ENGLISH FILE THIRD EDITION UPPER-INTERMEDIATE FILE 9
NAME: ______________________________________TEACHER CRISTIANE
DATE: ____/____/____ VALUE: 100 MARKS: _____________
GRAMMAR
1 Underline the correct word(s).
Example: Although / In spite of the exam was hard, I still passed.
1 Book early in order to / for get tickets at the lowest prices.
2 In spite of / Although the cost, I’m really glad we flew first class.
3 I phoned the hotel so as / so that they would know we’d be arriving late.
4 We enjoy playing tennis, even though / despite we’re not very good at it.
5 You should take the exam, though / in spite of you’ll need to study hard for it.
6 I ignored her mistake so as not to / to not embarrass her.
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2 Underline the correct word(s).
Example: The scenery in Switzerland is / are fantastic.
1 Politics is / are a dirty business sometimes.
2 The Shard is a famous London building, made mostly of the glass / glass.
3 Bring two trousers / pairs of trousers in case you need to change.
4 Would you like a piece of / a toast with that coffee?
5 Do you have any advices / advice about travelling in Mexico?
6 I live on the outskirts / on an outskirt of Los Angeles.
7 Do you have a pair of / a shorts I could borrow if it’s hot tomorrow?
8 All the staff in the travel agency was / were very helpful.
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3 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
whenever whenever whatever whichever however wherever
whoever
Example: Whenever I see roses, I always think of you.
1 Order ________ you want to eat – I’m paying!
2 ________ we travel, by train, bus, or car, it’s not going to be cheap.
3 ________ I ask, they all say the same thing – we’re going in the wrong direction.
4 I’m a freelance journalist so I can work for ________ newspaper I want to.
5 You’ll find friendly people ________ you go in the world.
6 I don’t have children in school now so I can go on holiday ________ I want to.
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VOCABULARY
4 Complete the words in the sentences.
Example: A chain is a group of shops owned by the same company.
1 It’ a huge chain with over a thousand b________ across the country.
2 We’ve kept the business small but it’s time now to e________ into bigger markets.
3 The annual board meeting is held in the h________ office in London.
4 I had to close the shop because it wasn’t making a p________.
5 What’s the name of that actor? He’s in that TV c________ for coffee.
6 We do b________ with companies all over the world.
7 If we don’t act soon we’ll be taken o________ by a multinational company.
8 If a sportsperson e________ a product, it can go wrong if they start to perform badly.
9 Don’t believe those adverts, they’re totally m________.
10 If we m________ the two companies, it will cost less to run one big company.
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5 Write the words in brackets with the correct prefix or suffix.
Example: someone who can speak two languages (lingual) = bilingual
1 a main character in a book or film who isn’t heroic (hero) = ________
2 the area around where you live (neighbour) = ________
3 not getting a high enough salary (paid) = ________
4 somebody that doesn’t smoke any more (smoker) = ________
5 to sleep longer than you intended to (sleep) = ________
6 something that’s paid for before you use it (paid) = ________
7 to say a word wrongly (pronounce) = ________
8 food that is still a bit raw (cook) = ________
9 the economic system run for private profit (capital) = ________
10 the result of making something better (improve) = _______
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6 Complete the sentences with the correct word(s).
Example: Who made this cake?
Who made Who did make Who make
1 ________ the long train journey, it was a good holiday.
Although In spite Despite
2 I quite like the dogs my brother has, but on the whole I prefer ________ cats.
(–) some the
3 ________ of our class did very well in the test, so we have to take it again.
Neither None Some
4 Do you have any idea where ________?
lives Petra does Petra live Petra lives
5 My brother is at ________ university. He’s studying History.
the a (–)
6 ________ are increasing in number, and more jobs need to be found.
Unemployed The unemployed The unemployed people
7 What a _______ chair – how much does it cost?
lovely little wooden little lovely wooden lovely wooden little
8 Turn the TV down ________ wake the baby.
to not not to so as not to
9 I really like ________ in Rachel and David’s house.
a furniture the furnitures the furniture
10 Our children ________ when they’re studying – I’m sure it’s not a good idea.
play often music play music often often play music
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