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6 Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation A Upper-intermediate

GRAMMAR
1 Complete the sentences with a / an, the, or – 3 Complete the sentences with the correct word(s).
(no article).
Example: The children have eaten all of the biscuits.
Example: My brother has just bought a new computer.
all of all of the all
1 I’ll meet you in the library at 2.00 p.m.
1 students in my English class are Spanish.
2 - Elephants don’t eat meat. Most of the Most the The most
3 Mount Everest is in the Himalayas. 2 I go running day except on Sunday.
4 Most people agree that Einstein was a genius. all every all the
5 I’d like to go to the university that my sister goes to. 3 She offered us coffee, but of us were thirsty.
6 - Lake Superior is the largest lake in the USA. no any none
6 4 My sister’s a vegetarian. She doesn’t eat fish
or meat.
2 Underline the correct word(s). either both neither

Example: The scenery in Switzerland is / are fantastic. 5 in the shop is half-price tomorrow.
Most of Everything All
1 I often eat a piece of / a toast for breakfast. 6 There’s bread, so I can’t make you a
2 We had a good holiday, but the accommodation sandwich.
weren’t / wasn’t of a very high standard. none no any
3 She gave me some really good advices / advice 7 There aren’t German students in my class.
about my eccentric friend. any some no
4 The students were given an / some advice about their 8 She’s having her car at the moment.
future careers. repair repaired to repair
5 I need a pair of / a shorts to take to the beach. 8
6 The staff at the hotel was / were incredibly helpful.
Grammar total
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VOCABULARY
4 Choose two words and put them together in the
correct order to make phrases.
Example: butter / knife / bread bread and butter

1 lightning / thunder / rain thunder and lightning

2 take / give / borrow give and take
3 sooner / after / later sooner or later
4 law / rules / order law and order
5 little / less / more more or less
6 all / less / nothing all or nothing

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6 Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation A Upper-intermediate

PRONUNCIATION
5 Underline the odd word out. 7 Match the words with the same sound.
Example: bridge statue tower cathedral cycle homeless synagogue underground
poverty tower
1 mosque synagogue chapel skyscraper
2 suburbs poverty centre outskirts Example: clock poverty
3 cycle lane underground law courts taxi rank
1 phone homeless
4 cosmopolitan overcrowding slums pollution
2 fish synagogue
5 historic neighbourhood provincial vibrant
3 owl underground, tower
6 harbour hill vandalism square
4 bike cycle
6
5
6 Complete the words in the sentences.
8 Underline the stressed syllable.
Example: A geneticist studies the cells of people, animals,
and plants to find out what they are like. Example: temple

1 A geologist studies rocks. 1 pedestrian

2 My favourite subject is biology, because I like 2 suburb
learning about living things. 3 overcrowding
3 A chemist is a person that studies the structure of 4 polluted
substances and what happens when they are mixed 5 cosmopolitan
together.
5
4 New ideas often come up when scientists are
working in their laboratories. Pronunciation total
5 My brother is doing research into a new drug. 50
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation total
6 I’d like to teach physics because I’m interested in
natural forces.
7 The mobile phone was invented in the 1970s.
8 Scientists have to do experiments to prove their
theories.
8
Vocabulary total
20

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6 Reading and Writing A Upper-intermediate

READING Example: Tribe is .

