Upper Intermediate Quick Check Test 1A
Grammar
1 Complete the second question so that it has the same meaning as the first.
1 What time does the film start?
Could you tell me what time the films starts ?
2 What’s the weather like?
Can I ask ?
3 Have you ever flown a plane before?
I was wondering .
4 Who’s he working for?
Do you know ?
5 Who painted that wonderful picture?
Do you mind me ?
6 How much did you have to pay for it?
I’d be interested .
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2 Underline the correct alternative.
1 I haven’t seen / didn’t see any good films recently.
2 She loved / ’s loved reading when she was a girl and started / has started writing her first novel last week.
3 He never was / ’s never been very interested in fixing things but lately he ’s done / did quite a few repairs around the house.
4 She ’s played / played the violin in an orchestra for five years before she ’s become / became a soloist.
5 I ’ve learnt / learnt more over the past fortnight with our new teacher than I have / did for the previous two years.
6 We ’ve watched / watched that crime drama series for six weeks – the ending ’s been / was very disappointing.
Vocabulary
3 Complete the words in the sentences.
1 She’s not shy but she likes to k e e p to herself.
2 When I was a student, I could dance until the
e hours.
3 He’s the boss’s son but he still has to pull his
w in the company.
4 One thing I hate more than anything is
tight-f people.
5 She’s such a p person, she’ll be an excellent teacher.
6 He’s very p about tidiness, which makes him impossible to live with.
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