New Inside Out Upper intermediate Review B Test

New Inside Out Upper intermediate Review B Test

Name _______________________ Score ______/50

Part A

Vocabulary

1 Complete the words.

a) Laurie is s_____________ and runs his own business from home.

b) My grandmother t_____________ u_____________ watercolour painting in her 80s.

c) Did you try any of the r_____________ dishes when you were in northern Spain?

d) Fleur was a b_____________ at her cousin’s wedding. She wore a pink dress.

e) Oh, that noise is u_____________! Please ask them to stop.

f) Paul l_____________ us down on Saturday. He didn’t turn up for the match.

g) The newly-weds spent their h_____________ in the Bahamas.

h) Please be r_____________ and listen to our side of the argument.

i) The snow-capped mountains were just v_____________ in the distance.

j) It can take a long time to g_____________ o_____________ the loss of a pet.

(10 points)

2 Underline the correct word.

a) I try to get / keep / pick up with the news by reading the paper every day.

b) The surprise announcement caused a lot of raised / clenched / shaken eyebrows in the office.

c) This dish is really organic / stodgy / bland. It doesn’t taste of anything!

d) Do you want to give / take / have a go on my new bike?

e) When you’re skiing you have to bend / clench / raise your knees as you go downhill.

f) I’d like to propose a wish / a toast / a happy life to the bride and groom.

(6 points)

Pronunciation

Word stress

3 Underline the stressed syllable in each word.

a) competition

b) neighbourhood

c) organised

d) expedition

e) superstitious

(5 points)

Grammar

4 Underline the correct form of the verbs.

I was twenty when I (1) found out / have found out I had a sister. My father (2) became / had become ill very suddenly, and was in hospital. The hospital (3) asked / was asking me to bring in some of my father’s health documents. I went to my father’s house, and while I (4) was going / had been going through some papers in his desk I (5) was coming / came across a photograph of a baby girl with a smiling dark-haired woman. But it (6) hadn’t been / wasn’t me in the photo, and I (7) didn’t recognise / wasn’t recognising the woman. Who were they? I was intruiged. (8) I had always known / always knew that my father (9) was / had been married before, but I hadn’t guessed he’d had a child. When my father recovered, I asked him about the photograph. He told me that he and his first wife (10) had / had had a baby girl after they had separated. He met my mother soon after that. Jennifer was my half sister. She was twenty-five, and was livingin Leeds, a city just thirty miles away. At first I felt very angry with my father. I thought about the hours I (11) was spending / had spent alone as a child, longing for a friend. But since then Jennifer and I (12) have become / became great friends. I love having a sister!

(12 points)

5 Complete with the correct future form of the verbs.

a) By this time tomorrow we (1) _____________ (be) in the plane, and we (2) _____________ (take) off for Australia!

b) I can’t come to the meeting tomorrow afternoon, because I (3) _____________ (drive) back from Cambridge then.

c) In two years’ time, Max (4) _____________ (finish) his studies and he (5) _____________ (look) for a job.

(5 points)

6 Write the sentences in the passive.

a) France produces some of the best wines in the world.

Some ________________________________________________________

b) People have lived in this castle for six hundred years.

This ________________________________________________________

c) Someone is going to light the candles at midnight.

The ________________________________________________________

d) People are losing their jobs in their thousands.

Jobs ________________________________________________________

(4 points)

7 Write sentences using the prompts with would or used to.

a) When / I / a child / spend / hours / play / with my train set

________________________________________________________

b) Peter / have / a beard / when / he / be / a student

________________________________________________________

c) They / not have / a dog / but / now / they / have two

________________________________________________________

d) In the summer holidays / we / not go home / until very late

________________________________________________________

(4 points)

8 Complete with the gerund or infinitive form of the verb in brackets.

a) Did you remember _____________ (turn) off the oven when you left?

b) I’m sure we’ve been to this café. I remember _____________ (stop) here before.

c) He never forgets _____________ (send) me a card at Christmas.

d) Have you ever tried _____________ (take) the train to Europe? It’s great!

(4 points)

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