Read the article and tick (✓) A, B, or C. A not on TV at the moment ■
B the most popular TV programme ■
One of the most popular programmes on prime time TV C enjoyed by lots of people ■✓
at the moment is Tribe, which stars Bruce Parry, a former
soldier who, like any good TV anthropologist, takes his 1 What is Bruce’s current job?
camera into the heart of the tribal communities he visits, A He appears in a TV show. ■
and films the traditions and customs of people who follow B He is an anthropologist at a well-known university. ■
an ancient way of life. Bruce takes a slightly different C He is a soldier. ■
approach, however. Rather than just telling us about
2 What is unusual about the way Bruce makes TV
remote tribes, Bruce joins them. He eats their food, takes
part in their rituals, and completely involves himself in programmes about remote tribes?
their daily lives. A He films right in the heart of tribal villages. ■
When I met Bruce Parry in an upmarket restaurant in B He films surprising events. ■
London, he was smartly dressed with shiny shoes and C He lives life as one of the tribe. ■
neatly-combed hair, not exactly the look of a tribal 3 In what way was the Bruce whom the writer met in the
warrior, but not surprising when you consider his time as restaurant similar to the character the writer knows from
a soldier. He had his familiar smile and easy-going manner,
TV?
but he looked tired. Bruce admitted that after spending an
exciting year filming the programme, he wasn’t feeling as A the way he was dressed ■ B the way he smiled ■
energetic as usual. C his levels of energy ■
Our lunch couldn’t have been more different from Bruce’s 4 How does the writer describe Bruce in the restaurant?
recent experiences. On his travels, to prove his status as A well-dressed and friendly but exhausted ■
an adult male, he’s been hit with a stick, and he’s allowed B very smartly dressed but nervous ■
himself to be given frog poison. The poison made him C lively and funny ■
particularly ill, but if he hadn’t done it, he wouldn’t have
5 Why was Bruce given frog poison?
been allowed to take part in the life of the tribe, hunt for
A He wanted to test himself. ■
wild pigs or, indeed, been able to call himself a man in the
B He wanted to be able to live as a member of the tribe. ■
eyes of the tribespeople. He’s eaten food cooked on hot
stones with cannibals and he’s lunched on insects. I was C He wanted to prove to himself that he was a man. ■
keen to find out how he could have such horrible things 6 What did Bruce not eat while he was making the TV
done to himself in the name of TV entertainment so I programme?
asked him about those terrible lunches. Bruce was quick A insects ■ B food cooked on hot stones ■
to explain that the Kombai tribe he met in Papua New
C human flesh ■
Guinea had recently given up human flesh and that their
cooking was surprisingly appetizing, but admitted that, 7 How does Bruce describe the food of the Kombai tribe?
crunchy, black and nutritious though they might be, after A tasteless ■ B boring ■ C delicious ■
three days he got fed up with the insects he ate with the 8 It’s likely that Bruce enjoys making the TV
Adi people of Ethiopia. programmes because .
Bruce describes himself as a man who desperately wants A he would like to live the same way ■
to be part of an ancient way of life. He also argues that
the tribes he visits are not being used by his programmes B he learns a lot ■ C he has a lot of fun ■
for entertainment. Some people in the media think 9 Bruce says .
otherwise and have compared the tribespeople to A his programmes are more entertaining than reality TV
contestants in a sort of reality TV show, who are there for ■ B it’s good for tribespeople to learn about the
us to laugh at, but Parry points out that these people are modern world ■ C that the tribespeople want to tell
not unaware of the outside world. Rather, they have met the world about their lives ■
people from the so-called civilized world and have 10 How does Bruce describe the tribespeople?
decided they are happier living their ancient ways of life.
A They know nothing of the world. ■
When they agree to the films they know what they are
doing and, as such, are happy to show the world their B They want to keep their traditional ways secret. ■
C They know about the world but choose old ways of
culture, and are pleased that outsiders are curious enough
living. ■
to visit them. Spending time with people and doing what
they do is, after all, a form of respect.
Reading total 1

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6 Reading and Writing A Upper-intermediate

WRITING
You have been asked to write a report on your town or
city for a tourist magazine. Write 140–180 words.
Include the following information:
• say which places tourists should definitely visit

• say which places tourists should only visit if they have

enough time and money

• say what tourists could do in the evening for

entertainment
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Reading and Writing

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Warsaw is a beautiful city. You can visit many wonderful places in it. The main highlight of the trip has to be the old
town. There you can see the older architecture, including the huge royal castle. It is an ideal place for a walk, during
which you can also see the presidential palace. Another place could be the royal baths. This is the most beautiful place in
Warsaw with a wonderful palace on the water. If you have a lot of time and money, you can visit the Kopernik Science
Centre, where you will see modern innovations and have great fun with experiments. For evening entertainment, just go
to the centre, where there are plenty of clubs, or to the steps along the Vistula River. I think Warsaw is very beautiful and
one of the more ideal places to visit in the world.

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6 Listening and Speaking ENGLISH FILE
A Upper-intermediate

LISTENING SPEAKING
1 Listen to a radio programme in which a celebrity 1 Make questions and ask your partner.
describes his favourite city. Tick (✓) A, B, or C.
1 you ever / make a speech? Why? What / about?
1 Mark was born in .
2 What / the best way to get around the place where
A York ■ B Nottingham ■ C Leeds ■
you live?
2 York is special because of its .
A sense of history ■ B unique nightlife ■ 3 What / your favourite programme on TV at the
moment?
C excellent restaurants ■
4 What sights / you recommend a visitor to your city to
3 The least old place Mark mentions .
A is the tower ■ B are the baths ■ go and see?
C is the wall ■ 5 What / the most important scientific discovery of the
4 You can visit a medieval village at . last century? Why?
A the Castle Museum ■ B Barley Hall ■
C the Jorvik Centre ■ Now answer your partner’s questions.
5 Mark has been to .
A Barley Hall ■ B the Castle Museum ■ 2 Talk about the statement below, saying if you
agree or disagree. Give reasons.
C the Jorvik Centre ■
‘Scientists shouldn’t be allowed to experiment with
2 Listen to five extracts from speeches. Match the animals.’
speeches to where the speakers are. There are two
places which you will not need.
3 Listen to your partner talking about big cities. Do
Speech 1 ■ you agree with him / her?
Speech 2 ■
Speaking total 2
Speech 3 ■
Listening and Speaking total 30
Speech 4 ■
Speech 5 ■
A at a wedding
B at a birthday party
C at a leaving party (for someone leaving work)
D in a university lecture hall
E at a funeral
F in a classroom
G at a conference
Listening total
10

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