Language Leader Pre-Intermediate Test A – Unit 11
1 Complete the sentences using the words for containers and materials. You will not need all the words.
aluminium carton jar paper packet tube cardboard box metal can pot plastic
0 Aluminium_ is a type of metal.
1 Can I have a ______________ of toothpaste, please?
2 I want a ______________ of coke, not a bottle.
3 Put all the papers in that _____________ _____________ and I’ll take it outside as rubbish.
4 She keeps insects in a glass ______________.
5 Bags used to be made of _______________. Now they are made of _______________.
6 I’d like a _______________ of milk please.
7 Could I have a ________________ of rice, please.
8 Cans are usually made of ______________.
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2 Add the correct particle to make phrasal verbs.
0 It’s just rubbish. Throw it _away_____.
1 The cost of fruit and vegetables is going __________ every day.
2 Could you find __________ the latest stock market prices, please?
3 David borrowed my notes but hasn’t given them __________ yet.
4 I have to cut __________ on the number of sweets I eat.
5 Has the teacher given __________ enough books to the class?
6 A lot of thought went __________ preparing the wedding reception.
7 The chess club was set __________ at the school two years ago.
8 Research was carried __________ for six months.
3 Rewrite the sentences using the times/dates in brackets. Use the present perfect continuous if possible.
0 I work in the local office. (1992)
I’ve been working in the local office since 1992.
1 David and I know each other. (six months).
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2 I don’t understand what he is saying. (30 minutes)
3 We are building a new house. (January)
4 They come to this café. (ten years)
5 I want that car. (I was a boy)
6 They are working on a new project. (Monday)
7 Peter is using the computer. (six hours)
8 The company is in trouble. (three months)
4 Choose the correct word to fill in the gaps.
0 Floods and hurricanes are examples of __c__.
a) global warming b) high temperature c) extreme weather d) rainforests
1 You can’t go to work in those clothes. You look _____.
a) dump b) scruffy c) well-kept d) derelict
2 Don’t _____ your rubbish in the park.
a) run-down b) wasteland c) dump d) clean
3 Global warming causes _____ to melt.
a) sea levels b) wasteland c) drought d) glaciers
4 Is _____ on walls a new type of art?
a) graffiti b) reef c) canal d) drought.
5 I’m not going to buy the house. It’s _____ and it would cost too much to repair.
a) scruffy b) derelict c) dump d) wasteland
6 The house is always clean and _____.
a) well-kept b) run-down c) extreme d) scruffy
7 Nothing grows there. It’s a _____.
a) scruffy b) wasteland c) extreme d) derelict
8 There’s a _____ in the south. There’s been no rain for months.
a) warming b) temperature c) drought d) rainforest
5 Correct the question tags.
0 It’s next week, aren’t it? _isn’t it?___
1 It hasn’t happened yet, can it? __________
2 Diseases get stronger in hot weather, haven’t they? __________
3 They’re waiting in the next room, couldn’t they? __________
4 You could speak to the manager, can’t you? __________
5 Germany has the largest population in Europe, isn’t it? __________
6 If you eat carrots you can see in the dark, don’t you? __________
7 He walks to work, isn’t he? __________
8 The result couldn’t be right, is it? __________
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