Aamir Shahzad

Unit test 6A
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of a 1 point for each correct answer 10
word from the box.
3 Underline the stress on the word in italics.
import export decrease increase transport 1   The fruits shop sells local produce.
progress protest refund
2   We’d like to contract you to build the new house.
1 I took back the broken TV and asked the shop to 3   The content of this programme is very poor.
refund the money. 4   Find the perfect present for him or her for any special
2   Japan __exports____ cars to many countries. occasion.
3   More goods are _____transport____ by road than by 5   This is one of the more interesting objects in the
rail. exhibition.
4   It’s worrying that sales have been __decreased____ 6   Wait a minute. I’ll be ready shortly.
over the last financial year. 7   It’s not like him to refuse an offer of work.
5   Farmers have been __protesting___ against the 8   My grandfather is an invalid and has to use a
import of meat from abroad. wheelchair.
6   House prices have ___increased__ by seven per cent 9   Please don’t desert me now – I need your help!
this year in London.
7   Heavy traffic made our _____progress___ very slow. 1 point for each correct answer 8
8   Is this beer a foreign __imported_ or is it locally
produced? 4 Match sentences 1–7 with responses a–i. There are
two extra responses.
1 point for each correct answer 7 1   b Have you tried asking for a rise?
2 __c_ I’m afraid something’s come up. I can’t make
2 Circle the correct phrase. our meeting on the 18th.
1   Quite a lot of us / Nobody / Almost all was able to 3 _f__ So what’s your salary these days?
answer the teacher’s question. 4 _i__ OK. I’ll give you £2,300 for the car. That’s
2   Don’t buy any more cheese. We have a few / a bit / my
not much left. final offer.
3   You’ve lost enough / much / hardly any weight. You 5 __g_ I’m afraid the line is busy.
should stop dieting.
6 __d_ Steve! Long time, no see! How are things?
4   Several / Plenty of / Few of us want to go out this
7 _e__ OK, so we’re going to me ... a ... se ...
weekend. So where shall we go?
5   Hurry up. We have very little / a little / not many time.
a   Sure. I’ll email it to you as an attachment.
6   He’s spent much / whole / not many of his life living
abroad. b   There’s no point. The company isn’t making enough
money.
7   I’ve tried on three dresses and all / none / both of
them fitted me. How disappointing! c   Never mind. Shall we go for the week after that?

8   We do spend a lot of / most of / whole time arguing. I d   Good, thanks. Business is booming.
don’t know why. e   Sorry, I didn’t get that last bit.
9   A lot / Several / A little people have told me to stop f   Mind your own business!
smoking. g   No worries. I’ll hold.
10   Please could you make fewer / less / much fewer noise. h   Sure. Just bear with me while I look them up.
11   She can’t come out tonight because she hasn’t got i   OK. It’s a deal!
few / a little / much time to spare.
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9   07969 822911 oh seventy nine thousand sixty nine

