SO PI u12 testb

Pre-intermediate Quick Check Test 12B
4 Complete the adjectives with the correct
suffix.
1 Celebrity TV programmes are becoming
very boring these days.
2 I know they’re very adventur
but I think
a trip up the Amazon is too danger
.
3 She’s an excellent politic
but she’s
losing her popular
with the people.
4 He wanted to be a writer but instead he
became a very success
photograph
.
5 We’ve just seen the most wonder
film!

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 don’t understand what she’s doing.’
He said
.
3 ‘Their new film won’t be very successful.’
The article said
.

4 ‘We’ll be home late, Peter.’
They told
.
5 ‘Bob will lend you his car, Dave.’
He said
.
6 ‘I can’t help you, Maggie.’
She told
.

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2 Match 1–6 with a)–f).
1 Would they go on holiday a
2 If I were Jack,
3 She wouldn’t get so hungry
4 If the plane was delayed,
5 If he didn’t work so hard,
6 We’d have more time for a social life,

5 Underline the main stress in the words.
1 producer
7 actor
2 celebrity
8 online news
3 current events
9 musical
4 fantasy film

10 documentary
5 science fiction
11 action film
6 recommend
5

Functions
6 Complete the conversation with the
phrases in the box.
important
shall I
me to
certainly

a) if they had more time?
b) would they get here in time for the party?
c) he wouldn’t be so tired.
d) I wouldn’t do business with them.
e) if she ate more regular meals.
f) if we didn’t have computers.
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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 I love h
l dramas but the facts
are sometimes wrong.
3 That s

was filmed ten times with
70,000 e
s and cost $10 million.
4 Tom Cruise is both the s
r and
p
r of the Mission Impossible films.
5 Harrison Ford became most famous for his
r
e as Indiana Jones.
6 Stephen Spielberg was one of the most
successful d
s in the 20th century.
7 The old Hammer h
r films about
Dracula are still his favourites.

can you
would you
would it
like to

for a musical
take them
to organise

A: Susan, some 1 important American clients
are arriving tomorrow.
B: How long are they staying, Mr White?
A: Five days. 2

be able to get
tickets 3
or something?
B: 4
. And would you like
5
rent a car for them?
A: Yes, why not? 6
be possible
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a private tour of the city?
B: Yes, no problem.
A: And I’d 8
invite them to dinner
on Friday night.
B: 9
book a table at the usual
place?
A: No, I think I should 10
to a
more expensive restaurant. 11
recommend one?
B: Yes, I’m sure I can. Anything else?
A: No, I think that’s all. Thank you, Susan.

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