tests Pre-intermediate 4th edition / tests Pre-intermediate 4th edition / hwy_pre_int_unittests_4a

1Choose the correct options.

1 How much / many calories are there in this meal? 2 I’d like any / some coffee.

3 How many / much tap water do you drink every day? 4 Can I have some / a few milk?

5Have you got many / any cheese?

6There are a few / a little tomatoes in the garden.

7There isn’t any / some pasta in the cupboard.

8Would you like some / much salad with your steak?

9I usually steam some / any rice to eat with grilled fish.

10Have you got any / not much cooking oil?

2 Complete the sentences. some or any?

1 There are some biscuits on the table. Help yourself.

2Is there ______ tea in the pot?

3I haven’t seen ______ tropical fish swimming here.

4We’d like ______ slices of mango for dessert. much or many?

5How ______ tissues do you need?

6There aren’t ______ people on the bus today!

7The teacher didn’t give us too ______ homework.

8Does she have ______ free time these days? a little, a few, a lot of?

9She likes ______ milk in her coffee, but not much.

10There are ______ people waiting on the platform – the train is going to be full!

11It’ll take ______ minutes to download this software.

3 Complete the sentences. no, any, some, or every?

1 The concert was a huge success. Every one cheered and clapped.

2______body likes getting bad news.

3I’m bored. There’s ______thing to do.

4‘Sorry – did you say ______thing?’ ‘No, ______thing.’

5We know ______one who is an important programmer at Microsoft.

6I can’t find ______one to give me a lift home. I’ll have to get a taxi.

thing, where, or one/body?

7Are you going some______ nice for your holidays?

8Can we meet later? I’ve got some______ important to tell you.

9Did you buy any______ at the shops?

10We’ll have to stay at this hotel as all the others are full. We looked every______!

4Complete the conversations with the words from the box.

a little  something​   anyone​   everyone​ (x2)  ​ somebody (x2)  a​ few  nobody​   anything​   ​ anywhere  somewhere​   ​

1​ A I feel shy. I don’t know anyone here.

BDon’t worry – I’ll introduce you to ______ ! This is Lars and his wife Maria…

AActually, ______ I know just walked in the door. Hello, Angela!

2A Gerrald’s depressed. He thinks ______ likes him.

B That’s crazy – ______ thinks he’s a lovely person. And he’s got lots of friends.

A I know. But he needs ______ special to say that. You should tell him!

3A Yuk! ______ in this pasta sauce tastes terrible!

B Please don’t say ______ ! Hassan spent ages cooking it. He’ll be so disappointed!

A OK, OK. I’m going to eat ______ just to be polite.

4A I don’t like going on holiday.

B But this is our honeymoon! Isn’t there ______ you would like to visit?

A Well, if we really have to go ______ , let’s go to the Maldives. We could spend ______ days there I suppose.

5 Write a/an, the or – (nothing).

1 I’m going to have two desserts – an ice cream and

___ slice of carrot cake.

2Did you know that there’s ___ restaurant in Thailand where all ___ waiters are robots?

3You can get ___ best latte in Manhattan here!

4‘Can I have ___ glass of water, please?’ ‘Of course. Would you like ___ still or sparkling?’

5What time are we having ___ lunch? I’m hungry.

6Did you stay at ___ home in the holidays, or did you go away somewhere?

7I usually go food shopping once ___week.

6 Find one mistake in each sentence and correct it.

1 She goes to the work by train.

She goes to work by train.

2Can you give me recipe for this delicious soup?

_______________________________

3I always drink an glass of apple juice at breakfast.

_______________________________

4We live in south of England near the sea.

_______________________________

5Did they come to work by a bus?

_______________________________

6Do you ever use internet to do your food shopping?

_______________________________

7I go on holiday three times the year.

_______________________________

7Match the sentences with a place. You can match some places with more than one sentence.

1 The check-outs are all so busy!

2 I need something for a headache.

3 I’m looking for a pair of black jeans.

4 Take two pills twice a day.

5 Fruit and vegetables are on aisle six.

6 These two wines are both great with chicken or fish. 7 One espresso and a slice of cake. Is that to eat here?

8Sorry, there are no more copies of the Evening Standard.

9You don’t look eighteen. Do you have ID?

10I’m afraid these only come in blue.

Chemist

Supermarket 1

Clothes shop

Off-licence

Newsagent

Café

8 Match the quantities in the box with items 1–9.

10Complete the conversations with sentences a–h.

1A Please help yourself to the carrot cake.

B I will. It looks absolutely delicious.

Did you make it yourself?

A I did. ______________

2A ______________

B Have you got any decaf?

A No, sorry, but we’ve got decaf coffee.

______________

3A ______________

B No thanks, but I’d love a little more wine.

______________

A There’s a bit. Please finish it!

4A Could you pass the bread, please? B Yes, of course. ______________

A No, thanks. ______________

aDid you make it yourself?

bI got the recipe from my best friend.

cHow would you like your tea?

dDo you want the butter too?

eIs that OK?

fJust the bread.

gIs there any in the bottle?

hWould anybody like some more dessert?

11Translate the sentences.

1Would you mind helping me carry these bags? They’re really heavy!

2Can you tell me what’s in this dish? I’m allergic to dairy.

3Many stations have automated ticket machines – you use a touch-screen computer to buy your ticket.

4‘Would you mind lending me some money?’ ‘No, not at all.’

5The beach is spectacular. You can swim with turtles and tropical fish in the crystal-blue sea.