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Unit test 6B Intermediate

1 Match each question with an answer. 3 Complete the news report with the Present perfect
1 How much is the ticket?  active or passive form of the verbs from the box.
g           a 500g award ​decide  ​die ​surprise ​take ​win
2 What percentage is a pass on
this course?  b  0800 611529 And here’s this evening news … Zippy, the world’s
3 How wide is a football goal? first cloned kangaroo (1) has died        in Baltimore
c  1 in 67 Zoo. His body (2) to Boston Animal
Hospital for examination … The Oscar for Best Film
4 What’s the ratio of sheep to
(3) to action movie Spiders On a Bus – a
humans in New Zealand?  d  10 km
decision which (4) many film lovers …
5 How long is the journey?  Bus drivers (5) to continue their strike,
e  2 1/2 hours protesting against high petrol prices … The football
6 How much flour do we need? Champions Cup (6) by Juventus after
f  7.32 metres their crushing 9–1 defeat of Manchester United in last
7 How far is the race?  night’s clash …
g £45 2 points for each correct answer 10
8 What time is the flight? 
h 15.45 4 Complete the sentences with the words from the box.
9 What’s the number to call for
ever ​already ​last ​been ​never ​yet ​since ​
tickets?  i  6 to 1
before ​gone ​recently ​ago
10 What are the chances of having
twins in the UK?  j 100°C 1 Pat has been to Amsterdam before               .
11 What’s the daytime temperature 2 I took the overnight train to St Petersburg many
on the moon?  k 65% years .
1 point for each correct answer 10 3 My father has made a bed in his life.
Isn’t that embarrassing!
2 Complete the conversations with the correct form of 4 I’ve finished my essay, even though
the verb. the deadline is in two weeks.
Conversation 1 5 Mrs Ying has to Canada. I’m sorry,
A (1 be) Have      you ever been       in hospital? but you can’t speak to her this week.
B Yes, I have. I (2 break) my arm last year. 6 Have you been camping in the UK?
A How long (3 stay) in hospital? 7 Yes! In fact, I’ve been camping  . We
went last weekend.
B It (4 be) only one night.
8 the 2000s, many people have moved
Conversation 2
to this new town looking for work.
A (5 study) you German when you
were at school? 9 The train hasn’t arrived  .
B No, I (6 never / learn) German. 10 Mrs Ying has to Canada, and she’s
back in the office today.
A (7 read) you ever any books by
German authors? 11 Her flight only arrived night so she
must be very tired.
B Yes, I really (8 enjoy) The Tin Drum by
Gunter Grass. 1 point for each correct answer 10
Conversation 3
A When (9 move) you to London?
B I (10 arrive) in 1999, and I (11 live)
here ever since.
1 point for each correct answer 10

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Unit test 6B Intermediate

5 Complete the sentences with for or since. 8 Complete the sentences with the correct Present
1 We’ve worked together since   2000. perfect form of the verb.
2 You haven’t seen me June. 1 More than 5 million copies of the book (sell)
have been sold .
3 I’ve been friends with Nina ages.
2 (write) I ’ve written           a few poems. Would you like
4 The train on platform 8 has been delayed 30
to read them?
minutes.
3 Shakespeare’s plays (adapt) for film
5 They’ve had an electric car a year now.
many times.
6 I haven’t visited Spain I was a child.
4 ‘I (play) really well recently,’ said the
1 point for each correct answer 5 footballer.
5 Sascha (see) all of that actress’s films.
6 Complete the sentences using the Present perfect She’s a big fan.
continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
6 (be) you ever to the
1 I know a lot about horses. United States?
I ’ve been riding               horses since I was 7 The game of football (play) for more
a child. (riding) than a hundred years.
2 The road outside looks wet. 8 How long (do) you this
It  . (rain) test for?
3 I need a break. 9 The value of the company (fall) since
I for three hours. this morning.
(work) 10 I (not be) on holiday this year yet.
4 Can you smell fresh bread? 11 How long (wait) you
Yes! We this here?
morning. (bake) 12 How many times (be) your aunt
5 Why is Matt so hot? married?
he ? (cycle) 1 point for each correct answer 10
6 I only arrived five minutes ago.
I very long.
9 Circle the correct adverb.
(not wait) 1 I revised those words, but I think I still got some
questions hard / badly / wrong.
2 points for each correct answer 10
2 The concert started right / straight / late which
7 Cross out the wrong adverb. made Dani cross.
3 You need to train good / hard / hardly before you
1 drive carefully / peacefully
run a marathon.
2 wait suddenly / patiently
4 Please don’t play your music so large / light / loud. I
3 rain deeply / heavily can hear it downstairs.
4 whisper softly / fluently 5 I organised the event straight / single-handedly /
5 love bravely / passionately altogether.
6 shine brightly / smartly 6 Don’t stand so straight / close / heavily to the door.
1 point for each correct answer 5 7 The new skis were problematic at first, but he’s
doing fine / right / fast now.
8 I run right / regularly / fluently because I’m training
for a marathon.
9 Fahad left smartly / peacefully / suddenly in the
middle of the concert.
10 The scientist explained the new technique clearly /
deeply / smartly for the audience.
11 The concert went loud / badly / late and some
members of the audience left early.
1 point for each correct answer 10

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10 Circle the correct form of the verb.

1 I lived / ’ve lived in Bristol in 1997.
2 She worked / ’s worked abroad after she’d finished
university.
3 She didn’t learn / hasn’t learned a foreign language
at school.
4 Has he been / Was he famous when he was
still alive?
5 We ’ve started / started playing hours ago.
6 My grandmother has retired / retired when she
was 66.
7 Andrea is / ’s been a teacher for a very long time.
8 Have you seen / Did you see the match yesterday?
9 Where did you go / have you gone on holiday last
year?
10 Are you / Have you finished your work?
11 I lived / ’ve lived in this flat since I was child.
1 point for each correct answer 10

11 Correct the mistakes.

1 They’ve staying with us for a month.  been staying   
2 I just have visited Windsor Castle. It was amazing! 

3 For an interview, people usually smartly dress. 

4 We come to see you last week. 

5 ‘I’ve never seen Star Wars.’ ‘Me never.’ 
6 The firefighters fought fluently to control the fire. 

7 Leonardo DiCaprio has nominated for six Oscars

so far. 
8 Kay’s been eat low-fat food since January. 

9 I’ve already finishing this book. 

10 I often spell ‘separate’ wrongly. 
11 You have ever broken a bone? 
1 point for each correct answer 10

TOTAL 100

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