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9  Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation   B Intermediate

GRAMMAR 10 I wouldn’t have met Jane if I ________ (not / go) to

university.
1 Underline the correct word(s).
10
Example: A lot of / Many of people cheered when they
heard the news. Grammar total 20

1 There’s no / none time for arguing. Just do it!

VOCABULARY
2 We haven’t got much / plenty money, but we live
comfortably. 3 Underline the correct phrase. If both phrases are
3 There are no / not enough seats for people to sit on. correct, put a tick (✓).
4 There’s not room enough / enough room in this flat. I Example: Turn the radio up / Turn up the radio, will you?
need a bigger one. I can’t hear it!  ✓
5 We wouldn’t like to live in the city – there’s too 1 I’m watching that TV! Don’t turn off it / turn it
much / many traffic. off! ____
6 I was going to have an apple, but there aren’t none / 2 Don’t forget to switch your phone off / switch off your
any. phone in the theatre.  ____
7 There’s very little / few money to invest in public 3 Will you plug the TV in / plug in the TV? I think Jo
health at the moment. unplugged it last night.  ____
8 You’ll get a headache if you spend too much / many 4 The music’s too loud. Could you turn down it / turn it
hours on your computer. down? ____
9 Excuse me, this jumper isn’t enough big / big enough. 4
Do you have a larger size?
10 It’s a lovely old town with very few / very little 4 Complete the sentences with the  +  or  –  adjective
modern buildings. or adverb form of the noun in brackets.
10
Example: The bride and groom smiled happily
(happiness) for their wedding photos.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the verb in brackets. 1 The sofa was so ________ (comfort) that I fell
asleep!
Example: If we had had (have) more time, we’d have
2 I dropped a glass, but ________ (luck) it didn’t break.
visited Anne and Dave.
3 It was ________ (fortune) that someone was walking
1 We might ________ (not / miss) the train if we’d left past when you shouted for help.
home earlier.
4 These scissors are ________ (use) – they don’t cut
2 ________ (you / know) that was Susan if I hadn’t told anything!
you?
5 Don’t be ________ (patience). Your food will be
3 She would have resigned from that job if she ready in a few minutes!
________ (not / be) promoted.
6 Walk ________ (care) here – the floor is wet.
4 If I ________ (wear) my coat, I wouldn’t have been so
7 It was so ________ (luck) that you lost your bag on
cold.
the train.
5 They ________ (get) lost if a stranger hadn’t shown
8 You’ve waited very ________ (patience), so you can
them how to get there.
have some chocolate cake.
6 I ________ (never / manage) to buy a car if my uncle
9 She missed her flight, but ________ (fortune) she
hadn’t given me some money.
managed to get a seat on the next one.
7 We could ________ (look after) your cat for you if
10 I really don’t like going in Zoe’s car. She drives really
you’d asked.
________ (care) and so fast!
8 She wouldn’t have crashed into the car if she
10
________ (not / answer) her phone.
9 He ________ (worry) about us if we hadn’t phoned
to say we were fine.

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9  Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation   B Intermediate

5 Write the word(s). PRONUNCIATION

Example: A small button you press up and down to 6 Underline the stressed syllable.
turn on electricity.  switch
Example: do|cu|men|ta|ry
1 An object to control something from a
distance.  __________ 1 e|lec|tro|nic
2 A small portable object for storing computer 2 im|pa|tient|ly
data.  __________ 3 dis|con|nect
3 A part of an electronic device that the sound comes 4 de|vice
out of.  __________ 5 un|comfor|ta|ble
4 Something you use when a plug won’t fit into a 5
socket in another country.  __________
5 The set of keys on a computer.  __________ 7 Match the words with the same sound.
6 The glass surface of a computer where the
information appears.  __________ enough brought through
although cough laugh
6

Example: up  enough

Vocabulary total 20
1 boot ________
2 clock ________
3 horse ________
4 car ________
5 phone ________
5

Pronunciation total 10

Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation total 50

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9  Reading and Writing   B Intermediate

