SO PI u12 testa

Pre-intermediate Quick Check Test 12A
4 Complete the adjectives with the correct
suffix.
1 Celebrity TV programmes have become
very boring these days.
2 She wanted to be a photograph
but
instead she became a very success
writer.
3 I know he’s very adventur
but I think
this journey will be too danger
.
4 We’ve just been to the most
wonder
party!
5 He’s an excellent president but he’s losing
his popular
with politic
.

Grammar
1 Complete the sentences in reported
speech.
1 ‘I don’t want to go.’
She said she didn’t want to go.
2 ‘I’m coming home early, Grace.’
He told
.
3 ‘We can’t come to your party on Saturday,
Nick.’

They told
.
4 ‘I’ll see you later, Greg.’
I said
.
5 ‘I don’t understand what they’re saying’.
She said
.
6 ‘His new film won’t be very popular.’
The article said
.

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2 Match 1–6 with a)–f).
1 Would they go on holiday b
2 If I were you,
3 He wouldn’t be so hungry
4 If the plane was delayed,
5 If she earned more money,
6 People would have more time for sports

5 Underline the main stress in the words.
1 producer
7 celebrity
2 science fiction
8 recommend
3 actor

9 action film
4 fantasy film
10 current events
5 documentary
11 online news
6 musical
5

Functions
6 Complete the conversation with the
phrases in the box.

a) if he had breakfast every morning.
b) if they had more time?
c) would she get to the wedding in time?
d) I wouldn’t do business with them.
e) if they didn’t have computers.
f) she wouldn’t need to work so hard.

important be possible I book tour of
they staying be able you recommend
me to
of course
invite them
why not
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Vocabulary
3 Complete the sentences with film words.
1 My favourite s c i e n c e fiction films are

the Matrix trilogy.
2 The old Hammer h
r films about
Dracula are still my favourites.
3 Clint Eastwood first became famous for his
cowboy r
s in w
n films like
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
4 Federico Fellini was one of Italy’s greatest
film d
s.
5 I love h
l dramas about the
past but they’re not always very accurate.
6 The s
e was filmed twenty times with
50,000 e
s and took two months to
complete.
7 George Lucas was the p
r of all
the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films.

A: Sally, some 1 important Spanish clients
are coming to visit the company tomorrow.
B: How long are 2
, Mr Wilson?
A: Four days! Would you 3
to get

tickets for a concert or something?
B: 4
. For tomorrow night?
A: Yes, please. And I’d like to 5
to
dinner on Thursday night.
B: Shall 6
a table at the usual
place?
A: Yes, 7
? But maybe I should
take them to a more expensive restaurant. Can
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one?
B: No problem. And would you like
9
rent a car for them?
A: Yes. Would it 10
to organise a
private 11
the city?
B: Certainly, Mr Wilson. Anything else?
A: No, that’s all for now. Thanks, Sally.
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