Upper Intermediate Quick Check Test 2A

Grammar

Vocabulary

1 Underline the correct alternative.

1 Im so hungry! Ive worked / been working for six
hours without a break.
2 She went on a charity walk last week and she has
raised / been raising 500.
3 Sorry about the mess. Weve decorated / been
decorating all week.
4 Has he / Did he started his new job yet?
5 Somebody has been breaking / broken my
favourite mug! Come on, who was it?
6 It has been a very productive day. Weve made /
been making six cakes and two casseroles.

4 Complete the words and underline the correct

adjectives.
1 Without exercise, an increase in o b e s i t y is
inevitable / disturbing.
2 The l
of drinking water in many parts of the
world is legal / unjustifiable.
3 The rise in cases of domestic v
is
very sensible / disturbing.
4 Its outrageous / legal that banks encourage
customers to get into d
.
5 Lorries and cars which cause unacceptable levels
of air p
should be made illegal /
ethical.
6 Their failure to deal with h
is
totally unethical / inoffensive.

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2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of

the verbs in brackets.
1 Oh no! My mobile s been stolen ! (steal)
2 The house
during the night and
valuable jewellery
from the safe.
(rob / take)
3 Theyre too scared to go out. They think they
. (watch)
4 The job must
by Friday or you
. (finish / not pay)
5 Fifty people
in a train crash.
(injure)
6 Celebrities
everywhere they
go. They
to have a private life. It
must be awful. (follow / not allow)
7 Be careful what you say. He doesnt like
. (criticise)
8 Shes the sort of person who wants
what to do. (tell)
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Pronunciation
3 Underline the correct stress pattern for each
word: verb (v) or noun (n).
1 project (v)
oO Oo
2 decrease (n)
oO Oo
3 desert (v)
oO Oo
4 suspect (v)
oO Oo
5 research (n)
oO Oo
6 reject (n)
oO Oo
7 permit (n)
oO Oo
8 import (v)
oO Oo
9 record (v)
oO Oo
10 increase (n) oO Oo
11 present (v)
oO Oo

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5 Put the letters in brackets in the correct order.

1 Speed cameras are a (tnreedter) deterrent to
those who drive too fast.
2 As a taxi driver, (rteset)
level cameras
have made my job much easier.
3 (opschimicr)
are designed to prevent
credit card fraud.
4 Number plate (itrgneoncoi)
helps the
police to keep (crkta)
of stolen cars.
5 He used his (oenhp acaerm)
to
take a photo of the thief.
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Functions
6 Complete the conversation with the words in
the box.
think right enough much what with
way
so
seems point
not
A: I really 1 think credit cards should be banned.
B: I know 2
you mean but its not likely
to happen, is it?
A: Im not 3
sure. Banks need to reduce
trillions of euros of credit card debt.
B: Thats 4
. But banks make a lot of money
from debt.
A: Exactly! And it 5
to me that its the
people on lower incomes that suffer.
B: Fair 6
I take your 7
. However,
Im 8
convinced that banning credit cards is
the answer.
A: OK, but the 9
I see it, therell be another
credit crisis soon.
B: I agree 10
you. Im very 11
against global banking policies but I dont believe
theyll take your advice!
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