READING 3 When she spoke to the ticket inspector, she realized

that she had travelled too far north.
1 Read the story and tick (✓) A, B, or C. A True ■  B False ■  C  Doesn’t say  ■
4 The nearest station to Newcastle-under-Lyme is
Sylvie’s lucky mistake York.
When I left school, I went to England for the first time as an
A True ■  B False ■  C  Doesn’t say  ■
au pair in Newcastle-under-Lyme, a market town about 150 5 She was advised to get another train the next
miles north of London. I had booked a train ticket from morning.
London to Newcastle online – it would take three hours and A True ■  B False ■  C  Doesn’t say  ■
I would arrive in Newcastle at 9.30 p.m. on the Sunday 6 Sylvie had travelled on her own before in other
evening. The family who I would be working for would meet countries.
me there. A True ■  B False ■  C  Doesn’t say  ■
When I was on the train, about halfway there, I asked a 7 A woman offered her accommodation in her home
ticket inspector what time we would arrive at Newcastle- in York.
under-Lyme. He looked at me and said ‘You’re going in the A True ■  B False ■  C  Doesn’t say  ■
wrong direction for Newcastle-under-Lyme. This train is
8 She liked York as soon as she arrived there.
going to Newcastle-upon-Tyne.’ I didn’t have very much
A True ■  B False ■  C  Doesn’t say  ■
English so it took a while for him to explain patiently that
there were two different towns, both called Newcastle, and 9 Sylvie thinks that because she hadn’t booked her
the one I was going to was unfortunately 200 miles further train carefully, her life changed.
north than the one I needed to get to. As I was feeling very A True ■  B False ■  C  Doesn’t say  ■
anxious, I asked him what I should do. He told me there was 10 Jill is now Sylvie’s mother-in-law.
no station in Newcastle-under-Lyme, and that I would have A True ■  B False ■  C  Doesn’t say  ■
to get off the train at York and take another train to a town
called Stoke-on-Trent. And then a bus. 10

When I got to York that evening, however, I discovered that

there were no more trains to Stoke-on-Trent until the next 2 Read the article again. Mark the sentences T (true)
day. I was 17, from a small French village, and I had never or F (false).
travelled on my own before. I also had very little money, not Example: Sylvie went to England to look after some
enough for even a cheap hotel. I didn’t know what to do. I children.  T
felt I was going to cry. Suddenly, a woman in her 40s, who
1 Sylvie’s train left London at 7.30 p.m.  ____
had heard the conversation said, ‘Excuse me, but if you
need somewhere to stay in York, I live here with my family. 2 Newcastle-upon-Tyne is 200 miles from
We have a spare room and you’re welcome to stay with us.’ Newcastle-under-Lyme.  ____
I often think, if there had been a station at Newcastle-
3 To get to Newcastle-under-Lyme from London by
under-Lyme, or if I had known more about English
train, you have to get off at Stoke-on-Trent.  ____
geography, or if I’d been less careless about my booking, I 4 When she realized her mistake, Sylvie got off the
wouldn’t have got on that train. So then I wouldn’t have met train immediately.  ____
Jill, the lady from York. And if she hadn’t been so kind, I 5 Sylvie wouldn’t have met Ben if she hadn’t gone to
wouldn’t have stayed with her. Oh, and obviously I wouldn’t York by mistake.  ____
eventually have married Ben, her son!
5

Example: Sylvie first visited England when she Reading total 15

turned 18.
A  True ■ B False ■ ✓   C  Doesn’t say ■
1 Sylvie had wanted to go to England for a long time.
A True ■  B False ■  C  Doesn’t say  ■
2 She hadn’t arranged to meet the English family
when she got to Newcastle.
A True ■  B False ■  C  Doesn’t say  ■

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9  Reading and Writing   B Intermediate

WRITING
Write a story about an interesting encounter with a
stranger (or invent one) (140–180 words). Answer
the questions.
• Set the scene: When was it? Where were you? What
were you doing?
• Tell the story: Who did you meet? How? What
happened?
• Conclude: Did it change your life in any way?

Writing total 10

Reading and Writing total 25

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9  Listening and Speaking   B Intermediate

LISTENING SPEAKING
1 Listen to a radio programme about saving energy. 1 Answer your partner’s questions.
Complete the sentences with one or two words.
Now make questions and ask your partner.
You may have to change the form of the words you
hear. 1 you careful / save energy?
1 Matthew says it wasn’t __________ to make most of 2 you / think / some people / born unlucky?
the changes. 3 you do / if / saw / someone / lying in the street?
4 What / advantages / not having an internet
2 Taking out __________ means we can save 10% of
connection?
the energy we use.
5 any modern inventions / not live without? Why?
3 He says __________ is a high enough temperature to
wash clothes. 2 Listen to your partner talking about helping
4 People often use __________ water when they make strangers. Do you agree with him / her?
hot drinks.
3 Talk about the statement below, saying if you agree
5 He says he doesn’t need plugs or __________ with
or disagree. Give reasons.
his new media player.
‘Information overload is a serious problem in our lives.’
5
Speaking total 15
2 Listen to five conversations. Tick (✓) A, B, or C.
Listening and Speaking total 25
1 The woman didn’t have the right _________.
A plug ■  B adaptor ■  C socket ■
2 The man didn’t know how to use _________.
A  a cable  ■  B  a laptop  ■ 
C  a keyboard  ■
3 The customer always needs one USB port for his
_________.
A camera ■  B mouse ■  C printer ■
4 If Kate hadn’t gone to the town, she wouldn’t have
_________.
A  written a postcard  ■  B  met her friend  ■ 
C  posted her card  ■
5 Gus says he _________ have slept outside if he
hadn’t met the man and the woman.
A might ■  B would ■  C wouldn’t ■

Listening total 10

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