eight hundred twenty two nine hundred eleven
5 Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets. 10   381,000 Three hundred eighty one thousand
1   She only earns £3.50 an hour. (a lot) 11  3⁄4 Three by four_
She doesn’t earn a lot of money.
2   There are only one or two chocolates left. (very few) 1 point for each correct answer 10
Sorry, very few chocolates left.
3   None of my friends have children. (not a single) 7 Look at the nouns. Are they countable (C) or
My friends have no children not even a single one. uncountable (U), or both (B)?
4   The children have eaten six pieces of cake each. 1   U money
(loads of) 2 _C_ cup
The children have eaten loads of cake Individually. 3 _U_ furniture
5   I’ve only spent £50 this month. (very little) 4   __B_ chocolate
I've spent very little money this month only £50. 5   _B_ fruit
6   Most of my friends came. (almost all) 6   __U_ homework
Almost all of my buddies came to see me. 7   _C__ recipe
7   90 per cent of children start school at the age of four 8   _C__ programme
in the UK. (almost all)
9   _U__ advice
Almost all children start school In UK once they turned
10 __B_ business
4 years old.
11   _U__ sugar
8   I’ve got a tiny bit of cheese to make the pizza. (not
got much)
1 point for each correct answer 10
I got not much cheese to make pizza.
9   We have two days holiday left. (hardly any)
8 Complete the text with the words in the box. There
We hardly have any holiday left to enjoy.
are two extra words.
10   Most people are in favour of the new supermarket.
(plenty of)
attracted appeal founder made it big 15
Plenty of folks want a new supermarket. launched deal plenty product range brands
11   Less than 10 percent of people walk to work. (very few) thousands two 250
Today very few people walk from home to work due
to ease of transport. Running a business can be stressful at any age, but when
you’re just 1 15 and have to juggle it with going to
1 point for each correct answer 10 school and doing your homework, it’s even more
remarkable. And that’s exactly what young entrepreneur
6 Write the numbers as you would say them. Luisa Bundy, designer of a 2 ____brands__ of toys
called Little Bundies, has done.
1   0800 500500 oh eight hundred, five hundred, five
hundred It all started when Luisa’s mother bought her some
modelling clay and she began experimenting with making
2   2.5 __two point five__
small model figures based on her friends at school.
3   15–0 Fifteen dash zero_ 3
____two__ years later, Luisa had added
4   7th August Seventh of August 4
______thousands__ of Little Bundies to her 5
5   2011 Two thousand eleven ____product___ range. Prior to this, she had spent most
6   18.30 Eighteen point three zero weekends and holidays at craft fairs across the south of
England. At one fair, she sold 6 ____250___ figures in an
7   5–0 Five dash zero
hour at £2 each. When she realized that 7
8   6,473 Six thousand, four hundred and seventy three

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___plenty_________ of customers were buying toys as 2   To succeed as a chef you need to care passionately
gifts, she 8 _____launched____ a range of gift cards to about good food.
accompany them. 3   They argued offhandedly about who should take over
9
After this, she soon became the __founder__ of her when the manager left.
own company, Bundy Creations Ltd, in partnership with 4   When I realized that he had taken offence, I moved
her mother. Last year they 10 _made it big__ when they 11 swiftly on to the next item on the agenda.
__attracted__ a major toy manufacturer and signed a 5   It’s vitally important that you do some research into
licensing 12 ____deal___ with them. the market before you launch the product.
6   I don’t know what the figures are genuinely , but I
can look them up and email them to you later.
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9 Translate the sentences. 7   That was a bitterly scary movie! I could hardly look
at the screen.
1   Did you know that the majority of us are exposed to
thousands of different advertisements every day? 8 The market has been slow, but things are gradually
2   ‘How many hours of TV do you usually watch per improving now.
day?’ ‘Um ... let me see ... about three I should think.’ 9 When he’s more experienced, he’ll be able to do his
3   Chinese exports have risen for a fourth month in a job more effectively .
row. This recovery has been boosted by a weak yuan
and increased demand from the US. 1 point for each correct answer 8
4   ‘Do you want to come shoe shopping with Sarah this
afternoon?’ ‘No – I’ve got plenty of shoes, and so Unit Test 6A Total 100
has she.’
5   How much work experience did your employer
expect you to have, in addition to your academic
qualifications?
6   My son has a Saturday job, which is a good way of
earning a bit of pocket money.
7   Hardly anybody we know takes more than two weeks
holiday over the summer.
8   There has been a little rain this year, but not enough
to ensure that the crops will grow.
9   Let me read that number back to you so I can check
that I’ve written it down correctly.
10 ‘I think fewer people are going to the cinema these
days.’ ‘Really? But the film industry is booming!’

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10 Complete the sentences with the adverbial form of

the adjectives in the box.

gradual effective eventual genuine offhand

passionate bitter swift vital

1   She didn’t want to do the course at first, but I

eventually persuaded her that it would be good for her
future career.

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