NEF Advanced Quicktest / nef_adv_quicktests_04
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Quicktest 4
GRAMMAR
Tick () A, B, or C to complete the sentences.
Example: A I saw Millie at the cinema the other night. B ________ of the cinema, have you seen the new Bond film?
A Saying B Talking C About
1 I think we should go out tonight. ________, it’s your birthday.
A All above B After all C To sum up
2 ________ the whole, I think office workers have more back problems.
A On B In C To
3 I lost my credit card, but ________ I was able to cancel it before anyone used it.
A at least B in other words C I mean
4 OK, I’ll call Sergio. Oh, ________, do you think we should make a dinner reservation?
A talking about B all in all C by the way
5 A Did you see the news on TV last night?
B No. ________, I don’t even own a television.
A The fact B In fact C To fact
6 I wasn’t invited to the party. ________, I wouldn’t have gone. I’m too busy.
A In any case B In case C That is to say
7 As I was ________, if you go on holiday next month, you’ll miss the meeting in Rome.
A talking B telling C saying
8 As far as transport ________, you can rent a car at the airport and drive to the meeting.
A is concerned B concerns C is the concern
9 If you had brought the map, we ________ lost.
A will be B wouldn’t be C aren’t
10 Can we use your father’s holiday flat if he ________ there?
A isn’t staying B isn’t stay C don’t staying
11 ________ you feel if Helena didn’t phone you?
A How do B What do C How would
12 Had I known I was going to win the lottery, I ________ stopped working sooner!
A would have B had C ’m
13 If we ________ more money, we could buy a bigger house.
A would have had B had C have
14 Will you please let me ________ what I am saying?
A finish B finishing C to finish
15 We expect my aunt Laurie ________ next April.
A visits B to visit C visiting
16 I advise you ________ to your teacher about the problems you’re having.
A would talk B should talk C to talk
17 I ________ to think you don’t like the book I wrote.
A ’d hate B ’m hating C have hate
18 I remember my mother ________ me bedtime stories when I was a child.
A read B reading C to read
19 If you ________ paying attention, you would have heard the announcement.
A ’d been B ’re C would have been
20 We’ve ________ for a band to play until midnight.
A persuaded B expected C arranged
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VOCABULARY
a Tick () A, B, or C to complete the sentences about history and warfare.
Example: The ________ shot from hidden positions and killed a lot of enemy soldiers.
A shields B siege C snipers
1 After years of fighting the two leaders signed a peace ________.
A surrender B treaty C defeat
2 You use a ______ to shoot an arrow.
A bow B spear C missile
3 A ________ is a very large gun.
A coup B cannon C sword
4 There was a ________ so that peace talks could be held.
A survivor B ceasefire C revolution
5 All of the ________ were evacuated from the war zone, but the soldiers had to stay and fight.
A forces B troops C civilians
6 ________ are people who must leave their homes because of a war.
A Refugees B Casualties C Allies
7 The rebels stopped fighting and ________. The civil war was over!
A defeated B surrendered C besieged
8 The bridge was ________ to stop the enemy from receiving supplies.
A blown up B declared C overthrown
9 The soldiers ________ the museum and stole a lot of national treasures.
A withdrew B retreated C looted
10 The soldiers ________ the enemy leader and put him in prison.
A broke out B shelled C captured
b Tick () A, B, or C to complete the sentences.
Example: When I’m away from the computer, I feel ________ and edgy.
A harmless B tense C enormous
11 I’d rather see a film on ________ than on TV.
A the big screen B film review C period films
12 I thought the most interesting character in the film was the ________.
A premiere B plot C female lead
13 This is an original painting; it isn’t some ________-produced poster.
A mass B first C hand
14 Mariah is ________ an expert on Scottish history.
A entirely up to B a bit of C complete
15 I bought a ________-hand car last year for €2,000.
A last B second C long
16 I’m afraid my parents are a bit narrow-________ about who I should marry.
A made B minded C behaved
17 When I first got a computer I was ________ on surfing the Internet.
A hooked B anxious C tense
18 Greg is seeking ________ for his sunbed dependency.
A an enormous high B addiction C treatment
19 Mr Miyazaki was really helpful ________ me when I first arrived in Japan.
A to B on C about
20 I’m not too keen ________ Internet dating.
A of B for C on
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PRONUNCIATION
a Which word has a different sound? Tick () A, B, or C.
Example: A high B compulsive C addiction
1 A edgy B gambling C siege
2 A coup B loot C bow
3 A dialogue B short-sighted C gun
4 A capture B stick C challenging
5 A through B arrow C overthrow
b Which is the correctly stressed syllable? Tick () A, B, or C.
Example: A victorious B victorious C victorious
6 A sequences B sequences C sequences
7 A conditioned B conditioned C conditioned
8 A overwhelmingly B overwhelmingly C overwhelmingly
9 A compulsive B compulsive C compulsive
10 A dependencies B dependencies C dependencies
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