Intermediate Unit test 8
Grammar
Vocabulary
1 Underline the correct alternative.
4 Match 1–6 with a)–f).
1 I love –/the cats, but I wouldn’t like to have a/the
dog.
2 A/An city I’d really like to visit is the/– Budapest
in Hungary.
3 Is that a/the girl who lives in the/a flat next to
yours?
4 We saw the/a beautiful house in a/the South of
France but it didn’t have the/a very big garden.
1 Since we moved house, we’ve got
2 The noise of the cars at night gets
3 When my neighbour invited me
4 Judi’s settling in well at school and
is making
5 Jane was only trying to be friendly,
but Ben told her to mind
6 I think I’m lucky as I get on
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2 Find and correct the mistakes. Tick (ü) the
correct sentences.
1 The secret of a healthy life is to walk a lots and eat
a little bit of everything.
2 Unfortunately, no of the people working at the
station understood English and I only knew a bit
of Italian.
3 I’ve read a few of his science fiction novels but
not all of them.
4 Don’t worry. You won’t miss your flight. We’ve
got plenty time to get to the airport.
5 If you want some help, give Colin a call. He will
help you in any of way he can.
6 Simon’s problem is that he eats too many cakes
and enough fruit.
7 All of the students in my class are really friendly
and we often spend a lot of time together at
weekends.
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3 Complete the sentences with a relative
pronoun.
1 He doesn’t get enough exercise, which
explains why he’s always so tired.
2 Is he the man
son is working in Seattle?
3 That’s the restaurant
we went for my
dad’s birthday.
4 My cousin,
lives in Scotland, has invited
us to her new house next month.
5 Many people use the internet for more than three
hours a day,
can cause stress.
6 In this photo, you can see the exact moment
they won the match.
7 Our hotel in Las Vegas,
had 24-hour
room service, had over 1000 bedrooms!
8 When I was in London, I met an artist
painting of the Queen was displayed in the
National Portrait Gallery.
c
a) friends with some of her classmates.
b) her own business.
c) to know quite a few of our neighbours.
d) over for tea and cake, I couldn’t say no.
e) well with most people I work with, which makes
every day enjoyable.
f) on my nerves and it can be really hard getting to
sleep.
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5 Complete the sentences with the words in the
box. There are two extra words you do not
need.
car estate house market shop
shopping streets traffic
1 Every Saturday afternoon my mum goes to the
local outdoor market to buy fruit and vegetables
for the week.
2 Hugo is very happy because he’s just bought a
semi-detached
five minutes away
from where he works.
3 Did you know that a new industrial
is
being built on the edge of the city?
4 The
lights seemed to stay red for a
very long time. It was rather frustrating as I was
late for work.
5 Before we left the airport we went to the duty-free
to buy some perfume for my aunt.
6 If you have never driven in this city before, it can
be quite confusing as there are a lot of one-way
.
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Intermediate Unit test 8
6 Complete the words related to the internet.
1 For me, the best way to book a holiday is through
an online travel site. It’s so quick and easy to do
these days.
2 Almost everyone who looks for information online
uses s
e
to direct them to the
best sites.
3 Demi spends hours on s
n
s
writing messages to her friends and
commenting on their posts.
4 Before Niara buys any electrical product, she
always goes to r
s
to see what
scores people have given the products she’s
interested in.
5 Elisa spent most of the weekend creating a
p
h
of her own so she could
share facts about herself.
6 After being single for many years, Jeff decided to
join a few d
s
. It didn’t take
him long to find a girlfriend.
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7 Underline the correct answer, a), b) or c).
1 You look like you’ve had a long day. Why don’t
you b your feet up and I’ll go and make us a
lovely cup of tea.
a) have
b) put
c) make
2 When I told my cousin to ‘
herself at home’
the last time she visited me, I didn’t expect her to
call her parents in America everyday.
a) have
b) make
c) be
3 Paul told us to
ourselves to anything in the
fridge if we got hungry while he was at work.
a) help
b) take
c) make
4 Peter knew it was going to be bad news when his
boss invited him into his office and told him to
a seat.
a) need
b) make
c) have
5 You’ll have to
the mess, I’ve had my
sister’s children with me all weekend.
a) forget
b) excuse
c) apologise
6 When Isabelle asked if she could borrow my car
for the evening, I told her to
my guest as I
knew she’d look after it.
a) make
b) offer
c) be
Function
8 Complete the conversation with the words and
phrases in the box. There are two phrases you
do not need.
Can you all right I didn’t realise you
I need to If I were Is it OK No problem
something wrong Sorry about that
sort it out What should I Yes, of course
you should You’d better not
1 A: 1 Sorry about that, I didn’t know that we
shouldn’t talk business during the meal.
B: That’s 2 all right. I don’t think Guilherme
minded too much, although in Brazil it’s not
always a polite thing to do.
2 A: My apologies. 3
were on the
phone. I can come back later.
B: 4
come back in half an hour?
3 A: Did I do 5
?
B: Don’t worry about it. We can 6
.
Just remember that in Italy people don’t usually
use first names when doing business.
4 A: Do 7
take my shoes off before I
enter Miki and Isamu’s house?
B: Yes, 8
. In Japan, people leave
their shoes in their hallway and point the toes of
them towards the entrance. You will probably be
given a pair of slippers to wear inside their home.
5 A: 9
do if they give me a present?
B: 10
you, I’d open it and then smile
and thank them.
6 A: 11
if I take Natalya some flowers?
B: 12
but don’t take her yellow ones,
as in Russia this means you are going to end the
relationship.
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