Language Leader Pre-Intermediate Test B – Unit 9
1 Identify which is a compound noun, writing yes or no.
0 tomato plant _yes_
1 hot bath _____
2 lunch break _____
3 world championship _____
4 railway station _____
5 bank card _____
6 hot country _____
7 big news _____
8 fresh juice _____
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2 Write the correct words in the blanks.
0 Can human beings conduct____ electricity?
1 I am good friends with all my c_____________ in the company.
2 Can you s_____________ us with 30 new computers?
3 If he works hard he will definitely get a pr______________.
4 For many years they have been the m____________ l___________ in the electronics industry.
5 It costs half of our budget to i______________ spare parts from Scandinavia.
6 Piotr isn’t here again. He isn’t very r______________!
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3 Rewrite the sentences using the correct form of used to. {These questions in the wrong order compared with answers – please check whether question or answer order is correct and amend}
0 Peter doesn’t play tennis any more.
Peter used to play tennis._________
1 A hundred years ago foxes did not live in cities.
_______________________________________________________________________
2 Is it true that doctors believed that women had small brains?
3 I have stopped smoking.
4 Vikings used long boats to discover the world.
5 Why did planes need two wings on each side?
6 Fifty years ago people put money in hiding places under the floor.
4 Make passive sentences from the prompts.
0 Galaxy chocolate / make / Cadbury.
Galaxy chocolate is made by Cadbury.__
1 A criminal / arrest / in England / every two minutes.
2 Pearls / find / inside / oysters / divers.
3 Presents / give / every year at Christmas?
4 Gold coins / not / use / in business / today.
5 The Olympics / hold / every four years.
6 Snails / eat / France.
7 New Orleans / often / affect / floods.
8 Copper / use / for protecting windows?
5 Make polite phrases for negotiating. The first word is given for you.
0 We will agree on £670.
Shall we call it £670?____________________
1 That’s too much!
___That_____________________________________________________
2 I’m sure we cannot do that.
___I’m______________________________________________________
3 We agree to order 2,000.
_What_______________________________________________________
4 You order 200 we offer 15%.
__If_________________________________________________________
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6 Put the words in the box into the correct column.
industry buyers exports manufacturers retailers
employee organisation report delivery
PEOPLE
THINGS
organisation
TOTAL
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