
a … free seats. We’ll have to stand.
2 Don’t buy any more milk. We have a few / a bit /
b … amount of effort.
not much left.
c Yes, but there’s only a few left.
3 You’ve lost enough / much / hardly any weight. You
should stop dieting. d … room on trains in Britain, is there?
4 Several / Many / A few of us want to go out this e Both.
weekend. Do you want to join us? f Almost nothing!
5 Hurry up. We have very little / a little / not g Not much.
many time. h Most of them. Around 85%.
6 He’s spent much / whole / not many of his life living i … bags, but there’s nowhere to put them.
abroad.
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7 I’ve tried on three dresses and all / none / both of
them fitted me. How disappointing!
8 We do spend a lot of / most of / whole time arguing.
I don’t know why.
9 A lot / Several / A little people have told me to start
exercising regularly.
10 Please could you make fewer / less / much fewer
noise?
11 She can’t come out tonight because she hasn’t got
few / a little / much time to spare.
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5 Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets.
1 She only earns £3.50 an hour. (a lot)
She doesn’t earn a lot of money. 
2 There are only one or two chocolates left.
(very few)
3 None of my friends have children. (not a single)
4 The children have eaten six pieces of cake each.
(loads of)
5 I’ve only spent £50 this month. (very little)
6 Most of my friends came. (almost all)
7 90 per cent of children start school at the age of
four in the UK. (almost all)
8 I watched all of the box set in one weekend.
(the whole)
9 We have two days holiday left. (hardly any)
10 Most people are in favour of the new supermarket.
(plenty of)
11 Less than 10 percent of people walk to work.
(very few)
1 point for each correct answer
6 Write the numbers as you would say them.
1 0800 500500
oh eight hundred, five hundred, five hundred 
2 2.5
3 15–0 (tennis score)
4 7th August
5 2011
6 18.30 (time)
7 5–0 (football score)
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9 07969 822911
10 381,000
11 3⁄4
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7 Look at the nouns. Are they countable (C) or
uncountable (U), or both (B)?
1 U      money
2 cup
3 furniture
4 lorry
5 time
6 information
7 fact
8 job
9 advice
10 noise
11 salt
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8 Unscramble the words in italics to make informal
expressions of quantity.
1 Carlotta has sgab of ideas but she struggles to
follow them through. bags         
10 2 I’ve got aodls to tell you!
3 Jessi’s got munteep pairs of trainers.
4 shreado of fans waited for the singer at the stage
door.
5 Let’s get a coffee. We’ve got onts of time before class
starts.
6 There are lionzils of fitness videos online. I don’t
know where to start.
7 You have shepa of confidence but I’m not sure
you’re right for this position.
8 There are smesas of people here. I’m really nervous!
9 Poor Jake. He’s got slipe of reports to read.
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9 Circle the correct words to complete the 10 Correct the mistakes. There are two errors in
conversations. each item.
Conversation 1 1 Can I make suggestion? There’s not a one woman
A OK, let’s (1) get down to / get into business straight on the board of executives, and that should change.
away. Did the printing company offer you any 2 I made a number of mistake but I also had lots of
(2) questions / leeway on the September deadline, the fun.
Andris? 3 ‘I’ve had enough this, I’m leaving.’ ‘Oh, please can
B No, I’m afraid they (3) couldn’t budge / gave me a we stay little longer?’
telling-off because there’s another project due to 4 We import good from all over the world. Our main
begin the following day. So we have to stick to exported last year was oil.
the tenth.
5 ‘Did you have many success at the conference?’
A I wonder if we could (4) go to halfway / meet them ‘No. Hardly nobody signed up to listen to our talk.’
halfway. Who are you (5) dealing with / driven by at
6 We have very few information about these secretive
their office?
animals and not lots of time to save them.
B Janusz Kieliszkowski.
7 Let me read that number back at you: 872190.
Conversation 2 OK, sir, I’ll look inside it and call you back shortly.
C Good afternoon, Neath Hill Business 8 I’d like to say a complaint. Every of your toilets are
(6) Consultants / Consuls, how can I help you? closed.
D Hello. Could you (7) put me through / run through 1 point for each error corrected 16
to Andris Tekin, please?
C Certainly … (8) Shall I get back to you? / Bear with TOTAL 100
me a moment. I’m transferring you now.
E Hello, this is Andris.
D Good morning, Andris, it’s Janusz here.
E Oh, hi Janusz. I’m really glad you called but I’m just
about to go into a quick meeting. Can I call you
back? Is eleven (9) good at / good with you?
D Sure. I’ll speak to you at eleven.
Conversation 3
F Did you hear that Howfords (10) went bust /
relocated ?
G No! That’s sad news, it was such a lovely old shop.
F I agree. I know they tried to (11) make a complaint /
diversify but they just couldn’t compete with the
bigger stores.
G Of course. If you can buy (12) in bulk / spare then
your costs come down. And customers love a
bargain.
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