Upper Intermediate Quick Check Test 9A

Grammar 4 Complete with the correct form of the verbs in

the box and a preposition.
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the verbs in the box. dream thank clear charge blame save
feel wake become tell make shout 1 My parents dream of retiring.
2 Don’t me breaking it.
1 I’m beginning to feel a bit hungry now. 3 The boy the man rescuing him
2 Will you remember a doctor’s and him drowning.
appointment for tomorrow, please? 4 The girls were shoplifting and
3 After getting an MA in maths, he went on taken to the police station.
a graffiti artist. 5 He was mugging the old lady
4 Do you remember up in the middle of after new evidence was found.
the night and ‘goal!’? 5
5 He completely forgot me to meet him
at 8. He didn’t turn up until 9.15! 5 Complete the phrases.
1 Sam will be late. His car’s b r o k e n down.
10 2 I got s u a tree when I was six.
3 He f o a roof and got k o .
4 Ring 999! The house is o f .
2 Underline the correct alternative. 5 Can you keep a spare house key for me? I’m
1 A: I wonder where my dictionary is. always l myself o .
B: You could’ve / can’t left it at home. 5
2 A: Tom looks exhausted today.
B: He must’ve been working / worked all night. Pronunciation
3 A: Did James pass his exams?
6 Underline the word with a different vowel
B: No. He can’t / must have studied hard enough.
sound.
4 A: Where’s my passport? I left it in this drawer.
1 mug stuck rescue a suspect
B: Do you think it could have been / been stolen?
2 shoplift pose knock apologise
5 A: The front window’s broken!
3 blame save evade swap
B: It might’ve / couldn’t have been the children.
4 arson hacker grab kidnap
They’re all at school now.
5 pretend divert arrest attention
6 A: I wonder why Mr Thomas wasn’t at the
6 distract counterfeit bribe switch
meeting.
5
B: He can’t have being / been told about it.
Functions
10
7 Complete the words.
A: Good morning. Marden Police Station.
Vocabulary B: Hello. I’ve just 1been mugged! I was in town
when a man came up to me, asking for directions.
3 Complete the table.
Before I 2r what had 3h , he’d
crime person
snatched my bag and jumped into a car.
mugging ¹ mugger
A: What sort of car was it?
arson ² B: It was beige or grey. I didn’t 4c the
³ stalker number 5p . My 6m went
4
vandalism 7
b .
5
hacker A: Don’t worry. He’s probably swapped cars by
6
pickpocketing now. What was he 8l ?
7
kidnapper B: He 9r me of Johnny Depp and that
8
tax evasion distracted me. But he looked like a tourist. He had a
9
identity theft map and everything.
10
counterfeiter A: Yes, to divert your 10a .
shoplifting ¹¹ B: I know. I was completely 11f .
10
5
Total: 50

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